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The herald., 1917-05-03

THAT boy can eat more pigs feet
than anyone ever saw" said the pro-
prietor.
The detectives remembered receiv-
ing a report from McLemoresville say
ing that Fosters chief popularity was
his fondness for picked pigs feet, and
that he boosted of his ability to eat
more of them at one meal than any
negro in Tennessee.
Fosters arrest Immediately followed
and according TO the detectives he ad-
mitted the killing, pleading self-de-
Tense.
The herald., 1917-05-03
Windbreaks and Snow Traps.

The management of the 500 rail-
road is experimenting with tree wind
breaks and snow traps along its lines.
The cost If planting and caring for
these trees will be quite heavy but
1t is proving cheaper than to erect
snow fences and keep them in repair.
The herald., 1917-05-03
Celebrate Railroad OPENING.

The opening of the branch line of
the South African railways recently
completed to Umtata was the Occa-
sion of a notable gathering. Cmtata
is 212 miles by rail from East London.
The railway to Idutywa was completed
in July, 1913. and the line to Umtata
Is q 5S-Inile extension of this branch.
The herald., 1917-05-03
'"s FEET GAVE THE CLUE
esres Liking for EN- Leads
" Arrest for Murder in
Kansas ci,v

neIlas 49, city, Mo.-Fondness for
Enssu. pigs feet led to the arrest in
,oe Guy S'ly' Kan, of T. Foster. alias
:, safke' negro, who the police
rsuo !, wanted in McLemoresville.
q ase,A - connection with the killing
NJ -. mad Just left a restaurant
'"0 detectives entered.
The herald., 1917-05-03

Mrs. Vivian Whittall Adams, wife OF
Capt John Quincy Adams Of the Unit
ed States marine corps, stationed at
the CharlestOwn (Mass.) navy yard,
who has taken up a station ut the
marine corps recruiting tent on BOs-
ton Commons and Is aiding in bringing
recruits into the corps. Mrs. Adams
is n native Of Turkey and is of Eng
lish parentage. She has just returned
from an eight months trip through
The herald., 1917-05-03
Railroads In japan,

Out of the 5,67S miles of railroad In
Japan, all but 265 miles are owned by
the government. The japanese gov
eminent plans to construct 200 miles
Of new railroad each year.
The herald., 1917-05-03
LONGEST RAILWAY TUNNEL IN AMERICA

Lef-Aproach
Veniaung Installed Here Interior
Smoke ght: Eastern Entrance Of the Tunnel Showing
Ventatng Engine and Located the
The British
miles anic II
O
The ,w
Work he
hesIn. through the tunnel Dcr
1913 making
Mount Macdonald which height
feet new alwa gra,.-IUulHr Mechanics
The herald., 1917-05-03
Discard Steel Underframes

After tests of steel UNDERTAKINGS on
cars for several years an English rail-
road has returned to iron ones as less
liable to corroSion.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-07
WAR BULLETINS

London. - Two aboard British
steamer Saxon Briton killed when
boat was sunk by submarine today.
Captain and IA Of crew safely land
ed. Twelve were survivors Of Brit
ish steamer AzuI, also sunk.
The Hague.-Premier Van Der
Linden told second chamber today
that although situation to Holland
through German submarine policy
was serious, there was no reason for
extraordinary uneasiness."
Berlin. - Commercial subnersible
Deutschland has not sailed from
Bremen.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-07
GERMANY OFFERS NO BASIS FOR
PEACE, SAYS KING GEORGE

London, Feb. T.-England and her
allies are steeled unanimously to Sc
cure lust reparatiOn, restitution for
the past and guarantees for the flu
ture," and no threats Of further out
RACES" by Germany can move them
from this determination.
King George so voiced the enten-
ties purposes in his speech from the
throne" in the house of lords, mark
ing opening of parliament today. He
insisted that Germany's recent peace
proffers had contained mo possible
basis for peace"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-07
American republics has definitely an
nOunced its approval Of step taken
by United States.
-O-O-
RUTHLESSNESS JUSTIFIED, SAY
HUNGARIAN LEADERS

Amsterdam, FEB. !. - hungary
strongly approves GeTmany's unlim-
tied submarine warfare. Count
Stephen Tisza and County AppOnyi,
with other leaders, were quoted in
Budapest dispatches received here
today as endorsing the policy in
speeches to- the Hungarian parlia-
ment.
Only opposition came from Count
KarOlyi, who asserted that he could
not approve of unrestricted subma-
Tine warfare because it was inimical
to world peace.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-07

CONFLICTING REPORTS ON
GERARD'S LOCATION
Washington, Feb. IA state de-
paTtment official message today said
Ambassador Gerard had gone to
Berne; another message said that
he would leave soon.
Previously a message had come in
dicatiDg that the German govern
ment was delaying his transportation
until it knew that Count Won Bern
storff had been satisfactorily passed
while still another message indicated
there was no difficulty and that all
was being arranged agreeably.
"A message saying Gerard was in
Berne was received from Ambassa-
dor Willard in Madrid, but in view OF
previous conflicting messages the de-
partment was not sure Wizards in
formation was accurate.
Willard has been asked to COM
mUnicate with Gerard in Berlin. He
replied that he had received a mes
sage from Berne signed Gerard, and
asked if he should forward the COM
munication the state department re-
quested there.
This conflict of reports puzzled
officials, though they told the United
Press that the latest report indicated
that matters were adjusting them
selves and that Gerard would be quit.
ting Germany very soon.
FOUR INDICTED IN PLOT TO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13

When she met her former hus-
band she turned her back on him
and refused to speak to him, ac-
cording to Deputy Prosecutor Sell
den.
Bates and Hanson gave them
selves up to the sheriffs office
late Thursday afternoon, after Of
ficers had searched for them for
several hours. They were re-
leased on 1000 bonds each.
Fears Are GrOundless.
Breeze surrendered himself to
the sheriff. Friday morning. He
was in Seattle Thursday hunting
for his sister. Mrs. Bates. BAIL
bond of $1,000 was ready for him
on his return and he was imme-
|diately released.
Fears of the sheriff's office that
the trio might have left town
Thursday afternoon were proved
to be groundless. While deputy
sheriffs were looking for them to
serve the warrants for their ar
rest, they were in the office of
". A. Johnson, their attorney.
After they learned warrants were
out for them they went to the
sheriff's office and gave them
selves up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13

Uncle Sam discussion Friday when
authorized federal officers notified both the street
employees and the T. r. p Co that strike would not De
limited other would
street that
said to
made plain that it could not afford to have any ncent labor
because the proximity to the army post con
agang strikes would be dealt
with summarly.
Police Chief mems committee
let them understand the govern
attitude
$ for labor agitation" said Chief Smith,
tell boys that IL Is to
20 call u strike And II there will not
stand it.
Organizer McMorrow,
administer the oath of the Amalganaed
Electrical Workers of the 2O4 employees
Federation of Labor should be brought
Smith Will
agitation labor trouble the street car
The T. r. p Co sw6e in eight special policemen Friday
guarding The forces are under
OF Chief of Police S. e. Fraser.
had make Friday the pubhe
Bean of the T. r. Co tpblshed on page
committee and hours
recognize utilization his men
labor.
tonight is union meeting, explained a
member of the carmen's committee
holding meeting Offcers OF
present will have charge OF the
decide demands they
they will do in the demands are
be that the will all
somewhere else There is no possibility OF
strike
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13
DRINKING
CHARGE
BROUGHT

Charged with being intoxicated,
Police Capt. James G. Cornish,
one of the most prominent men,
bers of the police department, was
discharged from the force Friday
morning.
He was day captain in charge
of the entire police force except
the detectives.
lsaGommissioner ~Pettit and Chief
Harry Smith declared he had been
drinking for the last three days.
He was reported being drunk on
a street car and at his home on
Mckinley Hill Thursday night.
When given the chance to re-
sign or be suspended, he refused,
denying all the charges against
him. He will be given a hearing
before the civil service board
Tuesday night.
Goes to His Home.
Commissioner Petit was noti-
fled by several persons over the
telephone Thursday evening that
Cornish was intoxicated. Taking
a police machine, and asking De-
tective Capt. Strickland to accom-
pany him, Petit visited Cor
nish's home on Mckinley Hill.
The commissioner maid Friday
that the police captain was plainly
intoxicated and could scarcely
stand without support.
Denies Charge.
Police Sergt. j. A. Falconer is
the only civil service eligible for
the position of police captain.
Commissioner Petit said Friday
he would make no appointment
of successor until after Cor
nish's trial.
Capt. Cornish declared Friday
that he had not been drinking re-
Gently and was not intoxicated
Thursday night.
He said that his discharge re-
suited from the pernicious activt-
ties of certain Mckinley Hill
persons who had been trying to
get him off the police depart
ment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13

This is the way the buildings at
the American lake cantonfnent are
going up now.
A gang begins by laying blocks
of wood at measured distances on
the flat prairie. When the gang
has laid a few blocks, another
gang begins to set upright posts
upon the blocks and nail upon
them heavy stills. AS soon as
few posts and stills have been
placed, third gang enters upon
the scene and begins to erect the
skeleton of the building. When
a little is up, fourth gang is
ready with the siding to cover 1t.
And by the time the first gang
has laid the last block, at the far
end of the prospective building,
the near end is almost finished,
and the space between represents
every stage of the construction
work.
A complete system Of temper
airy fire protection, requiring 400
barrels, nearly 10000 galvanized
buckets and 25 chemical fire ex-
tinguishers, is being installed.
The barrels stand outside the
buildings, each filled with water
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13
piled with lumber.

In all these matters there is
serious delay due to the unsettled
question as to how much the pro-
fit ought to be allowed.
Steel is the most conspicuous
example of the price-fixing diff
Guilty. Seven weeks have been
lost in ship construction by fail
ure to agree on a base price for
steel plates. Incidentally the price
of lumber for ships and canton
ments is quoted all the way from
$27 thousand to SAP a thousand.
'.s.. Offers Fair Profit.
The administration has tried to
avoid controversy and delay by as
suring everybody that fair and
even liberal profits would be will
ingly paid for honest and prompt
work.
In awarding the work on can
comments this policy was carried
to the length of discarding ali
competitive bidding and offering
contracts on the basis of cost plus
a fair profit A fair profit might
be as high as Z per cent of the
amount involved.
This plan has had only partial
success. Some business men,
moved by patriotism, offered to
work for cost with no profit. On
the other hand, some of the most
powerful business interests =
those which control steel, oil and
coal-have placed profit above pa
triotism and have insisted on a
margin of profit which the govern
ment officials regard as grasping.
Coal Men Balk.
For many days personal diplo-
macy has been at work in the
hope the profiteering interests
might be made to see reason and
accept voluntarily some funda-
mental arrangement fair to both
sides. How they have failed to
do this is shown in the action of
the coal operators headed by F. S.
Peabody and his committee.
The railroad magnates have en-
ployed all their energies in maxi
ing a patriotic drive for the -
per cent increase in freight rates
and have signally failed to relieve
shortage of coal cars or to provide
cars to transport new food crops.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels
has contended from the beginning
1t will be necessary for the gov
eminent to take over all raw ma
terials, ore, coal, oil, wool, cotton
and lumber and possibly the basic
foodstuffs like wheat, corn and po-
tatoes. Secretary Baker agrees
with him and would add railroad
transportation of coal.
President Wilson is coming to
the conclusion some radical step
Of this sort may be forced by the
attitude of few big business men.
But whatever the remedy, all
are agreed something must be
done 1t once to end delay and in
efficiency and speed up war work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13
Nurserymen Are the Bugs!

their election of officers Friday
afternoon. The morning program
included actresses by A. Browne,l
of Portland on Coast Grown
Seedlings for American Nursery
men," by II. A. Lewis of Portland
on Cost of Production" and by
w. Snyders of Boskoop, Holland,
who spoke of the difficulty of
shipping nursery stock from his
native country on a account of the
war.
Friday afternoon the nursery
men visited the American lake
army post as guests of the Tacoma
Rotary club.
\
"Nurserymen are the most be-
damned persons anywhere" says
J. B. Pilkington, Portland. Some
woman talks us down from 35 to
20 cents on a rose bush, and then
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13

The prosecuting attorneys
office Friday is trying to
sift out the most complicated
"eternaI triangle" case i'm
its history.
ON ONE HAND 1t is preparing
to prosecute +. T. Bates and Ar
thur Hanson, arrested and out on
bail, and Waldo Breeze, on a
charge preferred by Glenn Ed
wards for the unmerciful beating
they gave him Wednesday.
ON THE OTHER it is prepar-
ing to prosecute Edwards on a
charge of grand larceny, follow
ing his escapade to st. Louis with
Bates divorced wife.
Mrs. Bates to Star.
It is almost certain that Bates
will be a states witness in the
trial of Edwards, that Edwards
will be the chief states witness
in the trial of Bates, and that Mrs.
Bates, the woman in the case, "
will be the all-around star states
witness in both trials.
Mrs. Bates is believed to be in
Seattle. After her arrest with
Edwards in st. Louis, where they
are alleged to have been stopping
in a hotel, registered as man and
wife, she returned west alone.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13

maintain law and order" In Ari-
Izona. He was specifically caution
ed against controversies or taking
sides.
Charges that Germans are
financing the activities of the
w. w. were Indignantly denied b,
Ed. Moffitt, secretary of the l. w
WIS hotel and restaurant work
ers' union at San Francisco. AL
the money used comes from tn,
membership, he said.
Guards placed on the count,
road at tho Contra Costa county
Cal, line prepared to resist an,
efforts Of the I. w. WIS to invad,
Alameda county. Sheriff Barne
has directed his deputies to arres
the |. w. w. leaders the momen
they cross the line.
To cope with the /. w. w
menace a battalion OF men of mil
itary experience is being formed ii
Oregon. Adjutant Gen. George A
White announced. &C.
Oregon Prepared
One hundred men already hav,
enlisted In this new organization
and by July 25 the battalion viii
number at least 900, will be thor
oily organized to meet any interna
disturbance. A
Gov. Withycombe today mailes
instructions to every sheriff Ii
Oregon to appoint q certain mum
Der Of deputies who VIII 81 RS 4
q ezIy tI,ne g ehecn W 3
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13

There are golf bugs and
stamp collecting bugs, and
Ford bugs; but for the bug
giest kind of bugs, pick the
nurserymen as the winners.
A nurseryman is bug who
grows everything from a sweet pea
to an apple tree, and can call every
root and blossom by seven differ
ent first names, with 81 varieties.
He's got the number and criminal
record of every wart that grows on
a stem.
Visiting the Pacific Coast Nur-
association convention
in the Commercial club is like at
tending Chinese reception.
Nobody else knows what were
talking about, but we do" says F.
A. Virgins, the president. Wig
gins comes from Toppenish.
Take Mrs. Robert l.. G. Day,
for instance. She and her hus-
band preside over Overman's
nursery in Spokane. All the dele
gates join in saying she's one of
the most enterprising nurserymen
in the state.
Mrs. Day admits she's had the
bug for six years.
"And I married my husband a
year and half ago and dragged
him into it, she said proudly.
but he likes it. He thinks it's
great"
Coming to Tacoma for the coli
vention was just like going to a
golf tournament for the Day fam
lily. They had 1t so bad they mo-
tored all the way from Spokane.
When their engine broke down
somewhere along Snoqualmie pass
they were the maddest.
And when they finally got as far
as Seattle, late for the big get
together, Mrs. Day was so plum
crazy to get amongst 'em in Ia
coma that she hoped the Indian
apolis ard ran off and left her
young husband to patch tlp the en-
CINE in the Queen City.
Mrs. Day says Tacoma's the
most beautiful place she most
ever saw. And she ought to
know. She has Just set out
800 Norway naples along the
Sunset boulevard near Spo-
kane, as part Of the program
| of the state federation of
women's clubs to completely -
line all the highways OF the
state with shade trees. Mrs.
Day has thek contract.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13

If 1t doesn't grow right she heaps
the blame on us as long as she has
the rose bush staring us in the
face"
What do nurserymen do?
Their business consists chiefly of
doing Others" says Pilkington.
There are some pink and blue
flowers displayed at the conven-
ton by Mrs. Mitchell of the Mitch
ell Nursery Co. of Larchmont, that
should be called Theodore, but
aren't. They multiply 10 times
in two years. A dozen plants in
two years would increase to 900.
Their names range all the way
from Elizabeth Cambell Flox" tn
Bella Donna Delphenium" and
all way stations in between.
known as lark spur to any
one who hasn't got the bug.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13
TIGERS JOIN
NEW LEAGUE

Omitted Press Leased wire.D
BUTTE, Mont, July ID
When the Northwestern base
ball league suspends Sunday,
1t will be replaced Immediate
ly by "a new league composed
OF teams of Great Falls, Bill
ings, Butte and Spokane. The
Tacoma club will be trans
ferred to Billings, according
to information received here
today. The national COM
mission will be asked to al
lot this territory for organic
ed baseball to the new Or
ganizatiOn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13

Shotgun brigades of citizen:
and armed military forces on the
one hand and menacing armies"
of |. w. w. members on the
other we're reported by United
Press dispatches from widely scat
tered parts of the west to be lining
up for battle on Friday.
At Seattle, 80 /. w. WIS are in
Jail or held at nearby railroad
stations, as the result of the first
days round up by national guards
men and deputy sheriffs. Every
railroad running into the city Is
heavily guarded.
Reports here indicated that the
immigration of the men to the
eastern Washington grainfields
has not yet ceased.
Two hundred Douglas, Ariz.,
citizens, deputized and armed
with revolvers and sawed-off shot
guns were assembled there today
awaiting the arrival of l 200 l.. w.
WIS, left on side track at Her
manas, N. M, 80 miles west of Co
lumbus. The latter flung def
ance in the faces of their armed
guards as those men left them
without engine or caboose.
"We'll burn the cars and hold
up the first westbound train thru
this section" they shouted.
Parker. to Take Hand
MOT q single ]. w. w. can ever
return to Rinbee !.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13
w. w. ARMIES
Are LINING UP
80 DAVIS For Organizer

l. w w. agitation has developed in Tacoma.
police anticipating trouble the result of S0-day sem
Thursday afternoon Henry Baker,
organizer.
Baker had been arrested as a vagran during cleanup
Wednesday night In his pockets found large
number membership cards due notices. stamps and other
admitted to the police that he Was an
organizer w. said he had only to Ia
recently.
In police Friday afternoon Baker denied
saying and had worked in northwest
camp until recently .
Examination of his hands showed that they were soft
and apparently unused to work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13
JAILED HERE
FOR FORGERY

An information charging first
degree forgery was filed in the
superior court Friday by Deputy
Prosecutor Selden against Frank
Jensen, alias Frank Holk.
Holk was arrested by the police
in Tacoma about 10 days ago and
has been held on vagrancy
charge. 1t is alleged he has
forged $3.50 worth of travellers
checks issued by the Wells Fargo
Express Co., payable to the order
of Gus Jansen.
The state claims he took the
checks from Jansen while the two
were in San Francisco.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13
MUST BREAK
WAR DELAY
BY gibson GARDNER

= WASHINGTON ID. c., July 13.-Drastic action
must be taken by the administration to break
the log jam which has resulted from price fixing con-
trovelses. All war preparations being seriously
delayed to settle this matter
Among the important projects affected are: The
ship building program cantonment construction pur
chase of equipment and clothes for the half million
selective army, mining and distribution of coal for
government and private use, coordination of rail
road transportation, and conservation and distribu
ton of food
Tacoma people have observed striking example
of this delay in the failure of Puget Sound umbermen
to keep the American lake cantonment builders sup
ali d .y;+b ohor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13
THREATEN TO ACT:
WALKOUTPLANNED

Faced with unofficial threats that the would not tolerate
American lake
Friday their
discharged
would
dali walk out all with
would employment
leave the company to replace them best it could.
called the
final determination Of future action
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13
Naval Militia
Nearly Filled

With 73 men enlisted, Tacoma's
new naval militia unit is almost
recruited up to full war strength.
Seven new members went to Seat
tie Friday for their physical ex-
aminations.
Miller Freeman, commander of
the naval militia of Washington,
has sent word to the Tacoma di-
vision that he is gratified with the
work of recruiting here. Con-
struction of the naval training stu
ton at the u. of w. campus is
progressing rapidly, and will ne
ready for 900 men by July rs.
The Tacoma recruiting station in
the Provident building will be
kept open a few days longer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13
BATES SUED

A suit to recover $4,000 from
e. T. Bates and his former wife,
Mabel Bates, was filed in Justice
Linck's court Friday morning by
Rhodes Brothers.
The amount is alleged to be for
purchases made by Mrs. hates
during June before she obtained
her divorce against Bates. The
complaint asserts that Bates and
his wife both have refused to pay
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13
Friends Break,
So Does Glass

Although they were friends,
Walter Berdan and DR.. w. M.
Ludlow got into a neighborhood
scrap at Kapowsin Thursday
night. Berdan was arrested by
a Pierce county deputy, accused
of breaking one of the doctors
windows. His bail was fixed at
IS by Justice Linck Friday morn
ing. He forfeited 1t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-13
ALMOST EVERY
MAN is KILLED


WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES
IN THE FIELD, July 13.-His-
tory's fearless pages will record
the heroic deaths of most of the
Kings Royal Rifles and North
ampsonshire's in fighting between
Lombartzyde and the sea. They
died almost to the last man, IN
fighting, the fury of which has
not been surpassed by any of the
titanic conflicts of this greatest of
wars.
Scarcely amy of the meager
group of survivors of the great
German attack in sand dunes came
out of the battle unwounded. All
thta did emerge were those who
swan teh User.