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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04
GERMANY May PROLONC
DISCUSSION WITH ALLIES

social and economic breakdown
and that her peace proffers come
through absolute necessity.
One theory which found sup
port in certain quarters today was
that U. g. Ambassador Gerard S
conference with Imperial Chancel-
lor Won Bethmann-Hollwek, re-
ported yesterday, had to do with
a further German note.
Reply of the allies to President
Wilson's note is receiving its final
polishing off," Probably 1t will
be forwarded to America within
the next 48 hours.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04
Magazines and
Papers Putting
Up Their Rates

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Close to
100 daily newspapers throughout
the United States have raised
their subscription prices, scores OF
country weeklies have followed
suit, the magazines are beginning
to admit their prices must go up
soon, and the high cost of liter
AZURE is grimly confronting the
nation as a result of the shortage
of white paper.
1t is freely predicted in many
publishing circles that the one
cent newspaper IL bound to disap-
pear in a vast majority of local
tiles and that shortly no maya
zines will sell under 20 cents a
copy.
Already the Cosmopolitan and
Metropolitan have advanced from
Is cents to 20 cents. The Ameri-
can oontemplates the change.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04
Accepts Call

Rev. Calvin X. Staudt and Mrs.
Staudt have accepted the call to
become associate pastors of First
Congregational church and to
have full charge of Pilgrim Con-
gregational and American Lake
churches.
The first of a course OF leo
lures on 1.-THE Messianic Hope"
will be given by them at First
Congregational church.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04
United Press Leased yvirel

LONDON, Jan. 4.-Persistent
reports from Italy and Switder-
land today that Germany is to
make a reply to the allied refusal
OF peace terms and in that reply
will list its demands and conces-
sions aroused the greatest interest
here today.
Lugano, Switzerland, had re-
ports of this nature.
From Rome came news that the
newspaper Corriere Delticini as
serted It's receipt of information
that Germany was preparing q
counter reply which would be
s'less ambiguous as to conditions
/, of peace and permitting a first
point of contact In. peace pro-
gress."
Both of these reports served to
strengthen the belief recorded in
dispatches of yesterday that Ger
many Is now on the brink of {
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04

mining industry and have brought
1t into more or less disgrace. CON-
seQuently old-fashioned scrupul-
BUSINESS and lsvel-headed con-
servatism Of the DR.. G. L. Tanner
variety cause more or less COM
ment and not a little ridiculs
from that element who 90 into
the game for easy money and to
whom conscience is an unknown
quantity.
Very early in its career the
new Western Smelling and Pow
er Company retired half of It's
five million shares. and up to the
present have added about $780,
600 worth of new machinery.
The Livingston. Montana, Enter
prise in several of its August is-
sues speaks of the activities of
DR.. Tanner and associates, some
Of whose names are prominent in
Wall Street, in the development
of Cooks City, which the paper
designates as a most wonderful
gold mining camp, in Park Coun-
ty, Montana. > =
The tangible assets of the COM
pany of which he is the executive
head are set down as above the
100000 mork, against which
there are liabilities of less than
$4,000. Such is the brief cpl
tome of the history OF one who
came to this country, q humble
immigrant. unable to speak the
English language twenty years ago,
and one phase of his achievement
in the face of obstacles which,
to a man of lesser moral vitality.
would have been unsurmountable.
The history of the Western
Smelling and Power Company is
the history of the struggles of
this adopted German to uphold
business ideal which would mea-
sure up to his sense of right and
fair play to several hundred
strangers scattered throughout
the Northwest who held stock in
q mining enterprise in which he
became interested In perfect
good faith. :
There are no insurmountabls
obstacles in the path of a design
that il wise and Just, and no man
who ia made Of the right kind Of
stuff will for one, nor for many
repuises, forsgo the purpose
which conscience dictates must be
effected. bs It . mining sntsr-
prise or any other. IN which he u
engaged. The right course d the
invincible course. Such u the
business creed which briefly sum-
marizes DR.. Tanser's oharactee
and which will win and maintain
q good reputation. no matter how
untoward ciroumstancesNzmav
sometimes seem.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04
DENY MOODY
IS ANARCHIST

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. A.
Although the subject of anarchy
in all its phases has become an
important theme in connection
with the selection of Jurors in the
trial of Thomas Mooney, alleged
preparedness parade bomb con-
spirator, it will not be allowed
to leak into the trial itself, II
the defense attorneys can help 1t.
This was the declaration Of De-
Tense Attorneys Cochran and Mo
Mutt, as the second days session
of the trial began today. Mooney
and his lawyers deny that he Is
an anarchist.
Cochran and his assistants
charge that the question Of an
archy has been raised by the dis
trict attorney to prejudice the
minds of prospective jurors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04
Women Discuss
Car Campaign

A meeting OF clubwomen will
be held at the Tacoma hotel
Thursday afternoon to consider
the campaign being waged by Mrs.
A. Frazier for car heating and
sanitation.
81 have been considerably mis-
represented" said Mrs. Frazier
Thursday morning. II never
made some of the demands that
have been attributed to me-"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04
STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY TO ELECT

The Washington State Histori-
cal society will elect officers Jan.
Is. Officers nominated at the
meeting Tuesday were Henry Hew-
lit, jr., president; Gen. Hazard
Stevens, vice president; w. p.
Bonney, secretary; w. H. Dick
son, treasurer. Curators, Thomas
Higgins, l.. L. Benbow, Sumner;
Walter M. Granger. zillah; H. M.
Painter, Seattle; ]. A. Perkins,
Colfax; Edward Meath and Henry
Sicade, Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04
TWO MORE LIBRARY
EMPLOYEES RESIGN

In addition to recent reduc-
tions in the public library force,
Miss Ruth Davis of the reference
department and Miss Katherine
Maxwell of the circulation depart
ment have resigned. Miss Davis
will go to the Seattle library at a
larger salary, and Miss Maxwell
will 60 into kindergarten work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04

sincere and deep interest in the
operations of the company.
Soon after becoming it's presi-
dent several other gentlemen, who
had been in the organization prior
to DR.. Tanzer's becoming inter-
ested, came to the new executive
with the proposition that they and
he be voted exceedingly corpulent
salaries. He turned them down
fatty and for this act OF loyalty
to some 400 whose shares repre-
sented the minority of stock, was
voted out of office.
Stayed With the Ship.
He cherished no resentment, but
remained in close touch with the
progress of events, more than
once being material help to the
erratic financiers who had mis-
judged the character of their
scholarly Teutonic associate. In
1911 his oft repeated warnings
came true and the concern went
through bankruptcy, leaving
100000 worth of perfectly good
and SO far useless mining mach
inery on the ground, and the
aforementioned 400 stockholders
holding 400 empty sacks.
Then DR.. Tanner came forward
and bid in the whole concern at
auction. OF course, up to this
point his reputation had natural
ly suffered some in the estimation
of everyone who had not analysed
the mans character. But the real
and enduring attribute of the
man had come through I'M
scathed. He at once reorganized
the company. giving it the new
name Of The Western Smelling &
Power Company. Then he got in
touch with every stakeholder in
the old concern and issued them
their original amount of stock in
the new organization.
And the greater part of a thou
sand people who held those beau
tifully printed and gilded pieces
of worthless paper representing
stock in the old, bankrupt con-
Germ, realized that there was q
man of honor, integrity and sterl-
ing caracter at the head Of the
new institution.
Unprecedented Procedure.
Judge R. A. Ballinger, the COM
pany's counsel. told DR.. Tan4er he
had done = most unureoedented
thing, but II was done in accord
ance with a set OF principles In
culoated very early and brought
with him 10 this country By the
young Thuringian twenty years
before. Interruptions promoters
seem to have an affinity for the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04
CHURCH TO GIVE
COLLEGE $1,000

The College OF Puget Sound
will receive $1,000 from the board
of education of the Methodist
church for 1917, an increase of
$1,000 over last years approprl-
alton, President ID. H. Todd an
nounced Wednesday on his return.
from New York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04
Carnegie May
Hold Up Cash

II Tacoma continues its present
policy with regard to the library,
the Carnegie foundation may
stop its donations, DR.. e. Fl. Todd.
president of the College Of Puget
Sound, told the members council
of the Commercial club Wednss-
day.
DR.. Todd has Just returned from
o visit to the Carnegie founda-
ton, in New York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04
100 DOMESTICS
JOIN THE UNION

DULUTH, Mimi, Jan. A.
What 81 said to be the first do
nestle servants union organized
east Of the Missouri river has
just been formed here, with 100
charter members. They will pre-
sent their demands to house
wives Jan. Is.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04
TACOMA RAINFALL
rs BELOW NORMAL

Rainfall in Tacoma has been
10.11 Inches below normal for the
period beginning Sept. 1, says
the report of l.. c. Cover, weather
man. DEFENDERS precipitation
was barely more than half Of nor
NAL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04

wsstass OF great hotel Is In
dicated by the manager of one Of
the leading institutions who says
that the purchases OF food amount
ed to $4,000 pounds a month and
that 10000 pounds of this we're
thrown away after having been
served to patrons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04

Professor Skinner. Of the Ameri.
can Indian museum, excavatine
the mound at Tioga Point, near
Sayre, Pa, uncovered the bones OF
SO men, which he estimates had
been buried at least TOO or 500
years. The average hight indi.
Gated by the skeletons was seven
feet, but many were taller.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04

"Mr. johnson, who has been at
Pitchford's cutting wood with
his wood-saw the past week, has
cut q tree up for M. 8. Allen"
Good luck, Yacolt!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04
South Tacoma
Boosters Busy

The new South Tacoma Boost
ers' club will hold a special meet
ing at 1894 Union avenue Friday
night at s O'Clock to make ar
rangements for army post election
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04

An automobile that turns easily
in narrow streets that two New
York men have patented has a
wheel at each side and one at
each end, the steering mechanism
operating the last two simultane-
ously.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04
Personal Record Forms
History of Successful
Mining Enterprise
DR.. G.. L. Tanner, by Loyal
ty to Hundreds of Share
holders, Thwarts Plans
Of Erratic Promoters and
Doubles Value of Assets
of Western Smelling and
Power Company.

1t makes no difference how fine
a reputation a man has, unless II
is backed by the kind of character
that 1ustifies it the time will
come, as sure as fate, when that
reputation will crumble and tum-
BILE. leaving its former possessoR
without standing or prestige.
And no matter how unfavor-
able mans reputation may be,
IL he be a man OF good character
the undesirable reputation will be-
come dispelled and the man will
rise to his rightful place in the
esteem of his fellow men just as
surely as the sparks fly upward
and fire ascending seeks the sun.
No man can dabble very extern
sively in mining promotion with
out having his reputation, in the
minds Of a very great percentage
of the human race, at times seri-
ously jeopardized. But whatever
his undertaking, be it lawful and
right, no mans real character Ia
in any danger. come what may
for the time being, to his reputa-
ton.
The Golden Rule can be applied
to this branch of American indus
try Just as consistently and bene-
ficially as to any course of indi-
vidual conduct. A notable exam
pie of this fact exists today in the
Western Smelling and Power
Company, with offices In the
Northern Bank Building, Seattle,
Washington.
About fourteen years ago
group of Northwestern promoters
organized to develop a famous old
mining camp close to the borders
Of Yellowstone National Park. 1t
is known as the New World Dis
trict and is rich in gold, silver,
copper and lead ores. Many not
ed mines are located in the
mountains around It. The idea
was to smelt the ores on the
ground, thereby saving the tre-
mendous expense of transporting
the ore to other regions far dis
tant.
Along about that time a young
German, native of Troebnitz in
Thuringia, by the name of @. L.
Tanner, who had gained the privi-
lege OF prefixing his name with
the term Doctor" was disposing
of his business and professional
goodwill in Chicago and turning
the prov Of his ship of fortune to-
ward Seattle, to become city
chemist. Here DR.. Tanners work
in the noted formaldehyde cru
SADIE distinguished him, and he
was appointed special state chem
list.
Soon Became Prominent.
He was a thirty-third degree
Mason, president of the German
War Veterans Society Of Chicago,
and soon became prominent in
fraternal activities In his newly
adopted state. He became q
member of every German society
in Seattle and served six terms az
president OF the Kriegerverein.
without recounting how It hap
pened. nor what impulse lay back
of the transaction, DR.. Tanzer one
day In 1905 acquired q piece of
beautifully printed and gilded
paper setting forth the fact that
he was an extensive stakeholder
In the New World Mining and De-
veiopment Company. and In due
time became its president, attrib-
utable most likely to the fact
that he took from the very first
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04

An effective means of resuscita-
ton after an electric shock is said
to be sharp blow on the soles of
the feet without removing the
shoes,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-04

TURN TO THE CLASSIFIED
WANT ADS ON PAGE z FOR
RESULTS. SEE PAGE SEVEN
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-11
MILLION PEOPLE GREET
- ENJOYS AT NEW YORK
Gotham Pays Enthusiastic Homage d.
Joffre and vtviani in Tremen-
dous Welcome.

New York, May 10. - New York
surrendered Internationally to Joseph
Jacques Joffre, marshal of France and
the French war commission.
Not only did the new worlds larg-
est city capitulate to the hero of the
Marne and to Rene Viviani, former
premier Of France, who headed the
war mission to the United States, but
1t accorded them a triumphal entry.
Never have visitors to New York
been given go tremendous welcome. At
least a million of it's citizens turned
out to pay homage to the great SOL
der and the great statesman Of a sis
ter republic.
The men whom the city honored
did not try to hide their emotion.
from the moment they alighted in Jer-
sey City from the closely guarded spe-
cial train which brought them from
Philadelphia until they retired in the
Fifth avenue mansion of Henry c.
Frick, they we're not permitted to for
get that New York was proud to have
within its gates the representatives
Of the best loved ally Of the United
States.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-11
THINGS TO DO NOW HELP WIN
WAR

The worlds food supply is short.
The outlook for this years crop is
bad.
To remedy these conditions in order
to feed the armies and the peoples en-
gagged in war to win for the world
permanent peace and for all nations
perfect freedom, every one must do
his part.
The limiting factor in the produc-
ton of foodstuffs right now is labor.
Every man, woman and child should
help meet the situation by working in
a garden or on farm or by preserving
the products Of garden, orchard, ana
farm.
Every community should release
from other forms of employment all
farm-trained labor and send it out
to the aid Of the farmer.
Good prices for labor should be en-
couraged.>
Children in schools, able to do out
door work, should be freed for such
work and given credit in their studies
for the rest of the chool year.
The wheat acreage should be in
creased at the expense Of oats, and the
corn acreage should be increased by
breaking up 100000 acres Of timothy
sod in Minnesota.
Tractors should be kept going "a
hours day, blowing and discing.
These are things to do now.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-11
UNION OFFICIALS FACE
"MOVlE" SWINDLE CHARGE
States Attorney at Chicago to. Asie
Indictment Of Ten-Extertlon Of
$4,000 Alleged.

Chicago, May 10.-State's Attorney
Haclay Hoyne will ask tho May grand
Jury to return indictments against 10
union officials, charging them with ex-
torting 100000 from movie theater
owners. Wholesale dynamiting Of
movie theaters and apartment build
mgs will also be charged,
: Eighty-five theater proprietors and
managers and 100 other witnesses
have been questioned in the last two
months. Hoyne announced their evt-
dence tended to show that 400 theater
owners have been shaken down" for
sums ranging from 500 to $1,000 in
tho last five years,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-11
Hears y. 8. Bankers Pledge Aid.

Hears y. 8. Bankers Pledge Aid.
Chicago, May 10.-Lord CunlifA.
xovernor Of the bank Of England, has
1ust heard Chicago financial leaders
pledge their energies and resources
to see the war through to q success.
The occasion was banquet given
England's premier banker by the fed.
eral reserve bank officials and the
clearing house organization Of Chi
caSo. Charles Gates Dawes Of the
Central Trust company said the Unit
Cd States IL prepared to do its full
duty In the war and 70 Give noely
'ol Dn and mooSH,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-11

The Minnesota department of the
Playground and Recreation association
of America will hold three conferences
during this month. At St. Paul, May
Is, Minneapolis May 16 and at Duluth
May II. Anyone interested in the work
of this association is invited to attend
the conferences. Minnesota's leisure
time problems and recreational needs
will be the main subject Of discussion
For further information you can adj
dress Civic and Commerce association,
Mcknight building, Minneapolis; Unit
ed Charities, Wilder building, St. Paul,
or Recreational Director, city hall, Du-
luth,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-11

A deal has been negotiated whereby
Editor Nelson of the Holdingford Ad-
vocate becomes the owner of the Bow
lus Advance and Editor Huff, formerly
of the Advance, takes charge Of the
Holdingford paper. A second paper is
to be launched at the latter town un-
der the caption of the Holdipgford
Journal. How the latter town can sup
port two papers when there isn't hard
~ room for. one, will be something for
the newspaper owners to figure out.
Editor Nelson is good newspaper
man and will make success Of his
paper if anyone can.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-11
GARDEN FOR EVERY HOME

''Every acre, every yard, under cul-
tivation will count in Minnesota's pat
riotic undertaking to make and save
food for the nation.
"The Public Safety commission ap-
proves and urges the plan formulated
by the state committee Of food pro-
duction and conservation, the school
authorities, and the garden clubs for
adding to the states food production
by intensive cultivation.
j. A. A. Burquist,
"Governor and. Ex-offcio. Chairman
F." Public Safety Commission
This statement by: Gov: Burnquist
was issued in formal approval of an
intensive . campaign for ga garden
for every home, by the crop sub-com:.
mittee .of.zthe stateJeommittee on food
production and conservation. =
This crop committees campaign is
with the publication of a
bulletin giving exact directions for
planning, planting and cultivating a
garden. This bulletin may be had free
in quantities to meet the needs of
communities, by addressing the Office
of Publications, University Farm, st.
Paul.
IL. "A. wallace, chairman OF the crop
subcommittee says: "Let the Mime
sofa slogan become "A Garden for Ev-
cry Home To produce and to save
all manner of food products in this
year of national crisis is patriotic
duty of all good citizens. Special at
tention should be given to' crops that
may be canned, preserved or dried.
Cooperative purchase or purchase by
the municipality Of machinery for food
preservation is recommended.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-11

Dumb Animals: We protest against
the unjust and often malicious use Of
the word "pacifst. It is in no sense
Of the word a term of reproach. The
man who would not prefer the peace
full settlement of quarrel rather than
it's settlement by war, which deter
mines only on which side lies the
weight of force, belongs to the age of
savagery. The lover of peace, when
once driven in self-defense to take up
arms, is far more dangerous foe than
his hot-headed neighbor. Washington
was pacifst, and so was Lincoln.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-11

Governor Burnquist has sent out a
statement relative to his veto of the
appropriation made by the legislature
purporting to cover the deficiency in
state aid to schools. It would seem the
main reason given by the governor for
his veto was that under the present
system there is not an equitable dis
tribution of funds to school districts,
and that the total aid is reaching too
high a figure. The governor may be
right in these contentious, and if so,
future. aid appropriations should be
put on proper basis. But any sums
that have been promised, expenditures
having been made by the districts on
that basis, should be met by the
state.