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The Washington times., 1917-04-06
THIRD ENROLLED IN
FEDERAL SERVICE
Ceremony Of Mastering in Takes
Place at Fort Myer
Today.

Washington furnished 1000 more
fighting men to the country today
when the Third Regiment National
Guard OF the District of Columbia.
passed muster at Fort Myer.
Standing almost knee deep In mud,
the suardsmen answered to their
names when called by Major Merch
B. Stewart U. S. A, mastering Of
hcer, and stepped two PAGES to the
front. signifying their readiness to
''go to the front"
The entire regiment. commanded
by Col. Glendie B. Young, was lined
up before the mastering officer, who
checked up the names. Major Stewart
was assisted by Capt. Horace p.
Hobbs and Capt. Albert Rich.
Believes All are Fit.
Immediately after the muster Com
pany A was sent to the Fort Myer
hospital for physical examination by
Major Arthur NJ. Whaley, of the Med
ical Corps. U. S. A. The other com
panies will be examined during the
afternoon and tomorrow. In view OF
the fact that all the members of the
regiment underwent physical ex-
animation on March II, just before
being mustered out of the Federal
service after returning from Texas,
Colonel Young believes all of them
Will be pronounced physically fit.N
The mastering ceremonies, which
were solemn. impressive, business
like and expeditions. temporarily
halted the. guardsmen's task of
making camp on the site they oc-
cupied last summer.
The'soldiers were hampered by the
depth of the mud and a wind which
'northers" which frequently descend
reminded them strongly OF the
ed upon their camp near San Antonio
last fall and winter.
As the soldiers worked with picks,
shovels. hammers and saws. digging
bitches to drain OF the rain and con-
structing kitchens and dining halls
they swore they were out of luck and
that Jupiter Pluvius had It in for
them.
Home In q QuaxmIre.
IF II was raining soup we would
be caught with forks instead OF
spoons" said one enlisted man on
kitchen detail as he gathered up sew
eral loaves of bread which had slipped
from his arms and fallen into the
mud. That mud will give this dough
a good flavor though" he added with
a smile.
Colonel oYung visited all the COM
pany streets overseeing the repitch-
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
GENERAL FocH DETACHED
Hero Of the. Battle Of the Marne 10
Removed From Command.

PARIS, April 6.-Gen. Ferdinand
Foch. the hero OF the battle of the
Marne, has been detached from com
mand.
The Matin says that General Foch
will remain on the active list, but
without a command. His services will
be at the disposal of the minister Of
war. He is succeeded as geenral OF
division by General Laboria, formerly
chief of brigade.
Another weIl-known division leader
who has been Withdrawn Is General,
Eydoux, military governor of Dun.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
20 MILLION PEOPLE
USE CASCARETS-

You eat one or. two cascarets like
candy before going to bed. and in the
morning your head Is clear. tongue
Is. clean. stomach sweet. breath right,
and cold gone and you feel, grand
Get 10 or Scent box at any drug
store and enjoy the incest, gentlest liver
and bowel cleansing you ever expert
enced- Stop sick headaches. bilious
spells. Indigestion. furred tongue. sonsn-
sive breath. and constipation Mothers
should give cross. peeyish. feFerish. BIZ
ious children a whole cascaret any time.
.Advt. -a
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
TRIO BEATS CHAUFFEUR
Jake Fisher Bruised Up In Payment
For Ride,

A bruised face is all that Jake
Fisher chauffeur, OF 1880 Thirteenth
street northwest, has today to show
that he took. three young men from
the business section of Sthe city to
Georgetown last night.
Fisher. told policeman of the Sew.
entn precinct that shortly before mid
night three young men hailed bI.
machine at Ninth and r streets and
said they wanted to go to Thirty-sixth
and p streets.
When they were near their destina-
ton, Fisher says. they commanded
him to drive on to the Massachusetts,
avenue bridge, where they punched
MS face, jumped out of the machine,
and ran.
No attempt was made, the polics
say, to rob the chauffeur.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
FRENCH REGAIN LINE
In RHEIMS SECTOR
Paris Also Reports important
Advance South of River
Disc.

PARIS. April 6-French forces
made large gains north Of Landri-
court south OF the Disc and also re-.
occupied some Of the trenches north
west Of Rheims, which were taken in
the FIRST rush Of the German attack
there yesterday, today's official state
ment said.
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
Is Work Too Hard?

Many kinds Of work wear out the
kidneys, and kidney trouble makes
any kind of work hard. It brings
morning lameness, backache, head
ache, dizziness, nervousness, rheu-
matism and distressing urinary
troubles. If your work is confining,
or strains the back, or exposes you
to extreme heat or cold or damp, it's
well to keep the kidneys active.
Doan's Kidney Pills are reliable and
safe. Thousands recommend them.
a WASHINGTON CASE.
VIM. F. Shelton. 129 Anacostia road.
says: II was a sufferer from lumbago
and often | had terrible backache which
stopped me from doing. my work.
found my back so stiff and lame on
getting up in the morning that I some-
times had trouble In bending over while
dressing. Everything / had used had
failed Until I took Doan's Kidney Pills.
They gave me great benefit"
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
Casts Vote Against War,
Then Miss Rankin Cries
Il Want To Stand By My Country" Protests
Woman Member of House, But Refuses
To Sanction Hostilties.

tive Of the fact that she was underRoinr
an ordeal which has never before come
to an American woman.
Tears came to the eyes Of Miss Ran.
kin as she leaned back in her seat. II
Is likely that the applause she received
sounded far, far away. and the cries OF
vote" were tumble in her ears.
The reading clerk and the Speaker did
not know whether Miss Rankin intended
to vote no, orrmerely record the fact
that she could not vote for the resolu-
ton.
Anirms Negative Vote.
A House smploye was sent to the fem
inine member from Montana
Did you vote nor" he asked.
Miss Rankin nodded her head wearIly.
And so she was recorded.
Soon afterward Miss Rankin left the
chamber, being <fnong the first to
seek seclusion after the declaration
OF war against Germany. She had
been In the hall during the most Of
the debate. Throughout the momen-
tous discussion she seemed preoccu-
pied, worried.
During the day various members
and newspaper meh had sought out
Miss Rankin and asked IL she would
vote for or against the resolution.
She was noncommittal, but plainly
disturbed. Both sides suggested that
she should make a speech-a maiden
speech 'as they call II when a male
member makes an oratorical debut In
either branch of Congress. Miss Ran
kin made no promises.
MiIItants Wanted Her.
Advocates of the war resolution
would have been pleased to enlist Miss
Rankin among their speakers because
Of the effect a woman's utterances for
war would have had on the pacifst
group In the House and throughout
the country. One of the practical men
OF the House suggested to another
practical man that 1t would help the
cause Of suffrage nightly" should
Miss Rankin vote for war.
But Miss Rankin was thinking be-
yond that. Woman's instructive abb
horrence of war came uppermost as
the night wore on into morning and
the suffering and travail OF European
battlefields was pictured by pacifist
orators in their last stand.
And when the test came Miss Ran
kin-in a voice echoing the trouble
Of soul and in a manner that fur
nished a big, outstanding. dramatic
moment in the procedure of declaring
war against the imperial German
and leaving the path of
for that OF conflict-sim-
ply said:
81 want to stand by my country
but cannot vote for war"
The Washington times., 1917-04-06
BRIDE LOCKS HUSBAND UP
New Wife Took Him Away From
Corporal.

corporal.
NEW CASTLE, Pa, April GA
promising recruit was lost to the
coast artillery when Mrs. Harry Lent,
seventeen years old, a bride OF few
weeks, encountered her nineteen
year-oId HUSBAND on the way to the
station with Corporal Hackett TO
board a train for Columbus, Ohio.
She took her husband home and
locked himup.
In applying, Lent said he was un-
married, passing the examination, and
was accepted On his way to the
train he met his wife and was talking
to her aside from the corporal
Their conversation became heated.
and the corporal inquiring. was told
by Lent: This is my wife, and she
won't let me CO."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
ALL QUIET In
MEXICO CITY
tunited Press Leased wirs.D

WASHINGTON, d. c., April Z.
Communication re-established
today between Mexico City and
Washington, revealed no fighting
in the Mexican capital and did not
confirm the report that Gen. Car
rama had been imprisoned. it was
stated at the state department.
What may be happening behind
the scenes in Mexico is the cause
for some concern.
A rumor that Carranza has been
overthrow by Gen. Obregon had
been circulating.
The attitude of Costa Rica to-
ward the United States is still fur
Their cause for concern. Presi-
dent Tinoco, who usurped the gov
.rnment recently, is known to be
sounding out this government as
its feeling toward recognizing
him, and the hint is that If the
United States does not alter its
previous position OF opposition to
him he may make friendly over
lures to Germany and permit that
nation to establish submarine
bases along its coasts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07

UNITED Press Leased Wire.l
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Apr.
7.-Cable reports from many
European points today were
that Austria-Hungary has
broken relations with the
United States.
Here, however, both state de-
partment and Austrian en-
bassy officials denied knowl-
edge Of such action.
. That Foreign Minister CZernin
had instructed Ambassador Tar
nowski at Washington to demand
his passports was reported in a
special agency dispatch from The
Hague and in dispatches received
by the Paris newspaper, La Mar
tin. from its correspondent IL
Basic. E1ai
This latter said Austrian papers
made formal announcement of
Austria-Hungary's alignment with
her ally, Germany, against Amer
lea.
Information from The Hague
asserted that American Ambassa
dor Penfield and his staff hat
been formally given passports and
that The Netherlands government
would probably represent the Unit
ed States hereafter in Austria
Hungary.
1t was also reported that the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
ROUNDUP OF SPIES
IS on FULL BLAST

and would return to this city i'm
mediately.
Bopp left his Berkeley home
early yesterday shortly before U.
s. District Attorney Preston was
instructed to arrest as alien en-
emies the former consul and as.
sistants who were convicted sew
eral months ago of violating
American neutrality. He is said
to have left Berkeley In an auto
mobile with two strange men.
Federal officials. while refusing
to comment, today, plainly show
ed an anxiety over Bopp's disap-
pearance. Friends of Bopp stat
ed that he is visiting a friend on a
ranch near Sonoma City, Cal, but
dispatch from Santa Rosa, near
Sonoma City, quoted A. E. Towtr,
Bopp's friend, as saying the form
er consul was not there and was
not expected.
U. s. Acknowledgement Gregory
today directed that Lieutenant
Baron Wilhelm Won Brincken and
Eckhardt con Setback, who were
arrested as alien enemies last
night, be imprisoned at the Pre-
sidio as prisoners of war. If Bopp
Is caught he will be lodged there
also.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
BRAZIL'S
MOOD IS
WARLIKE
Omitted Press Leased wire.,

Omitted Press Leased Wfre.l
RIO DE JANEIRO, April T.
The Brazilian government today
requisitioned for government use
the entire fleet of the Compania
Concrete y Navigation, together
with all docks and appurtenances.
for purposes of national de-
fense."
The German and Austrian lega-
lions were put under guard.
Public excitement is at a high
pitch against Germany and APP
parently favors Brazil's align
ment with the United States
against Germany.
Fresh flames were added to
this for the indignation against
Germany with additional details
received from the captain of the
steamer Parana concerning that
vessels destruction by a German
submarine.
The commander declared there
was no warning of any kind, and
that the torpedo struck his vessel
about midnight-presumably on
Wednesday. The fourth engineer
and two firemen we're killed by
the explosion and a majority of
the Parana's crew were wounded.
Lifeboats bearing the survivors
were afloat IL hours before q
French destroyer picked them up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
Big News to the Men
InAdvanced Trenches

'O'ye see that?' he enquired,
pointing at a hurricane of shells
bursting over the Germans. well,
those are our fireworks in cele-
bration."
Out In the front line trenches
the "Tommies" hoisted up sign
boards apprising the enemy
Americas enemy now-of the
news.
Each word ought to be worth
at least thousand shels!'
grinned one officer. Were now
going to give 'em some of Wilson's
speech In that way also. Some
sentences of that speech are better
than bombs E"
1t was noticeable today tina
none Of the German troops taker
prisoner knew anything abou
Americas entry into the war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07

PETROGRAD, April 7. - Ba-
bushka, grandmother of the
revolution" and most of all feared
by the former Russian autocracy
is back from Siberia enjoying the
freedom of the new democracy
after an exile of 43 years.
Babushka is the nickname of
Nine. Catherine Breshkovskaya,
daughter of a Russian noble and
70 years of age.
Her activities against the Rus
STA autocracy and kindnesses for
the people won her the title by
which every radical in Russia
knew her-"Grandmother of the
Russian revolution"
While in her teens, Babushka
pleaded so strongly for freedom OF
the people her parents forced her
to leave home.
She soon had a gathering of ad-
mirers and put the government
into so much fear of an uprisin g
she was sent to Siberia.
Twice she escaped. The first
time she was sent back for 1G
years. The she returned to
Russia, but noticing she was I'M
der constant watch, came to
America, where she collected
$4,000 for the cause of the Rus
sian revolution.
Returning to Russia, she was
rearrested again. In spite of her
own unfortunate situation, she
used all her efforts caring for her
comrades in exile.
Babushka's reward is the
revolution. Receptions I'm her
honor are being given
throughout Petrograd and
she is hailed as the heroine
of the new Russia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
BLOW UP
INTERNED
CRUISER!
Omitted Pres. Leased wIre.)


WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 7.
The German informed cruiser
Cormorant has been blown up by
its crew in the harbor of Guam,
the navy department announced
today.
The ship was destroyed by the
Germans as the U. S. marines were
going to seize the. vessel.
Two German warrant officers
and five German enlisted men
were killed.
Twenty German officers, IL
warrant warratn officers and 321
enlisted men of the vessel were
taken prisoners.
The Cormorant was a converted
cruiser, active In the early days of
the war In raiding allied COM
merce in the South Pacific.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
(United Press LIZ ased wire.)

WASHINGTON, d. c.. April 7.
The government roundup of
German plotters and all enemies
of the republic is in full blast to-
day.
With scores already arrested or
being run down, countless other
arrests will be made within the
next few days.
The enormity of this plotter
hunt can be imagined when 1t is
remembered that the statement
recently was made on the floor
of the senate that 100000 Ger
man spies had woven their in
trigues in every section Of the
country.
While department of Justice
and secret service agents work In
deepest secrecy, it is taken for
granted that another chief objec-
tive in the hunt is to keep war
time watch on the bounds of Ger
man reservists here who were un-
able to answer the call to the
colors that sounded in 1914.
1t is known positively today
that it has been from these mon
chiefly reservists- of younger
years-that Boyd and Won Pa
pen drew material for their work
of spying and intrigue against
this government.
Another nest of plotters was
Germany's consular service In
America.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
MAKE PLANS FOR
CHILDREN'S WARD

To go over the plans of the pro-
posed children's ward at the coun-
ty tuberculosis sanatorium, men,
bers of the Parent-Teacher asso-
citation and officers or the Anti
tuberculosis league met with the
county commissioners Saturday.
There has been some objection to
the plans as they now stand be-
cause they include no school and
recreation room.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
LEGAL NOTICES

NO. 857s.-AN ORDI-
NANCE appropriating $3,9272S
from the Light and Water Fund of
the City of Tacoma to pay claims
audited by the City Controller, and
declaring an emergency.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
OF TACOMA:
Section /. That claims against
the City of Tacoma, in the sum of
s8,e27.2S, audited by the City Con-
troller April 3rd, 1917. as shown
Thy his report. be allowed and paid I:
and to pay said claims the following
sums are hereby appropriated from
the Light and Water Funds of the
City of Tacoma:
Light Fund .............. .N2,62S.45
Water Fund .............. 1,3Ss.S5
TOtat ......'...s -. .Vo,Szt.zo
Section g. An emergency exists
and this ordinance shall take effect
imm ediateiy after publication.
Passed April 4. 1917.
A. v. FAwCETT.
Mayor.
Attest: w. ID. NIcKEUS,
City Clerk.
April 5. 1917.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
AID SECRET SERVICE
tCnited Press Leased WIre.D

SAN FRANCISCO, April r.
Persons who speak German. Aus
trian or any other foreign lam
guages. photographers, amateur
or professional, and in fact prac-
tically all responsible adults in
California, Oregon, Washington,
Montana, Idaho, Nevada and
Utah will have a chance to serve
their country in the Nathan Hale
Volunteers. the organization OF
which Is being started today by
the intelligence bureau of the
Western army department. The
purpose is to assist the govern
ment in secret Investigations, the
organization being an auxiliary OF
the secret service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
SIX INCENDIARY
FIRES STARTED

NEW YORK, April six in
cendiary fires, starting almost
simultaneously, today destroyed
the main granstand, the terminal
grandstand, the betting ring and
the jockey house and damaged
other buildings at Belmont Park
race track, on Long island. The
loss is estimated at $250.000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
AIDS RECRUITING
OF MARINE CORPS

An additional u. S. marine
corps recruiting office has been
opened up at the Union Pacific
ticket office, 1119 Pacific avenue,
to speed up recruiting of marines.
The railroad company offered the
space for the station. The offices
have been swamped with men
who intend to. enlist as soon as
they close up their business af-
fairs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
HIGH EXPLOSIVES
TURN OUT TO BE
VERY ALCOHOLIC

United Treas Lcnsed Wfre,D
PITTSBURG, Pa, April 7. =
Western Pennsylvania was given
a thrill for a time early today
when reports were received Of a
clash between militiamen and sup
posed Germans at Pennsylvania
railroad tunnel.
The reports blew up" how
ever, rather than the tunnel. The
high explosives" in possession OF
the men who clashed with the
guardsmen were largely alcohol
according to an officer in charge
of the troops.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
ny WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMS

BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
CUnited Press Staff CorrespondentD
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES
AFIELD, April 7.-"America has
declared war;" was the flash that
went brilliantly forward over all
field telephone and telegraph lines
to the fighting line today.
Gee whizz. Man, | feel like
hugging you" voiced an ordinar-
lily quiet staff captain of the Cana
dian forces, whose mother was a
Philedelphian, as we approached
a group of Canadian officers at
an advanced position.
THE Canadians are proud of
the United States-just as proud
as any American could be-" he
continued. This will mean much
in our future of neighborly rela-
lions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
DYNAMITE CAMPAIGN

DENVER, April Two Ger
mans, giving their names as Karl
Burke, 36. and Charles Nelson,
Ct, were arrested by police here
today and turned over to secret
service operatives, following dis
covery of what is believed to be
a plot for a wholesale dynamiting
campaign, including blowing up
the homes of Governor J. G. Gun
ter, adjutant General Frank
Baldwin, Police Chief Hamilton
Armstrong and three public school
buildings.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
Is, 900 JOIN IN
SEATTLE PARADE

SEATTLE, April Fifteen
thousand men and women have
been assigned places In the pratt
otto parade to be staged here to-
night as an indication of Seattle
stand behind the president.
Soldiers from Fort Lawton
and sailors from the Puget Sound
navy yard will lead the march,
ers to the Arena, where a great
mass meeting will be held.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
Central POWERS ALL
May BREAK WITH j. s.

other members of the central pow
ers alliance, Turkey and Bulgaria,
would shortly sever relations
with the U. s..
Count Tarnowski has never
been formally recognized as am
bassador to the United States. He
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
KINGS SEND BEST
WISHES TO WILSON

WASHINGTON. d. c.. April z.
President Wilson today re-
ceived personal messages of con-
graduation on his stand In accept
ing the German challenge to war
from King George of England and
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
DAHLIA SOCIETY TO
MEET ON MONDAY

The monthly meeting OF the
Tacoma Dahlia society will be
held at 8 O'Clock Monday night at
the Commercial club. All inter-
ested persons are invited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
REPORT GERMAN
RAIDER SIGHTED

NEWPORT,/R. l., April 7. -
The Nantucket shoals lightship to-
day reported German raider
sighted. off Cape Henry. Deputy
Collector okCustoms Walcott mo-
titled all shipping and advised
vessels to remain in harbor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07

is now in Washington and has
been there for a month or more,
cooling his heels. In the mean
time, although there was no Of
fetal explanation, it was intimat-
ed that America was waiting to
see whether Austria approved Ger
many's unlimited summarizing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07

LOCAL Improvement District No.
550s.-Notice is hereby given that
in pursuance of Ordinance No. 1851
OF the City of Tacoma. q Roll has
been placed in my hands for the
collection Of the assessment levied
for installing a system of street
lighting consisting of metal stand
ards with Tungsten lamps on 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
BOPP WILL SURRENDER
Omitted Press Leased wire.,

SAN FRANCISCO, April T.
Franz Bopp, former German con-
sul-general, will arrive in San
Francisco and surrender before
night.
He telephoned to U. S. District
Attorney Preston at 1895 a. M,
from st. Helena, CAL, stating that
he had Just heard he was wanted
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
BOY RELATIVE OF
WILSON ENLISTS

United Press bensed Wire.p
OREGON CITY, Ore, April Z.
Charles Carothers, 10, dis
tant relative of President Wilson
and q descendant of fighters In
the revolutionary war, enlisted In
the navy today.
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right: William G.
Thomas w. general; Robert Ians
of statc Josehus Daniels of the
Baker secretary David +.
Albert Bureson generals william H. Will
am c.. o
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-07
LEGAL NOTICES

Helens Avenue from the center of
Division Avenue to the center line
OF South Seventh street.
Said installment may be paid on
or before May eth, 1917, but III
not paid on or before said date.
interest at the rate of six per cent
$50 per annum Will attach.
JAMES C. DRAKE,
City Treasurer.