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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-13
one Historic christm,stide

The crusades had a wonderful influ-
ence upon the literary taste as we'll as
the national manners and festivities
az Chrlstmastide.
Ii was M the Christmas festival OF
1914 that the barons demanded from
King John the document which as the
foundation Of English liberties il
known by the name of Magma Charta.
Johns tyranny had become intolerable.
and the hopes Of the people hung on
the fortunes OF the French campaign,
IN which he was then engaged After
his defeat nnd return TO England the
harons met secretly and swore 10 de
mand the restoration OF their liberties
by charter under the kings seal. Hav-
ing agreed To assemble for this pur-
pose mt Christmas. they separated. On
die feast az the Epiphany the haronS
asked of the king his confirmation OF
the laws Of Edward the ConfesSor and
Henry J. John met the barons with
m absolute refusal. but, finding them
firm. pleaded for time TO consider. This
VAS granted. and In 1915. knowing II
10 be inevitable. he called the baron>
10 Runymcde and there signed the
Great charter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-13
GIVE WARNING.
Draft Board Again Calls Attention OF
Men to Questi0naires.


Under the new rules and regula-
tions sent out by the war dcpar tment
every man who registered last June
x. who is not already in the service
or who will not be needed TO finish
filing this first quota will be required
To .il out new form, known as a
QUESTIONABLE. This questionable
has been prepared for the purpose oil
dividing or classifying all registrants
into five different classes, according
10 their liability for service.
In Gratiot county the local boards
will begin sending out these ques-
tionnaires on or soon after December
10, and according to the rules, every
man receiving one Of these must fill
il out and return it 10 his local board
either by mail or IN person within
seven days Failing to do this, he is
listed as Stacker and thereby for
feits many Of the rights and privil-
eyes which he would have otherwise.
The local boards have no way of
determining any mans address who
has moved since June ; unless they
have been notified OF the removal,
and in all cases where they have not
been told that the rcgistrant moved
they will use the address given on
the registration card which was filled
out by registered men June ..
As a result, if you have moved and
have not notified any one on left any
forwarding address, the QUESTIONABLE
is going to be returned to the local
board with a notice by the postoffice
department that you have moved and
left no forwarding address or what
ever other reason there may be for
the non delivery of your letter. This
means that if your QUESTIONABLE is
returned with such notice on it by
the postoflice department that you
will Immediately be placed in class /,
which is liable for immediate call in
to service, and it is going to require
very much explanation on the part
of the registrant who fails TO comply
with the law in explaining to the
board his situation in order TO secure
the benefits to which he may be en-
titled.
1t Is therefore of the utmost I'M
y, rte &c that every man who regis
te,cd in Detroit June > who has
moved from his present address to
notify his local board Immediately OF
his present address in order that the
QUESTIONABLE will reach him at the
earliest possible moment. Also this
appies to men who now may be re-
siding in Alma but who registered al
some other place and moved to this
city since June 5. They should i'm.
mediately send their Alma address
To the local board where they regis
tered in order that they may know
where to send the QUESTIONABLE.
The attorneys of Alma, Ithaca anc
st. Louis will assist in making GU
the questionnaires without expense
Ii you are within the draft age anC
have not been called, of if called ant
discharged or exempted and do no
receive a QUESTIONABLE before Dec
20 you should call at the draft Office
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-13
GETS TEN DAYS.

Sumner Farr Of Forest Hill, found
guilty in justice court of having vio-
lated the truancy laws, was given ten
days in the county Jail in which to
decide whether or not it was worth
while. He was tried in the Justice
court at Ithaca.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-13
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank our neighbors and
many friends for the acts Of kind
Toss shown rs during our recent be-
reavement. and also for the bcautitul
flowers and the comforting words OIL
the minister.
Mrs. William Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs William Gee.
Willard Gee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adelbcrt. Anderson
Douglas Fairbanks. in The Man
= from Painted Post" ldlehour, Sunday
and Monday
sssj
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-13

Good King
W,.nceslas
A Christmas Carol of
Long Ago

A Christmas Carol of y
~ Long Ago =
C0oD King Wences'as
~ " looked our y
=. on the feast Of stephen, =
Aud the snOi0 lay round about. =
Deep and crisp aud eUen.
~ Brightly shone the moon that y
~ night, \
"a Though the frost tcds cruel; Il
~. when poor man came ia =
sight =
Gafh'rin0 Wtnter fuel
First Singer:
~ "Hither. page, come stand bg \
- me,
~ thou kno o'st IL, telling, 2
Yonder peasant, Who is hef :
~ Where and chat hts dtceh-
- ingf'
q Second Singer:
=. "Sire, he Hres good league 8
hence. :
/Doon beneath the noun
~ tain,
y Close against the forest fence :
By 81. Agnes fountain" Z
First Singer:
Bring me hesh aud bring me =
tciRe,
q Bring me pine logs hither.
Thou and l. ioeH see him :
dine
~ when We bear them thifh. \
~ err" u
&c Second Singer: 4
"Stre, the night Is darker s
h0tC,
And the storm groics
- tciIder,
a Fails my heart, knoto NOT
hoW e
i can 90 on longer"
First Singer:
~ Mark mn steps. be brave, my
A. page;
Tread thou IN them boldly; :
Then thou'h ind the tointer's :
~ rage
~ Freeze thy blood less cold
~ H."
81 Page aud monarch on theV
iCent
on they Went together.
az Through the rude rind'S i0ild
% lament
"a Through the bitter heather. :
~ In his masters steps nc trod,
Where the SnoW lay dinted; :
~ That 5Cds IN the very sod
~ Which his foot had printed. I
~ Therefore. Christian men. be
- sure,
Wealth or rank assessing. Z
Ye ,Cho noic do bless The poor
~ shall yourselves ind bless
"a inO
A&SsSa$aS9SaSaSaSSSa$7s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02
BY Edgar g. Wheeler

1Asten, folks, can any Of
IRA put me. next to q friend
VINO knows q friend who
knows personal friend Of
DR.. Thomas j. Piersol, on the
10th floor of the National
Realty building?
The cat Is out on the drugstore
booze, and the prescription BUSH
ness right now is on the Gay
low"
Whether It's entirely the blink
you can Judge for yourself, after q
talk with the doctors nurse, or
from conversation had with
her which / will relate.
From the robust look Of the
young gentlemen patients / saw
during two visits to DR.. Piersol's
office before the police spilled
the beans) and the dispatch with
which their ailments are taken
care of, Pierson must be a great
doctor.
I can't say for sure, because |
never saw the doc. There Is a
waiting room in his offices, then
an inner sanctum, then an inner
most sanctum behind that.
I'm inclined to believe the doc
tor sits there-unless there may
be a yet inner sanctum behind
that.
The nurse does the talking.
The first time called, several
patients were sitting in the watt
ing room. The doctor was busy
the nurse bobbed out and said.
The second time there was only
one patient waiting. I had hard
ly entered when the nurse breezed
out.
want to see the doctor for q
minute?" she asked before | had
q chance to open my mouth.
began wondering II I looked as
sick as all that.
YES" told her.
"Step in here. then. And she
showed me into the first inner
sanctum.
She Got me inside and
closed the door. Then she
arranged herself with her
back to the door Of the Sec
|, ord inner santulD, and with
ont giving me : chance 10
statc my business With the
doc, looked mo in the eye and
stated the doctor'e blzslnees 20
- - 1>anra1>~,1u~ws - 7t = II. r.. s.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02
oh, Fellas, One of You
Please Introduce Ed
Wheeler to the Doc!

truth, only don't breathe to my
wife or anybody.
When did you get one last?"
II never got one here before"
The truth again.
Who sent you .here?"
"A. fellow in drugstore down
here on Pacific avenue. That
wasn't the truth (the editor sent
me); but 1t was the finish.
I'm sorry" said the nurse, in
a very kindly manner, '4but the
doctor isn't writing prescriptions
any more. He is only writing
them for his own personal
friends"
Pm .sorry.". she repeated, as
she opened the door to show me
the way out.
Why didn't she ask me IL I was
personal friend of the doctor,
right at the start, and be done
with it?
But then, I suppose a friend
might technically mean a friend of
a friend Of a friend of his.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02
-HR. DAY
INVOLVED
IN CASE

Around the activities OF the
/. w. w. in Tacoma and the
Northwest, particularly in the
lumber camps and mills and
the harvest fields, the govern
ment is centering its interest in
preparation for the coming
trial of leaders of the organiza-
ton in Chicago.
These preparations indicate
the trial will rank with the
country's most famous labor
hearings = Haynlarket rioters,
Molly McGuire's in Pennsyl-
vania, and Mcnamara dyna-
miters.
Each member of the /. w. w,
In Tacoma and elsewhere is being
assessed SO cents to employ tie
best legal talent oDtainable.
The activities of James Rowan
~ oNotcaS uu0 lCttCIo 10
Haywood, national /. w. w. sec
rotary, will figure largely in de-
termining the guilt fthe organi-
ration leaders In hampering
America in the war.
The |. w. w. defense, as indicat-
ed by statements in Solidarity"
the I. w. w. organ, will be a gem
eral and categorical denial of all
charges Of sedition and pro-Ge.-
man activities.
The support of Secretary of
War Baker and of Gov. Lister,
Washington, in behalf of the |. w,
WIS fight for the eight-hour day
and better. working conditions IN
the northwestern lumber camps
y will be cited.
Aid given by I. w. w. toward
extinguishing rather than starting
forest fires will eb claimed. Sa-
hotage in principle, will be adj
mitted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02
Nationwide Plot


CHICAGO, Oct. "A nation
wide plot to paralyze industries,
thwart military operations, OBJ
struct conscription and cause
America to lose the war is
divulged in the evidence upon
which 166 members of the I. w.
w. were indicted in Chicago.
William d. Haywood of Chi
cago, international secretary and
treasurer, and Frank Little, who
was lynched in Butte, Mont, are
alleged to have been the ring
leaders.
Others frequently mentioned In
the indictments are Ralph H
Chaplin, Richard Brazier, William
Wiretola, James Rowan, Francis
Miller and Charles l.. Lambert.
About half the indicted men are
under arrest, federal officials stat
ed today. Search for the others
Continued On Page Tfve.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02
ANOTHER GREAT QUOTA
OF DRAFTED SAMMIES
ON way TO CAMP LEWIS

Everything is in readiness at
Camp Lewis for the arrival of
the second great contingent of the
national army.
Many Of the men from the dis
tricts farthest away are now on
their way and the first special
trains carrying them will arrive
In camp Wednesday.
Then for a period Of five days
special trains will arrive every
few hours during the day and
night until by Sunday night all
but the stragglers will be here.
The contingent numbers approx
mately $4,000 men and consists
OF 40 per cent of the entire quota
raised by the SS2ft. The sched-
ules Of their arrival are now be-
Ing made out by the receiving Of
ficers and they are fully prepared
to handle the men as rapidly as
they come.
From Southwest.
The first contingent will arrive
at 1904 p. m. Wednesday from
Mason, Pacific, Grays Harbor and
Thurston, counties. The contin.
gent will number 268 men. Al
lib p. m. the Clark county quota,
numbering 50 men, will arrive and
8 p. m. the Clatsop and Columhie
men, AZ strong, will be here.
The Pierce county and Tacoms
men, 1853 of them, will arrive at
$40 p. m. $3.50 D. m. the %
men from Wahiakum will arrive.
The total for the first day will
be 654 men.
Practically the same system of
handling will be used as that de-
vised to take care. of the first con-
tingents. The men will be un-
loaded from the trains at the head
quarters spur and lined up accord
ing to districts. They will then
be marched to the long receiving
shed and the roll called.
Take Precautions.
From there they will march
past the auto trucks which will
convey their baggage to the bar
racks.
The preliminary inspection, to
protect against the admission Of
men with contagious diseases will
be held before the men reach the
barracks. They will be marched
thru a little tent near the receiv-
ing shed and there the doctors will
give them the "once over"
The examination will take but a
few seconds for each man and
when 1t isthru the men will march
to the barracks and receive their
blankets and hunks.
Special care is being AIKEN nj
the points Of embarkation In wet
states 20 prevent q recurrence Of
the disorder that marked the ar
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02

balls, proved to be without
foundation.
A new clue which officials
are working on is that the
noble animal has found a
trace of one of the county
road district funds, and a
watch is being kept on all
Puyallup valley roadways.
The hunt is on. Pierce
county's famous hunter is
being hunted.
Deputy Sheriff Frank
Longmire has disappeared in
to the forests. The sheriff's
brother claims direct property
rights to Bloodhound Torger,
and holds the pedigree in his
possession.
Torger is the special pride
of his heart, which is believed
to be nearly splitting.
Exactly whittier Frank
Longmire has gone, no one
can say. But somewhere in
the deep shade of lofty frs
master is hunting dog, and
dog is hunting-who can
say? From out the shades
may even now be echoing
the huntsman's cry:
Here Torger. Here Tor
GER"
But the noble bloodhound
does not answer.
Anyway, there is one man,
Deputy Sheriff Pete Stenso,
who says he thinks 1t is en-
tirely possible that Terger
may come back and bring
home the bacon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02
Revoke Licenses
of These Doctols
If They Are Guilty

The police formally accuse two practicing
physicians Of selling vast numbers of liquor
prescriptions. Other doctors are engaged in
this business, it Is charged
The Times has no desire to try these mems
cases in advance of court proceedings nor
to jump at the conclusion they are guilty.
However, if they are found to be engaged
in such business, the sooner they are sup
pressed the better. They should be punished
severely under the law and, what is vastly
more important, their licenses to practice i'll
this state should be revoked without hesta-
ton.
If certain Tacoma druggists have been in
cahoots with doctors who would so prostitute
their profession, the maximum sentence,
whatever it may be, is no more than plenty.
If we are to have dry state--and that is
what the people have decided-the venal doc
tor and the crooked druggist will have to
walk the plank along with roadhouse keepers,
Billingsleys and the rest of the bootleg fam
lily.
In fact they are entitled to much less con-
sideration, because in committing their Of
Tense they also drag into the mire one of the
oldest and finest of professions and an honest,
essential trade.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02
FATAL SHOT
PLEASES BABY
tU.ited Pre.s Leased WIRE,

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. a.
While his two-year-old baby sat
on the floor and watched the
tragedy, Edgar Guard. aged 3S,
shot and killed his wife today and
then shot himself twice. He will
die.
Guard had been out of work,
and neighbors said his wife ac-
cused him OF not providing prop
erly for his family.
When neighbors reached the
home they found the baby glee-
fully shouting over the noise the
revolver had made.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02

rival of the Montana CONTINGENT
last week.
System Ready.
The Montana outfit" carried
sufficient booze with IT, It is said,
to Sink battleship." At the re-
quest of the government the local
boards in wet states will search
every train before 1t leaves. In
addition, In some of the towns the
local authorities will close the
saloons for So hours in advance
OF the leaving OF the troops.
Major Clark Lynn, receiving
officer, has issued orders to his
officers, which do not brook we'll
for men who arrive In camp
drunk. A guard will be at the re-
ceiving shed and at the first indi-
cation Of trouble the new arrivals
will be marched to the guard
house.
Experience with the first con-
tingents has shown that many of
the men arrive in camp suffering
from minor ailments and for that
reason an ambulance will be in
waiting at all times during tine
mobilization here.
Maj. Lynn has staff of 81 Of
Ulcers to assist in handling the
troops ard so nearly perfect is the
system that 1t is said that bud
one hour is necessary to handle
500 "casuals" as the new men are
called In army parlance.
Idaho Last.
Thursday, 1874 men will arrive
from all parts OF Washington and
Oregon. The first train, carrying
men from Oregon, will draw into
the spur here at 4 a. M, and the
last at 11:15 p. m. The last train
will bring 377 men from Idaho.
While no definite orders have
been issued as yet, It is probable
that the new men will be placed
In the present organizations until
they are filled and the remainder
used to form training battalions.
The new organization, which Is
patterned after that used in con-
tinental armies. provides for ESQ
men In a company with one cap
tain and four lieutenants. This
plan, 1t is rumored, will be put
into practice here as soon a. the
new men are all here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02
ACCUSE DRUGGISTS OF B00TLEGG|M
Mystery! Torger,
Famed Bloodhound,
Is Among Missing

. Lost! Torger, the famous
county bandit-chasing blood
hound.
Where is he? Who's seen
him? No one knows, Sound
the alarum!
Sh! Can 1t be possible that
Torger, whose tender nose
has been pointed so often to-
ward a scent, has at last
found one?
Can 1t be that the pride OF
the sheriff's heart may even
now be bringing in an elusive
criminal by the heels?
Dark mystery surrounds
the disappearance.
When last Officially heard
from, Torger was pulling at
his leash thru the deep for
ests, straining his olfactory
nerves to catch a scent Of
bennett StoQdart, suspected
assailant of a little Carbona-
do girl.
Stoddart is still lat large.
So Is Torger. He Just
simply dropped from sight,
that's all.
One theory advanced at the
sheriff's office is that the
sturdy bloodhound has wan
dered of fon his own hook on
the trail of a landing for
the new county ferry.
A report last night that he
had been seen at Meadow
Park on the trail Of one of
Prosecutor Remains golf
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02

BOwser, special correspondent
Of the Tacoma Times, who II with
posse hunting for the famous
county bloodhound TOrger. Be-
cause OF his insight into the char
acter OF Torger, you'll be interest
ed In what he has to say.
BY BoWser
Especial correspondent Of The :,
Times.)
SOMEWHERE IN PIERCE
COUNTY, Oct. "A dog is one of
the most easily misunderstood
beings in captivity.
If he is a real dog-not a dog
Stacker or an aristocratic loafer-
he is expected never to make a
mistake.
you can always trust Fido,"
people say, not realizing that
dogs. as we'll as human beings,
can get off on the wrong nose.
Dogs also are very sensitive.
Bloodhounds especially sensitive
about their scent.
What, In my opinion, is the rea-
son behind the sudden disappear
ance Of the famous county blood
hound Torger, for whom the
woods here are being combed to-
day.
Stung TO the quick by the re-
peated failure OF his scent to work
in the right direction, and fearing
the reproach Of the public, forget,
! believe. has wandered off on his
own hook to make good"
All the Circumstances in the
case; so far as | have been able to
look into them, make me con-
WINGED that the object of his
search is the county ferry landing.
believe that II he returns he'll
bring the landing with him.
With his right to be q blood.
hound INDICATED, Torger may re-
turn to his friends in Tacoma 0
hero.
You must bear in mind that this
famous dog may not be wholly to
blame for the past condition Of
his nose. Very often a sligh,
circumstance will play hob with
any thorobred's muzzle.
1t is my personal opinion that
they've been feeding Torger zoe
much meat, tho wouldn't care to
be quoted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02
CONGRESSMAN
GOING HOME

WASHINGTON, d. &C., Oct. q.
With adjournment near, many
congressman are returning to
their districts to aid the Liberty
loan campaign today.
BY the end of this week or the
middle of next, the session is ex-
pected to finish its work, leaving
435 representative and 90 sena-
tors free to tour up and down the
country telling the causes and
purposes of the war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02
GOV. QUITTING.
TO JOIN ARMY.

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 2.--Gov.
Keith Neville has accepted the
colonelcy of the Seventh Nebraska
national guard regiment now
nearly organized and will resign
the offive of governor Of Nebras-
ka whenever the regiment is mus
tered into the federal service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02
CLOSED SHOP ONLY
STRIKE ISSUE LEFT

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore. Oct. 2.--Only
adjustment OF the closed shop de-
mand prevents settlement Of the
Portland shipyard strike, Il became
known today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02
BILL WEEDS
OUT SEDITION

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Oct. o..
President Wilson today signed
the trading with the enemy bill.
II provides that seditious matter
shall not be given freedom of the
mails. that there shall be no busi-
ness transaction between this and
enemy countries, and that enemy
aliens doing business in this coun-
try shall be licensed to continue
business.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02
POLICE PROSECUTING
DOCTORS AND STORES

Starting crusade against drug stores and physicians ia
Tacoma that have taken part i'll the huge npoatio
and sale of liquor police and hers officers raided five
downtown drug Monday afternoon and issued war
rants for the arrest of two physicians \.
II The largest raid conduecd in Tacoma the state
dry More than 500 bottles of lhisky scsed
geter seh several barrels of ALCOHOL assorfem Of mscs
aneo liquors, and large quantity of essence used in fh1
manufacture Of admteratcd liquors.
Drug stores raided the Crown Drug Co.. II32 Pa
cfc; Mcmillan Bros, Broadway; Tacoma Drug Co,
1929 Pacific Victor H. Mastrom, 9th and Broadway, and
the drug department of the Stone Fisher Co Each formally
charged with having liquor in stock for the purpose of illegal
sale.
Each store is prohibited from selling any liquors until thu
charges disposed of.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-02
Talk . the Times

Greetings, isn't It. about
time for somebody TO propose
sane Halloween for this
year?
Steel Prices Cut in Half by
President"
Price Is Fair; e. H Gary"
Question: What were they be-
fore?
THE ONLY WAY 10 EL(JDEi1IHE
.ALT1TUDINOU6 ExHENGE
or EXIeI4NG
(From the Fort Dodge, Ia,
MessenGer.
After this date 1 will not pay
any bills. not even on written or
ders signed by me.
CATHERINE WALRoD.
BOUND TO GIVE HER CREDIT
Born, 70 Nj. and Mro. pcIf
Dsyis aud wife on Thursday, i
son California ca; 6satl1si.