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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-20
REMEMBER FRIENDS AT HOME

Fort Harrison, Ind.
Dec. Is, 1917
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
Says Wife,s
Too Fond of
a Gay Time

Charging that his wife Mildred
has left him and Is spending her
time in Seattle at hotels, places of
amusement and questionable re-
sorts and refuses to return, and
that before she left she insisted on
attending dances with other per-
sons and neglecting her house
work, Henry Eckstrom filed suit
in superior court Tuesday morn
ing for a divorce.
The suit of Maria Tresch
against Robert Tresch for divorce
Is on trial in Judge Chapman's
court. Mrs. Tresch says her hus-
band, who is a dairyman in the
Puyallup valley, has threatened
her with agun, called her vile
names. refused her money for me-
cessaries, accused her of miscon-
duct and ruunk to excess.
Pearle palmer was given a d.
vorce from Frank Palmer by
Judge Card on the ground of ply
steal cruelty, bad language, riot
GUS conduct, and accusations of in
fidelity. They have been mar
ried IS years and have a daughter
IA years old.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
HAIC STRIKES
ANOTHER BLOW

teamwork" in the history of war
fare brought Frances veterans a
victory in their latest bite for
ward In Flanders.
So perfect was the co-ordina-
ton between aviators and French
guns that turnout the day of this
advance no German battery fired
more than six shots before it was
located by the French eagles of
the air, accurately ranged" the
distance, wirelessed or signaled
back and French guns put it out
of commission.
When the French squadrillas
took to the air they got the jump
on the enemy, assuming the ini-
tiative and attaining complete
mastery. Not only that, but they
kept this mastery thruout the day.
Observation planes lowering
over the German positions and
protected by the other Lines" of
French planes, spied out all the
enemy's secrets and communicate
ed them back to French stations.
There were SO many of these OBJ
servation planes and so alert were
their occupants that they spotted
German guns on their first shots.
Their range estimates were
deadly in accuracy. French bat
teries put German guns out of
commission SO often that the close
of the day it was estimated the
French fire had been rs times
greater than that of the Germans.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
FINDS DEATH
NOT DUE TO
FOUL PLAY!

After completing a post NOR
tenn examination Monday after
noon on the body of G. G. Smith,
found floating in the middle wa
terway Sunday, Coroner Stewart
announced that heart disease was
the cause of death.
The veteran piledriver man EVIL
IDENTIFY suffered an attack of heart
disease, fell from his houseboat
into the waterway, and drowned.
His lungs were found to contais
water.
Coroner Stewart found that
bruises and Commissions on Smiths
head were insufficient to have
caused death, and that they were
probably sustained when the man
fell into the water. The funeral
was held Tuesday afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
Especial to The Times,)

SEATTLE, Oct. 30.-The
charge made by Gen. H. A.
Greene, in command at Camp
Lewis, that an organized and
powerful vice syndicate flourishes
in Seattle, using 1900 women, as
we'll as gamblers and bootleggers,
and that some of the men involved
are high in authority" is to be
made the subject of official rec
ognition and action by the city
council.
Councilman R. H. Thomson will
probably introduce at the next
meeting of the council a resolu-
ton requesting Gen. Greene to
name the men high in authority
and to furnish the council with the
evidence upon which he bases his
charge.
Thomson is determined to have
the question Of moral conditions
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chamber for almost Immediately a
gun crashed, followed by a swish
ing shell aimed at the enemy's en-
tanglements.
The lieutenant didn't stop for
the noise. He resumed: 80
daybreak and myself watched
from an observation point when
the gun was fired. | saw the
shell-the first fired by an Ameri-
can gun-burst near a party OF
Germans.
Firing Same Gun.
"They flopped down like prairie
dogs into their holes. By George!
1t was great"
Down below at this particular
juncture there was another tremb-
lin earth roar and another Ameri-
can shell went swishing along.
The same American artillery SER
geant who had pulled the lanyard
for the first American shell, was
yanking away busy at his job to-
day-and firing the same gun.
The U. S. correspondent wanted
to know something about this gun
sergeant.
"Are you Irish?" the lieutenant
yelled down the hole.
NO" came a voice from the
depths. II come from South
Bend, Ind"
A Keokuk, Iowa, boy was peel
ing potatoes for supper at the en-
trance to a dugout near the front
line; a southside Chicagoan grind
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
lev Weather For Sammies

ing hash nearby. At a traverse a
silent, shivering group Of boys
with rifles peeping downward
from below their ponches. They
were stopped in the trench, wait
ing their turn IN No Mans Land
rs their .patrOl Shoes
oozed icewater and melting snow
dripping from the brims of their
"tin helmets" as the shrapnel he'll
NETS are known in trench no.
nenclature.
The sergeant commanding the
patrol--a native of st. Louis -
spoke:
This war isn't so damned bad.
The weather is my chief COM
plant"
Some boche shells were burst
ing on a hill half a mile away.
Sammy's eyes peered over the top
of the parapet trying to see the
effects-but the snow blocked
their vision.
81 guess the enemy Is shellinC
our battery" said the st. Louisan
In his trenches the Sammy acts
as tho he had done nothing else
his whole life long. The morale
of the American forces is excellent
Feeding is difficult-but the food
is of the best. Just like the Ca
nadians, the Sammies require re-
straint to prevent them from at
lacking.
1t looks so'easy and the wait
ing is so monotonous that they
want to be up and at 'em.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
(United Press Leased w,r..,

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Oct. 80.
The government will take its
first big smash at retail food
prices when it assumes absolute
control of 20 basic food products
Thursday.
This control will take the form
of a licensing system under the
food administration. Food Ad-
ministrator Hoover expects to
effect material reductions in the
retail prices of the foods involved
by the first of the year. He hopes
to do this by eliminating waste
and excess profits in the import
manufacture, storage and distri-
button of the 20 products.
His plan is to see that the foods
reach the small retailer at reason
able prices, tell the public what
the dealers paid for the goods and
depend on the public to prevent
retailers charging more than a
fair profit.
Stop Speculation.
The retailer charging excessive
profits will find himself unable
to buy from the wholesalers.
This, the food administration
pointed out today, is the only way
the problem can be met, as the
food control law does not give the
government jurisdiction over re-
tailers doing less than 100000
worth of business annually.
Retailers doing that much bust
ness will be licensed and con-
trolled. All meat packers, cold
storage men, millers, Gamers,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
j. s. DRIVES AT
RETAIL PRICES

gram dealers, VIII nave TO get a
government license between now
and Nov. /, or quit business.
The food administration will
see that all producers have a free
outlet and a ready market for
their products. that all manipula-
tion and speculation in these
foods is stopped at once. that there
is no boarding of supplies, that
there are. no unfair or unreason-
able profits anywhere along the
line.
Heavy Penalties.
Licensed men or firms caught
conspiring to prevent enforcement
of the food control law, will be
subject to $4,000 fine or i'm
prisonment for two years, or both.
Licensed men or firms caught
manipulating the market, specu-
lating. boarding or profiteering
will be subject to $4,000 fine or
two years in prison. or both.
Those licensed must make re-
ports to the government on GER
tain forms every so often, telling
Just what they have been doing.
If the facts do not tally with their
reports, they will be called on to
explain.
The commodities affected in
clude wheat, barley. oats, corn,
rye, rice and all their by-products.
bean, peas, cottonseed, peanuts.
soy beans and their by-products,
oleomargarine and all dairy prod
ucts and eggs, fish. fresh fruits,
vegetables, canned and dried prod
ucts of all kinds. meats, sugar and
syrups.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
FREE VAULT
SPACE URGED
Especial TO The Times)

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Oct. 80.
If the treasury department can
bring it about, there will be a
bank in every town in the country
where Liberty bond purchasers
can deposit them free and thus
keep them burglar-proof, loss
proof and fire-proof.
One of the drawbacks in the
campaign to sell millions of bonds
to people of small means has been
a fear Of safety for the precious
papers.
Most people keep no box in a
safety vault and can't afford tc.
They keep no bank account and
know little about banking bust
ness.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
SEATTLE COUNCIL
TAKES UP CHARGES

in Seattle threshed out now, and
he has the support of other coun-
cilmen. Thomson conferred with
Gen. Greene for several hours
yesterday.
The annual grand jury will be
impaneled in November, and 1t is
probable that the charges made
by Gen. Greene will be taken be-
fore that body, as we'll as the
question of moral conditions gen.
orally in Seattle and King county.
Gen. Greene was in Seattle
Monday, and said that he had
nothing to add to or take from
what he has already said on the
subject of the morals of Seattle.
Procrastination, he made clear,
may compel him to issue the
threatened order prohibiting Of
ficers and men from visiting this
city, until 'it is made safe for SOL
diers to visit"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
Prisoner of Sammies, Dies

AMERICAN FIELD HEAD
QUARTERS, France, Oct. 30.-
The first verified death from an
American bullet fired by Sammy
in trench warfare was that of a
19-year-old German landstrumer.
He was the first, prisoner taken by
American soldiers in their first
excursion over No Mans Land and
he died in an American field hos
pital Just behind the lines.
Two Sammies were out lover
the top" under cover Of darkness
and rain one recent night when
they sighted two moving figures.
The shadowyyforms fled. Both
Sammies fired. One boche es-
capped, but the other fell. In two
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
FREDERICKS' NAME
WRONGLY LISTED

Thru an error on the part OF a
local draft board, the name of H.
w. Fredericks, former Tacoma
newspaper man, was included last
week In list OF Tacoma men who
did not report for examination
under the selective draft.
Fredericks enlisted I'm the u. s.
army at San Francisco last June.
and is now corporal in the 18th
field artillery, battery G, Fort
Bliss, Ell Paso, Texas.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
BYRAM GETS
HEALTH JOB

H. c. Byram, an employe of the
city light department, was ap-
pointed sanitary inspector by
Mayor Fawcett Monday afternoon.
Byram takes the place of Vance
the mayors son. who was
removed last weeksfor intoxication.
H. z. Anderson, an inspector for
the city on the Green river water
shed, was offered the position.
but asked permission to remain
for the winter In his present place.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
WOMAN SCRATCHES
CONSTABLE'S FACE

Mrs. Jane LindQuist scratched
the face and neck of Constable
J. A. Mitchell in Judge Linck' .
court Monday afternoon and tore
his collar off. before she collapsed
and had to be taken across the
hall to the office of Public Morals
Officer Healey and revived.
Mrs. Lindquist had come to
bring the Judge some clothing for
her boy who is at the city par
entail school. Her eye fell upon
Constable Mitchell, who has ar
rested her several times. and she
began to berate him. When he
finally undertook to eject her
from the room, she made use Of
her nails until she dropped from
excitement and exhaustion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

jumps the Americans were on him,
finding the surprised Teuton nurs-
ing a badly shattered arm. He was
escorted back to the trenches.
The American ambulance slid
and scurAied back to the field hos
pital. There a Texas surgeon Op-
Grated at once on the prisoner.
For q time he seemed to be pro-
crossing nicely, but the wound
had been infected and gangrene
developed. American surgeons did
their utmost to save his life, but
in vain,
The prisoner said he was deliv-
sring mail to his comrades and got
mixed up in taking a short cut
across No Mans Land.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
MIX BOOZE WITH
MELONS: 40 DAYS

e. A. Dillon Monday pleaded
guilty in the federal court Mon
day afternoon to having allowed
other parties to smuggle 90
quarts /of whisky into the state I'M
der load of watermelons ship
ped to him at Buckley. He was
sentenced to 40 days in the
county jail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
BEGIN WORK ON
CAMP LIBRARY

The new library building at
Camp Lewis was begun Monday
and is expected to be ready for
occupancy by the first Of next
week. ]. T. Jennings, librarian
of the Seattle public library. who
will have charge, is on the ground,
supervising the construction. @
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
rs GREEK,
AND. NOT ITALIAN

Angelo Manousos, the small
youngster who proudly marched
up to the National Bank of Taco
ma last week and purchased a Lib
erty bond, promising to pay IS
each month until the $50 payment
is complete, explained today that
he is not an Italian, as had been
published, but q Greek boy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
CHRISTMAS MAIL
SHOULD GO SOON

Parcel post packages for
American troops in France must
not weigh more than seven
pounds, according to word re-
ceived from the French railways.
All mail for Christmas in Europe
must be sent before Nov. Is.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
DEFENDS FOOD AT
THE COUNTY JAIL.

Defense of the qualify and
quantity of food served I. w. w.
and other prisoners at the county
jail was voiced by Jailer Leak
Monday, after the I. w. w. had
created disturbance Sunday on
the plea that the food was poor.
There's plenty of grub, and it's
a shame the amount that goes into
the garbage can," declared Leak.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
CLOSE 'CHANCE
AT MONTREAL


MONTREAL, Oct. 3O.-The
Montreal stock exchange closed
its doors today. On account of
the rapid decline and the unsteady
state of the market, 1t was de-
cided to close the exchange as
panic was feared.
At IL o'clock the exchange re-
sumed business but with the es-
Of minimum prices,
minimum being passed on yester-
days closing figures. The official
explanation was that practically
all brokers were DESTROYS of as
sisting in the sale of Victory loan
bonds and II the market continued
to fluctuate they would have to
stick close to business.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
BIG FOREST FIRE

HOOD RIVER, Ore, Oct. 3d.
Hundreds of acres of green tim
Der are burning and several
ranches are threatened In a forest
fire ON the Washington, side Of the
Columbia river today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30


LONDON, Oct. .30.-Field Mar
shall Haig struck another power
full ground-gaining blow against
the German line in Flanders to-
day.
North of the YIres-Roulers
railway we attacked at $40 this
morning" he reported. Good
progress was made"
The Ypres-Roulers railway
crosses the Passchendaele ridge
just a little to the south of Pas
schendaele. Haig's general direc-
ton Of the drive today would
seem to indicate that the British
have struck forward out of Pas
schendaele directly toward Roul-
ers, which is only six miles dis
tant from where the British lines
were advanced on the most re-
cent British drive last week.
The immediate objective of all
the recent British smashes In
Flanders has been this city OF
Roulers. 1t is one of the railroad
centers on the main line of COM
|munieations connecting the Hin
denburg line with the German
submarine bases of Ostend and
Zebrugge on the coast.
PERFECT TEAM WORK WINS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
OPEN AGAIN AT TORONTO

(Uhfted PFess Lensed Wtre.J
TORONTO, Oct. 30-The To-
ronto stock exchange closed for
a short time this morning as a
result of the Montreal crisis, but
resumed business later.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

The ladies OF Trinity GIeN will
hold rummage sale Saturday
and Monday, Nov. and 8, In the
new Feist a Bachrach building,
1153h Broadway. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
TooA CAN'T FIND BAcKINa

MADRID. Oct. 30.--Lack Of
success by Sanchez Toca in form-
ing ministry to succeed the Dato
cabinet was announced today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
DR.. w. F. BLAIR
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PERFECT TEAM WORK WINS
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Your Particular Ailments.
My fees are very low
and you can pay as able in
WEEKLY or monthly install
ments. Do not let money
matters keep you away.
Call and talk it over with
me.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-06-01
BIC BASEBALL MEN
PRAISE CHAS. RAY
IN PINCH HITTER

Leading baseball experts of the
country attended a pre-release show
ing of "The Pinch Hitter" the
Triangle picture in which Thomas H..
Ince presents Charles Ray as star at
the Isis Monday After the exhibition
the following kilograms of COngratu-
lation were sent to Ince:
II have had opportunity to view the
splendid screen story Of The Pinch
Hitter This picture is fascinating
because of its human force, the nat
uralness Of its character in situation
and its perfection in baseball tech
nique ! congratulate you in prodUc-
ing this picture, which every red
blooded American will surely enjoy.
Signed) JOHN K. TENER,
"President National League of Pro-
fessional Baseball Clubs"
"'The Pinch Hitter is a cor5ing
baseball photoplay, its naturaIness
and realism being due to a good story,
your careful adherence to diamond
technique and the excellent acting of
Charles Ray. I am quite sure this
picture will be a good thing for base
ball, and for that very reason it ought
to be successful on the screen. -
Signed) "BOZEMAN BULGER."
q have seen some thrilling baseball
games in my time, but that in "The
Pinch Hitter which I viewed today
was the prize thriller. AS to atmos-
phere, I lacked only a bag of peanuts
and a bottle of pop to imagine myself
! in the grand stand and not theater
The Pinch Hitter is a master pro
duction, combining the sure fire ap
peals of romance, comedy and clear
sport. Allow me to congratulate botE
you and Charles Ray, whose portraya
| of the title role is immense.
(Signed) "F. c. LANE,
editor of Baseball Magazine"
The Pensacola journal., 1917-06-01
DIED

John Lemons, 25 years of age, a
member of the Greek colony, expired
yesterday at the Pensacola hospital
after lengthy illness. One brother
survives him in Pensacola.
The funeral will take place this
afternoon at 8 o'clock from the Greek
church, corner Reus and Wright
street, the cortege to move to that
place from the residence of the broth
er of deceased, at the corner of Reus
and jackson street. From the church
the cortege will move to st. Michaeps
cemetery, where the interment will
take place.
Pail bearers Will be friends Of the
deceased, who was a member Of the
Greek Society in Pensacola, and are
as follows: Apostle Capers, Nick Gal
asteramus, Pete Stamatalos, John
Bcrdune a@d John Samatalos.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-06-01
MAN RECOGNIZED
BY BELGIAN KING,
SPENDS DAY HERE

DR.. Leon De Waele, Belgian consul
at New Orleans, spent Tie day in
Pensacola yesterday, the guest of his
friend, Wilmer Hayward. He left for
the north last night.
DIR. Waele is one of but three con-
suls general for Belgium in the Uni
ted States, and his work has been
officially recognized by KiRg Albert
Of Belgium, Recognition for special
services performed for the Belgian
government by Consul Leon De
Waele," says the Times-P -Picayune of
Thursday, has taken the form of
permanent appointment as consul
general here by King Albert. Mr.
Waele has been acting consul gen
eral for some time, but it was only
upon his completion of six years
service as consul that he became eligi-
BILE, under the Belgian diplomatic ser
"There are three Consuls general
1t is significant that just as soon as
he passed the six-year mark, his APP
pointment as consul general was
forthcoming.
"There are three consul generals
Of Belgium in the United States One
is stationed in Philadelphia, one in
New Orleans and one in San Francis
CO. They have charge of the COnsuls
and vice consuls in their districts. Mr.
De Waele's district includes the
states of Arkansas, Colorado, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Mon
tana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missis
sippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma
/ Texas and Wyoming"
The Pensacola journal., 1917-06-01
TELEGRAPH MEN
To SUBSCRIBE TO
LIBERTY LOAN

TO enable employees of the Western
Union Telegraph Company to sub
scribe to the liberty loan, the COM
pany will upon request advance up to
rs per cent of each employees yearly
salary and purchase bonds for the
employees accounts. Payment by the
employees to be made in equal install
ments over eighteen months by de
duction from wage payments. The
full interest at 3 1-2 per cent per
annum, received from the bonds, will
be credited to employees accounts
and interest at the same rate charged
on unpaid balances.
Subscriptions, subject to regula-
tions established by the board of di-
rectors, to be filed with the company
on or before June 30, 1917.
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ties over the inactive winter season.
Casualties for the last few months
have not been received but in Febru-
airy the total reported was only 1,243
officers and 1875 men, but the as
sertion of the British that their losses
are so Der cent, smaller than in the
battle of the Somme, notwithstanding
the fact that larger forces are en-
gagged, is not borne out by the May
figures, although in the absence of
the casualties report for April, early
in which month the offensive was
launched, the showing is not CON
elusive. The casualties recorded in
the first three months of the Somme
drive were 307,1 officers and men.