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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
Especial 10 The Times.)

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Aug. Il.
some tremendous nat
ural calamity, THE COST or
LIVING WILL SHOW A SUB
STANTlAL DECLINE by Nov. | i,
now that the food bill has been
signed and put in operation by the
president.
Herbert Hoover, official food
administrator, today began to
drive out of business wholesale
food gamblers who gouge tho
American public.
At the outset. however, Hoo
YER made it clear that:
lie will not attempt to dictate
retail food prices.
He cannot promise to reduce
the high cost of living to Amer
ica's consumers, tho he will try.
While anticipating that the ma
iority OF business men will deal
fairly and intelligently, Hoover
announced his intent to apply to
the fun the drastic, coercive pow
ers granted by congress should
anyone exploit this hour of sac
rifice."
Won't BE Miracle.
Hoovers plans for feeding
America and her allies and at the
same time lowering American
costs are constructive. He pro.
poses to eliminate waste in Unit.
ed States Kitchens, to GUST gam
blers and to teach this nation t.
substitute some foods for the
staples.
No immediate miracle of the
loaves and fishes can be per
formed, but the food administra.
ton confidently expects the
chart of prices 80 days hence
will show downward curves.
Although the delay in congress
of more than month after July
/, the date deemed essential by
Hoover, has rendered the task
more difficult and probably cost
the consumer many millions, there
have been compensations.
People Aroused.
"All's we'll that ends well"
the general impression OF Ho,
! ver's cohorts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
H. G. J.. is DUE FOR
n slide DOWN HILL

Advantages roaped from the de-
lay are:
The organization has been built
up so the task of administration
can be handled more quickly.
The people have been educated
on food control by the discussion
and agitation. They have also be-
come aroused. The character of
the opposition has created partl-
sanship for the food administra-
ton which will help 1t over rough
places.
The food administration has
acquired confidence, thru feeling
the public pulse, that a great ma
jority Of the people are backing
food control.
The enemy has disclosed his
positions. Secret foes have been
spied out by the aviators, and hid
den trenches and pitfalls dis
covered, so that the food control
gunners now have the range and
can hurl their shells right into
the dugouts OF the foe.
All Must Help.
The law Il by no means
perfect, hut answers the most
pressing needs. And with the
cooperation of the folk at
home, in kitchen, grocery
store and butcher shop, the
coming winter will find the
people as well fed as ever at
lower prices, despite the
world shortage of grain and
meat.
The food administration car
control prices to eliminate specu-
lative and monopoly extortion, but
unless the people cooperate by
saving, prices will not go down,
because the shortage will force
prices up by natural law.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11

him in the San Dominican lottery
the ticket corresponding to the
number of his automobile. The
cable tolls. friends commission
and lottery ticket cost a total of
$85. Van Vump won a prize, but
is now being sued by the medium
who advised the scheme for half
of the $40 his ticket collects.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
BIG BATTLE BEING
FOUGHT IN EAST

PETROGRAD, Aug. IA big
battle is In progress on the Ru-
front.
The official statement from the
Russian war office this afternoon
reported tho conflict proceeding
along the Suchitza river.
1t has been in progress since
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
SHORTAGE OF WINE
WORRIES PASTORS

SPOKANE, Aug. ia COM
mittee Of Spokane clergymen is
arranging today to meet with To-
cal authorities to arrange for the
importation of wine for sacrament
tai purposes.
The new bone-dry prohibition
law permits the use of wine at
communion, but the police are re-
luctant to allow shipment of wine.
Since the law went into effect, the
shortage OF wine in the churches
is said to have become acute.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11

Continued From Pegc One.
action will promote violence.
The union instructs its men not
to answer the insults or to reply
TO the blows of the 2000 hired
gunner of the mining companies.
A Decent Strike.
The strike is carried on in Just
the same clean, decent way the
earmen's strike against the T. II.
& PsCo. in Tacoma was.
The metal mine workers union
is not an |. w. w. organi2a ton. A
great majority of its members dis
claim any sympathy for the |.
w. w.
The striking miners voted down
a proposition to affiliate with the
l. w. W, although they were as
sured that such connection
would give the strikers the back
ing they need so much.
Neither is the metal mine work
ers' union connected with the in
ternational mill, mine and smell
termen's union, branch of the
American Federation of Labor.
There is a branch Of the interna-
tional union in Butte, but its
members are not on strike. The
metal mine workers union refused
to affiliate with the A. f. of l..
Result OF Disaster.
The strike of the metal mine
workers union is a direct out
growth OF the disaster in the
Spectator mine OF June 6, when
1862 men were killed. The min
ers declared the mines were not
safe, organized the metal mine
workers union and on June 10
struck, demanding:
That they be paid so n day.
That the trusting card"
be abolished, and
That the mines be made
safe for the workers.
The mines modified the rus
Ting card" and adopted a wage
scale which shifted with the
price of copper. The miners
spurned the compromise offer,
and are still out.
The "rustling card" which the
men are determined to eliminate,
is a system by which the mines
are able to keep track of all the
men in the district.
Each prospective employee is
compelled to fill out a card, con-
tanning a record of his activities
in recent years.
Investigated First.
The applicants record is inves-
tigated, and finally he is told
whether he will be employed.
The men say this system en-
abled the companies to blacklist
a man, block efforts to organize
a union and exert undue control
over him.
The murder of Frank Little
has not brought about rioting in
Butte. 1t has stirred up deep
feeling, and some strike leaders,
fearing attempts on their own
lives, have been sworn in as dep
uty sheriffs and are packing guns
for self protection. A number of
the leaders are under guard day
and night and sleep in secret
places for protection.
Gunner Killed Little.
The strikers are certain that
company gunner killed Little,
and they are now collecting evil
dence to prove their contention.
This is the Butte labor situa-
ton, as | see it, and I have tried
to look at it without bias or preju-
dice.
For the sake of fairness, the
men should not be called I. w. W.,
nor should Butte be described as
a city controlled by a mob with
riots after every meal.
Butte is the worlds biggest
mining camp, and 1t deserves some
consideration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
GERMANS FIGURE on
THEIR next Retreat

the Alpine chasseurs. who on July
l3 advanced 500 meters on a
1900 meter front, repulsed the
Germans with the heaviest losses.
The German morale is weaken
ing. This was indicated turnout
the week by the constant surren-
der of their attacking troops. The
French took prisoners In almost
every attack. Capture of assault
ing troops has been extremely
rare in the past.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11

son Co. to pay the regular scale
OF prices fixed by members of the
Team Owners association in Ia
coma resulted in the calling off
of so drivers Friday, according to
Secretary Lyons of the Central
Labor Council.
The teamsters' union has a con-
tract with the association. The
calling off of the men was not
due to any wage demands.
The demands of the Tacoma
truck owners was for an increase
In price for the use of the trucks
averaging rs cents an hour.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
|. w. w. PRISONERS
RAISE A RUMPUS

Residents near the county Jail
Friday night complained that I.
w. w. prisoners in the county jail
were making sleep impossible any
where in the neighborhood, by
yelling and pounding their cell
doors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
RAIDED
BY SOLDIERS
Omitted Press Leased wIreJ

OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. IL. -
The Oakland !. w. w. was with
out headquarters today and moth
ing remains of about 400 pounds
of propaganda in the form of
papers and booklets but mass of
cinders.
About 200 soldiers stormed the
!. w. w. headquarters last night,
demolishing the furniture and
made bonfire Of literature found
In the place.
The soldiers we're recently as
saulted here and /. w. w. were
blamed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
DOLLS FALL OUT
IN DOLL HOUSE

Olympia Marie Doll, 16, and
Arthur Frederick Doll, 81, were
divorced Friday by Judge Card on
the ground of incompatibility. The
husband said his wife had thrown
dishes at him, assaulted him with
butcher knives, and otherwise
made married life difficult.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
u. s. RELATIONS TO
JAPAN rs SUBJECT

Rev. M. p. Madden of Japan
will speak on Americas relation
to Japan at the interdenomina-
tional service in Wright park Sun
day evening at $50. Frederick
Wallis will sing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
ISSUE
STOCKHOLM
PASSPORTS
Omitted Press Leased Wire,

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. II.
Secretary OF State Lansing to-
day announced that no passports
will be issued for Americans de-
string to attend the Stockholm
socialist conference.
. The state department looks
with disfavor upon the confer
ence and the possibility of it's
spreading peace germs in the
countries participating.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
TACOMA STORES TO
CLOSE DOORS AT G

The new order closing depart
ment and many other stores at 6
O'Clock Saturday evening goes into
effect tonight. for the first time in
the history of the city. Only one
department store will not close,
IL is said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
REPUIiSE ATTACKS

LONDON, Aug. 11.-Niolent
German counter attacks were
made east OF Ypres in an
effort to retake ground cap
tured by the British, Field Mar
shall Haig reported today, All
were beate noff.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
TRUCKS COME
FROM SEATTLE

Seattle trucks, driven by Seat
tie men, had taken the places Of
Tacoma trucks and drivers work.
ing at Camp Lewis Saturday.
The refusal OF the Hurley-Ma-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
SUED BY MEDIUM

PLAINFIELD, N. Y.-Emory
Van Vump, fined $50 and costs BY
a rural justice for speeding. had
a friend in San Domingo buy for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-11
RUSH THE l6!

Continued From Page One.)
gathered by the United Press fol-
low:
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-06-27
Clarke Again In Great Form

- -
81 "o''''i's q III - '''z ~ ~
p1efiou7 games pl1enea by Astl' attl
hr Lefty CLARKE came back in
great style in Hanover on Tuesday.
ahutfng oaf ,5s Raiaars vim ra..
l.,.3a oaa,, ~, $500.
~
Po' ~ ms 'e3'''''t@l'za lAehp59'
making Tie only miscae
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-06-27
MARTNsBURG W. va EVENING JOURNAL WEDNESDAY JUNE u

Well scattered and was good in PIN
ches- This made Hagerstowns eley-
eath straight victory Score.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-06-27
Standing Of the Clubs.
Our Schedule This Week.
and Comments.

Observation-Disclosures here
Thursday Frederick here
Friday-Hagerstown here
Saturday-In Hagerstdwn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06
RETURNS FROM BIG SALE

Carl Ross, who with his father,
George Ross, is in the business of
raising thoroughbred Hereford cat
tie, accompanied by w. M. Murtha,
caretaker at the Ross farm, returned
Tuesday evening from Des Moines,
where they attended one of the larg-
est Polled Hereford cattle sales ever
held in the state of Iowa, the sale
taking place at the State Fair
Grounds Monday. Mr.. Ross disposed
of four head of their Polled Hereford
cattle, which brought him the fancy
price of $4,000, or an average of
$500. There were fifteen contribu-
tors present at the sale and the top
price for bull was $1,000 and top
price for a COW was 1900.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06
BILLY" LEFT DIVORCED;
MUST PAY $4,000 ALIMONY

Mrs. Billy" Leet, who eloped with
the youthful auto racer in January,
1915. has secured permanent sepa-
ration from him in the courts at
Carroll, Iowa, the young couples Of
ficial home, and has been granted
in addition to divorce the right to
use her maiden name of Anne Rob-
ertson, and $4,000 alimony.
Miss Robertson, at the homo of
Mrs. Fred Hamiltin of Omaha, re-
fused yesterday to discuss the suit
Mrs. F. M. Leet, mother of Billy
said she was happy that the affair
was ended.
BILLY" did not contest the case,
and the only witness at the special
session of the court was the plaintiff
The career of the Leets has had
its fill of legal tangles, all of which,
however. have been settled amicably
without the undue publicity of a
trial.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06
ENTERTAINED FRIENDS

Miss Lucille Wright entertained
last Sunday several of her friends
at a bounteous five-course dinner at
the home Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. r. Wright. Mrs. Wright and
daughter, Miss Wanda, prepared and
served the dinner for the occasion.
Miss Lucille left Audubon Tuesday
afternoon for Athens, Oregon, where
she will have full charge of the Do
nestle Science department of the
public schools of that city. Her
many friends will hate to see her
leave Audubon, but will wish her
the best success in her new field of
labor. Miss Lucille was accompanied
as far as Omaha by her father, who
transacted business there while
away
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06
LADIES PLEASANTLY
ENTERTAINED

Tuesday evening Miss Bessie
Turner entertained coterie OF
friends at her home at a delightful
$50 dinner complimentary to Misses
Clara and Edith Phelps who are
soon to leave for California to spend
the winter with their father. Gov
ers were laid for eight. Following
the dinner the evening was spent
with music and games as the di.
version. Miss Turner proved to be
most excellent hostess and provid.
ed entertainment that will bring
pleasant memories to all who were
included in. the party.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06
THE AUDUBON REPUBLICAN THURSDAY DECEMBER 6, 1917.
O, r. q. MEETING

A meeting of the Order of the
Eastern Star will be held Tuesday
December 18th, at which time de-
grees will be conferred upon Mr.
and Mrs. w. w .Perrine and daugh-
ter Lois. Other business of import
ance will be attended to at this
meeting. A full attendance of the
members is desired.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06
THE STORY HOUR

Miss Marie Wolf had forty little
listeners present at the Story Hour
in the public library Saturday morn
ing at ten o'clock.
The following stories were told the
children in a very interesting man
ner by Miss Wolf: 1.-THE Robins
Christmas Song" 1.-THE Rabbit Who
Was Afraid" "How the Cricket
Brought Good Fortune" and "Dick
Wilmington and his Cat"
The Story Hour is becoming more
popular each week and the attend
ance gradually increasing.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06
REGULAR MEETING

Miss Lizzie Schrieber, leader of
the regular December meeting Of
the Woman's Club, which will be
held at the club rooms Wednesday
December 18th, beginning at $3.50 p.
m, announces the following pro-
gram:
Vocal solo ...M Mrs. Geo. B. Scott
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Aid. Ban
ud6iuS JULIUS
Demonstration in Foods-Soups
Mrs. George Kellogg; Corn
Mrs. VIM. Rucker; Rye-Mrs.
Rasmussen.
Every one is requested to bring
note books and pencils so the many
facts and recipes given may be taken
home and made use of. 1t is hoped
that no one will forget their knitting
or sewing as time nowadays should
be utilized to the minute.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06
EVANGELICAL CHURCH NOTES.
Services next Sabbath:

SERVICES next SABBATH:
1000 a. m. Sabbath school. Sub
ect. Ezra and Nehemiah Teach the
Law"
1900 a. m. sermon. 700 D. m,
Y. p. A., or Young Peoples Meeting.
Subject, Life Work Recruits
500 p. m. sermon.
Revival meetings at the Evangel-
ical church each evening. Some of
these meetings have been greatly
blessed. Rev. Fuller's preaching is
being much appreciated. The meet
ings are apt to continue all of next
week. You are cordially invited to
all of these meetings.
One of the greatest needs of Au-
dubon and of our day is an old time
revival of religion in which the va
rieties and realities of the religion of
Jesus Christ are emphasized, and in
which people get through to God
and get the vision of the Christ-life
for them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-06
FOR SALE

Good 3-year old riding and driving
horse, sound as a dollar. Will sell
reasonable. See l.. c. Nielsen, phone
No. 4S4-J. 47-2wpd
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
OWN UP TO MISTAKES-By H. Arlington Bruce

varications. progress in the chosen career becomes
next to impossible.
For as everybody knows-or ought to know
mistakes have a real value aida to self-improye-
ment. The man who does not acknowledge and
regret his mistakes is obviously in no mood to
learn from them.
Observant employers of labor have long been
aware of this AS such has put It:
81 make it rule to get rid as quickly as pos
sible of any young over-ready with excuses.
On the other hand, try to be patient as pos
sible with the young man who frankly owns up
to mistakes -..~ $1,000
THE former is not merely trying to hoodwink
He is deceiving himself into false belief
in his ability. Unwilling to admit that he does
anything badly, he will continue to make mis-
takes to the detriment of my business.
THE second young man, recognizing wherein
he has erred is in position to avoid similar
mistakes in the future.
"Profiting from the lessons of his mistakes, he
will gradually acquire fund of practical working
knowledge most valuable to me as well as to him
self. For that 1 am willing to overlook
much in his case and give him ample opportunity
to make good .-- ----- ~ ~-------.
The French have a proverby, He who excuses
himself, accuses himself" AS supplementary to
this would suggest;
He who excuses himself convicts himself OF
disastrous self-deception." - .....o
Acknowledge your mistakes and study them.
Ascertain just how you have erred and why. Make
mental notes for future guidance. This Is
questionably the course to be followed by the man
who would succeed -.- ------. ----a--- s~>-----
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12

food, serious though it is, has not reached
point near outright famine
IL should be remembered, moreover, that Ger
many has access to very helpful if not abundant
food reinforcements through her Bulgarian and
Turkish allies. In taking Serbia she got control
of the Balkan corridor with its great strategic
advantages of economic as we'll as military COM
munication. Her dwindng resources were re-
plenished still further when she conquered Ru-
MANIA where she acquired not only large quanti-
ties of grain but also great supplies of petroleum.
a basic war necessity. Germany's isolation thus
has been relieved at vital points and her staying
powers considerably augmented. The fact is,
since the earliest months of the she has drawn
largely from her enemies resources. Her first
lunge into Belgium and France placed her in pos
session of invaluable supplies of iron and COAL
and wherever her armies have gone, they nave con-
Quoted carefully planned system of robDlng tnat
part of the civilian population which they did not
massacre or enslave. The Huns of old were brutal
on impulse but these Notwithstanding Huns are
brutal by calculation. They set out to make bru-
tally pay, and from their own point or view they
have not altogether failed.
1t would be absurd to say that Germany mas
strength and resources enough to Withstand inde-
fnitely the blows which America, fighting shoulder
TO shoulder with France and England and italy
can lay on. The Germans are no race OF super
men, The Kaiser is In sense second Ma
poleon. He is simply conscienceless' vainglorl-
Gus tyrant bent upon ruling or running the world
But for the very reason that there is no con-
science in official Germany mo good faith no true
craftsmanship, may expect the Kaiser ana tne
Junkers and the whole wretched clique whose
fortunes are bound up with despotism TO stand
out to the blacklist extremity, regardless of the
interests of the German people.
II behooves America, therefore, to prepare In
spirit as we'll as in military and economic equip
merit for a war that will be long enough and
waged stoutly enough to bring Hohenzollern Ger
many to surrender That is the least we can hight
for safely and II is there only that we Will pause
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
The Voyage of the Jupiter.

The safe arrival at French port of the Amer
lean collier Jupiter, carrying wheat and other sup
plies for the Pershing division is event of much
significance To our allies, it is cheering evidence
of our purpose and ability to aid them not simply
through liberal loans and moral support but also
with fighting units The movement of the expe-
tionary force will be secret, of course, until 1t is
completed but the announcement from Paris de-
elares Interestingly enough:
THE French nation greets with JOY on
their arrival these new brothers in arms who
under the flag of the great American republic
have come to participate until final victory In
the struggle against the common enemy"
The inference to be drawn from this remark is un-
mistakable.
The Jupiter, of the navy's largest trans
ports is electrically driven and has s@eed which
would enable her to escape submarine attacks I'M
der ordinary circumstances. Furthermore, she
was under the convoy of an American warship.
The safety of her voyage was thus taken for
granted. But her arrival is none the less
source OF rejoicing this side as we'll as in
France and an event of happy omen. We have
substantial assurance that the task of carrying
our troops and their supplies across the Atlantic
will be accomplished without serious misadven-
ture Canada already has sent between two ard
three hundred thousand soldiers to the front with
out the loss of single life on the way. The sub
marine never has interfered with the movement of
British armies. 1t will not interfere with the
plans of the United States.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-12
Millions From Drainage.

when drained, these wet lands that now
bring from FIVE dollars to twenty-five dollars
an acre will be worth from one hundred to
three hundred dollars acre. Even such
prices, representing the present market value
of Louisiana lands, are low in comparison
with the lands of Egypt and Holland. In the
valley of the Nile, farms bring as much as
seven hundred and fifty dollars an acre, and
in Holland from six hundred to one thousand
dollars are paid for lands none OF which are
superior in fertility to the lowlands of Lou
isiana."-The Manufacturers Record.
This is equally true of Georgia which has up
wards of two and a half million acres Of swamp
and overlooked lands, of little or no value
but capable of being developed, by drainage into
farm sites OF marvellous fertility. As the need of
increased food production becomes more urgent,
these lands will become more and more valuable
because they will yield the largest crops at the
least cost of production. Communities or indf-
vidual property owners that reclaim such lands
now are making an exceptionally safe and profit
able investment.