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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

Greetings. did you Hoov-
ea1se the turk?
Says the lady next door:
Ignorance has give many 81
man a good nights rest"
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29
10000 Packinghouse
Workers May Strike

(United Press Leased Wire
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.--Prepara-
lions were Snder way today for
strike vote OF more than 10000
employees Of Chicago packers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29
LIBERTY BOND STOLEN

A $50 Liberty bond, SIS in
cash and registration card were
stolen from the trousers pocket of
d. b. Morey, chef at the Knox
cafe, "Wednesday evening.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

Greetings, did you Hoov-
eai1e the turk?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

Says the lady next door:
Ignorance has give many 81
man a good nights rest"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

We're waiting pa46ukly.
Sooner or later somebody y
going to spring : subst1ente
for corn bread.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
ALLIES SCORE HITS
IN NAVAL BATTLE

LONDON, Oct. 2o.-In an attack by
British and French. destroyers a Ger
man torpedo boat destroyer was twice
struck by shells.
This occurred during a night on the
Belgian coast in which six allied craft
and three German ships aided by
seventeen airplanes took part.
An admiralty statement says:
"six British and French torpedo
boat destroyers patrolling OF the Bel
gian coast Saturday afternoon sighted
and attacked three German torpedo
boat destroyers and seventeen air
planes. Two direct hits were obtained
on one of the enemy's destroyers.
which Immediately retired under the
protection OF their land batteries.
THE airplane formation was not
broken by the fire OF the antiaircraft
guns on our destroyers. Each of the
airplanes dropped three bombs In the
vicinity OF our vessels, which suffered
no damage, aside from two men be-
ing slightly wounded"
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
TWO SAW HOOPSNAKE
ROLLING ALONG CREEK

DARBY, Pa, oct 2e.-The existence
OF the hoopsnake was not only set at
rest yesterday, but the additional fact
established that the reptile can roll
on water. a. well as on land, when
one Of the supposed fabulous reptiles
gave an exhibition on Darby creek be-
fore the astonished eyes of Jake
kits, Of Folcroft, and Joe Mcclure,
of Ninth street
Prof. Hercules Achilles Surface, an
authority on snakes, OF Harrisburg,
some years ago offered q reward Of
$500 to anyone who could prove the
existence of the hoopsnake.
There 10 . hoopsnake," said kits,
in Ellis Stopford's Main street cigar
store, because saw Il. Joe Mcclure.
Of Ninth street, saw II also. He saw
what I saw, and / saw what he saw,
so we both must be right We were
In q rowboat on Darby creek, when
we noticed something rolling on the
surface of the water, against the tide
and wind, like q hoop. Row over and
we'll see what IL is,' said Mcclure.
The thing want rolling very fast,
SO I rowed over toward IL, when Il
suddenly saw US and began to roll
faster. It was . hoopsnake-a water
hoopsnalke. We tried to overtake Il
and capture II, but Il puffsd itself up,
like an automobile tire, and set Its
scaly hanges against the water, like
paddles, and sped away at, I should
say, about thirty-nve-knot speed, or
like an eight-cylinder car from q push
mobile"
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
WALL ST. MARKET
NEWS OF ITALIAN R0UI
CAUSES DECLINES.
War Reports Force Prices Down
From One to Three Points a. ses-
sion opens-Marlne Issues Un.
usually Weak-steeI Common
Sells of.

NEW YORK. Oct. 2o.-Ths news Of
the rout Of the Italian army caused
declines OF from l to points at
the opening Of the stock market to-
day.
Marine issues were unusually weak
ct the start. Marine preferred de-
elined . points to 1oOh. but after the
nrst fifteen minutes Of trading rail-
lied to 103 Atlantic Gulf and W. L.
dropped IA points to 1oS. Marine
common opened y higher at 30Is.
Steel common sod off Y to 1868
and Bethlehem Steel B declined IN
to. SAY. Losses OF more than one
point were also sustained In crucible,
Baldwin, and Republic Steel.
Copper stocks were weak, Utah
falling IL to 81. and Anaconda I
point to S3h. American Smelling de-
clined 1x to s5%. The railroad
stocks also suffered losses, Reading
dropping 1 point to "a and Canadian
Pacific IL to 143%. -
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
PRESIDENT HAILED AS
WORLD PEACE MAKER

THE peacemaker Of the world" was
the title to be conferred upon Presi-
dent Wilson before an audience Of
several thousand soldiers. sailors, and
civilians, gathered on the Ellipse for
vesper services yesterday, by Assist
ant Attorney General Houston Thomp-
son.
At the Metropolitan Memlrial
church in the morning over $50 sol
dIers heard Lieut.. Paul Rochat, Of the
French army, tell of life in the
trenches. Capt. Curtis II. Dickens,
chaplain OF the Philadelphia navy
yard, delivered the sermon.
"America's Part in Saving the
World from Savagery." was the theme
of the Rev. Charles Woods address
to a congregation of soldiers and
sailors at the Church Of the Covenant
last night.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
How to Exchange
Old Liberty Loan
Bonds for New

II you hold ~ per cent Liberty
bonds and wish to exchange them
for 4 per cent second Liberty loan
bonds. carry them to any Federal
reserve bank or to the. Treasury
Department at any time on or
after November and to May is,
1918, and say 50. After May Is
II will be too late.
II you make the exchange be-
fore December 10 you win not
have to pay the Government any
difference In interest between az
per cent and the 4 per cent your
new bonds draw.
II you turn In your irst Liberty
bonds around November 8 you
will get your new 4 per cents IN
exchange quickly and begin
drawing the 4 per cent interest on
November Is.
II you have not yet received
either an interim certificate or .
nrst Liberty bond. you must have
the person. bank. or agency
through which you are purchas-
ing bonds Of this issue attend to
the exchange for you.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
LOST SHIPS CAPTAIN
TELLS OF TORPEDOTNG
Grew Of Wilmore Returns to Amer
lea on Government Transport.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29.-The per.
lis Of submarine attack at night we're
discussed yesterday by Captain Brew
er. master OF the steamship wilmore,
which was sunk by a torpedo in the
Mediterranean at a. m, September
l2, while bound from PhiIadelphia
for France with a $1,000. 900 cargo.
Captain Brewer had q crew, including
gunners, of hfty-eight men, and they
have just returned on a Government
transport which was twice attacked
by submarine gunhre and lodged q
torpedo which passed within twenty
Ave feet OF her bow.
'On the morning OF the disaster 1
was in personal charge on deck" said
Captain Brewer. THE night was
dark, and as we were in the danger
zone the lifeboats were all swung
clear, ready for instant use. The
shock appeared to lift the steamer
bodily from the water. the torpedo
having struck nearly amldship, and
In eight minutes vessel and cargo
were beneath the surface OF the MedI-
terranean. There had been no warn
ing. and no sign Of a submarine that
we could see.
the crew, every man OF which was At
his post, and all managed to get into
the lifeboats, except the chief engi-
neeS, carpenter. and one seaman, who
escaped on q life nft. They were
picked up by the attacking submarine
and turned adrlft. after . photograph
had been taken OF them. After hours
of exposure and lack OF food, all hands
reached Cape Palos, on the coast OF
Spain, from where we were sent 70
on q destroyer. From
there We were SAINT homa."
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
QUARANT|NEFOR
RABIES IS ON IN
PR|NCEGEORGE'S

Prsvalenes Of rabies among dogs
in certain sections Of Prince 0sorgs
county has caused concern among
the officials Of the District health de-
partment. who today were notintd
Of quarantine placed over the lower
section OF the Maryland county.
s. NJ Shoemaker. chairman Of ths
State board OF agriculturs Of thu
Maryland county. ordered the quar-
antine placed In Prince George.
No persons have been attacked hy
dogs suffering with rabies In rscsn.
weeks. 20 far a. the records Of Wash-
ingt0n hospitals, and OF the Maryland
health department show.
The District Il In q peculiar prsdica,
ment- While dogs are allowed TO run
at large In Maryland. . regulation OF
the District Commissioners requires
all dogs 20 be muzzled. Dorn, e. .
consequence, have been muzzlod e.,
the District Of COLUMBIA for the last
four years.
The Commissioners are authorised
by act Of Congress to issue at any
time q proclamation ordering that
dogs be muEzled. The muzzling order
has been continually In effect on rec
ommsndation Of Health onicsr W. c.
Woodward.
Many weeks ago. residents in the
vicinity OF Silver Hill, Nd. were bit-
ten BY dogs said to have been suffer
ing from rabbiess Health Offlceg
Woodward notified the health au-
thorities Of Maryland that dogs n
large-numbers were running af large
and unmuzzled, and suggested that
uArnaeAfA~ - a. : -
danger. This suggestion, Dr. wood
ward said. was all that his depart
ment could offer. as there was no way.
to compel muzzling Of the dogs thersf
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
ZBYSZKO MUST SERVE
IN ARMY, BOARD RULES

sACO, Me-, Oct. 2e.-The local exemp-
ton board has reaffirmed q decision by
which II refuses TO exempt Wladek
Cyranievic5, known as ZbyBzko, tho
wrestler. from the seleccve draft
Zbysxko. who is now at Camp DeVens.
Aver. Mass. claimed exemption on the
ground that his mother and sister. lIv-
ing in Austria. were dependent upon
him. AAer the local board had denied
the claim a month ago. Bbyssko ap-
pealed 10 the State board and to I'resl-
dent Wilson. The President returned
tha CASE 10 the local board
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
Myrtle Had Way to
End War; Now She's
In Capital Asylum

Myrtle Glover, twenty-six, of
Woodbury., Gloucester county. N.
J., is at the Washington Asylum
Hospital today for mental exami-
nation, following her visit to the
White House last night, armed
with a Bible and declaring that
II the guards would let her see
the President, she would show
him how to bring an end to the
war.
This is the second time within
the month that Miss Glover has
attempted to gain the Presidents
ear on the same matter. On Oc-
tober 10, she was. halted at Un-
ion Station by detectives. She
was carrying her Bible. Her
father, John z. Glover, a pros
porous farmer OF Gloucester
county, was summoned and took
her back home
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
PROF|TEERSD DUPE
NEW YORK BAKERS
BY FALSE REPORT

NEW YORK, Oct. 2s-Speculators
got possession of a large part Of the
$4,000 barrels OF -four which the Gov
ernment commandeered q few weeks
ago from the cargoes OF ships held up
in the harbor. according to Max
Strasser, ex-president of the Master
Bakers Association OF the State OF
New York. Jobbers scared New York
city bakers for whom the flour was
intended into the belief that the flour
wasn't good, he said. and now the
-four il being sold to the very same
bakers at stiff prices.
"When the -four was seized by the
Government" Mr.. Strasser said, I'VE
had the flour and the bread made
from It analysed, and found that t-.e
-four was very good. We sent postal
cards to GOO or 700 bakers In the
city urging them to buy IT, The job
bers spread the word among the bak-
ers that the -four was no good. Then
the jobbers bought all the very same
-four they could get their hands on.
Bakers Were Trieked.
This flour is now being sold to the
bakers who were frightened out Of
buying Il, and they are paying regu-
lar prices for It. There isn't any
~oubt that it's the -four that came on
the ships, because the marks are on
the bags. It's strange that the fiour
was bad before the jobbers got II,
and it's all right now. The Govern
ment should never have sold to the
jobbers, but to the bakers"
At a recent annual meeting Of the
State Master Bakers Association a
resolution, introduced by Mr.. Stras-
ser, was adopted setting forth the as
surance that with flour down below
$11 a barrel, the customary loaf OF
bread of fourteen ounces would be
sold for less than 10 cents, contrary
statements of large wholesale bakers
Notwithstanding.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
RequIrea Year for Wsrk.
SNAKE IN CHURCH.

MADISON, Ind, Oct pa reIig-
ious meeting at the Cross Plains Meth
odist church near here was disturbed
when a big blacksnake crswlsd out
from under the altar just a. the min
lister, the Rev. C. Z. Bromley, was
about to administer the sacrament OF
communion. The preacher was equal
to the occasion. He said the serpent
did tempt Eve. but it couldn't blun
him, and fulfilled the ancient
prophecy by killing the reptile, altar
which the meeting proceeded.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
THE LOCAL MARKET
LITTLE ACTIVITY ON, STOCK
EXCHANGE TO-DAY.
Bonds Firm, With Few Offers on
Blds at Current PrIees-W. r. 4
{. Preferred Sells at 74H In
Block Of FIvs-Potomae censolI-
dated Drops One Point.

There was little activity on the
Washington Stock Exchange today.
Bonds were Arm, bids at current
prices bringing few offers.
Ten shares of National Bank OF
Warrington sold at 22o during the
regular call After call five shares OF
Railway and Electric pre-
ferred went at TAX. One $1,000 Po-
tomac Consolidated s per cent sold at
o., q drop OF q point from the last
sale. Ten shares of Washington Gas
brought 81. slightly under the bid foE
quotation lots.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 20. - wheat
steady; No. soft red. s2.22; No. red
winter, S224: receipts, o.444 bushels:
shipments, 90,4s7 bushels.
corn-Not quoted; receipts, 1ea;
shipments, b7.447.
Oats-Firm: No. white. 661a: re-
ceipts. T2,s56: shipments, 57.347.
Rye-Quiet; No. 2 western export
spot. S1.s6; receipts. 1924; shipments,
81 .626.
Hay-Steady; No. 1 Timothy, S27
per ton; No. clover, mixed.
S245O025.
Flour-UnchanEed.
First new corn Of season arrived In
Baltimore today and sold at $2.16 per
hushei.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
7-FOOT SNAKE KILLED
IN BOARDWALK FIGHT

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. 2e.-
Boardwalk promenaders were fur
nished rather novel entertainment on
the beach when a snake seven feet in
length and about fve inches in cir
cumference was killed on the strand
near the Million Dollar Pier, after
giving q couple OF Boardwalk white
wings q lively battle.
The snake is believed to be one that
escaped from q side show circus op-
posits the pier In August last. A
snake charmsr reported the escape of
the reptile at that time.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
GERMANY'S NOTED
AIRF|GHTER KILLED
IN LOFTY DUEL

NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 2e.-Immel-
man the Falcon, Germany's crack
aviator, who had ffty-one downs to
his credit, did not suecumD to q fall
from the sky, but was shot down dur
ing q man -to-man encounter with a
youthful British rival that is de-
scribed by those who witnessed 1t as
the most spectacular event Of t-e en-
tire war.
Captain Ball, the english boy pilot,
whose record was bu. two downs un-
der that OF Immelman, learned OF the
presence of the ooasted German star
him in a duel, and, while the fre OF
the anti-aircraft guns on both sides
was withheld. lureU him to his death,
according to a letter just received In
this city from a wIIness of the affair.
Treated as Sporting Event.
The letter, which was written by
Col. William Macklin, of the Canadian
army. pictured the Iuel as a rare
spectacle that brought the occupants
OF trenches on both sides of No Mans
Land to their feet, cheering their own
fighter, and yearning for an oppor-
tunity to bet on "the great sporting
event OF the war"
zone morning Captain Ball, who
was behind our sector, heard that I'm
melman was opposite" writes Mack
lin. This is the chance I've been
waiting for: I'm going to get him,
declared Ball.
over the German lines and dropped
lenge.
About an hour afterward a Ger
man aviator swung out across our
lines. Immelman's answer came
II read:
" Captain Ball:
Your challenge is accepted. The
German guns will not interfere. ]
will meet you promptly at 2.
TMMELMAN.'
Guns Cease Their Fire.
Just a few minutes before 2
o'clock the guns on both sides ceased
firing. 1t was as though the COM
officers had ordered a truce.
A minute or two later Immelman's
machine was seen across No Mans
Land.
cheers for Ball. The Germans yelled
just as vigorously for Immelman.
Ball, thousands OF feet above us
and only a speck in the sky, was do
Ing the craziest things Imaginable.
He was swinging around. this way
and that, attempting. IL seemed, to
postpone the inevitable.
Before Immelman's plane could get
into firing position, Ball drove his
machine into a loop. getting above
his adversary and cutting loose with
his gun and smashing Immelman BY
a hail of bullets as he swept by.
"Immelman's airplane burst into
flames and dropped. Ball. from above.
followed for a few hundred feet and
then Strengthened out and raced for
home. He settled down, rose again,
hurried back and released a huge
wreath OF flowers almost directly over
the spot where Immelman's charred
body was being lifted from a tangled
mass OF metal Four days later Ball,
too, was killed.
HE attacked single handed four
Germans. He had shot one down and
was pursuing the other three when
two machines dropped from behind
The clouds and closed in on him
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
pATo 10 MENAcEp.

MADRID. Oct. 2e.-The Spanish
newspapers attribute certain
amount OF gravity to the ministerial
crisis. Some OF the newspapers as
sert that It 10 the end of the Dato
ministry. and also the death blow to
the rotating system by which differ
ent parties succeed one another in
power.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
PRINCETON ENLIsrs 1921.

PRINCETON, N. J.. Oct. "a re-
pert Just issued shows that as far
a. 10 known there are / 1921 sons of
Old Nassau, either alumni or Students.
who are engaged In some kind Of war
services. According to the estimates
there are Ibe alumni and students IN
the army, 13e In the navy, 20 In the
marines, III In Gyiation-
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
D. C. NAVY YARD
TORAISE PAYROLL
s5,OO0,OO0NAR'

An addition Of $4,000 q day, or
from $4,000. 900 to t5.o0o.ooo q year, to
washington's payroll win be added
by the expansion program At the
Washington Navy Yard, according to I
an estimate made today BY Captain
willard. commandant OF the yard
I'VE have added 1000 men 70 the
force at the navy yard since the
tain willard said These additional
men have been taken on gradually.
Bids Opened Of Thursday.
when the new buildings are com
p1eted there viii be capacity for <oook
more employees. giving the Washing.
ton navy yard an annual pay ron N
excess Of $4,000. .ooo.
In addition to the 1900. 900 for new
construction, for which bids will be
opened at the Navy Departments
Thursday. q new gun factory Il being
at the navy yard At .
cost Of 50 zoo 900. This increases the
total Of new construction under way
and contemplated to more than 81,
0O0. 900.
Requires Year for Work-
"It will be a year or more before
we complete the construction Of ths
new buildings now planned, Cap
tain Willard said" bu. We shall take
on additional employees a. fast a.
the Individual buildings are finished.
and there is place for the men to
work" =
Three shifts are now employed AZ
the Navy Yard, one working from
8 in the morning until In the after
noon. q second firm 4 .. m until mid
night, and q third from midnight
until n m. The three shift plan
will be continued when the 1000 Gd-
ditional employees are put to work
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
new ITALIAN CABINET
BELIEVED COMPLETED

ROME, Oct. 2o.-Minister Of the In
terior Orlando was believed to have
completed the new Italian cabinet late
this afternoon. Formal announcement
was withheld.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
TRIES FOUR TIMES TO ENLIST.

TOPEKA, Oct. 2q-Edward Patton
a native of Walnut, Ill, has made four
unsuccessful attempts - enlist in the
ravy. Patten was aSsHred, however, ,
tiat he woulI hs given ihe first va
csncy which might occLr I'm any de-
partment OF the navy Wh - the phy-
sicaI Requirements are nos 10 r'Iid.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29

ernment service. There are thou
sands OF bright. able men and
women who have lived here for years
who can do competent work for the
Government IL given q chance. The
Civil Service Commission might let
down the bars to some extent and
give them a chance"
W. G. Dent, of Gardiner & Dent,
does not take a pessimistic view of
housing conditions here. There are
lots of good houses to be had in
Washington which can be put in mod
ern condition at small cost" he said.
There are also plenty of rooms to
rent Desirable houses may be had
in Washington for some time to come.
There has been little raising of rents.
AS a matter of fact most Washington
houses have for a long time rented
below their normal value"
II. Glenn Phelps, Of Boss & Phelps,
declared that Washington will take
care of the increasing population.
This town will never go back to
what II was a year ago." he said.
There is reluctance to start new con-
struction, but the town will go for
growing scarcer, of course, especially
houses renting from $50 per month
up. II the people keep coming more
houses will be built and that is all
there is to IT. Rents have not been
raised to any extent, certainly not IN
proportion to the increases in other
things. There has been lots Of unfair
talk about rent raises in this city"
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
TopArs SALES.

Nat Bank of Wash, 106220.
After call-wash. Ry. q Elec-, pfd 4,
6674H.
Potomac Cons. SIS, S1.O0O9s4.
Wash. Gas, 10d51.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
FEW,
. BUT RENTS
NOT RAISED,
AGENTS SAY
BY BILL PRICE.

Washington real estate men today
had interesting views as to what may
be developed by the Investigation that
is to be undertaken at once by Will
liam H. Baldwin, chairman Of the
District Council OF Defense. into
housing conditions here, due to the
heavy influx OF people within the last
few months.
They are somewhat divided in their
opinions as to any great scarcity of
houses, apartments excepted, but are
unanimous that IL the investigation
goes into the subject of rents it will
be found that there are comparatively
few instances Of raising OF prices.
SUnfurniEhed, Scarce.
The greatest scarcity exists in un-
furnished apartments of the type that
are wanted by Government clerks
coming to Washington. but as an on
set to this it Is agreed that these
clerks will ind unoccupied houses,
and, IL they are SO disposed, they
can buy new houses upon the small
cash payment and monthly payment
basis in which they would shortly
acquire valuable equity which they
could dispose of should they leave
Washington in the next few years.
How the situation can be improved
In the face of increasing prices for
building material and inability to get
material even at fancy prices is one
of the problems not so easily solved.
Emmons Smith. a retired business
man, commenting today upon the
growing scarcity of houses and the
arrival of new people put forward a
new idea
Want New People.
I'VE want new people in this city"
he said. "but IL there is going to be
trouble about furnishing them with
homes then it occurs to me that the
Civil Service Commission might en-
courage men and women alreadp liv-
ing in Washington to enter the Gov