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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06

GREATER Than
WAS EXPECTED

Tacoma's young men responded
In greater numbers to the select
service call Tuesday than any
local authority had contemplated.
With only part of the registra-
tion cards returned to the city hall
and courthouse Wednesday, 1t was
estimated that the total registra-
tion for Tacoma would be over
$500 names.
No disturbances were reported,
except at Old Town, where an
illiterate Austrian became excit-
able. The proportion of exemp-
lions claimed by young men who
registered was remarkably small
in all precincts, according to re-
port, hundreds of married men an
nouncing that they were willing
and ready to serve their country
without any plea for dismissal.
More than 1000 extra registra-
ton cards were distributed to city
precincts during the afternoon
and evening, when the rush OF
registration assumed unexpected
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06

proportions.
AS fast as city registration
cards were turned in by volunteer
registrars Wednesday they were
given to Librarian Kaiser, who
put his staff Of library employees
to work totalling and classifying
the various reports.
Controller Shoemaker, chair
man of the board, will telegraph
to Washington, ID. c., the total
registration of Tacoma when the
work of totalling the cards rs
completed Wednesday night.
Stenographers will be employed
Thursday to copy all registration
cards. The duplicates will be for
warded to Washington, and the
originals kept in Tacoma.
The largest registration of any
city precinct was at Old Tacoma,
precinct No. 10, where 172 men
signed. The second largest regis
tration was precinct No. as, Dew
'ey hotel, 18th and Market, where
16S persons registered.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
DRY N ESS
COMES AT
MIDNIGHT

The bone-dry law passed by the
1917 legislature will take effect
at midnight.
Tacoma citizens who sent away
their last orders for liquor under
1.-THE permit system must obtain the
shipment before tonight or have IL
shipped back to the liquor houses
from which it was ordered, or II
will be seized by the police.
The hour the bone-dry law takes
effect will be observed by the city
and county officials as II the refer
endum petitions now ready for
checking at Olympia were not in
existence.
Permit Counter Idle.
The prosecuting attorney and
sheriff will take no official heed
of the referendum unless so in
|structed by Attorney General Tan
Continued on Page Two.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
Child
STILL
HELD!

SUnited Pres. I.rasrd wtre.s
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, June
8.-Officials believe they
are near the solution Of the
mysterious Keet kidnapping
case. Six arrests have bcen
made ana more are expected
before night.
Thus far little l4-mOnths-old
Lloyd Keet son of J. Holland
keet, wealthy Springfield banker,
has not been recovered.
However, it is believed that he
will be returned to his parents as
soon as the police run down i'm
portant clews they uncovered to-
day.
The real abductor, a Chicago
crook, is believed to have the
child.
Those Arrested.
Those arrested are Taylor
Adams and his wife, Allie Adams;
their two sons, Claytus Adams,
20, and Make Adams, IS; G. j.
Piersol and Sam McGinnis.
The former denied any con-
nection with alleged plots. He
was arrested because Of state
ments made by the others yester-
day.
No direct connection between
the alleged activities Of the six
land the disappearance OF the Keet
baby has been established.
Confessions are said to have
been made by two of the six.
Others not yet arrested were I'm
Iplicated by these.
Flashed Lights.
| Taylor Adams, taken at Kan
sas City Monday, was the only
person not arrested here. One OF
his sons Is said to have been en-
lployed at a downtown store here,
from which mysterious lights
flashed days ago and caused a
widespread belief that IL was a
signal 10 the abductors OF the
Keet baby.
! Remove Prisoners.
Plans TO abduct a st. Louis
manufacturer of munitions were
con fessed to by Piersol.
Other confessions include the
abduction OF G.. A. Clement, a
ieweler, whom they expected to
hold for ransom.
Fearing mob violence, police
authorities this afternoon re-
moved Mrs. Taylor Adams, her
two sons, Claytus and Max, and
Claude Piersol from the county
Jail here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06

With four members of the city
council heartily in favor OF a
farmers market at Firemen' S
park, A street from Sth to 9th,
as suggested by The Times, prep
arations were made Wednesday
for establishing new municipal
market there.
Commissioner Atkins instruct
ed City Engineer Nicholson to
prepare estimates on the cost OF
erecting a market in the park
similar to Seattle's Pike Place
municipal market, where pro-
ducers are given space to sell
their goods direct to the public.
Fawcett opposed.
1t is possible that the long
shed on Market street, used for
several years for the old public
market, will be removed to the
new site.
A concrete floor will be neces-
sary. but otherwise the expense
of erecting a market in the park
will be comparatively small.
Mayor Fawcett is the only
member of the council opposed to
the Firemen's park location.
Fawcett declares that the loca-
ton is too far from the retail
business district, and also main
,ains that the city should provide
market space adjacent to the
farmers market where grocers
and butchers could establish
stores.
According to present plans of
Commissioner Atkins, who has
charge of the market work, the
entire park will be used for the
new market, instead of the side
walk and curb. The shed will
extend through the center of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06

after a complaint has been sworn
out by the U. S. commissioner
here. The suspects then will be
summoned before the grand Jury
to explain why they did not reg
lister.
While the grand jury was in
session Wednesday a special
agent Of the department of JUS
tice was busy on a secret inves.
tigation which may result in ar
rests here within few days.
The identity of the agent, who
is believed to have been sent here
from Washington, d. c., on q
special mission, is being kept
secret. One report was that he is
running down an enemy plot
against shipping in this port.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
Probe Anti-Draft Run1or

Reports from just one precinct
where suspected slackers refused
to register for selective service
were received in the U. S. mar
shals office Wednesday.
Government officers are inves-
tigating, and IL the charges prove
to be well founded the suspected
slackers will be brought before
the federal grand jury now in ses-
sion in the federal building.
The marshals office has asked
that every citizen constitute him.
self government agent and re-
port any instances of failures to
register.
Any persons arrested by the
sheriff or police officers will be
turned over to the government
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
Ashford Returns PROMPT

In 65 county precincts heard
from by noon Wednesday, 214S
men between the ages of 81 and
81 registered Tuesday under the
select service law.
On account of the boat service,
the island precincts will not be
heard from until this afternoon.
Although at the extreme end
of the county, Ashford, was one
of the first to report at the audi
tors office.
Out of the 2148 men, 997
claimed exemption.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06

There were 435 aliens.
At Ruston Tuesday, the regis
tration clerk asked Charles
kuhne, a German young man, il
he asked exemption. NO" was
the prompt reply. But the clerk
knew that the young man was
disabled, and on closer examina-
ton admitted that he had a wood
en- leg.
At Ruston there were 62 aliens
Austrians In the room at one
time, while 92 Austrians regis
tered in all. Thirty-five claimed
exemption.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
ALASKAN COAL
SOON TO WORK
GREAT CHANCE
Especial to The Times.)

Especial to The Times.
SEWARD, Alaska, June 6.-Coal-back magic OF
the North!
AS a factor in transportation alone it promises to-
day to place bigger part in the general development
of southern Alaska than either gold or copper.
It is expected to cut freight rates between Pacific
coast cities and Gulf of Alaska ports practically in
half.
This will mean vast increase in the volume of mer
chandise flowing from the states northward, held
back now because of prohibitive freights
And then also of course it will furnish the Sound
cities a new and wonderful fuel supply.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
Draft Soon To Begin

Physical tests for those found
serviceable will take considerable
time, but the men will be ready
for actual call to the colors be
fore the appointed time In Sep
TENDER.
Americas response to registra-
ton was far greater than authori-
ties had even anticipated. More
Continued on Page 3D.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
Has Only One
Foot; Refuses
To Be Exempt

A man with only one foot sign
ed a registration card in one of
the Tacoma precincts Tuesday,
and refused to claim exemption
because of his loss.
THE registrar telephoned me
and wanted to know what to do
about the case" said Controller
Shoemaker Wednesday.
"The man said he could drive
an ambulance, or do helpers
work about the army camps.
"He refused utterly to claim
exemption, SO / told the regis
tration clerk to accept him, and
let the government decide later
whether It could make use of
him."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
Market ON Asst.
IS CERTAIN NOW

park, with spaces on both sides of
a concrete floor for farmers to
exhibit their goods.
The city engineer has been in
structed to rush his estimates, so
that construction work can be be-
gun quickly.
The 18th street location for a
market, on city property at A
street, has been abandoned by the
council because Of the prohibitive
cost of construction.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
FIND COAL!

NEW YORK, June 6.-Large
coal deposits and wonderful big
game country were discovered by
the lan-Crockerland ex-
ploration party, exploring Finlay-
land, according to MacMillan's re-
port to the American Museum of
Natural History here today.
Finlayland was first sighted in
1853 by survivors of Sir John
Franklin's last polar expedition,
but II had never been explored
by man until Macmillan set foot
on Il.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06

thing more than
a new encount-
er with the en-
envy and il the
latter can he
induced to show
I h e m $ e Ives
again, We will
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
Omitted Press Leased wire.)

WASHINGTON, June 6. =
Americas men who responded to
yesterdays registration will know
within several weeks whether
they are drafted for service.
Then IL they claim exemption
they will have to present their
cases to local boards for judy
ment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06

do the rest" declared the Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger today, in COM
menting on a speech delivered at
London by Admiral Sims, U. s.
N, Sunday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06

II will be a long while be-
fore this state will be wet
again.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06

Notice how proud the Alto
31's are OF those cards? At least
so of them have shown us theirs,
just casually like.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
Greetings. are You ready
for the long drought?

With A. NJ. Craig an easy win
ner in the park election, 1t would
look as if the south end and labor
vote did count for something In
city affairs after all.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
MARY,S LITTLE no.

MARY'S LITTLE BOND.
Mary bought little bond,
With pennies from the crock.
She did it, so she said, to help
To put the Teuton Hoch.
p n II
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06

exceeds that with the Orient, the
Philippines and Hawaii combined.
With coal ready to move south,
attracting other steamship lines
and breaking what Is in effect q
restrictive monopoly In transpor-
tation. Alaska should enter a new
era of development and product
iveness that will be reflected in
higher prosperity figures through
out the United States, 1t is asserted
by transportation experts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
Lookee What
German Navy
Wants Today!

AMSTERDAM, June 6.-"The
German navy does not wish any,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
BANK CLEARINGs

Clearings -. ....$ 716,966.5S
balances -. .,.,.. 91,245.62
Transactions %. 1,462,099.06
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06
Federal Charge

SEATTLE, June Gu. S. Dis
trict Attorney Clay Allen declared
today he would bring seditious
conspiracy charges against Olaf
Berild and Ed Peterson, social
lists, who circulated petitions yes
terday, calling upon congress to
refer the selective service law to
the voters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06

Learn something every
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06


AS you have more than once
reflected, socialism would be an
attractive creed II 1t were not for
certain leading socialists. The
climate of California would be
more enjoyed II 1t were not for
the people who continually gas
about 1t. They talk" remarked
one visitor, "as IL they had made
1t themselves"
Every country in Europe
has recognized tho right Of
conscientious objcctors.r
Emergency Peace Fcdern1ton.
In England they sct 'enl to
sweeping mines, Il y sid.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06

Japan no doubt is enjoying
watching another nation
wear the "Yellow Peril" tag.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-06

The Times Pink is the only
late afternoon paper printed I'm
Tacoma. All the cream of the
days events up to the white
editions press time, plus the
late news, the baseball and the
other Pink features.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-08

CARBON PAPER AND STENCIL
BOARD AT THE REVIEW Off.
cE.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-08
DR.. BOWLING SUBMITS FAVOR
ABLE REPORT ON MORGAN
CITY WATER.

Mr.. j. H. Evans, Superintendent,
Of the City Water Works is in re.
ceipt of a communication from
DR.. Oscar Bowling, President of the
State Board Of Health, who submits
a meteorological report on samples
of City Water. DR.. Bowling states
that he takes great pleasure in ad.
vising that the Morgan City waite,
meets the requirements and is safe
for potable purposes.
The letter follows:
Louisiana State Board of Health
New Orleans, La, Aug. 8, 1917
Mr.. ]. H. Evans, Superintendent,
City Water Works,
Morgan City, La.
Dear SIR
The psychological laboratory has
submitted reports on the three (3)
samples Of city water sent by you
July 31st.
| take pleasure in advising analy-
sis shows that this supply meets the
requirements and may be considered
safe for potable purposes.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) OSCAR BOWLING.
President,
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-08
When Payne Wrote
'H0me, Sweet
Home"
BY j. r. HAMILTON
Former Advertising Manager Of Wanamaksr's Philadelphia

It is said when John Howard Payne wrote "t1ome Sweet
Home he himself homeless wandeer in the streets It
took who had home to make the spirit of home immortal
The why of today do not appreciate home
is that have The place that grandthers
called home little than shelter They knew
such have They had few uxure but the thing that
they called home had been fought and dear them
Today anyone have home almost for the asking He
fill with big comfortable furniture that will give him
much comfort used to belong only royalty He have
beautiful draperies his windows and fine pictures his walls
He have piano talking machine He have
that copies the patterns palaces And he do all this
the moderate the most ordinary of salaries
Day day this paper filled with advertising that offers
facility the furnishing of the home Not only the
with ready cash furnish his home moderate basis but
without cash have all the comforts and luxu
he desires through system of credit home furnishings
which has become almost national in its scope.
This when homes springing every
eurnshd for another year Therefore the for home
furnishing opportunities which live advertising merchant
Is Offering at this time.
Do not hold these homemakng opportunities too lightly
Give these advertisers hearing What they saying real
md what they doing making history There been
time in the history Of the world when comfort and luxury were
widespread amongst the people a. they are today
Look this advertising today See cannot add the
Of home the pleasure Of see cannot
put luxury and material happiness into the home
You have.
the advertising of those things in this paper today
OCnpyrigh
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-08
THE SALARIED MAN

Much is being said about the
plight of the salaried man in these
times of high prices The pinch does
come hard on a good many men
wno. wages are stationary, but who
are paying higher for everything.
Yet if the salaried mans wages
remain stationary while the pay Of
other workers has Increased let him
not altogether blame the fates and
the opposite political party. Perhaps
he has been 1t fault somewhere.
Il has generally been true, where
man Has been thorouehly on his
job, growing in efficiency and r.
scErcefulness, that he has had >
raise in pay, largely compromising
for the higher scale Of prices. If he
hasn't any, he may be the one to
blame. Perhaps he has spent too
much time reading about the high
prices, when he should have been
thinking up means Of enlarging his
observation-disclosures, N. c.,
Everything.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-08
STEPS BEING TAKEN TO AVERT
TROUBLE WITH l. w. w. IN
LOUISIANA.

New Orleans, La, Aug. 7.-Ac.
cording to reports current in the
press, Stale and Federal authorities
in Louisiana are taking steps to
forestall threatened trouble by In
dustril Workers of the World in
the saw mills and oil fields of West
ern Louisiana.
The Governors Office in Baton
Rouge is said to be in receipt of
what it considers reliable informa-
ton that there is an effort on the
part of l. W. w. to organize the
workers in that part of the State.
Having been informed of these l. W.
W. activities, the people in some of
the towns in the affected sections
have applied to the Governor, thru
the adjutant general, say the local
newspapers, or authority to organ
ize military companies so as to be
prepared 80 take care of any contin-
gency which may arise.
Forrest c. Pondleton, chief of the
local United States Department of
Justice, is authority for the state
ment that his men have been investi-
gatnig |. W. W. reports, and that
they have found evidences of incen-
diary utterances. Mr. Pendleton de-
clines at the present time to divulge
details of the results of the investi-
cation, but he indicated that the
trouble makers are probably from
Butte Mont, or from Bisbee, Ariz :,
whence more than a thousand were
deported few days ago.
Several saw mill and oil fields
operators and superintendents COM
planned to the governor last week
that I. W. w. agitators were active
" engaged in fomenting strikes
among their men. All the national
guardsmen were Federalized Sum
day and their services can no longer
be at the disposal Of the governor.
Home guards and especially organi-
zed military companies will have to
be used in case Of disturbances.
Special Agent Pendleton said that
there was no assurance that the sit
uation in the lumber camps would
not develop into serious proper
tions.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-08
RUSSIA MUST WIN

Today the American heart is per-
haps more deeply touched by Rus
sia's sorrow than by any Of the suf-
fering Of her other allies. The great
new democracy forming in old Rus.
sia, the fires it is passing through
the gigantic task Of its young dicta-
tor, all move America with sympa-
thy and hope. But there is no des-
| pair.
A writer in q recent number Of
The Independent points out that
hard as Russia's task is, that country
is yet better off than France was
when she made her first fight for
liberty.
Russia has powerful allies with
friendliness for her and faith in her.
True, they cannot do much for her
now, but they are there with all the
help they can render and with what
F1s even greater, with understanding
and sympathy. Russia has the ex-
perience Of her friends to guide her.
Democracy is not 80 new in the
world today as it was when France
carried the torch of step forward.
Russia's resources are inexhaustible
human, spiritual, as well as ma
terial. A German army cannot oc-
cupy Russia rs it has occupied Bel
gium and part of France. No mat
ter how many Russian armies it
crumbles up before there will be
Others to continue the fight.
Russia's problem are many and
difficult. She is facing them in q
crisis that would be serious enough
even without the internal disturb
ances that weaken her. No one
dare minimize them.
But Russia has q definite ideal
and noble one. That ideal is not
going to die now. The Russian peo-
pie are free and they are going to
bold that freedom. And even though
Russian armies falter on the front
before the on-rushing Teutons in
terror and disorganization, big
spiritual forces are rallying that
win in the end turn defsst into VIC
tory.-AlsxandriA Town Talk.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-08
THE WOMEN'S CAMPAIGN
FOR LIBERTY LOAN

The women of America did splen-
did work for the first issue of Liber~
ty Loan Bonds and are making pre-
parations now for a more complete
organization and more thorough
work for the next issue of bonds
which is to be announced later by
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo.
The plan of campaign for the next
issue adopted by the Woman's Liber-
ty Loan Committee, with headquar-
.ers at Washington, makes the state
the unit Of organization and pro-
vides for the utilization of establish
ed organization in promoting the
sale of the bonds.
The committee has appointed in
each state and territorial division Of
the United States chairman, who
will have at her command the organ
lzations of women in her state who
have been banded by the state units
of the Woman's Committee of the
! Council of National Defense and the
Liberty Loan committees of women
which We're established independents
ly during the first issue and remain
ing intact for the second campaign.
Through these organizations each
state chairman will be abe to organ
ize every county, city or village in
her state.
The general committee has also
appointed chairmen in each of the
twelve Federal Reserve banking dis
tricts in the United States. These
chairmen serve as delegate from the
Woman's Committee to the Liberty
Loan committee of their various
banking districts, cooperating with
the latter on all matters pertaining
to the relations of women to the
Liberty Loan. They also act as in
termediaries between the Liberty
Loan committees Of their districts
and the state chairmen whose terri
tories lie within the Federal Reserve
Districts. By means Of constant
communications with the state chair
men the district chairmen will keep
the latter in touch with the Federal
Reserve Liberty Loan work. supple
menting the directive labors Of the .
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
at Washington. - ';%a.4ts-
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-08

The Fahrenholz Barber Shop on
Railroad Avenue has been recently
enlarged and completely renovated
and modernized throughout. Mr..
Fahrenholz is keping step with the
progress which is making itself felt
over all Of Morgan City. The shop as
changed has been made absolutely
sanitary and presents a neat at
tractive appearance from the front
chair to the last bath room.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-08

Als Nelson Of Crowley is visiting
nsf aunt Mrs. ]. 7. Collins.