davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29

wave of humanity.
And farther still, where the
prairie came to an end against
a tree-clad rise, the horizon
seemed to culver, rising and
falling with the rhythm of
marching feet, tho the men were
too far away to see.
The thing is too huge to take
in as whole.
Already nearly 10000 men
are drilling at one time when
the weather will permit.
Grotesque and meaningless
detail spring out at the be-
holder.
The anxiety of the rookie
who has Just fright faced"
when he was told to right
dress; the helpless obedience
of column headed straight
for a pile of rocks and not sure
whether the drill sergeant sees
It; the wavering but deter
mined efforts of a whole COM
pany to balance itself on its
shoulders and elbows and hold
its legs straight up in the air
these are the things that
fasten themselves on the at
tention at close quarters, like
the gargoyles on a great cathe-
dral when the spectator stands
too near It.
But as | looked down the
whole long parade-ground, Fri
day, where the waves of
marching men rose and fell,
rose and fell, while the smoke
of the bonfires trailed over
them like a baptism of the
flame and smoke they are get
ting ready to face, the awk-
wardness of the civilian sol
diers was lost in the rhythm of
their united motion; the de-
tails that were worrying Off
GERS and men sank into insig-
nificance; and merely 10000
men, BECAME SUDDENLY
SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
SOMETHING THAT DID NOT
EXIST BEFORE-AN ARMY.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
NIGHT SCHOOL

The Tacoma free public evening
schools will open Monday In the
Stadium and Lincoln hifh school
buildings for the eighth year.
The schools will be open Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday even
ing from 1890. till 9:30.
There will be several classes in
commercial subjects at each
school, sewing. cooking, knitting,
mechanical drawing courses, in
Guiding French, German and Span
ish, and classes in English for new
Americans.
At the Stadium the swimming
pools will be open Wednesday ev-
enings, with separate classes for
men and women, under competent
instructors. At the Lincoln the
womens class will meet Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays and the
mems Mondays and Fridays.
A. class In first aid Red Cross
work is expected to have a large
enrolment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
SEATTLE
SHIPMEN
co OUT!

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 20. -
Ten thousand ship yard workers
and metal workers in shops doing
contract work for shipyards went
on strike here at 10 o'clock this
morning.
Eleventh hour attempts to avert
the strike yesterday failed. The
men have walked out of 90 yards
and shops.
Agreements to pay the increas-
ed scale were signed yesterday by
16 yards and shops employing o.
500 men, while the Skinner &
Eddy yards, the largest steel yard
In the city, employing 1000 men,
signed the agreement some weeks
ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
By Mabel Abbott

A twO-miIc panorama OF
preparation for war.
An eight-hOur moving pic
ture OF the marshaling OF the
army of democracy.
Not even one of the great
vistas In "The Birth of IA Ma
ton had the thrill of breadth
and meaning that the parade
ground at Camp Lewis holds
every day, now that the thrill
ing of the national army has
really begun.
From where / stood, Fri
day afternoon, the camp lay
before me like a stage.
Trails of smoke from the
cleaning-up bonfires lifted and
fell like transparent blue cur
tains from wall to wall of the
barracks that curved out of
sight into the distance.
And over the brown prairie
between, marched and counter
marched before me hundreds of
men, thousands of men, tens
of thousands of men--men in
columns, in far-flung lines, in
squares, in masses, whole
city-full of men, moving rhyth-
mically in all directions across
the great plain.
Seen near at hand, some Of
the companies had an odd
black-and-tan effect, due to the
fact that about half of them
were in olive-drab and half in
plain, everyday old-clothes.
Farther away were whole COM
panies coatless and vestless,
bending and swaying in set
ting-up exercises.
Still farther away, out of the
company streets as out of the
wings of a theater, came the
returning bath squads, the
towels on their shoulders toss
ing like foam on wave after
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29

here while his unconscious body
lay on a bed OF illness in New
York is related by the minister as
a basis for his interesting theories.
His soul, he AYERS, trav-
eled from New York to Ia
coma while the mortal clay
of him remained mOtionless
in the east.
This spirit journey, he
says, is just as vivid to him
as any of his waking mo-
ments.
81 am firmly convinced that
the spirits of departed ones re-
turn to influence the lives of
those on earth" said Rev.
Grimes. "As we are today, so
we are Immediately after we pass
out into the life beyond the veil.
The things that interest us today
will interest us for a time in the
beyond.
THUS 1t is that great men can
carry on their reforms and ambi-
tons after death by influencing
the living by means of sugges-
ton. The power and ability of
man is not lost because he dies.
Those who have passed on can
choose a living person to carry
on plans and uncompleted work.
1.-THE living men thus favored
must be of sympathetic mind
with the departed, or en- rapport
with the spirit given or valuabh
suggestions.
"If Edison were suddenly
down in the midst of his
work on the submarine problem,
at time when the world needs
him most, he could, after death,
complete his work by influencing
the mind of some prominent cleo
trical genius on earth.
"As to my own spirit ex-
perience: When l was seri-
Ously iii a year or more ago
I'm st. Luke's hospital In
New York, 1 was suddenly
taken with a desire to see
my Tacoma home. While my
body lay motionless there, I
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
GERARD
TACOMA
VISITOR

James w. Gerard, former U. b.
ambassador to Germany, will ar
rive in Tacoma Saturday after-
noon.
Word of his decision to visit
this city was received Saturday
morning by Attorney Maurice
Langhorne.
Gerard will speak at the sta
dunn high school auditorium 1t
$3.50 Saturday afternoon.
The meeting, arranged on short
notice by Secretary p. Kemmer
Of the Tacoma Commercial club.
will be open to the public.
A delegation from the CONNER
cial club left Tacoma at 1880
p. m. in a special car for Seattle
over the interurban to meet Ger
ard and accompany him to Taco
ma. He is expected to reach here
shortly before the time of the
meeting.
Tacoma was the first of the
coast cities to extend Gerard an
but the former ambas-
sador was undecided until the last
minute.
Gerard addressed great meet
ing in Seattle Thursday night,
stirring his audience with a pa
triotic appeal. Following the
meeting he went to Victoria, re-
turning to Seattle to give another
address at the First Baptist
church Friday night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
FARMERS
BECOME
A POWER
Especial to The Times.)

ST. PAUL, Sept. ga great
new political power is rising here
in the west. 1t already has
spread as far as Puget Sound.
Every old-line politician Of
both republican and democratic
parties is shaking in his boots,
for his boots, for this new power
Will have nothing to do with him,
and doesn't play the game accord
ing to HIS IDEA of Hoyle!
> The farmers are in the saddle
and are riding hard.
IN SEVEN STATES their Or
ganiEation may be the dominant
power in 1918 elections. That
means q score or more of farm
ers' congressman, few senators
and many state houses filled with
farmer officers
Reaches Coast.
A year ago they called this new
power 1.-The revolt of North Da-
kota." Now the revolt has spread
!, int other states, gradually WIDEN
ing, thrusting eastward, south
ward and Pacific-coastward.
1t is the National Nonpartisan
league, composed wholly of farm
ers. No bankers, capitalists, or
any wealthy fry are permitted to
Join.
City folk can become affiliat-
ed only by getting into working
clothes and belonging to some
labor organization.
During the Producers and Con-
sumers' convention here, labor
leaders and NonpartiGan leaguers
predicted political cooperation of
producers in fields and factories.
So far the farmers have padded
their own canoe.
Organizing Washington.
A year ago the organization
swas confined to North Dakota,
where It had captured control of
the republican machine and every
state and judiciary office.
Today the national headquar-
tiers, here in st. Paul, occupy a
whole floor of an office building,
and scores of clerks are keeping
Continued on Page Six.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
FAWCETT
WILL RUN
RAILWAY
Mayor Fawcett is going to be-

Mayor Fawcett Is going to be-
come a street railway manager.
Telling the city council Satur-
day that he believed all other
commissioners were burdened
with SO much work that the man
agement of the street railway line
would be a hardship on them, the
mayor announced that he intend
ed to ask for control of the new
municipal tideflats system.
He will present an ordinance
next week in which the operation
of the car line will be formally
placed in his hands.
Other members said Saturday
that they were perfectly willing to
let Fawcett manage the system.
The mayor issued a statement
Saturday in which he denounced
the idea Of permitting the T. r. &
p. Co. to operate the city's line.
ROckhill Superintendent.
"1f the power plant had been
turned over to them we would
never have gotten any place with
1t, nor will we ever get any place
with the street car line IL we turn
II over to them" he said.
Fawcett will appoint his sec
rotary, II. X. Rockhill, as super
intendent of the car line. An in
spector will be appointed to have
actual management OF the cars,
and Rockhill will handle the &C.
counting and detail work.
Fawcett said Saturday that he
could get plenty of motormen and
conductors from the T. r. & p,
lines.
No Transfers.
The first cars will run late Mon
day, but a full schedule cannot be
put into effect for 10 days, be-
cause work on the Milwaukee via
duct has not been completed.
There will be no transfer agree
ment between the city's line and
the T. r. & p. lines, unless Bean
offers to accept the city's scale of
2-to-3 cent split on each trans
fer fare.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
Death Does
Not End It

Physical death is too
trifling an episode to de-
strOy a mans interest in
the continuance of his LIES
work.
The influence of unseen
friends may explain the up
ward movements of society.
Witness the reform move
ment in Judea under John
the Baptist; the Renais-
sance In Italy when the
people suddenly turned to-
ward art and culture and
liberty; the Elizabethan
age In England.
Wordsworth found 1t Inn
possible to explain his
poems beyond the statement
that "they came to me-"
John Milton insists PARA
disc Lost" was sent to him
In a series OF visions and
pictures that he wrote down.
When men insisted upon
st. Paul's explaining about
the argument on immortal.
fty and his code of love, st.
Paul simply answered that
he was "caught up into
heaven and saw the vision"
REV. g. Y. Grimes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
DR|VER|S
BURIED IN
DEEP MUO

The body OF Ned Alvey, Iiv-
ing at 18th and II streets,
lies submerged under big
motor truck In t2 feet of
water at the Lincoln avenue
bridge Saturday afternoon.
The truck he was driving
plunged thru the fence of the
bridge shortly after noon.
Il. Waitman, 1928 East X, own
er of the truck, was with Alvey in
the fatal plunge. He was thrown
into the water, but miraculously
escaped being pinned under the
car.
The cause OF the accident 10
not known, tho 1t is believed It
was due to an accident to the
steering gear.
Alvey is the son of a Milwaukee
railroad engineer.
Waitman declared the truck,
which was brand new, without
any apparent cause, veered to the
side of the bridge and crashed
thru the railing. He and Alvey,
he said, were hauling wood for
the Dempsey Lumber Co.
Alvey was pinned upder-the
steering wheel below the water.
The Dempsey Lumber Co. pile
driver was taken to the scene Of
the accident Saturday afternoon
In an effort to raise the big car
and recover the body.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
journeyed in spirit here.

jOurneyed In spirit here.
1.-THE experience is Just as
vivid as any i ever expert
enced. 1t was ont an hallu-
cination nor a dream, nor a
Pigment of a diseased mind.
I am positive of that. i was
run down physically but had
no trouble mentally.
II entered my study, saw
the members of my family
and spoke to them. At times
they would look up and smile
as IL they sensed my pres
ence. i tried to shout to
attract their attention, but
could get no response. My
youngest child, Nancy 10y,
did see me once, clearly and
distinctly. 1t was in the even
ing. She called her mothers
attention to the fact but was
assured that i could not be
there.
after enjoying the visit in
spirit form I returned to New
York, where the physical be
ing recovered In due time
from the illness and I was
enabled ms an earthly man to
rejoin my family"
!. Rev. Grimes is in no way con
ected with spiritual sects of tn
ountry and does not use thei
hsosies as q basis Of his own.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
Dogs In Bed Caused
Trouble, He Asserts

Each night when / came home
i would find, besides my wife, two
dogs cried up In the bed. This
is what l had to sleep with"
This version of how the trouble
began between his wife and him
self was given by David L./Stein-
hoff, N. p. engineer, Saturday in
Superior Judge Chapman's court
where he is on trial for second de-
gree assault.
Steinhoff is accused of assault
ing Frank Bourson Aug, 16 with
a pair of SCISSORS, a glass bowl and
several rocks.
In his testimony, in his own de-
Tense, Steinhoff turned accuse
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
MATCH STARTS COSTLY
UNDERTAKING CO. FIRE

A lighted match accidentally
dropped in waste paper basket.
caused damage by fire of $500 In
the lobby and offices of the c. o.
Lynn Undertaking Co., 910-12 Ta-
coma av. at 10 Saturday.
The entire front of the under
taking establishment was Quilted.
and flames were creeping towards
the upper floors OF the Elnira
building, in which the undertaker's
place Is located. when firemen ar
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
CLEAN BILL
FOR CONGRESS

:. (United-Press Leased wireJ
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. - A
statement generating any member
of congress form charges Of receiv-
ing German gold, was sent the
house today by the state depart
ment.
THE state department has no
evidence that would connect In
any way a member Of congress
with the expenditure of money by
the German ambassador, said the
letter. written by Acting Secretary
Polk.
II do not see how the Won Bern
storff message reflects on congress
IN any way"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
SEO|T|ON
CHARGE
IS MADE

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. 20.
Move to Gust Senator LaFol-
lette from the senate opened to-
day with the Introduction by Sen
ator Kellogg, Minnesota OF reso-
lutions adopted by the public
safety commission of Minnesota,
demanding LaFollettes expulsion.
The resolutions were offered to
the committee on privileges and
elections.
They condemn his recent st,
Paul speech as seditious and as
giving aid and comfort to our
enemies and ask his expulsion.
Four Other Messages.
Vice President Marshall laid
before the senate four messages
addressed to him urging i'm
parchment and expulsion of La
Toilette.
These messages also were re-
ferred to the privileges and cleo
tons committee.
One from the Washburn, Wis,
Loyalty league said:
Zone thousand citizens of
this community are hereby
united In appealing to the
senate of the United States
that our senator, Senator
Robert M. La Toilette, be i'm
peached for his reasonable
utterance and disloyalty to
the government. With regret
do we hereby indict the sem
ator for criminal setiitiOn."
Kellogg's introduction of the
resolution followed conference
attended by the vice president,
Kellogg, Senator Martin and Sem
ator Pomerene, chairman of the
committee on privileges and cleo
tons.
La Toilette was not in the SEN
ate when the resolution and mes
sages were produced. He entered
a moment later. He evidently
did not know what had been done,
or n he did he displayed no hint
Of his feelings.
Few members of the senate
knew what was in the resolution,
as 1t was not read. The agree
ment by which 1t was presented
made it appear like an ordinary
petition, many of which are pre-
sented daily.
AS the news spread, however,
senators gathered in groups in
the rear OF the chamber. La Fol-
lette, whose seat is on the aisle
in the first row, was entirely iso-
lated. He sat reading a letter.
II shall make no statement at
this time" was the word La Fol-
lette sent out of his office later
today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
CHEAPER GAS!

tUn1ted Press Leaned Wtre.D
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20
Frederick A. Kormann, chemist Of
San Francisco, has turned over to
the government a chemical pro-
cess which Kormann declares will
settle the problem of America
gasoline supply.
BY treating crude oil compo-
nents now largely lost, VITA a
chemical compound, Kormann
says 90 per cent of gasoline in
stead of 6 per cent as at present is
obtained from every barrel of
crude oil. Kormann declares his
process works as we'll with Penn
ylvania as with California oil.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29

rived. e &
The blaze started q few minutGn
litter NJ s. Cobb, an embalme1.
had concluded a conversation With
q travelling salesman.
Housekeeping rooms on the
second and third floors were fiIle1
with dense smoke.
A funeral scheduled for GafuxH
day afternoon at the Lynn 6hoo&f
was transferred to the nnok1C
King Cos.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
PastCr's Soul Visits Tacoma Home
Wierd Theory
5000 z.S@ |:S%1 %s=@e:s~
BY G. A. CLAY

The soul has the power of freedom from the
body; Is capable of interesting excursions out of
its physical confines
Death is no hindrance to the cherished ambi-
tons of genius
ny acting as spirit counselloIs of chosen ones
still living, men of great power and intellect can
complete their earthly plans after tkev have en-
there the life beyond
Such are beliefs sponsored by the Rev. Charles
Y. Cranes rector of Trinity Episcopal church.
He says he has personal proof.
The experience of spirit visit with his family
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29

declaring that Bourson had Gin
vaded his home" after his wife had
driven him away.
He declared that one day in
March he returned to his home to
find Bourson there. He said Bour-
son met him by planting his fist in
the pit of his stomach, beating
him over the head with a tele-
phone and knocking two teeth out.
After this" he testified,
"Bourson sat astride me and held
me down while my wife tried to
strangle me-"
Steinhoff said he met his wife
In 1901, but couldn't remember
r.just when they were married.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29

Greetings, are your war
spuds dug?
Go hear Gerard hand Wilhelm
his.
Oh, well, If it's going to cost
two bits Cor is 1t four?) on the
new city line to Todd's, let's keep
the county ferry on the run and
maybe we can hammer prices
down.
''If you have pretty ears, show
them. Beauty hint.
To attract attention, waggle
'em.
Hey, boy: Page the o. 4.
farmer who used to petidle
sweet cider in town ut 10
cents q bucket.
HOW FAR DOWN IS HE?
(From the Mulhall, Okla,
Journal.)
Jesse Price is blowing for his
grandfather, Mr.. Harris.
OVERHEARD IN HORGAN'S
Customer want to look TT
some tunics."
Irish floorwalker.-"we don't
carry musical instruments"
Is there anything cheaper
looking than . cheap unar
prelIa7
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
7 YEARS FOR J.
INSTRUCTOR

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29. =
Seven years. in prison was the
sentence imposed by Federal
Judge Van Fleet today on Daniel
o'Connell, convicted with six 9TH
ers OF conspiracy to obstruct the
draft law.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29

Charlie Chaplin has resumed
work on his last Mutual picture,
The Adventure" and 1t soon will
be ready for the public. In his
subject the comedy king is a con-
Wet, chased by sheriffs. who Just
miss him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
VOTE BOYCOTT HERE

A strike involving 1000 union
workmen in Tacoma shipyards and
CONTINUED on Page SIX
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
Home Edition

Tacoma: Tonight and
Sunday, rain.
Washington: Tonight.
rain west, fair and warmer
east portion, Sunday rain;
cooler east portion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29

Greetings, are your war
spuds dug?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29

Is there anything cheaper
looking than . cheap una-
brelIa7
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29
OVERHEARD In HORGAN,s

CustOlner- Want 10 look II
some tunics."
Irish floorwalker.-"We don't
carry musical instruments.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29

announce that Germany's
bes was lin violation of
e Hague. This is red
t there was still a con-
hat Germany hadn't dis
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29

Jesse Price is blowing for his
grandfather, Mr.. Harris.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29

Bucharest oablegrams
nice little nest of micro
the 4th convention of Tn
hot news. 1t shows tina
-vention of The Hague t
honored.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29

Go hear Gerard hand Wilhelm
his.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29

HOW FAR DOWN IS HE?
(From the Mulhall, Okla,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-29

Hey,- boy: Page the o. 4.
farmer who used to peddle
sweet cider in town at 10
cents q bucket.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-04-24

Hon. Ralph ID. Cole, well known in
this city, will be the speaker at the
flag-raising at the c. G. G. Cooper
foundry next Saturday.
Mrs. M. McDonough and daughter,
Miss Helen, of this city went to Co
lumbus Monday to spend few days
with relatives.
Thomas Hilliar, who has been SER
iously i'll for some time at his home
on North Park street, is considerably
improved
Frank Millott and Miss Aloise
Hinde of Sandusky spent Sunday in
this city, the guests of Mrs. Mary
Ball, who resides north Of the city.
The Arnold store will sell you all
grades of window shades at the low
est prices. Also curtain poles and
rods and all items for house-cleaning
The picture machine purchased by
the Third ward Mothers and Teach
ers' club will be used in the lecture by
Rev. Foster C. Anderson at the high
school auditorium Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. " Meyers of Ebe-
nezer, Mrs. Ella Meyers and Miss
Plezza Meyers of West Vine street
spent Sunday with relatives at Cen
terburg.
Rev. Victor A. Smith of Coshocton
a graduate of Bexley Theological sem
mary, Gambler, has offered his ser.
vices to the government as army
chaplain.
DR.. G. ID. Conard has moved his of.
fee from East Vine street to the
Stauffer building on the north side
of the public square and will contin.
ue his practice there.
Mrs. J. M. Humphrey of West High
street left for Roswell, n. NJ, Sunday
where she will visit and return to this
city with he rhusband, DR.. Pumphrey
in several weeks. DR., Pumphrey has
been there about one week.
Charles Sapp, Jr., of this city was
taken to the NJ. g. S. hospital Sunday
evening to receive treatment. Mr.
Sapp had just returned to his home
after being a patient at the hospital
but relapse set in and his return
was necessitated.