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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
American Spirit Will
Prevent Blocking

when / say that nobody Is al
lowed to stand in the way, l don't
mean that they shall be prevented
by the power of the government,
but by the power of the American
spirit. Our duty, II we are to do
this great thing and show America
to be what we believe her to be,
the greatest hope and energy in
the world, then we must stand to-
gether night and day until the job
is finished.
While we are fighting for free
dom, we must see, among other
things that labor is free, and that
means a number of interesting
things. 1t means not only that we
must do what we have declared our
purpose to do-see that the condi-
tions Of labor are not rendered
more onerous by the war-but
also that we shall see to 1t that
the instrumentalities by which the
conditions of labor are improved
are not blocked or checked. That
we must do. That has been the
matter about which l have taken
pleasure in comforting from time
to time with your president, Mr..
Gompers. And, If | may be per-
mitted to do so, l want to express
my admiration of his patriotic
courage, his large vision and his
statesmanlike sense of what is
alongside of a mind that knows
how to pull lin harness. The horses
that kick over the traces will have
to be put in corral.
Not to stand together means
that nobody must interrupt the
process of our energy, If the inter
ruption can possibly be avoided
without the absolute invasion of
freedom. To put it concretely,
that means this: Nobody has a
right to stop the processes of labor
until all the methods of concila-
ton and settlement have been ex-
hausted, and l might as we'll say
right here that | am not talking
to you alone. You sometimes stop
the courses of labor, but there are
others who do the same. And that
l am speaking of my own expert
ence not only, but that l am
speaking of others, when I say
that you are reasonable in a lar
ger number of cases than the CAPT.
talista
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
You Can't Hate a
Man You Know

Il always like to remind my
self of delightful saying of en-
Englishman of past generation,
Charles Lamb. He was with a
group of friends and he spoke
very harshly of some man who
was not present. l ought to say
that Lamb suffered little bit.
And one Of his friends said, why,
Charles. didn't know that you
knew So and So. Oh, he said, I
don't. / can't hate man / know.
There is a great deal of human
nature, Of very pleasant nature.
in that saying. 1t is hard to hate
a man you know. I may admit
parenthetically that there are
some politicals whose methods /
do not at all believe in, but they
are jolly good fellows. II they only
would not talk the wrong kind Of
politics, with me, l would love to
be with them.
~And so 1t is all along the line
In serious matters and things less
serious. We are all Of the same
clay and spirit and we can get to-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
Exciting, Altho Not
Just Like Trenches

Hold that Incl"
The khaki masses doomed again
with the pounding rhythm of
marching feet.
French Officers There.
Then a sudden, breathless 81
lence. Like a shot the leather
oval sailed out from the hands
of one of the warriors and whirl-
ed along thru the air..
The khaki mass jumped to its
feet and shrieked and yelled,
while three or four bands blaring
all at once, whacked their tunes
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
We Must Insist Each
Side Met the Other

II am not saying these things
to them personally yet because l
haven't had a chance. But they
have to be said not in any spirit
of criticism, because I would like
to see all the critics exported.
But in order to clear the atmos-
phere and come down to business,
everybody on both sides has got
to transact business, and the set
Element is never impossible when
both sides want to do the square
and right things. Moreover, a
settlement is always hard to
avoid when the parties can be
brought face to face. can diff
fer with man much more radi-
cally when he isn't in the room
than can when he is in the
room, because then the awkward
thing is that he can come back
at me and answer what l say. 1t
is always dangerous for a man to
have the floor entirely to him
self. And therefore we must in
sist in every instance that the
parties come into each others
presence and there discuss the is
sues between them, and not sep
arately in places which have no
communication with the other.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12

"Mr. President, delegates OF the
American Federation OF Labor,
ladies and gentlemen:
II esteem 1t a great privilege
and a real honor to be thus admit
ted to your public councils. When
your executive committee paid me
the compliment Of inviting me
here gladly accepted the invita-
ton because 1t seems to me that
this, above all other times in your
history, is the time for common
counsel, for the drawing not only
of the energies but Of the minds
of the nation together. thought
1t was welcome opportunity for
disclosing to you some OF the
thoughts that have been gather
ing in my mind during the last
momentous months.
II am introduced to you as pres
ident of the United States, and
yet | would be pleased IL you
would put the thought Of the office
into the background and regard
me as one of your fellow citizens
who has come here to speak, not
the words of authority, but the
words of counsel, the words which
men should speak to one another,
to wish to be~frank in a moment
more critical, perhaps. than the
history of the world has ever
known, a moment when 1t Is every
mans duty to forget himself, to
forget his own interests, to fill
himself with the nobility OF
great national and world concep-
ton and act upon new platform
elevated above the ordinary af-
fairs of life, elevated to where
men have views Of the long des-
tinv of mankind.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
On Trial for
Manslaughter

Facing a charge Of manslaugh-
ter as the result of running down
and killing M. A. Thompson.
while riding his motorcycle in
Puyallup, Carl Keller was on trial
before a jury in Judge Easter.
days court Monday.
Tho accident occurred on July
"a. Thompson, a Puyallup teach-
er and former minister, died %
his injuries the following day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
This War Was
Started By Germany

II think that In order to realize
just what this moment Of counsel
is, 1t is very desirable that we
should remind ourselves just how
this war came about and just
what 1t is for. You can explain
most wars very simply, but the
explanation of this is not SO sim
pie. It's roots run deep into all
the obscure soils of history and
in my view this Is the last decisive
issue between the old principles of
power and the new principles of
freedom.
1.-THE war was started by Ger
many. Her authorities deny that
they started it. But l am willing
to let the statement l have just
made await the verdict of history.
And the thing that needs to
be explained Is why Germany
started the war. Remember what
the position of Germany In the
world was-as enviable a position
as any nation has ever occupied.
The whole world stood in admira-
ton of her wonderful intellectual
and material achievements and all
the intellectual men Of the world
went to school to her. AS uni
versity man, have been surround
ed by men trained in Germany,
men who had resorted to Ger
many because nowhere else could
they get-such thoro and search
ing training, particularly in the
principles of science and the prin-
ciples that underlie modern ma
terial achievements.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12

Flight EN-! Fight 'em! Fight
'em! Fight 'em!"
Like salvos of big guns 1t
doomed across the field from the
solid mass Of frantic khaki which
painted the walls of the stadium
olive drab Saturday.
developed by the hoarse, ear
splitting din the 91st division
gridiron warriors sweated and
struggled and fought to hurl
back the enemy's smashing at.
tack.
Hold that line! Hold that line!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
Tacoma Stores Entered

Thieves entered two smai1
stores on Mckinley hill Sunday
night.
N. r. Carter, 441s Mckinley
ave-, reported the loss of $35 in
cash and five packages Of cigar
cts. George d. Davis, $500 Nc
Kinley ave-, lost 80 cans Of toma~'
toes, pineapple and deviled hams
together with "a in money.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
Determined Political
Power Shall Be Hers

You know many fntimations
come to us from one of the CEN
trail powers that 1t is more anx-
ious for peace than the chief CEN
trail power, and you know that
1t means that the people in that
central power know that IL the
war ends as 1t stands, they will
in effect themselves be vassals Of
Germany, Notwithstanding that
populations are compounded with
all the people of that part Of the
world, and Notwithstanding the
fact that they do not wish In
their pride and proper spirit of
nationality to be so absorbed and
dominated.
Germany is determined that
the political power of the world
shall belong to her. There have
been such ambitions before. They
have been In part realized. Bnt
never before have those ambitions
been based upon so exact and
precise and scientific a plan Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
Pays His Respects
To Pacifist Dupes

But that Is not the whole
of the story. Any man in Amer
lea or anywhere else who supposes
that the free industry and enter
prise OF the world can continue II
the pan-German plan Is achieved
and German power fastened upon
the world, is as fatuous as The
dreamers of Russia.
"What l am opposed to is not
the feeling of the pacifists, but
their stupidity. My heart Is with
them but mind has contempt for
them. / want peace, but I know
how to get 1t and they don't.
you will notice that ! sent a
friend OF mime, Col. House, TO
Europe, who II as great lover Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
Presidents Monday Address Before
American Labor Federation

yet the authorities of Germany
were not satisfied. You have one
part of the answer to the question
why she was not satisfied in her
methods of competition. There
is no important industry in Ger
many upon which the government
has not laid its hand to direct II
and, when necessary, to control II.
Tells Significance
of Bagdad Railway
you have only to ask any man
whom you meet, who is familiar
with the conditions that prevailed
before the war in the matter of in
ternational competition, to find
out the methods of competition
which the German manufacturers
and exporters used under the pat
ronage and support Of the govern
ment of Germany. You will find
that they were the same sorts Of
competition that we have decided
to prevent by law within our
own borders. II they could not
sell their goods cheaper than we
could sell ours at a profit to them
selves they could get subsidy
from the government which made
II possible to sell them cheaper,
anyhow, and the conditions OF
competition were thus controlled
In large measures by the German
government itself. But that did
not satisfy the German govern
ment. All the while there was ~
ing behind its thought, in Its
dreams of the future, a political
control which would enable 1t in
the long run to dominate the Ia
Dor and the industry of the world.
They were not content with sue
cess by superior achievement, they
wanted success by authority.
suppose very few of you have
thought much about the Berlin to
Bagdad railway. The Berlin to
Bagdad railway was constructed
in order to run the threat OF
force down the flank of industrial
undertakings OF half a dozen 9th
err countries, so that when German
competition came in 1t would not
be resisted too far-because there
was always the possibility Of get
ting armies into the heart of that
country quicker than any other
armies could be got there. Look
at the map of Europe now. Ger
many, in thrusting upon us again
and again, the discussion of peace
talks about what? Talks about
Belgium, talks about Northern
France, talks about Alsace-Lor-
raine. Well, those are deeply in
teresting subjects to us and 20
them, but they are not talking
about the heart Of the matter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
Freedom Does Not
Suit German Purpose

Take the map and look at IT..
Germany has absolute control of
Austria Hungary, practical control
of the Balkan states, control Of
Turkey, control of Asia-Minor. l
saw a map in which the whole
thing was printed in appropriate
the other day, and the black
stretched all the way from Ham
burg to Bagdad - the bulk of
German power inserted into the
heart of the world. II she can
keep that she has kept all that
her dreams contemplated when the
war began. If she can keep that,
her power can disturb the world
as long as she keeps it-always
provided, for feel bound to put
this provision in, always provid-
ed the present influences that con-
troll the German government con-
tinue to control 1t.
II believe that the spirit Of
freedom can get into the hes rts OF
the Germans and find as fine a
welcome there as 1t can find in
any other hearts. But the spirit
of freedom does not suit the plans
of the pan-Germans. Power can
not be used with concentrated
force against free peoples If it Is
used nv A free peOp1e.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
Taking Law Into Our
Own Hands Wrong

why, gentlemen, look what Vt
means. We claim to be the
greatest democratic people in the
world and democracy means first
of all that we can govern our
selves. II our men have not self
control then they are not capable
of that great thing which we call
democratic government. A man
who takes the law into his own
hands is not the right man to CO.
operate in any form of or devel-
opment of government and insti-
tuition. And some of the processes
by which the struggle between
capital and labor Is carried on are
processes that come very near to
taking the law into your own
hands.
81 do not mean for a moment
to compare them with what l have
just been speaking. Of, but want
you to see, that they are mere
graduations of the manifestations
OF unwillingness to cooperate and
the fundamental lesson of the
whole situation Is that we must
not only take common counsel,
but that we must yield to and
obey common counsel. Not all
Of the instrumentalities for this
are at hand. / am hopeful that
In the very near future new In
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
gether II we desire to get together.
Whacks Organizations
Practicing Anarchy

Therefore, my counsel to you
is: Let us show ourselves Amer
leans by showing that we do not
want to go off in separate camps
or groups by ourselves, but that
we want to cooperate with all
other classes and all other groups
In a common enterprise, which
Is to release the spirit of the
world from bondage. I would be
willing to set that up as the final
test of an American. That is the
meaning of democracy. I have
been very much distressed, my
fellow citizens, by some of the
things that have happened recent
ly. The mob spirit is displaying
itself here and there in this coun-
try. I have no sympathy with
what some men are saying, but
l have no sympathy with the men
that take the punishment into
their own hands; and l want to
say to every man who does join
such mob that I do not recog-
nize him as worthy of the free
institutions of the United States.
There are some organizations
In this country whose objects are
anarchy and destruction of law,
but l would not meet their efforts
by making myself a partner in
destroying law. despise and hate
their purposes as much as any
man, but I respect the ancient
processes Of justice, and I would
he too proud not to see them done
justice, however wrong they are.
And so I want to utter my earnest
protest against any manifestation
of the spirit Of lawlessness any
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
Likes to Get Away
From Washington

And so, my fellow citizens.
the reason that | came away from
Washington is that | sometimes
get lonely down there-there are
SO many people in Washington
who know things that are not so:
and there are so few people in
Washington who know anything
about what the people of the
United States are thinking about
have to come away to get re-
minded of the rest of the coun-
try; ! have to come away and
talk to men who are up against
the real thing. And say to thems
L am with you II you are with me-
and the only test of being with
me is not to think about me per.
sonally, at all. But merely to
think of me as the expression for
the time being of the power and
dignity and hope Of the Ameri-
can people"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12

strumentalities may be organized
by which we can see to 1t that
various things that are now go-
ing on shall not go on. There
are various processes of the dilu-
ton of labor and the unnecessary
substitution of labor and bidding
in different markets and unfairly
upsetting the whole competition
of labor which ought not to go
on mean now on the part OF
employers-and we must inter.
ject into this some Instrumental
ity of cooperation by which the
fair thing will be done all around.
l am hopeful that some such In
strumentalities may be devised,
but whether they are or not, we
must use those that we have, ana
upon every occasion where 1t II
necessary to have such an instru-
mentality, originated upon that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-12

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-15
Reou+v Cbo+e By Edna Kent Forbes
That BashfuL Feeling.

10 girl can bee really altogether
M beautiful, If she is self con-
+ L scious or bashful. Half Of her
T beauty is lost because You cannot get
acquainted with it. You cannot know
. If her mind is bright. or a blank. and
YOU are not apt 10 notice her anyway
because she shrinks so away from
/ people.
Well there are several ways of
. overcoming bashfulness. ] think a
very good one is TO be conceited-I
always advise correspondents who
complain OF this shrinking feeling TO
get a little egOustical il would do
them a lot Of good Conceit and self
assurance go hand in hand.
II you are bashful. If YOU feel all
hands and feet and flush red in the
presence Of new people-whv. just sit
down and sum up all your own good
poIntS-yOur nice eyes, very express
sive when YOU are talking. your pref
tv voice. some little mannerism YOU
have that is pleasing You have
nice figure. too, and make a good APP
pearance in a roOm-and by and by
you'll find so many lovely things
about yOurseig, that you'll be quite
sure other people will want TO meet
YOU And right away. you'll forget
TO shrink away, as though you
MtIEA a worthy 4E4 Attll4 lance
Then there's another way - try
them both. That is. TO be well read.
You can't lack for subjects Of con-
versatiOn. among people, If you know
what is going on I'm the world-espe-
cially in times like these. when his
tory is being made by the second II
someone should mention the British
drive. for instance. would you be able
10 talk on the military Importance Of
the latest points that were captured
Do YOU know what sort Of training
our boys in the camps are getting
Do you know much about the govern
meut's new food conservation cam
paign2 Dear me, the list OF important
things TO know about is endless. II
YOU keep yourself up on all the days
news. youu be shining converse
tional light. Try it, And at the same
time. read good magazines and good
books. for lack OF education is
crime with Libraries within reach OF
everyone. and good magazines as /
cheap as poor ones
You might try the effect Of new I
clothes and another way Of doing
your hair, too. I've seen this work out /
on hashful people-who suddenly felt F.
so pleased with an altered appearance
that they never stopped 10 blush
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-15
The Daily Novelette,

AIIASAIA

,-wAs a fine day in The stone
\ Curly Locks. the poet, on the
9th slab Of marble, finished the 5Ith
verse Of his love poem to the beautiful
NIiasma, daughter OF Iron Fist the
tree bender. CSee Leah Sparrow
Trades in the Stone Age-")
And let me end, o fair 8Iiasma,
There is none so fair as thee,
And as thou standest on thy pIazzma,
Thou art worth 30 bucks TO me-"
Curly Locks read rapturously. Then,
Assem- bling the 81 slabs, he hired
Broken Nose the carter TO deliver
them at the cave Of Iron Fist
For seven days Curly Locks waited
i'm vain for an answer, and on the
eighth day he set out for the cave Of
Iron Fist TO see If, perchance- the in
comparable Miasma could be i'll
Quarter Of a mile from the cave he
heard great cries Of anger and the
noise of mighty pounding. As he
drew near he discovered that the
pounding came from the cave Of Iron
Fist. who was Just completing the
seven days Job Of pounding his way
through the 81 slabs Of verses, which
Broken Nose the carter had carelessly
piled against the mouth OF the cave
Curly Locks was fleet on foot. and
by the end Of that day he had taken
up a permanent residence on a cliff
Il miles distant.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-15
HOROSCOPE
Friday. NoHember ID. I9IE.

~HE early hours OF this day are
not propitious for large activi-
L ties. but in the afternoon Saturn
and Uranus rule strongly for good
Uranus indicates the growth OF Sc
cret enterprises, whether in govern
ment or private affairs. The planet
is in a place making for the sort Of
extreme caution that may overreach
its purpose
This planet. which Is supposed to
rule the intuition and 10 affect the
sublimiual mind. is read rs presaEiuE
many weird occurrences that viii lead
to the serious study of psychic phe-
nomena.
Under this rule the stars events
viii change with n startling sudden
ness and fear viii spread, owing to
the reign OF planetary law which
brings about the unexpected astOnish-
ing and extraordinary.
Saturn appears TO be friendly TO all
who have interests in the ground,
whether they be agricultural or min
ing This sway is likely 10 benefit men
in the trenches and those who work
in Subways.
The old again come into their own
with the beginning Of the new year.
which will call many men and women
back to active life from retirement
An aged army officer will gain fame.
The lunation of the 18th in the sixth
in square to Uranus. is believed to de-
note trouble with some department Of
the government and to auEur prob
lens for the president
There is most menacinE sign for