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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMs

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES
IN THE FIELD, Dec. 4.-The
Germans were apparently in pos
session of La Vacquerc this aft
ernoon. The principal struggle
reported as this was sent, was be-
tween Marooing and Vendhuile.
The British seemingly are now
fighting from behind Marooing
copse, but all enemy attempts to
retake Marooing itself have failed.
Americans were again in
action around Cambria with
the British today.
They were members of the same
American army engineering units
who on Saturday and Sunday were
caught between the lines and who
threw down their tools to grab
British rifles.
The Americans have suffered
some losses but their detachment
is proud of the opportunity to do
its bit and to be the first Ameri-
can unit to suffer In a great bat
tie.
The battle out of Cambria con-
tinues with unabating ferocity to-
day. Fighting like wildcats, the
British have been stemming the
enemy and where they have been
forced to give way, they have only
done SO in their own good time,
after repulsing all attacks. This
plan held at Masnieres. 1t has
been followed elsewhere.
The fields near Queant, around
Byngs new salient, down to Vend-
huile, are piled with dead Ger
mans today.
Fifteen waves deep the enc
my came to the attack. In
these solid phalanx-lilxe col
umns British artillery, ma
chine guns and rifles did
fearful execution.
West of Bourbon, one Brit
ish machine gunner fired
10000 rounds on one gun I'm
u single Gay-and all at
range of not more than 1900
yards. It was usually less
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04

under from corruption and de-
The purposes of the central pow
ers strike straight at the very
heart of everything we believe in;
their methods of warfare outrage
every principle of humanity of
knightly honor; their intrigue has
corrupted the very thought and
spirit of many of our people; their
sinister and secret diplomacy has
sought to take our very territory
away from us and disrupt the
union of the states.
Our safety would be at an
end, our honor forever sui
lied and brought into con-
tempt, were we to permit
their triumph. They are
striking at the very existence
of democracy and liberty.
1t is because 1t is for us a
war of high, disinterested pur-
pose, in which all the free peoples
of the world are banded togeth-
er for the vindication of right, a
war for the preservation of our
nation of all that it has held dear
of principle and of purpose that
we feel ourselves doubtly con-
strained to propose for its out
come only that which is righteous
and of irreproachable intention,
for our foes as well as for our
friends.
The cause being just and holy,
the settlement must be of like mo-
tive and equality.
For this we can fight, but for
nothing less noble or less worthy
of our traditions. For this cause
we entered the war and for this
cause will we battle until the last
gun is fired.
l have spoken plainly because
this seems to me the time when 1t
is most necessary to speak plainly,
in order that all the world may
know that even in the heat and
ardor of the struggle and when
our whole thought is of carrying
the war thru to it's end we have
not forgotten any ideal or prin-
ciple for which the name of Amer
lea has been held in honor among
the nations and for which it has
been our glory to contend in the
gfeat generations that went before
US.
A supreme moment Of his
tory has come. The eyes Of
the people have been opened
and they see.
The hand of God is laid
upon the nations.
He will show them favor, L
devOutly believe, only II they
rise to the clear heights of
His own justice and mercy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
AMERICANS I'm
ACTION AGAIN

(United Press Leased Wire.)
LONDON, Dec. 4.--Fleld
Marshal Haig's report to-day
indicated cessation OF the al
most continuous German
counter attacks of the last
few days In the Cambria Sec
tor
He reported enemy artil-
lery active In the neighb0r-
hood of bourbon and Mon
vrcs, during the night, but
mo further artillerying."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04

And among the youths OF .
great land there shall bc wall
ing and gnashing Of teeth,
and strong men standing IN
the eating places shall mourn
loudly and shall call down
maledictions upon the curse
of conservation; they shall
revilc even their handmade
ems, their cooks and their
waiting ladies' and condemn
them for denying the food Of
the hasty.
And those that are given %
the drinking Of coffee shall
turn away unsafAsfled, for
what Is the drink of the gods,
yea, even the amber liquid IL
It be not cOmpanioned by the
doughnuts delectable, by the
nut that has nourished the
hurried of the nations!
For 10, Il In written that
the dcuglhnut shall vanish
from among US.
On the scrolls of the cooks
II Is writtcn, and On tho tab
lets Of the food consorsoes.
And tho the voice a. fl1o
People shah BE- lifted IN a.
guish and the heavens 10 rent
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
GERMANS Meet
SECOND VERDuN

4, the Venetian plains, with the rich
cities of Venice, Padua, Vicenza
and Treviso.
Grappa's Importance thus
equaled that of Verdun.
Against Grappa's outer ring
the Germans launched the
cream of the mountain fighting
troops-just as the crown prince
threw his Prussians against Dou-
aumont and the others at YER
dun. At Grappa the famous Ger
man Alpen Korps, the Austrian
Imperial sharpshooters, German
chasseurs and the Austrian Edel-
weiss divisions were hurled to
the assault.
Pfavo Line impossible Now.
The Italians fought like fiends.
Prisoners today declare the re-
sistance often wiped out half of
the attackers electives. That
was almost the ratio at verdun.
Like Verdun, also, the defend
ers' heroic resistance permitted
time for allied reinforcements to
complete their organization. At
Grappa, the stoppage of the enc
my move allowed French and
British armies to get into line, in
perfect organization, without
hurry.
They are now there. The Piave
line now seems impossible.
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URGES
new WAR STEP

(Continued From Page One)
have learned that the opinion OF
the world is everywhere wide
awake and fully comprehends the
Issues involved.
No representative of any self
governed nation will dare disre-
gard 1t by attempting any such
covenants or selfishness and COM
promise as were entered into at
the congress of Vienna.
The thought of the plain people
here and everywhere turnout the
world. the people who enjoy no
privilege and have very simple
and unsophisticated standards of
right and wrong, is the air all just
governments must henceforth
breathe il they would live.
1t is in the full disclosing light
OF that thought that all policies
must be conceived and executed in
this midday hour of the worlds
life.
German rulers have been
able to upset the peace Of the
world only because the Ger
man people were not suffered
under their tutelage to share
the comradeship of the other
peoples of the world either in
thought or in purpose.
They were allowed to have no
opinion of their own which might
be set up as a rule of conduct for
those who exercised authority over
thap
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
Recommends Formal
Declaration on Austria


was thinking and am think
ing now of Austria herself, among
the rest, as-well as of Serbia and
Poland.
Justice and equality of rights
can be had only at a great price.
We are seeking permanent not
temporary foundations for the
peace Of the world and must seek
them candidly and fearlessly.
AS always, the right will prove
to be the expedient.
What shall we do, then, to push
this great war of freedom and
justice to its righteous conclu-
sion?
We must clear away with a
thoro hand all impediments TO
succeed and we must make every
adjustment of law that will facili-
tate the full and free use of our
whole capacity and force as a
fighting unit.
One very embarrassing
obstacle that stands i'm our
way is that we are at war
with Germany, but not with
her allies.
/, Therefore, very earnestly
recommend that the congress
Immediately declare the U. 8.
in state of war with Aus
tria-Hungary.
Does 1t seem strange to you
that this should be the conclusion
OF the argument l have just ad-
dressed to the'country? 1t is not.
1t is, in fact, the inevitable logic
OF what have said.
Austria-Hungary is for the time
being not her own mistress, but
simply the vassal of the German
government.
We must face the facts as they
are and act upon them without
sentiment in this stern business.
The government of Austria
Hungary is not acting upon its
own initiative or in response to
the wishes and feelings of its own
peoples, but as the instrument OF
another nation.
We must meet its force with our
own and regard the central pow
ers as but one. The war can be
successfully conducted in no other
way.
The same logic would lead
also to = declaration Of war
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
Whole Energies Must
Go Toward Victory

1t is lmperatlVely necessary Jnat
the consideration of the full use
of water power of the country and
also of the consideration of the
systematic and yet economical de-
velopment of such of the natural
resources of the country as are
still under the control of the fed
eral government should be i'm
mediately resumed and affirma-
lively and constructively dealt
with at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
The pressing need of such legis-
lation is daily becoming more OBJ
vious.
The legislation proposed at the
last session with regard to regu-
lated combinations among our ex-
porters in order to provide for our
foreign trade a more effective Or
iganization and method of cooper
alton, ought by all means to be
completed.
And | beg that the members Of
the house of representatives will
permit me to express the opinion
that it will be impossible to deal
in any but very wasteful and ex-
|travagant fashion with the enorm-
Gus appropriations of the public
moneys which must continue to
be made IL the war is to be prop
erly sustained, unless the house
will consent to return to its form
err practice of initiating and pre-
pairing all appropriation bills thru
a single committee, in order that
responsibility may be conferred,
expenditures standardized and
made uniform, and waste and du-
plication as much as possible
avoided.
Additional legislation may also
become necessary before the
present congress again adjourns
in order to effect the most effic-
lent coordination and operation
of the railway and other transpor-
tation systems of the country
but to that I shall, II circum-
stances should demand, call the
attention of the congress upon an
other occasion.
II l have overlooked anything
that ought to be done for the more
effective conduct of the war your
own counsels Will supply the
omisSiOn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
Profiteering Must
Be Put an End To

The financial and military
measures which must be adopted
will suggest themselves as the
war and its undertakings develop.
but | will take the liberty of pro-
posing to you certain other acts OF
Legislation which seem to me to be
needed for the support of the war
and for the release OF our whole
force and energy.
IL will be necessary to extend to
certain particulars the legislation
of the last session with regard to
alien enemies and also necessary,
I believe, to create very definite
and particular control over the
entrance and departure of all per-
sons into and from the United
States
Legislation should be enacted
defining as a criminal offense ev-
cry wilful violation of the presi-
dents proclamations relating to
alien enemies promulgated under
section 4067 of the revised stat
utes, and providing appropriate
punishments; and women as we'll
as men should be included under
the terms of the acts placing re-
straints upon alien enemies.
1t Is likely that as time goes ON
many alien enemies will be willing
to be fed and housed at the ex-
pense of the government, in the
detention camps and it would be
the purpose of the legislation
have suggested to confine offend
ers among them in penitentiaries
and other similar institutions
where they could be made OF work
as other criminals do.
Recent experience has con-
vinced me that the congress
must go further i'm authorize
ing the government to set
limits to prices. The law OF
supply and demand, am
sorry to say, has been replace
ed by the law of restrained
selfishness.
WHILE WE HAVE ELIMIN-
ATED PROFITEERING IN SEW
ERAL BRANCHES OF INDUS
TRY, 1T STILL RUNS I'M
PUDENTLY RAMPANT IN 9TH
Frs.
The farmers, for example, COM
plain with great deal of JUS
tice, that, while the regulation of
food prices restricts their incomes,
no restraints are placed upon the
prices of most of the things they
must themselves purchase; and
similar inequities obtain on all
sides
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
Supreme Moment of
History Upon Us

What 1 am perfectly clear
about is that in the present
session Of the congress our
whole attention and energy
should be concentrated on the
vigorous, rapid and success
full prosecution Of the great
task Of winning the war.
We can do this with all The
greater zeal and enthusiasm be
cause we know that for us this Il
q waS Of high principles, debaset
by - selfish ambition OF con
quest or spoilation. because w
know, and all the world knows
that we have been forced into Il 4
save the very institutions we live
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04

which hafh fl0urisfod among
us, consuming the stores OF
our nation, called among mon
the 'sinker,' shall pass and be
destroyed forever lest It bo
singer indeed and founder
the ship Of state"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04

MRS. w. c. HOWE, who shot
and killed w. II. Brooks, wealthy
and we'll known orange rancher
of Portersville. Cal, because, she
claimed, he had calculated dis
paraging gossip about her and
had disrupted her home.
Mrs. Howe's husband is man
ager of the National Cash Regis
ter Co., in Buenos Aires.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
Dyer Carries Messages
From Camp Lewis Bows

When he leaves Tor the ea0
this week, DR.. Frank Dyer VIII
carry personal messages 70 the
parents and friends Of Gang
Lewis soldiers whose homes IN
In Chicago, New York q Wash
ington. ID. c. He will v1slt theig
families and tell OF Canp Lewfe
life and of Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
Russians Poisoned
From Same Source

But the congress that concludes
this war will feel the full strength
OF the tides that run now in the
hearts and consciences of free men
everywhere. Its conclusions will
run with those tides.
All those things have been true
from the very beginning of this
stupendous war; and | cannot help
thinking that If they had been
made plain at the very outset the
sympathy and enthusiasm of the
Russian people might have been
once and for all enlisted on the
side of the allies, suspicion and
distrust swept away and real and
lasting union Of purpose effected.
Had they believed these things
at the very moment of their revo-
luton and had they been con-
firmed in that belief since the sad
reverses which have recently
marked the progress of their af-
fairs toward an ordered and stable
government of free men might
have been avoided.
The Russian people have
been pOisOned by the very
same falsehoOds that have
kept the German people In the
dark, and the poison has been
administered by the very
same hands.
The only possible antidOte
is the truth. 1t cannot be ut
tered too plainly or too often.
From every point of view, there
fore, it has seemed to be my duty
to speak these declarations of pur-
pose, to add these specific inter-
pretations to what I took the lib
erty of saying to the senate in
January.
Our entrance into the war has
not altered our attitude towards
the settlement that must come
when it Is over.
When | said In January that
the nations of the world were en-
titled not only to free pathways
upon the sea, but also to assured
and unmolested access to those
path ways, was thinking, and l
am thinking now, not of the
smaller and weaker nations alone
which need our countenance and
support, but also of the great and
powerful nations and of our pres
ent enemies as we'll as our pres
ent associates in the war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04

The long tsiked Of north roal
to Mount Tacoma will be built
II congress allows an approprlnr
ton Of 100000 asked In oofl.
mates submitted by Secretary .
the Interior Lane. It is said,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04

against Turkey and Bulgaria.
They also are the tools of
Germany. But they are mere
tools and do not yet stand In
the direct path of our neces-
sary action.
We shall go wherever the ne
cessities of this war carry US, but
it seems to me that we should go
only where immediate and practi-
cal consideration lead us and not
heed any other.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04

Tacoma p0st0ffice reooip(n e.
November were 966.51e.1o q
compared with about 413,ooo \
Novembsr. 1915.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-04
CROWN PRINCE
SEES VICTORY
FACE ONE. CROWN :. =. -.
TLLS PRUSSIAN SOLDIERS END
is NEAR FOR ENTENTE.
SUBS" ARE INVINCIBLE
GERMAN RANK AND FILE It'd
TO PERSIST.
I'rince States That the Undersea
Boats Will Soon Bring Enc
my to Peace Terms.
SUBS" ARE INVINCIBLE
GERMAN RANK AND FILE It'd
TO PERSIST.
(By Associated Press)


Amsterdam, June 4.-That the Ger
man commanders are endeavoring TO
persuade the men at the front and
the people at home that the Entente
Allies are in the verge of collapse
is seen by the speech of the Bulgar-
ian crown prince to the Prussian di-
visions on the Arras front.
The crown prince pictured to the
German soldiers the early defeat Of
the Entente because of the submarine
campaign and endeavored to encour-
age them to further and greater ef-
forts for the Teutonic. arms:
In his speech the crown prince
said:
"The enemy is now making his last
efforts. He must finish the fight
because he cannot continue, owing to
heavy losses and the distress of Eng
land caused by our heroic submarines.
We shall be victorious. The enemy
has been able to destroy our trenches
snd to penetrate here and there,
thanks to abundant ammunition fur
nished him from all parts of the
world, but this does not mean that we
are conquered"
The German stage managers at a
meeting in Berlin passed unanimously
. resolution binding the members not
t. engage for five years any German
singer who accepts American engage
nents.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-04
TO ELIMINATE
SILT IN CANALS
EDERAL AGENT HERE TO
TAKE UP WORK.
UNITED STATES HELPS
MILLION EXPENSE FOR CLEAN
ING CANALS IN VALLEY.
Special Agent Department of Agri-
culture Sent Here for Year
to Do the Field Work.
UNITED STATES HELPS

Coming to take charge of investi..
cations which have for their purpose
the solution of the Valleys greatest
irrigation problem-the elimination OF
s:lt-Dr. Samuel Fortier, chief of ir-
r;gation Investigations, United States
Department of Agriculture, is expect
eo here tomorrow from Washington.
c. E. TAFT of Los Angeles, in charge
of irrigation Investigations in South
ern California, arrived this morning
to meet his chief and take up with
him the work Of testing out the silt
eliminating mechanisms proposed.
The Department Of Agriculture has
sent its agent, Harry Blaney, to the
Valley for period of one year to
carry one the field work in co-opera-
ton with J. E. Peck, director-at-large
of the Farm Bureau, who is conduct
ing silt Investigations for the Impe-
4al Irrigation district Mr.. Blaney
will be stationed at CaleXico.
The establishment of fifteen sta
tions on the Alamo channel and on
the various canals from Hanlon's
Heading to the Trifolium canal north
west of Westmoreland is part of the
plan of the federal investigators. The
velocities, grades and types Of con-
struction of irrigation structures will
he among the topics considered by
Messrs. Fortier and his assistants,
Messrs. TAFT and Blaney.
1t is expected that these investiga-
tons will provide data for the build
irg of structures and the handling of
water which will prove of great value
to the water companies and individ-
ral users, who are. put TO- a great
expense yearly-pfobably a million
dollars-in keeping the canals free
from silt.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-04
US. WANTS ONE IN
TEN REGISTERING
TO RAISE ARMY OF
$4,000 MEN.
MILLIONS TO REGISTER
FLANS OF ARMY AND NAVY ARE
DISCLOSED IN SENATE.
Asked to Fix High Bail
in Cases of Arrests on Reg ~
istratiOn Day.
TO REGISTER
(By Associated Press)

Washington, June 4..-Plans of the
War Department to from from 100000
to 100000 men of the 100000 ex-
pccted to register tomorrow for the
rev army was today disclosed by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder to the
Senate military affairs committee. He
said exemptions probably would re-
duce the number of $4,000 men for
service.
The attorney general announced to-
day that committing magistrates will
be asked to fix bail as high as prac-
ticable in each case of arrest tomor-
row. Higher bail will be asked in
cases of individuals who advise or
aid others to evade the registration
law or interfere with registration Of
ficers, than in the case of individuals
who merely refuse to register.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-04
CUPID EXTREMELY BUSY
Six of Seven Prospective Gr0Oms Are
Between the Ages of Fl
and 35 Years.

Seven marriage licenses, six of them
featuring prospective grooms of draft
age, We're issued at the county clerk 5
office this morning-one of tn ebig-
cest DAVIS work ever turned out in
the line here.
The only one where the to-be groom
was over draft age was that issued
to William Rolfe, aged As, of Pasa-
dena, and Helen w. Kelsey, aged "a,
Of Riverside.
The others were George Lutes
Fighter, aged 20, coach of athletics
at the Ell Centre High School, adm
Leah May Wilson, aged 21, librarian
at the institution; Walter E. Buck
ley of Calexico, aged rs, and Marian
Grace Hooper, agxl 25, of Salt Lake
City; Joseph F. Zavela, aged 27, and
Daisy Rouse, aged 20, both of Ca
lexico; Walter l.. Peck, aged 80, and
Margaret Knapp, aged %, both OF
Heber; Charles f. Kolb, aged "a, and
Emma Frances He'll, aged %, both
of San Diego; Virgil M. Smith, aged
Fl, and Gertrude Fay Maker, aged 21
both of Calexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-06-04
MONEY SLOW
STATE CAMPS
OFFICERS IN THE MAKING AT
PRESIDIO ARE BROKE.
NOW ROLL THEIR OWN
THOSE ADEPT AT MAKING OWN
CIGARETTES POPULAR.
Sales of Manufactured Cigarettes Fall
Off as Pay of Officers Fails to
Come at End of Month.
NOW ROLL THEIR OWN
(By Associated Fress)

San Francisco, June 4.-The prin-
Icipal topic Of discussion at the mo-
ment among the embryonic officers
at the Preside military reservation
here who are taking an intensive
course preparing them for commits
sions in the new United States army
IS the acute stringency in the money
market. May 81 was payday and all
the forms attending the distribution
cf the payroll strictly were adhered
to, including the muster and roll call.
The only Incidental lacking to COM
plete the ceremony was the money.
AS yet Congress has made no provis-
ion to distribute the 500 monthly
to each man when it was understood
would be paid during the training
course.
The situation has been accepted
Ihilosophically and even the diatribes
Of the few chronic grumblers have
been turned into subjects of humor.
Sales Fall Off.
Neighboring tobacco shops con-
firmed these conditions by stating
that the sale Of expensive cigarettes
rad fallen off, while the demand for
the 'makings" showed heavy gain.
One of the specialties taken up of
late has been instruction in the use
of the bayonet. Some years ago it
was believed that this weapon had
seen it's last days, in view of the long
range guns which have come into
vogue. The European war is said to
have ntirely disposed of this as q
fallacy. Scarcely day passes but
what mention is made in the official
headquarters reports Of the Europen
telligerent armies of some action in
which the enemy was rut to rout or
forced to surrender at the point. of
the bayonet.