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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-20
PLANTS DESTROYED.
buildings Used by Newport Papcf:
Damaged by Fire.


Damaged by Fire.
Newport News, Dec. 20.--tIrc 2n'
morning this week wrecked the news
paper printing plant Of the NeWpot'
uows Daily i'rcss and Tlmcs-hera"
;Dc blaze originating III thc paper
storage room. The composing rooi,i
* sail to bc total loss Local Joo
,,rrters arc getting out the puDiica-
lions until new machinery can DC NJ
stalled. The loss is very heavy, DuE j
corcrcd by insurance.
The Press is the only morning pa
rar on the Virginia peninsula and tA'
Tin,cs-lIcrali IS the only Afternoon
paper in the same field. ". ;. oopc,
land. a veteran newspaper mah' i
The editor Of both publications..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-20

Something that would like for yourself will OF course DC
very ant to be just what wou please else and perhaps
that "somehing" is umbrella.
Wcnens Umbrellas good quality American
taffeta handles of the womens umbrellas
the wrslct cord. Choice 3l.l'
Mems and Womens Umbrellas, made Of good quality Union
tafeta, silk sterling silver trimmed or nakel9e
handles at 9ooo
The new Grip Umbrella, something ne" viii go into
travelling bag grip of the handes umbrellas made; mems
or yoes Sizes finished with natural wood handles at 81 50
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-20
STONE" MI Inn BURNS.

Wife OF, Proprietor Rescued fro''
Window. :,
Suffolk, Va. Dc. 21.-'Stone"aE
Inn. the handsome %i0,oOo hotel -
Franklin, was totai'y destroyed ~
fire carly Tuesday morning, tic ola21
starting in the basement and gaming
such Roadway before being disco'eT-
ed that the excellent work OF the i'Fr
department could not check tlc
flames. All Of the furnishings Of tic
hotel we're burned. Twenty-Five guests
awakened by the alarm OF fire ut >
o'clock, escaped with most OF Their
clothes.
Mrs. Il. II. .. Cobb, wife OF Pro-
prictor Cobb, was rescued from II
upper window.
The loss on the building. Owned "y
X II. 3. Cobb, is covered by lnSuf'
ancc. The furniture was not insured
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
DECISION IS
WORTH $4,000

The city Of Tacoma gained 49,
OCT by yesterdays decision of the
public service commission throw
ing out the T. r. & p. company's
suit.
A check for this amount was
presented to the city treasury in
January, as the company's gross
earnings tax for the previous six
months. 1t was paid under for
NAL protest, however, and would
have been turned back to the COM
pany had the commissions ruling
been unfavorable to the city.
AS result of the decision, Com
missioner Atkins served formal no
tice on the T. r. & p. company
Saturday demanding that they i'm
mediately repair the paving be-
tween their rails on Broadway, st.
Helens ave-, and Sixth ave.
1.-THE pavement Is in depora-
BILE condition. said Atkins. I'VE
have been unable to force the
company to do anything because
of this suit was pending.
II want the T. r. & p. to get
busy at once, or the city may
make some trouble for them"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
The Y. M. c. A.
FOR THE TINES:

EDITOR THE TINES:
What 10 the matter with the
Tacoma Y. M. c. A? Is 1t the
Y. M. G. A. administration or is
It the fault OF the people Of Ia
coma? AS the writer was con-
nected with the organization for
. short time and lived in the dor
mitory for about one year, i be-
lieve ] can give you some perth
nent information.
What Is the reason the Tacoma
Y. M. C. A. is a financial White
Elephant. The reason seems APP
parent. The people Of Tacoma do
not believe in q public institution
supported by Tacoma money, and
then kaiserized by q one-man ad-
ministration.
The present incumbent thrives
under this system, while his I'M
lucky associates are glad to get
what they can. His salary is said
10 be a fabulous sum, more than
double that of any of his best
paid employees and more than
three times that Of the average.
In a recent article he admitted
having been paid In full up to
last August.
know of employees who have
had money coming for the last
three years. One of his faith
full employees who receives $50
q month has been one year back
in his salary. Another man who
worked for the institution foi
three years at a salary OF $50
month, doing faithful service ant
supporting a family was one veal
in arrears when he quit. 1t be
came necessary for him to resor
to legal procedure in order t.
get squared up.
Now, men of Tacoma, is thii
Just? Is this the kind Of an in
stitution you expect Of a Christian
organization? Do you feel Ike
supporting such system? Pres
ldent Wilson says, "A communit,
is judged by the degree Of inter
est which they take in their 10
cal Y. M. c. A." I believe thai
the men of Tacoma should either
support their present administra
ton or change Il
Yours very truly,
NORMAN SKARTVEDT,
1881 18th N. E., Seattle, Wash
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
LEGAL NOTICES.

Twenty-one (2D North. Range
Three go East, w. M; thence west
erly along said Lincoln Avenue
through sections Twenty-six t26).
t2Dt Twenty-two (22). Twenty:one
t2D, Fifteen Q5l, Sixteen l6J, Nine
go and Ten 10), all in Township
Twenty-one CID North, Range Three
go East. w. NJ;
Also, upon, over and along Dumas
ty-three t23), Township Twenty-one
CID North, Range Three cd East,
w. NJ, from it's junction with Lin
coin Avenue formerly Brown S
Point Boulevard) northerly to the
Pierce King County boundary line.
Also upon, over and along the
Browns Point Boulevard extension
Avenue formerly Browns Point
Boulevard in the Southwest Quar-
ter tSE% of SEA) Of Section Six
teen u6D. Township Twenty-one
CID North, Range Three go East,
W. NJ. westerly through Sections
in Township Twenty-one CID North,
Range Three CD East, w. M; also
over. along and across all streets,
avenues, alleys and public places as
shown and designated upon the plat
of Hyada Park Addition to Pierce
tounty, NbsliHBton, III cSctions SiA
teen u6). seventeen 90, Twenty
t2O) and Twenty-one CID in Town
ship Twenty-one l2D North, Range
Three go East, W. NJ, as the same
is now recorded In the office of the
Auditor of said County. Also over,
along and across all streets, avenues
and alleys and public places as
of Dash Pooint View Addition 10
Pierce County, Washington, In Sec
tion Nine 90, Tiwnship Twenty-one
CID North, Range Three go East,
w. NJ, as the same is now recorded
in the office of the Auditor of said
County;
Also over, along and across all
streets, avenues, alleys and public
places as shown and designated up
on plat of Fairview Park Tracts,
Pierce County, Washington, in Sec
tion Ten GO). Township Twenty
one CAD North. Range Three 90
East, w. NJ, as same Is now record.
ed in the office of the Auditor OF
said County:
Application is also made for au-
thority to construct, maintain and
operate transmission, distribution
and service lines over, along and
across all roads, streets and high-
with any of the roads above deserib-
ed in Sections Thirty 900, and Thir-
ty-one (SD, Township Twenty-one
(2D North, Range Four % East
wv. NJ, Sections Nine (s), Ten tl0l,
Fifteen G6, Sixteen G6l. seven
(2D twenty-five (22), Twenty-three
f2S), Twenty-four go, TWENTY-FIVE
t25), Twenty-six (26). and Twenty
seven CD, Township Twenty,one
(21) North, Range Three t9, East
| w. NJ.
| Said hearing will be had on said
day at the hour of ten o'clock m
or as soon thereafter as the same
can be heard, at the office OF the
County Commissioners I'm the Cour'
House. in Tacoma, Pierce County
Washington. A.
| This Notice is given pursuant 70
Ian Order Of the Board OF county
| Commissioners entered on the 2oth
lday of April. A. o., 1917,
/ THOS. N. NORRIS,
| County Auditor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
The Dear Old Flag

There are reasons why j love our
flag;
With her red, white and blue,
For among the boys who have
fought beneath 1t,
Were my brothers, fond and true.
MY eldest brother as drummer boy
Thru the Civil war did go,
And saw the horrors of its time,
And the conquering of the foe.
The younger for the stars and
stripes
Now lies beneath the sod;
AS he sleeps beneath the starry
skies,
We leave his soul with God.
There has been many a soldier
boy,
Whose tired feet would lag;
But courage held, when they saw
the
Bearer go before and hold aloft
'. the flag.
They not only loved the stripes,
Who've fought in lands afar,
They love the blue, that lies be-
tween,
And every single star.
Yet they who do not realize,
They need not scorn or laugh,
They not only loved the stars
and stripes
But they even loved the staff.
We as a nation, love our flag;
And hold 1t high, thru sun and
shade,
While we pray that not star
/ dim,
Nor a single stripe shall fade.
A Friend,
l.. e. +.
Eatonville, Wash.
r. r. /, Box 90-A
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
IS YOUR cHILD'S BIRTH
LEGALLY RECISTERED7

I Is your baby registered?
The importance of birth regis
tration is OF be particularly en-
phasized during Baby Week, May
to 6.
The health department of Ia
coma most heartily endorses Baby
Week and commends It to you In
It's activities" said J. E. Henry,
city health officer, today.
Most especially d the depart
ment interested in birth registra.
ton. 1t is the duty of every par
emit to have his child's birth req
istered. Proof of age may b
needed in school, for working pa
pers, for marrying, for voting, for
life insurance, for securing gov
eminent positions, or to establish
citizenship or right of Inheritance
The importance of having this
proof available cannot be mint-
mized."
Mrs. Grace P. Johnston of the
haelth department has been asked
to attend the Baby Week meet
ings. With Mrs. A. X. Stebbins
she will aid parents in finding oN
whether their children have been
registered, and will furnish blank
instructions and personal assists
ance In getting 1t done.
Every parent who wishes to reg
lister a birth or make inquiry re-
garding registration is asked TO
fill out the accompanying blank
and mail it to Mrs. A. *. Steb-
bins, Ais North Stevens st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
Appreciation
EDITOR THE TIMES /:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
The year 1889 had rolled by
over the fair City of Destiny and
strange to say no musical organ
ization had yet been started. No
hope for any was actually in sight
and II really looked as II this part
of the extreme Northwest, being
devoid of birds of song, this city
had no claim to music lovers or
music makers.
But hardly had the year 1890
dawned over Tacoma, when a mu-
steal genius arrived in our midst,
and with a stroke of his bow
changed the whole aspect of the
musical situation. Olaf Bull re-
allied the vastness of the field
that lay dormant before the be-
witching gaze OF his many accom-
plishments. He was an organizer
He had the power of attraction
and the faculty OF communicate
ing his talents wherever there was
chance.
1t was but a short time before
he astonished the music loving
people of Tacoma with the accom-
Iplishments of the newly formed
Ladies' Musical club, reinforced
with a ladies' orchestra. Their
concerts met with perfect success.
Other musical organizations
sprang up as by magic, and no
one took greater delight in assist
ing them than Olaf Bull.
He was the heart and soul of
anything that lay claim to the
beautiful art. He was indefatig-
able even in his spare leisure
time he found occasion to con-
sole, encourage and enliven with
the delicate tone Of his violin the
patients of our different hospitals.
Year after year has witnessed
the same delightful work of the
musical genius, without a break
or a encouragement.
Now the friends and admirers of
Prof. Bull have decided to give
concert in the Tacom theater in
recognition and appreciation of all
he has done in the musical line
for the city of Tacoma.
No doubt his fellow citizens will
show their loyalty by patronizing
with OVERLOOKING numbers this
concert participated in not only
by the best talent of this city, but
also by the best known artists of
the Northwest.
The concert will be given at the
Tacoma theater May 8, Tuesday.
FATHER HYLEBOS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
CONGRESS TO
GO DRY, TOO

Continued From Page One.)
the senate today as the cOnscrip-
ton army bill neared vote.
In the last hours Of debate
three influential senators threw
their influence in favor of the
Harding amendment to permit
Roosevelt to recruit a volunteer
division.
They were Harding, odge and
John Sharp Williams. Declaring
this is not a party war, 1T is an
American war;" Senator Lodge
made a vigorous speech in favor OF
the Roosevelt division.
For heavens sake" shouted
the veteran Massachusetts, sena-
tor, lis there any reason why he
shouldn't be allowed to offer his
life for what he believes most sac
red?"
Million Traitors.
He declared Roosevelt was the
only man in the country who
could raise a division and that to
let him do so would not injure the
principle of universal service
Lodge dwelt upon the moral eff
feet of former president leading
American troops in Europe.
Senator Williams, Mississippi
one of the presidents most loyal
supporters in either house, agreed
with Lodge, but asserted that
while Roosevelt was competent to
command regiment, he was not
fitted to lead a division. Hard.
ing pointed out that Roosevelt did
mot necessarily desire to lead the
division.
In scathing speech against
pro-Germanism, Williams declared
there are 100000 traitors in
America.
Il want to weed 'em out" he
said. That's why l want con-
scription.
"Of the 100000 German
Americans in this country, prob
ably 100000 are loyal"
Squelch Orator.
AS senate debating continued q
second fight was precipitated when
as the clerk commenced reading
the rest of the bill, Sears of Flori-
da, with the assistance of a fellow
member, tried to get recognition
to make a leftover speech. He
was finally squelched.
In the house, Representative
Moore, Pennsylvania, presented
an amendment to make the con.
scription a plain draft proposition
eliminating the "selective" fea
ture, for fear of favoritism.
Representative Mason, Illinois
aroused the dormant volunteer
proponents when, discussing the
amendent, he said:
"This amendment removes
the coat Of sugar from the
bitter pill Of the draft servi-
tude. Jesus Of Nazareth on
the cross was q volunteer.
"The gentlemen on either
side OF Him were conscripts."
Congress Dry, Too.
The amendment provides nc
liquor can be sold or given to sol
diers or officers and provides q
penalty for 30 doing.
Before the legislative snarl
was over, the senate voted 80
to 4S against tabling the pro-
/ hibition question, and adopt
ed Senator Underwood's
amendment to Senator Kel-
lars amendment. The Under
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
JOBS GO
BEGGING
FOR MEN

There Is no reason why any
able bodied man in Tacoma should
be without work, according to
Commissioner Petit, Saturday.
The free employment bureau,
which is under Pettit's direction,
Is flooded with offers of work,
and cannot find half enough men
to fill these positions.
There are hundreds of Jobs
begging for men in Tacoma and
the vicinity" said Petit. THE
free employment bureau can find
work for q man of almost any
trade. One mill asked for 75
workers today, and we couldn't
supply a single worker"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
Employe Has
Right. to Stay

In an opinion handed down Sat-
urday, City Attorney Harmon
ruled that Commissioner Gronen
had acted within his rights when
he hired w. B. Young as inspector
of buildings at the LaGrande pow
er plant.
Young's appointment was pro-
tested month ago by the civil
service board, which maintained
that he was not civil service APP
pointee. and his salary Of IS a day
has been held up ever since.
There was no eligibles on the
civil service lists at the time of the
appointment. Charges have been
made that Young is one of the Or
ganizers and leaders of the Citi-
zens' league.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
wen slightly acquainted with


conditions at the present institu-
lions. But as to the advisability
OF erecting any quarters similar
to those now in use or keeping
criminals In the way that is now
and has been in the past in vogue,
great many people will seriously
dissent.
The matter of treatment of
criminals has advanced according
to humanitarian standpoint in
the past decade, and the public
generally has become convinced
that treating criminal like q
criminal only tends to sink his
criminal tendencies into his soul
with q firmness that render them
Impossible of eradication after his
term of punishment has expired
the psychological influences re-
naming afterwards thoroughly en-
trenched in his being.
The informed public in many
states has become convinced that
the aim of the modern institu-
lions for criminals should be to
cOrrest instead of to punish.
II this be so, why continue the
semi-barbarous conditions of the
treatment of criminals that is now
In effect in this city and county?
Why not adopt some OF the new
and advanced theories that are
now being worked out in neigh
boring states with remarkably
good results?
Why not, instead of the present
tuberculosis and vice breeding
quarters, install the unfortunates
In quarters in the open air, where
they may be put to some useful
service, instead Of compelling
them to lead lives of idleness
with the inevitable result that
idleness is akin to?
| Why not install system Of ed
ucation, hard work, hygenic exer-
discs, trade-learning, etc., which
must inevitably drive out crlmi.
nal instincts, as such have kept
many a man from becoming q
criminal?
Why not erect a modern insti-
tuition In some spot adjacent to
the city, where these unfortunates
may be offered all the opportuni-
ties possible to regain what they
have lost, and in many cases to ac-
quire what they never have had?
Why continue to say that, be-
cause a man has followed what
his natural NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
though they may have been
prompted him to do, he must be
FURNISHED to hell and gone forever
afterwards?
am not a believer in the max
i'm that man gets too old to
learn. believe that vital i'm
pressions may be made on the
human soul and conscience at
any time of life.
And, such being my conviction
II believe that the building of q
modern institution and the Install
ation of a better system Of car
ing for our unfortunates would
not only be better for them bu'
cheaper for the city and county
In the management OF a mod
ern institution, such as ] propose
hard work is the main ingredient
of reform. A moderate amount OF
such should be performed by each
Inmate every day il physically
able.
In addition to this, courses oil
education may be instituted, with
competent teachers, at the COM
pletion of which the inmate may
be placed on a parole and given
a chance to prove that he has TAX
en- the path OF an Industrious, up
fright, law-abiding citizen.
Thanking you,
WELL WISHER TO ALL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
EDITOR THE TINES:

Lbl loH ALE A"Gos
The annual park board election
comes this year on Tuesday, June
3.
It will be for the selection of
one commissioner, to succeed
Frederick Heath, whose term OF
office then expires.
Mr.. Heath has been park COM
missioner for nine years, and pres
ident OF the board for five.
After this long and faithful ser
vice, he will not be candidate
for reelection. He will be a dis
tinct loss to the board and to the
city; but a very busy man, In his
own profession, may well be con-
sidered to have done his bit,
after nine years Of purely gratui-
tous service to the public.
The next ranking member of
the board. in length OF service,
is Richard Vaeth, who, at the ex-
piration of his present term OF Of
flee next year, will have also
completed nine years OF similar
service. The other members OF
the board have been In service for
one, two and three years respect
ively, and are all on their first
term.
The term of the commissioner
to be elected in June Will be for
five years. The service is purely
honorary. There are absolutely
no emoluments, and to such a
point of honor has this been
carried, by the voluntary action
of the members themselves, that
no member permits himself to do
any business with the park dis
trict, or even to enter into a bid
ding competition for business,
either personally or for firm in
which he has any interest.
In order to qualify as a can
didate, a nominating petition
must be filed with the secretary
OF the board at 400 city hall be-
fore May 80.
This petition must be signed by
a least 100 qualified voters, and
the secretary will furnish the prop
er blanks for signatures, on appli-
cation to him.
The signatures are checked with
the registration books, and UNI
registered signatures thrown out
There must be at least 100 re-
manning after this check, in Or
der for the name to appear on
the ballot.
In order to bring out the vote
as much as possible, the board
this year, has provided addition
al voting places, and located them
as near as possible to business
centers, rather than geographical
ward centers.
The legal advertisement, which
will appear May 1 to s, will give
all necessary information, includ'
ing names of election officials
and, later, special means will bt
taken to distribute this informa'
ton as widely as possible.
GEORGE L. COVER,
Sec'y., Metropolitan Park Board
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
ST. CARS HIT;
NO ONE HURT

Passengers on an inbound Point
Defiance car were badly shaken
up at 6.3O Saturday morning in
a head-on collision with another
car at No. 32nd and Proctor
streets.
An outbound car, empty, failed
to stop before running over a
switch, and crashed into the front
end of the heavily laden inbound
car. A front vestibule of the
empty car was crushed In. Fail
ure of the brakes was trrdibuted
as the cause. No one was in
jured.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
BILLINGSLEY
TO LET STAR
MAN NAB HIM

SEATTLE, April 2S. - Logan
Billingsley, head of a bootlegging
syndicate and a fugitive federal
prisoner, in a letter to The Star
this morning, promised to surrend-
er himself to a reporter next week
and give the 500 reward offered
by United States Marshal Boyle
for his capture, to the Red Cross,
as suggested editorially by the
newspaper yesterday.
Billingsley escaped from the
government detention station here
last Sunday, rather than begin
serving 10 months sentence at
McNeil's island penitentiary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
TO ROUND UP
ALL ALIENS

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 2S.
A bill will soon be introduced
to gather and turn over to their
countries all aliens of military
age, Chairman Webb of the house
judiciary committee announced on
the floor this afternoon.
Webb's statement followed the
presentation of an amendment to
the CONSUMPTION bill by O'Shaugh-
messy, of Rhode Island, to make
aliens in the country subject to
draft.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28

EDITOR THE TINES:
Your recent editorial regarding
4 new Jail for the city. suggest
ing that next years budget carry
an appropriation for such, was
good as far as II went.
II am not mistaken 1t was in
The Times some time since that i
read an article by Mr.. Stewart adj
vocating the erection OF a jooint
fail by the city and county.
In both cases the urgent need
OF newer and better quarters for
criminals is recognized by those
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
Divorced Wife
Causes Arrest

Charged with having attempted
to murder his divorced, Nellie
Jordan, and Frank Burson, d. l..
Steinhoff, 1924 So. X street, was
arrested Saturday by Constable
Mathies. He was released on $500
bail.
Jealousy over Burson Is alleged
to have caused Steinhoff to flour
ish a revolver.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-28
TO CALL OUT COAST
ARTILLERY AT ONCE

companies, Saturday received reg
ulations from Washington, d. c.,
giving instructions and regula-
lions for the mobilization of the
companies under his command.
This was taken to indicate that
orders calling the coast artillery
into active service may be received
at any hour.