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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
FIRE In u. S.
WAREHOUSE!
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NOhstVu HHCAH hVNSrO "hECsp
CHICAGO, Dec. S.--Four Aus
TRANS were arrested by federal
operatives in connection with the
fire which destroyed a govern
ment warehouse on the south side
today. Their names and the spe-
ciftc charge against them were
withheld.
The fire, which started at 8
o'clock, was under control an
hour later, but only after the
five-story building had been gut
ted.
Thousands of dollars worth of
army clothing, blankets and SINH
lar supplies were consumed.
An adjacent warehouse contain
ed a quantity OF file ammunition
and other explosives.
The cause of the fire has not
been determined. The building
was guarded by a number OF SOL
diers.
The fire started on the third
floor Of q five-story building.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
BELL is
SEEKING
DIVORCE

Charging his wife with
cruel treatment toward him
and of making demands for
money beyond his means to
supply il, Stanley v. Bell,
head of the Stanley Bell 4
Printing Co., has filed suit
for divorce i'm the superior
court.
The suit is brought under the
name of s. Valentine Bell against
Gertrude M. Bell.
They were married in Tacoma
Sept. IL, 1895, and have two
minor children-C E. Bell, age
20, and Margaret, age II.
Bell in his complaint charges
that his wife has treated him in
cruel and inhuman manner for
many years and has put upon him
personal indignities, rendering life
burdensome.
Cant Live Together.
+ He says she has been habitual-
ly cross, quarrelsome and fault
finding about practically all the
affairs Of life, and that she has
belittled him and abused him be-
cause his financial condition
would not permit compliance with
her exorbitant demands.
Many times, he claims, she has
flown into a rage and called him
names.
To escape continual nagging, he
has several times left nome, he
says, but after mature consid-
Grafton has returned with the
hope that things would be better,
only to be disappointed"
He declares he is now sure he
cannot live with her longer and
that 1t is for the welfare of both
of them, as well as for the chill
dren, that they should have a
legal divorce.
She Blames Him.
In her answer to the complaint
Mrs. Bell admits that they cannot
live together longer, but blames
it on go years of i'll temper and
inconsiderate treatment" by him.
She asks for the custody of the
children.
The complaint sets forth that
their community personal prop
erty including household goods
amounts to $4,000, subject to
community debts of $4,000, for
which the bulk of the property is
pledged. He claims to have sep
arate real property amounting to
$1,000.
$50 Alimony.
They have on file a stipulation
settling their property.
According to this, Bell is to
have his own personal property
and she is to have the household
furniture.
He is entitled to remove from
their residence at 1901 Sixth ave-
nue. a player piano, provided he
furnishes her with a baby grand
piano and pays 1925 on the price
of it.
His wife is to receive $50 a
month from him so long as she
does not remarry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
Are You a DibbIer?

Pacifists and trouble makers were given this Bit
of truth to thinl. about by John H. Walker, pres
ident of the Illinois State Federation of Labor and
member of the presidents mediation commission,
in Tacoma Friday night.
B mo matter how sincere pacifist you are, you
are weakness to this country. If you spread your
doctrine you are no better than the man in the
army who tries to get soldiers to desert.
IF you make strife which causes the prolonear
tion Of this one hour you are guilty Of dibbline
in the life blood Of the boys in the trenches
IF an employer Is unfair at this Time be To- =
iibbling in the life blood Of the nation. !"
Life blood is the most precious thing in the world
right now. Are you dibbler2 s 4.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
60 Lives Are
Believed Lost
I'm Naval Brush
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=
WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-The American destroyer
Thursday night while patrolling foreign waters, and
only 81 survivors have been picked up, the navy de-
partment announced this afternoon.
That would indicate that about 60 men were lost,
altho others may be safe.
The Jones was commanded by Lieut.. Commander
David Worth Bagley brother of Mrs. Josephus Dan
iels, the wife of the secretary of the navy.
The official announcement made thru the committee OF pub
lie information, said In
1.-THE Of 10 survivors have been received this
They
Lieut. John X Richards En- sign Nelson N Gates, Asst Sur
Charlie II. fireman,
Timothy Edward Twomey seama John Johnson seaman;
second Glass; John j. Muv Byron Myron
Mrs Daniels Frustrated by
viewers who admitted found her in tears
and the home deeply but
apparny cgng to the hope that Bagey yet be reported
saved.
navy during Span
s American Worth Bagley ensign who first
Killed in that war was brother the commander Of the jacob
The Jacob Jones IN" destroyes
completed 1919 by the New York shbuding Co and went
into service only last February.
She $40 feet had draft of 80 feet displaced
She was of the type of olburnng desroyes and
by
pedoes since the u S. entered the
The indicated loss of life the disaster the largest
port Antilles, which carried 81 down.
The small patrol boat Auedo topedoed Nov with loss
Two weeks later the small destroyer chauncey
lsion sank 21 of those aboard perishing
One other destroyer, a
pedo which cost two lives and wounded five other
ROSTER OF JACOB JONES OFFICERS
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec s-The Officers roster the
ingon, c. Lieut. X Rchar washinton d. Lieut.
Scott. St Louis Ensign N. N city Mich;
sstant Surgeon Adamkiewic Milwaukee. Wis.,
Harry r. Hood Ashevile, N. c. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

paying exactly what 1t costs to
run it, for their board and lodg-
ing.
No one will be permitted to
live at the hotel except the girls.
The hotel or hotels must be large
enough to accommodate from 500
to 1000 girls. When the dance
is over the girls are required to
report at once and check in at the
hotel.
Guaranteed $15 a Week.
The young women who are to
dance with the soldiers are to be
guaranteed minimum wage of
$15 a week. The plan as outlined
is to make a charge of 10 cents
for each dance. The girls get 5
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
DIR. HARDS TO
GET CITY JOB

DR.. II. j. Hards will be city
health officer after Jan. 1.
The physician has accepted
Mayor Fawcett's proffer of the
position. following DR.. J. T..
Henry's resignation, and will
take over the city berth NEXT
DIR. Hards lives at 1897 So. M
st. and has offices in the Fidelity
building. He will give up large
practice to handle the health,
chemistry and meteorological
work of the city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
Storm
HaltiIlG
Relief!
(United Press Leased Wire,)


HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. g.
lashing Worcester, burdened with
sleet that howled in from the At
lantic all night and was still rag
ing early today, failed to halt re-
lief work in this stricken city.
Twenty thousand destitute
men, women and children were
sheltered in buildings and homes
, which still remain standing. Bar
riers of tar paper were built in
the shattered windows to shut out
the bitter gale.
The loss in Halifax falls heavi-
est upon the children. Whole
schools, filled with pupils, were
demolished, leaving but one or
two survivors. In other schools
every child was injured by flying
glass.
Money Loss $50, 900, 900.
Two thousand dead, 5000 in
1ured, 10000 homeless, was the
toll in Halifax and its suburbs
when the French munitions ship
Mont Blanc blew up in the har-
Dor Thursday, according to citi-
zens' committee estimates today.
The damage is $30,000,000.
The thoro checking up work of
the citizens committee resulted
in every destitute person in Hall
fax being taken care Of last night,
when 1t was certain death to wan
der thru the stormswept streets
without proper clothing.
d. Many of the refugees are going
about wrapped in blankets. Their
Continued on Page Five.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08


Betsy Ross gave the nation
the first American flag. 1t was
silken.
Ten thousand American blue
jackets have given Uncle Sam
the most modern flag. 1t was
human.
The great living flag shown
in the picture includes men
from practically every STATEN
the nation, who will soon be
scattered on U. s. navy ships
striking a blow for democracy.
The human flag was made at
the naval .straining station.
Great Lakes, ILL.,, few days
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

|See Who New
Cop Arrested

Policeman -Wohlmacher, one of
the new cops recently placed on
the Tacoma police department, is
no respecter OF persons.
Making his rounds in the
North End Friday night, Wohl-
macher arrested Elliott Kelly,
manager of the Perkins Press, for
leaving his automobile in the
street without headlights, and
then turned around and pinched
Rev. Frank Dyer for driving a
car without lights.
The case are set for police
court next Tuesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

The defense was built up on
the testimony of Bratt that he
and his wife had left for VAN
couver the day before the unlaw-
full transactions are alleged to
have been made, and that he had
all the liquor in the place under
lock and key, SO that II could not
have bee nsold by clerk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

few days ago.
Thin lines of white tape
stretched along the ground
guided the bluejackets as they
began a seemingly weird for
nation. For half an hour the
human mass writhed and twist
ed-still unrecognizable-until
suddenly at sharp command
every man stood in his place at
rigid salute and q perfect flag
was formed.
The picture was taken at an
angle and therefore it was laid
out by engineers so that 1T
would be in proper proportions
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
Charge Med
Sold Soldiers Booze

Charged with selling alcohol
to soldiers, Steve McDonough, a
well known police character, was
arrested late Friday night. He
will be turned over to federal
officers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
Dancing Girl Given
30-Day Sentence

Arrested In a downtown dance
hall Friday night. Mrs. d. 44iston,
age IS. q dancer, was given q 40
day. sentence in police court Sa<
urday for vagrancN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
It Is Always Thus

his Times a
Tacoma fast accepting axiomhat when big breaks
w
On
Of
brought
sinking
1t is always that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
MUSICIAN ARRESTED.
United Press Leased Wire. !

CINCINNATI, o., Dec. 8.-Dr.
Ernst Kunwald, director of the
Cincinnati Symphony orchestra as
ISOLATION, was arrested today by
u 8. Marshal Devanney. Kunwald
Is an Austrian.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

known as sand sucker" She
piled regularly between the
Michigan shore and South Chica-
60. The sand she obtained was
used In the steel mills.
The steamer was returning,
loaded, when she turned over near
the entrance OF the Calumet river
harbor. The waves are believed
to have caused her cargo to shift,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
TURNS TURTLE!

CHICAGO, Dec. Slight men
were believed to have been drown
ed when the steamer Desmond
capsized in the heavy seas off
South Chicago this afternoon.
She carried q crew Of IA and
the coast guard rescued six. The
latter are unconscious and some
Of them may die.
The Desmond was Of the type
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

Begin Target Practice
The 361st regiment will be first
on the range when target prac-
tice on a large scale starts at
Camp Lewis next week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

p You can fool nearly all the
people all the time, but there's
always at least one wise one.
Frinstance, about 10000 Ia
comans have been kicking about
the car service. They say 1t is
fierce.
But somebody's been deceiving
them again. They're wrong. The
service is fine.
We have II on the highest au-
thority. In fact, Louis Bean,
manager for the company, says
80.
Lincoln was right, you see.
Mickey OConnor says,
An army is as strong as its
socks"
Remarks the lady next door.
9TH man with no opinions has
no trouble in keepin' STILL"
Street car officials report
they are going to introduce a
one-man car. We refuse to
bite. We've seen one-man
top.
This one comes from the Cleve-
land Legal News:
Conditional Sale
Fingeroff, ]. H., to the Amer
: lean Slicing Machine Co., slicing
machine, $170.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

This one comes from the Cleve-
land Legal News:
Conditional Sale
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

Fingeroff, J. H.. to the Amer
:. lean Slicing Machine Co., slicing
machine, $170.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-05
Koike, Ditchman
On Kauai, Wants
Bonus For Work

Koike, a ditch tender Of the hydro
graphic Office on Kauai. Is not going
to be outdone by his fellows who
work on plantations and who receive
bonus payments thereby. Kofke wants
q bonus for reading the little water
gauge beside HIS home In one Of the
Kauai valleys.
AS Koike's regular salary Is but So
q month, George K. harrison Is won
'dering how much this bonus would
amount to in case the government
should decide with Koike in the mat
ter. The letter caused quite = stir
when received at the LOCAL hydro
graphic office.
Il am dropping yon these few lines
just to find ont II you are going to
pay my bonus, wrote the tender, Is
all the laborers are having the bonus
this year. 4 want mine for reading
the water gauge. Kindly by return
mail give me your reply for am anx-
iously waiting for it.
Yours respectfully.
.KOIKE. ditchman :
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-05

the number OF arrests increased BY
four thousand. 3, = -
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
has called for 4 mass meeting Of citi-
zens to discuss the crime increase and
to formulate some plan of reducing IT,
The newspaper admitted the growth Of
crime In Memphis and charged it di-
rectly to illicit traffic IN Intoxicating
beverages. following the enforcement
OF . prohibition law which closed n
censed saloons, and % low dives where
blind tigers were operated.
There has been more crime and
secret vice IN Tennessee since the at
tempted enforcement Of prohibition
laws upon Memphis Nashville and
Chaftanooga lawE that were opposed
to the controlling sentiment Of those
cities than ever before, declares the.
chattanooga Tines Every offender
arrested and RlnisH becomes an
enemy % law ma ORD and tne num-
Der Of such increases daily
ChattanoogR lro1s its highest crime
record IN isis This city Of IS GOO
showed an increase Of - per cent In
1915 over the previous year and 10 I'll
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-05
BRITISH TRANSPORT SENT
TO BOTTOM; $50 DROWNED;
FIVE NEUTRALS ALSO SUNK

(Associsisd Press 81 P.lsraI WIrslsssl
LONDON, Eng, Jan. 5.--A British
transport. the Iyerna. 222o tons. was
subnarined and sunk yesterday with
the loss Of one hundred and fifty mill
tary officers and men. An official
announcement % that effect was t.
sued last night by the admiralty. The
statement gives no details OF the loca,
ton Of the destruction Of the trans
port nor indicates the number Of men
saved when the ship went down.
One other vessel flying belligerent
nag was torpedoed and sunk yester-
day, this being the French steamer
Leon. while i've neutral ships were
victims Of the war. whether By tor
pedo or mine ID not announced.
The news Of the loss OF these five
vessels Is contained In an official
statement by Lloyds. which names the
Spanish steamer San Leandro and the
Greek steamers Dimitrios, Goulanriss
Aristotle and Icannou.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-05

persons were arrested for various OF.
fenses. In spite Of the absence Of
saloons. drunkenness showed an m
crease or SO per cent over the previous
year. when there were 100 beer saloons
in operation In Chattanooga.
The prohibition STATE Of Georgia Is
having the same trouble with crime
Atlanta and Macon experienced their
most bloody Christmas" to quote the
local dailies. in Atlanta, Christmas
morning, four men were dead at hos
pital, as q result of shooting, and
about IS were suffering from gunsfaot
wounds. Some 50 men were victims Of
stabblng affrays. The number Of ar
rests III Atlanta, ON Christmas even.
broke all previous records amounting
to db6ut 600. Al Macon, 10 men were
taken to hospitals In one day during
the holiday season suffering from gun
shot Woands Mscon's afrests during
the holidays unprecedented 500 ~
Alabama and sNoIth Carolina. e
shown By local newspaper reports ana
police records, were not far behind
Tennessee and Georgia in the matter
.of crime and general disorder.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-05

II the rural communities of the
Southern states made the same pro-
gress IN crime as the official records.
Just made pablo, reveal at the cen.
ters OF population, last year was the
bloodiest and most disorderly that the
South has ever experienced. Crime
at centers Of population shows an IN
crease Of fully IS per cent orer the
previous year. Important Southern
newspapers. incensed at the IaWless-
ness, have taken tp the question which
they attribute 70 The Illicit traffic IN
liquor under the prohibition laws
Memphis Is reported to lead the
cities Of the United States h serious
crime. This statement i not dis
pnted By the Memphis press and local
public officials No other city IN me
country Il said to have 50 high rec
ord Tor murders There we're, anproxi-
mstelg. 1900 arrests - Menn1is dur
~ "a 1I.I1<I 61 20 a e.
some SURPRISE = occasiOned by this
large in1reas6 a. arrests IA view OF
ne fact that during the year 1914 the
saloons were open. whereas during
1915 they we're closed. yet n that year
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-05
EnGL ISL FIRM UnDERBIDS
AMERICANS on BIG SHELLS

fAssoeiated Press By Federal Wirele1gl
WASHINGTON. D. G., Jan. 5.-The
Hatfields Company, Ltd. an English
concern. has underbid all American
firms for the manufacture OF 16-inch
and 14.inch arrnor piercing projectfles
for the United States navy.
When bids were opened here yes.
terday 1t was discovered that, not
wfthstandIng the fact that Great Brit
ain Is at war and for the past two and
q half years has oeen buying immense
quantities Of ammunition from Ann
erica. the English eompany had sub
mitted bid OF $500 less for each pro-
jectile than the lowest American bid
der, and had guaranteed delivery In
half the time the American dfms
promised TO deliver the Erojectiles.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels issR
ed q statement In explanation Of the
British firms ability 10 underbid the
Americans. He said they could do II
because England,s heavy ships are
not doing any fighting now and there
fore do not require projectiIes Tor
their big guns.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-05
SENATOR WORKS DECLARES
PRESIDENCY Is DESP0TIC;;
WORSE THAN MONARCHY
tA.soeiated Press by FEDERAL wir,l.s.l

tAssoeiated Press By FEDERAL wirsIssal
WASHINGTON. d. G. Jan. k-A
recommendation that the Idle rich be
compelled by Law TO 90 to work was
made by Senator Works OF California
yesterday IN speech which he began
and which he said was to be his vale
dictory address.
& Senator Works speech was full OF
striking and unusual features, and In
cluded an attack upon President VIII
son. whose usurpation OF power be de.
sclared had made the presidency prac-
tlcalIy Dictatorship. He deplored
bitterly the tendency toward central
lied, unchecked and unlimited power"
on the part of the president
The presidency Is today practically
q dictatorship, 9 despotism worse than
any monarchy" declared the Califor.
MIA senator. President wilson's course
In Mexico. he said, has been arrogant
and arbitrary.
The reckless profligacy Of wealth
came In for q tongue-lashing By the.
speaker. Men who have too much
money, he declared. are responsible
for many Of the Ills from which this
country ID suffering. The trouble
Win them Is that they have nothing
10 do and are not Obliged 20 @ any.
thing The cure Tor the evil would
b for ConsreEs % pass . la Eompell.
-ing me flaIG fltk . 90 - 9ofk.
Senator Works urged the fofmation
u new progressive party 20 Be
known - the Liberty party.
The senator win finish hfs speech
today.
The term Of Senator. Works expires
March 4 He Il q Republican. but
has frequently developed Independent
tendencies.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-05
SEVEN ECLIPSES Will OCCUR IN
YEAR, FIRST ONE COMINGsUNDAY'

occurs during this period Of q little
less than ~ hours, af either crossing,
there Will be an eclipse; II It occurs
at any other time during the month
there win be none.
Moon on the Ecliptie
Moves south Jan. s; fun moon Jan.
u: distance from ecliptic. 1860 miles
north eclipse
Moves north Jan. n: moves south
Feb. 4; full moon Feb. s.: distance
from ecliptic $3.50 miles south.
Moves north Feb Is: moves south
Mar full moon, Mar. s ! distance
from ecliptic 1880 miles south.
Moves north Mar II: moves south
Mar. 81 full moon Apr. z distance
from ecliptic 2O,740 miles south.
Moves north Apr. 10: moves south
Apr. Is; full moon May s.; distance
from eciiptic 1850 miles south.
Moves north May 10; moves south
May %; fun moon June 5; distance
from ecliptie 1880 miles south
Moves north June Z; moves south
July 4; fun moon July 4: distance
from ecliptic $50 miles north, eclipse.
Moves south July II.
Moves north July 81; full moon Avg.
3; distance from eciiptic $500 miles
north.
Moves south Aug IS. e
1Ioves north Aug. Is; full moon
Sept. 4; distance from eciiptic Il, 100
miles north.
Moves south Sept. g.
Moves north Sept. "a; full moon
Sept 80; distance from ecliptic 20.67u
miles north. "A
Moves south Oct. g. ia Esesss
Moves. north Oct. 81; full moon Oct
20: distance from ecIiptic 1S.4o0 miles
north. s
Moves south Nov. 3. = -szsz
Nov. q: distance from ecliptic 1850
miles north : : = - *
Moves south Nov. 80. zzss -
Moves north Dec. IL; moves south
Dec. "a: full moon Dec. 81; distance
from ecliptie 1870 miles south: eclipse.
The eclipses OF jan. and Dec. q
occur between p. N. and 8 O. m. Ho-
noIulu time, and so will be visible
here: that OF July begins about 9: 80
q M. and ends about II noon, Homo
lulu time, hence it win not be visible
here. 49, =
Sunday Night Eclipse 81
As TO the phenomena to be expected
IN the coming eclipse Of January Z:
II the weather Is clear II is probable
that the shadow will become visible
on the eastern edge pf the moon
shortly after 7:2o p. m. BY 1855 L
will be half way across, and the fact
that It is curved ought 10 be easily
detected. by $50 II will be clear
across and the moon ought to be