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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20
FOLLOW
COUNTY
FIGURES

The total valuation placed by
the jury on 28 tracts containing
1923 acres. in the first OF the
Camp Lewis condemnation suits,
Is s26.S92.70. The county's fig
ures were s25,279.4S. The claims
of the defense amounted to $9i,-
417.90.
The jury came into Judge Cliff
ford's court room at 315 Friday
afternoon. after having been out
|27 hours. The reading of tho
verdict was followed with intense
interest by the few attorneys who
had assembled hurriedly at word
that the jury had reached de-
c!sion
Cautions Against Comment.
The verdict meant practically
that the jury had followed the
county's valuations. Attorney Scott
Y. Henderson having asked tho
jury In his closing argument, to
make certain small raises above
the county figures. on account OF
timber.
Judge Clifford cautioned the
jury not to talk about what had
taken place in the jury room IN
arriving at the valuations. and not
to read newspaper comment on
the verdict.
Members OF the jury are Up
ton Creager, foreman: Albert S.
Long, c. j. Murray, Oscar Fred
erickson, John Odegard, II. l.. De
Long, John Eden, w. II. Manning,
Chris Anderson, A. f. LaBelle,
Peter Robertson and Thomas
Burke.
The Awards.
Individual verdicts we're. TT. c.
Colburn tract, s300.2S; Hans
Bertelsen, $4S2.50; W.. J. Thomp-
SOM $500; C. n. Sneesby, $22.2O;
c. r. Sneesby, $500; Storlie Est,
$2,633.S0; Charles G. Johns,
$S76.70; Charles c. Johns. $11O;
Mary Altmansberger, $4,000;
Lille A. Walton. $40; Thomas
Delaney, $11S.30; Avis V. Allen.
lS56.65; Grace II. Bunting,
$169.40; A. w, Attlesey. $112.75;
Eugene S. Wright, $1.526.95:
Rinnie c. Clay, s244.25; William
N. Downs. $1.014.30; John II.
Horrocks, 1854; Charles E.
Ducott, s1,69s.02; f. Duclos,
$215.70: Joseph s. Smeall,
$250.S3; James ID. Horrocks, ST.
696; Andrew j. Stone, $11.175.S9;
Washington Van Dusen. $50;
Jacob A. Freddy, $591.50; AL
fred Eltonhead, $427.98.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20
Hoover's Order May
Close Candy Stores

used in this country goes into lux
tries, the food administration es-
timated.
Candy consumption has in
creased enormously in the
United States recently de-
spite a rise in the price of the
CONNECTIONS. The increase was
reported to be particularly
noticeable In prohibition ter
ritory and around army can
tonments.
Thousands of workers in candy
factories are expected to be out
of employment temporarily. Man
ufacturers anticipated the admin
istration's order will have this re-
suit as well as closing up retail
candy stores.
The food administration Is pre-
pairing a series of sugar conserva-
tion appeals to the public. The
housewife faces short period of
sugar famine in which 1t may be
impossible for many to obtain any
sugar.
Many stores in New York were
entirely without sugar today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20
u. s. AVIATORS
SHOWER HUN s

With 100000 boy scouts going
over the top" in the loan battle.
with aviators raining "bombs" on
hundreds of cities and towns and
with every means of aTousing the
people going full blast, officials
today felt the Sc, 000,000.000 goal
will still be attained.
Must Get Busy.
II the country is to reach that
goal 1t must subscribe next week
SO per cent more than was sub
scribed in the entire first three
weeks.
The Liberty flights scheduled
today by Al aviators and eight
balloonists start from Mineola;
l.. l.; Hampton. Va; Fairfield.
o.; Belleville and Rantoul, ILL.,;
Mount Clemens. Mich; Fort Sill,
Okla; San Antonio. San Diego.
Omaha and st. Louis.
The roll of honor ordered by
Secretary McAdoo will make no
distinction between the $50 bond
buyer and the subscriber of mil
lions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20

would see her in the morning,
then.
well, l don't know" she said
doubtfully.
'If we go out. I'll have to be
over at the office by $50, to no
tify any of the girls who come
down without knowing about the
strike. I'll probably be there un-
til 1890"
In Bathrobe.
gave 1t up. But this morning,
at an hour when nobody ever gets
up who doesn't have to, I went
for the last time to the little home
of the president of the phone
girls union.
She was up, oh yes! She was
sitting at the telephone, with a
bathrobe and coat over her
nightgown, against the early morn
ing chill.
81 got to bed at 3 o'clock this
morning." she explained, grasping
her head in both hands, land the
rest Of them about the same time,
l guess. At 4 o'clock l got the
telegram from San Francisco call
ing the strike off for the present.
sit didn't seem worth while to
go back to bed, then. so I've been
calling the girls ever since.
They're all dead sleepy and it's
lawfully hard to raise them.
"But when have got the
morning shift out. I'm going to
plug this telephone and GO TO
Bed"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20

The new amusement tract at
Camp Lewis will be run as an abb
solutely moral, respectable place.
and with no charge either to sol
diers or civilians for admission to
the fun zone.
This assurance was given FRI
day by H. F. Proctor and p. w.
Smyly, managers of the undertake
ing, to Stephen Appleby, chair
man OF the amusement commit
tee.
1.-THE same popular prices that
prevail in Tacoma will be charged
by the concessions, said Proctor
"and the concessionaries will b
allowed to keep a large part Of
the receipts. the remainder being
turned back to the men in uni
form In some form to be deter
mined by the war department.
1.-THE local advisory COMMITTEES
will pass on the applications. Pro
fessional operators will not be
favored as against local people
We would advise, however, tina
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20

WASHINGTON, ID. G., Oct. 20.
Reduction in sugar confection-
aries and other luxury manu-
fac lures, has been ordered by the
Hoover food administration, 1t was
officially stated.
In view of the growing shortage
of sugar and soaring prices to the
average consumer, 1t was made
plain that IL necessary the govern
ment would not hesitate to curtall
all luxury" uses of sugar.
The Christmas candy business
will be hard hit by the order.
While the step announced to-
day was taken with the hope that
a complete shutdown on candy
making will lnot become necessary,
making will not become necessary,
coming beet sugar crop does not
solve the shortage.
The administration's order will
be put into effect Immediately
thru state food controllers and o.
cal committees as well as refiners.
Soft drinks are classed by Hoov-
err with candy as a luxury.
Forty-five per cent of the sugar
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20
New Fun Zone Will
Be Free, Also Clean

inexperienced persons consider
the matter carefully before en-
gaging in a business about which
they know very little.
I'VE have offices at room LOG.
ground floor, National Realty
building. We hope to begin
building within q week or 10
days.
Appleby said last night that
there is no cause for worry on
the part of retail merchants on
the ground of business being
taken away from them by the con-
cessions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20
GERMANS FLEET IS
'SMOTHERlNC ENEMY

any German drive before spring
London does not expect Petro-
grad to be seriously menaced by
being abandoned by the Russians.
Such a move will also require
readjustment of the whole Rus
sian army line, further south In
Livonia.
1t was believed here that Pre-
mier Kerensky's recent visit to
the front and drastic disciplinary
measures had resulted in a new
strengthening of the Russian
morale.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20
BRAVE FIGHT

VUHUeU F'FtHs f1cHHeu WHesI
PETROGRAD, Oct. 20.-Rus-
sia's soldiers and seamen gunners
manfully fought the German fleet
in the Riga gulf actions-knowing
that they were outranged and
overwhelmed in sheer weight of
their adversaries, according to a
formal review of the navy general
staff issued today.
At least two-thirds of the great
German fleet of 10 dreadnaughts,
10 cruisers, so destroyers and
eight or 10 submarines partici-
pated in the attack against the
small Russian fleet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20
BLOW VAULTS:
GET $4,000

(Untted Press Leased Wfres)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Oct. 10.
- Sheriff's posses are today
searching for four bank robbers
who early today blew safes 1t
the Farmers State Bank at Alto
and the Farmers State Bank 1t
Vaudeville.
After cutting all telephone wires
the bandits secured $4,000 1t
Alto and from there travelled 20
miles east of Vaudeville, whero
they secured $4,000. One bar
containing $1,000 In gold was
overlooked at the Middleville
bank.
The yeggmen escaped from
Vaudeville in q Ford and start
ed toward Detroit. The Alto job
was done at LAS and the Middle
Vile robbery at 1880.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20
MOTHERS co
AFTER PROF.
Omitted Press Leased Wire.)

EUGENE, Ore, Oct. 90
Mothers of Oregon soldiers are in
the fight against Allen Eaton, uni
versity of Oregon faculty member
who attended the Chicago meet
ing of the Peoples Council for
Democracy and Terms of Peace.
Eaton will be given q hearing
before the board of regents to-
night. He will appear to defend
himself on charges of disloyalty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20
FRENCH DOWN
THREE ZEPPS

PARIS, Oct. 20.-French de-
tenders today destroyed three
Zeppelins of raiding fleet which
flew over French territory to the
east.
One of the aerial cruisers was
brought down at 7 a. m. by anti
aircraft fire near Saint Clement,
In the department of Meurthe and
Moselle. Another came down In
flames in the region of Rambler
villiers.
At least one other fell victim to
the French defensive fire.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20

unions. they are both handling
the demand for increased wages
thru one medium. The linemen
are temporarily fighting the bat
ties Of the operators, and both
unions will strike simultaneously
If the strike call is renewed next
Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20
CHARGE PAIR WITH
ENSL,AVING GIRLS

White slavery was the federal
charge placed against II. Il. Hens
Ter, alias, Slim" and Jennie
Crawford. both of Alaska, who
were taken to the Pierce county
jail Friday night by U. s. Marshal
Frank Albert
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20
HOLDS FERRY CAN
LAND AT THE PARK

OLYMPIA, Oct. 20.-A county
ferry landing could be placed ut
Point Defiance park. Tacoma,
without being contrary to the
terms Of the goYernment's deed to
the land. according to the opinion
handed down yesterday by Assist
ant Attorney General Frank p.
christensen to Fred g. Remain,
Pierce county prosecuting attor-
ney.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20. -
There will be no general strike
of electrical workers and tele-
phone operators employed by the
Pacific Tele .Nhone & Telegraph
Co., until after the second Liberty
Loan campaign is ended.
Announcement of this was made
today after Mortimer Fleisch-
hacker, of the California State
Council of Defense, had inter-
vened at the request of the gov
eminent and appealed to the pat
riotism of the employees.
BY agreement, the heads of the
company's electrical workers In
California, Washington, Oregon,
Arizona and Nevada will not car
ry out their strike order, until
midnight Oct. 27, IL hours after
the Liberty Loan drive ends.
Deadlocked
Meanwhile Fleischhacker is ex-
pected to continue his efforts to
avert the strike, because IL is
feared such a tieup would paralyze
business in the Pacific coast
states.
Until Fleischhacker interviewed,
the electrical workers, $500 in
number, were under orders to
walk out tomorrow, when their
present contract expires.
The negotiations between d. p.
Fullerton, general manager for
the telephone company, and a COM
mittee of employees which had
been in progress for several weeks
ended yesterday in complete dis
agreement. The employees then is
sued an ultimatum demanding a
closed shop and rs per cent In
crease in wages.
Fleischhacker pointed out to
the electrical workers officials
that telephone strike at this time
would undoubtedly cause a fail
ure of the Liberty Loan on the
Pacific coast and would embarrass
the government at critical time.
John Morgenthaler. district
president of the union and his
fellow officials readily responded
to Fleischhacker's appeal to pat
riotism and ordered the strike de-
|layed, altho, Morgenthaler said,
Officially we have no right to
take such action"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20
MERCHANTS FIGHT
ZONE STORE PLAN

Mercantile establishments In
the amusement zone at Camp
Lewis were opposed by the Retail
Merchants bureau, meeting at the
Commercial club Friday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20

SEATTLE, Oct. 20.--Seattle
telephone operators struck at Q
o'clock this morning. but voted
half an hour later to return to
work on telegraphic promise
from w. r.. Delaney. their busi-
ness agent in San Francisco, that
their demands would be settled
by Oct. II.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-20
AVERT STRIKE
CONTINUED From Page One.D

Continued From Page One.D
cities and long distance connec-
lions.
The action was taken at a lit
tie after 2 o'clock. and by 3 O'Clock
automobiles furnished by labor
sympathizers had taken the girls
home, sleepy but triumphant.
Wait q Week
At 4 a. m, Miss Hazel Holmes
president, received telegram
from San Francisco, saying that
the electrical workers were in con-
ference with government authori-
ties, and that they must ask the
telephone operators to wait until
Oct. 81.
The phone girls crawled out of
bed and got on the job again.
The journal and the Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1913-1920, 1917-02-02
Pointed Paragraphs on
Thrift Day Observance


it is for wise saving. s :: "a = %sxj
In the field Of spending lies Thrts greatest opportunity
How best to spend; and when, and where; to get fair
change-these are truly THRIFT DAY questions.
Careful spending is necessary Thrift is form Of Thrift
permanent place THRIFT program.
1t is natural law that she who starts extra practice
of Thrift THRIFT DAY establishes increased credit stand
ing; becomes better and prosperous citizen.
1t the thrfss buyer who drops out Of the running
except, perhaps the careless running Of bills The
thrifty and provide the really PERMANENT
and profitable trade manufacturer and merchant It
for them that the best service is maintained. =
THRIFT DAY should bring about cooperation Of the
effective character between buyer and seller and will and
does brings them closer togeher establishes better
derstanding' A. ST.
Did you stop and observe that the thrifty citzenis
found trading in the store of the thrifty merchant
THRIFT DAY registers increased care in buying and
selling.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-11
RAILROAD EMPLOYS AGRICUL-
TURAL EXPERT.

Approaching the problems confront
ing the people of Mississippi through
the operation Of the boil weevil and
the extreme high cost of living and
wishing to help their friends and pa
irons in working out these problems
as far as possible, the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad, which operates the Southern
Ry, in Mississippi, have added an
other strong man in the person of Mr..
K. NJ. Maer, to their force engaged
in agricultural work,
Nh. Maer will work in this part of
the state. He is a man of real ability
according to those who know of his
work and will exert his efforts to
furthering agricultural conditions in
this section through which his road
runs. Mr.. Maer m from Colum-
bus, Miss, is a brother of Hon. P. w.
Maer, editor of the Columbus Dispatch
and we commend him to our people.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-11
A Civic PRAYER.

For our comfortable living, for our
fair surroundings, for our many bless
tngs which the poor must lack, we give
hearty thanks; and we resolve tl.at
from what store we have, a little more
than we can comfortably afford shall
be given to those Of the poor
who seek to cheer forlorn homes, to
lift up weary lives, to open the path
of opportunity, to remove old evils, and
to cure the plague of poverty at its
very sources. This is done in the hope
and faith that tour city, will thus
become a fairer and better home for
all alike, and that virtue, courage, and
peace will increase visibly among US
and bless (our city, among all cities,
forevermore. Amen.-Frederick Almy
In the Survey.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-11
APPEAL TO THE u. D. C. CHAP.
TIERS.

Dear Daughters:
/ intended sending you a message
through the March edition of .Our
Heritage but illness in NV family
prevented; so | am making a desper-
ate effort to get this ready for h
April edition. In this age of rush, YOU
know how difficult it is to attend to
the many things that claim our time
and attention. | regret that l could
not reach you earlier for our COM
mlttee was anxious that all chapters
IN the Division be fully informed of
the distressing condition prevailing
among your homeless and destitute
Confederate people, in order that they
might send their delegates to the con-
y%entlon which meets in Greenwood
next month instructed to make gem
erous pledges to the Maintenance
Fund" The winter just passed was the
most severe since this committee was
created, SIX years ago, and in conse-
quence, the demands upon it have been
many and urgent, and unfortunately,
far beyond its power to meet. Twice
the treasury has been exhausted, since
our last convention, and the situation
was indeed deplorable.
Now our committee appeals to the
president Of each chapter, to bring
this important question before her
chapter and to use every influence to
secure a pledge from it, commensurate
with its ability, to aid in this worthy
cause.
Again, we say to you, that educa-
ton and monuments have their place
in the plan of our civilization, but GER
talnly u first care and duty is to
those of Gods unfortunate people,
who suffer in the flesh, especially, if they
be Of our w household, as are these
sick and homeless Confederate men
and women, a remnant of those brave
souls, who, with such fortitude upheld
the cause of our dear Southland.
If you only knew with what conf
dence these helpless ones turn to the
Daughters" in their hour of need.
you would buckle on your armor and
prepare to be worthy of their faith
in you.
MRS. L. P. YERGER,
Chm Maintenance Com.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-11
(By J. Banding Haman)

(By j.. Banding Haman)
Today is Flag Day. You probably
have an American Flag on your coat
lapel while reading this article. Is
the wearing Of a Flag the extent of
your patriotism? Is the decoration of
your person and premises in the nat
ioral colors all that you can or will
do for your Country?
Do you endorse the action Con-
eress is taking today in declaring a
state of war between the United
States and Germany? Do you realize
the extent of the danger that threat
n this Country should it not take
drastic action toward Germany? Have
you studied the question and are you
conversant with the condition of
American preparedness?
1t is we'll to decorate your house and
your body with The national colors.
1t is a show of patriotism and of en-
t~husiasra, but do not let it stop there.
Offer your government your servi-
ces.
President Wilson wants a large
army. A large army is necessary for
nations defense. The army to be rails
ed will be made up of The Regular
Army and the National Guard. Vol
unteers will probably be called for.
Are you going to be part of that
army?
The Greenwood Battery of Light
Artillery is part of the Mississippi
National Guard and as such is part
of the army to be organized in defense
of America. You can serve your
Country and show your patriotism far
better by joining the Battery than by
wearing the Flag. If you are going
to do one or the other join the Bat
terry. If you do your duty and are
of military age you will do both.
If you are of military age it is
syour patriotic duty to enlist in some
arm Of thu service. There are some
few who have sufficient reasons to re-
main at home, some few who should
not go. There are a lot who think
they have sufficient reasons to stay at
home, who don't want to 20.
There are some who are proficient
in certain lines who would make a
mistake by joining the Battery, but
they should join that arm Of the SER
vice where they are the most fitted
to serve. The remarks I have made
in the articles appearing under my
name do not apply to that class of
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-11
SCHOOL GARDENING NOT FAD
Tendency In Some Quarters Not to
Regard New Development Serious
Iy Is Decried.

The federal bureau Of education Of
the department of the interior has is
sued q pamphlet, Gardening in Ele-
mentary City Schools" which covers
the progress and prospects Of school
gardening. The testimony presented
by school officials from cities of more
than 5000 population in all parts Of
the country indicates that while gar
den work is offered in the schools of
about four hundred cities and enthu-
siastically praised by the school off,
Gals Of these cities, there is still a ten
dency in some quarters to regard it
merely as another educational fad.
This it certainly is not. The United
States is still an agricultural country,
and the teaching of gardening brings
the schools at n point closer to the
real business of the country than any
thing else taught, says the Indianapo-
lis News.
But Of course there must be some
system about teaching gardening. The
natural desire for a garden must be
cultivated and conserved, so that the
transition from play to work can be
accomplished. This is the problem Of
the educators. Many cities have COM
planned that they cannot get good
teachers to undertake the work. The
school authorities will have to cult
vate teachers as the children cultivate
their gardens-that is, If they are, to
meet the demand. For it appears
from the government report that school
gardening has won its place. It has
developed the home garden under
school supervision, and this has proved
not only It's educational worth. but
also Its economic worth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-11
HONE ~
TOWN -
COOPERATION LIFE TO CITY
Which Does Not Encour.
age Growth Of individuals and
tnduktriee Cannot Thrive.

Speaking before the gathering Of
business men. OF Baltimore at a ban
Quet in his honor, Charles NJ. Schwab
said No large Industry car thrive in
a community unless it enjoys the good
will and the support of that commu-
nifty"
That statement is as true of the
small industry as of the large indus
try, and it is true Of the individual
business man az well.
And there is also truth in the state
ment that the community cannot
thrive which e not give to the indi.
viduals and to the small industries as
well as to the large industries stu
growth and expansion.
Cooperation is the life of the city.
Without it there can be no city in the
true Isl There may be an aggre-
cation of houses. of businesses and Of
people-but that does not make a city
as we know the city today.
The true city OF the twentieth CEN
fury is a place of schools, a place OF
churches, a place of wide and WELL
paved streets, a place of Fairgrounds
and of parks. a place Of beauty and q
place Of culture.
It is as well q place where every
man who is doing his share for the
mutual welfare is receiving his share
of the credit and the profit; where the
new industry is given local support in
the period when that is needed and
still receives that support when it
reaches prosperous maturity; where
the farmer who brings in the product
of his labor may be sure of a market
at a price that is fair and just; where
the stranger receives every considera.
ton and is not robbed.
In short, the true city is a place
where people can live in happiness and
contentment, secure in the enjoyment
of pleasant homes. loyal friends and
prosperous business conditions-and
without the spirit OF cooperation it IL
impossible for a city long to exist.