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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4.
- A man Yet unnamed who
by day was known as u sue
cessful businessman with
residence in Philadelphia and
New York and held member
ship cards I'm some of the
casts best known clubs, is
being sought today by the
police here as the murderer
of beautiful Mrs. Grace Rob-
erts, young model, who
was found dead I'm her apart
ment late Saturday night.
Out of the scores of men the
22-year-old beauty had met as
she fluttered like a frail moth
through the gay cafe life, there
was one man who loved her in
sanely, grew Jealous of the other
admirers and then brutally slew
her.
That was the ground upon
which the police were working to-
day and they expect surprising
dIGtSl b'ain~
This man was attentive to Mrs.
Roberts for about year. The
pretty little models heart turned
to the bright lights-the sparkle
of the wine, the swing of the
dance-but for all of that she
cared for this unnamed man.
When she insisted upon continu-
ing to visit cafes with other men
they quarreled.
Terrible Struggle.
Yet Mrs. Roberts struggle
Mrs. Roberts lived, no one heard
her death struggles. She was
killed, a suicide plant" effected,
and her assailant walked off to
business unscathed.
eYt Mrs. Roberts struggle
against death had been so vio-
lent that her hair was ripped from
her head, blood spattered all
over the bed-clothes and the once
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
Carlson Has An
Anti-Cold Plan

Any one would think that an
engineer in a downtown building,
subjected to sudden changes of
temperature, would be suffering
from colds all winter long.
Not so with Walter Carlson, en-
gineer at the city hall. Carlson
goes bareheaded from his hot boil
er room out to the street, and
about the hall, without ever
thinking of the risk.
81 began four winters ago
wearing a light wooden sweater
under my vest says Walter.
and in four years l have had
only one slight cold"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
COUNCIL SEEKS
TO GUST CIVIL
SERVICE SECY.

ell assert that Ellsworth must BIZ
removed if civil service is to be-
come successful at the city hall
Under existing laws, so
had been determined by md
Monday, discharged =.
may demand a hearing all
has been removed from of -, N
there is no provision allowing the
council to remove an employt
from any other department.
81 will bring plenty of strong
evidence to show the board that
their chief examiner is not com-
petent," said Gronen Monday. III
they will refuse to remove him
It is quite certain that the coun,
ell will take the case to court ano
force his discharge. We have
wasted enough time trying to OPP
crate a civil service government
here in the face of this clerks
continual Indifference
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
Resolve 1t!

Every loyal Pierce county citizen ought to
place well toward the top of his New Years
resolutions list this:
Il hereby resolve that I not only will vote
for the army post next Saturday, but will
see to it that my neighbOr also goes to the
polls. We must cast an enormous vote"
Such resolution is the part of good citi-
zenship
Tacoma and the rest of the state today are
entering on a year of such good times that this
paper is quite at a loss to find suitable name
for Baby 1917.
year ago we labeled incoming 1916 1.-THE
Yesr OF Promise 1t was happy forecast.
But 1917 gives every indication of being
greater milestone in the community's history.
Perhaps as suitable a nickname as any for it
would be 1.-THE Year of Action" A smashing
big majority for the army post Saturday will
immensely accelerate its momentum.
A smashing big majority for the army post
Saturday will immensely accelerate it's mo-
mentum.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
Miss Abbott, on Quest,
Loses Hope--and Then
Experience Saves Her

And so | found myself wander
ing in the unfamiliar world be-
hind the scenes, in search OF
Hope.
] had come too late to get a
look at the latest styles; Pleasure
and Fashion and Frivolity and the
rest were putting away their gor-
geous garments, not to be taken
out again until New Years day
matinee.
Instead of pretty girls, strange
misshaped figures lurked in dark
corners, or crouched in the wings,
ready to spring at their cues.
Degradation and Crime.
I'm looking for Hope" l said
timidly, to a CHASTITY crone who
stood near.
I'm Degradation" she said. 81
haven't seen anything of Hope. F"
Hastily apologiZing, l made for
the other side of the dim space.
"Have you seen Hopper" l asked
on an indistinct outline that sat
on a dusty sofa.
1t shook it's head, II loosened
hair streaming over it's untidy
dress. mot lately" it said. I'm
Habit"
Confused, | turned to another
figure.
"Where is Hope?" I appealed.
1t turned it's bloated, marked
face to me.
Hope isn't here" it said po-
litely. I'm Crime"
/ fled.
Finds Experience.
Apparently there was no Hope.
made for the stage door. But
there were many doors, some
right, no doubt, others wrong,
certainly.
Bewildered, not knowing how
to escape, paused. And then l
saw a face l knew. ] had seel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
LINERS GET
SUB WARNING

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
NORFOLK, Va, Jan. An
other warning to British merchant
ships to watch for German SUBJ
marines has been flashed by
British warships lying near the
coast here.
Masters of ships said they had
been warned that a wholesale at
tack on commerce was contem-
plated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
By Mabel Abbott
i lost Hope Sunday night,
and IL il hadn't been for Ey-
perience l don't know what

peiience / don't know what
would have become of me.
1t was behind the scenes at the
Tacoma theater, between the acts
of Experience, the allegorical
spectacle which opened for a run
of five performances.
| had been enjoying from the
front" the new sensation of an
allegorical spectacle in which the
characters wore stunning gowns
instead of togas, and talked slang
instead of blank verse, and be-
haved themselves like real peo-
pie instead of like abstract virtues
aud vices.
Stays at Y. w. c. A.
But | wasn't satisfied with see
ing 1t from the front only.
wanted to see those gowns at
closer range, having heard that
they are original Bendel models,
and that a new set replaces the
old one every three months so
they are always ahead of the pro-
cession.
And also, / wanted to find
Hope.
Hope" is Miss Peggy Ford, and
she is staying at the Y. w. G. A.
residence while she is in Tacoma.
/ wanted to see her in order to
write a story to upset once for all
the foolish, unkind old tradition
which says that stage girls spend
their time off the stage smoking
cigarettes and being Bohemian
know most of them don't, but
the tradition dies hard; and
don't know of any better weapon
to finish 1t with than the fact that
Peggy Fords hunt up the Y. W.
G. AS by preference.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
MYHAN'S CAT HAS
IT'S ECCENTRICITIES
TOO; REASON WHY

II have a cat that has the Y. w.
C.. A. popcorn cat and Mrs. Stella
Lahr's vegetarian marvel backed
clear off the board" is the chal-
lenge flung down to r. NJ. Myhan..
.2340 South G street.
"My cat hasn't eaten anything
at all for over year. AS for mice.
if one were to run in front Of him
he would stand perfectly still and
never bat an eye.
MY cat is stuffed"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01

to roller skate that they save theii
pennies all week, and then come
to the rink with them on Satvr-
day and Sunday" says Mrs. God
frey.
"At first / wouldn't BIZ bother
ed with the copPers. tut the boys
begged SO hard that l had to give
in"
These eager boys appear outside
the rink half hour before the
doors open, and are the last ones
to quit when the place closes up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
KIDS WITH PENNIES
ARE MOST EAGER
PATRONS OF RINK

Mrs. May Godfrew, wkc occa-
pies the throne behind the ticket
sellers window at Glide skating
rink, finds her cash box cluttered
with, pennies at the end of each
week.
There's a whole lot of little
boys In Tacoma who are so eager
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
HIGH HONORS
FOR GEN. HAIC

LONDON, Jan. 1.-General Sir
Douglas Haig, British commander
-in-chief of the expeditionary
forces, is elevated to field mar
shall of England in the usual New
Years list of honors announced
today.
Major General Jan Christian
SHUTS, commander-in-chief of the
British forces in East Africa, was
rewarded with promotion to the
rank of honorary lieutenant gen.
eral.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
PUPPIES WELCOME
IN THE NEW YEAR

All the new puppies which ar
rived in the north emf as Christ
mas gifts. Joined in a great treble
chorus when the whistles of Ia
coma's factories heralded the new
year.
1t was a question which made
the worst diseord.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
GOLF BUG INVESTS
COURT HOUSE NOW

The golf bug recently hit the
courthouse.
Morris started 1t; then Re-
mann and bunch of others took
it up.
81 used to make fun of it, but
say now, honest, isn't it the best
sport in the world?" asked As
SCISSOR Jim Cameron Sunday as he
wendell his way toward the
Meadow Park links,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
DEDICATE WINDOWS

Nine memorial windows were
dedicated at the new First Meth
odist church Sunday. They are
gifts from friends and relatives
of former members and founders.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
Talk O. the Times
Greetings, have You writ
ten the date correctly yet?

ID. T. L. saw statement OF
some friend of the T. r. G. p. Co.
that "overheated enclosed spaces
are disease breeders" and now
writes in to ask, why not over
crowded instead of 'oyerheated' p
Eastward the course of
whisky flies its kite!
Boycotting eggs is all right, but
we've a better way; educate the
hens.
Rmania didn't know it
IL was loaded.
The lady next door says:
Either some people bear
charmed lives or tn fool killer has
thrown up his job. -.
It's an ill-wing that blows
no good Iucre. With Boston
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
He's Getting Educated

when first got my machine, used to buy nothing
but ragtime records but get anything but ragme.
John Rennskey the dark-hared young who
matted milk and such things for the thirsty public at
Northumberland he turned The Sexette from
Lucia" This New Years
Il got sick of ragtime. It's all about the same Some
thing with real music in it for now said he
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01
still wet. Billy Sunday can 20
back there for another fight
and make another haul.

The man who rocked the boat
last summer and didn't know IL
was loaded during the hunting
season last fall and who celebrat-
ed the merry Yuletide by placing
the celluloid toilet set near can
die on the Christmas tree, is pre-
pairing to vote against the army
post now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01

It's an ill-wing that blows
no good lucre. With Boston
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01

CONSERVATION was quelled
in a Chicago gambling dem
the other day when IL was Dis
covered that what was
thought to be a raid by de-
tectives was only holdup.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01

RESPITE
God rest you merry, gentlemen, !.
Let nothing you dismay. a
No Notes today from Washirm
ton ~- :,
This is a holiday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-01

The Happy New Year of 1917
will be memorable in Tacoma's his
tory if it's first week sees smash
ing big vote for the army post.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-05-31

Some celebrities, % course, travel In
ther " special cars an kin sleep
an shave while they hide on II side
truck in tn suburbs, but they've all
paid tn price In tn pnst.
It's great fun Z watch n reception
committee while IL waits fer tn train
bcarin' It's prey. Tn plan % attack
has been arranged an rehearsed like
II fire drill. Ever contingency Is pro-
vidcd fer. Tn committee huddles
t'gether with grave an sober faces.
Each member Is thoroughly sensible
q his great responsibility. Each
thinks only q tn part he Is { play.
Tn occasional click o. n huntin' cuse
watch Is all that dlsturbs tn quiet
vigil. Tn committee knows It's busl-
ness. When tn whistle blows It's
III signal fer tn lcadin' hardware
merchant { crank his flvver an have
1t In readiness. Tn leadln' banker an
prominent pastor move t a position
where tn coach behrin' tn celebrity
Is likely { halt. II Is tn pastors bust.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-05-31

In this country let us hope. In time
tn fad will drive our WI great celeb
rites abroad, as well as discourage
those o. Europe from seekin' fresh
laurels an other things among us.
Real celebrities want { be let alone
Jest like reg'lar human bein's. Great
speakers an musicians an statesmen
an actors an %res must rest an
battle an shave Jest like paperhang-
ers an lawyers an other folks. II
great people didn' need tn money an
publicity they wouldn' stand II minute
fer tn average celebrity trailer. 1t
seems { be AS much n part o. tn con-
tract of a celebrity t stand fer bein'
bored all tn time as 1t Is fer 'em t
play or sing or speak.
What n tryin' ordeal It must be
fer n Norwegian xylophone player. or
Il scandinavian '%celllst, or Il Peruvian
pianist, or n noted exponent o. altru-
ism. t be surrounded by n bunch o.
perfumed an powdered tea pourers
while he feels tn need o. n bath, or a
shave, or Il steak with onions.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-05-31
SHELL STOPPED GAME
German Goal Box" Tears Up
Base Line Right at Start.
American Gives Interesting Account OF
Baseball Games Played Back Of
Trenehes-shortstop Wore
the Only Mask

The following Is Il story OF n ball
game behind the first line trenches ut
the Soinme, as told by a. G. Empcy Of
New York:
"In the trenches we eagerly awaited
the result Of our appeal. A few weeks
later Santa Claus arrived In the shape
of the trench pOstman.' who, In surly
tone, stated:
Say, Yank, there's about a million
parcels ut the orderly room for you.
All from America, too. You'd need II
Timber TO deliver them, and l hnin't
no Timber, so you'd better get Il couple
o. blokes To- carry them In
"TbOsc TommIes were just like hap
ny Kids, helping me to unwrap the diff.
ferent parcels, eleven In all. There
was enough equipment for two teams.
81 Immediately got busy and organ-
lied n baseball squad and my troubles
started. Talk about b~oneheads, those
Tommies were awful. After n while I
managed to turn out n pretty fair
bunch and we had several games be-
hind the lines.
zone day we had n game scheduled
with the Canadians, It was just below
Wlpers cypress. All that morning we
had been busy getting the diamond
into shape for the game. and when we
had finished the result was o. n. The
bases were sand bags, and for homo
plate n sniplng plate was used. The
foul lines were of white tape, which Is
generally used as n guide back to your
own trenches while on bombing and
Riding parties In No Mans Land.
"About ten minutes before the SEIZED.
uled start Of the game a German five
nine shell, or coal box plunked It.
self right on the base line between
first and home and exploded.
Earlier In the morning our first
baseman, n Welshman, found an old
German hand grenade Of the hair
brush variety. Being an ardent
busy on that bomb with the point Of
his bayonet-wanted to see how the
detonator worked. The result of his
investigation was right arm blown Off
and no first baseman. We filled in
with a substitute. 1t was awful he'd
chase n runner right into the outfield
trying to touch him with the ball. We
lost that game by an overwhelming
score.
"Our shortstop had n bad habit Of
trying to stop hot grass eaters with
his foot-result, the ball would climb
his leg and paint his eye blue, green
and yellow. After losing two teeth and
getting n beautiful lamp he made a
'holler' to wear our only mask. I had
TO give in to him Che was n scrgeant).
Just imagine n shortstop wearing q
mask wouldn't 1t make you sick?
"Another great difficulty, just when
you had n man broken In so that he
could cover II bag or play the outfield
a working or digging party would
come along and said man would stop n
German bullet and go on the sick list,
losing all interest In baseball. out of
the 33 Tommies originally In the squad
IL have been killed and ii wounded
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-05-31
The WALKIN' ENCYCLOPEDIA

In ever community theirs n meek,
glossy. smirkin', indolent wnlkln' en-.
encyclopedia whose means o support
battles tn most senrchin' investigation
an whose wonderful fund o. informa-
ton Is tn envy Of all tn students.
Early on his rounds, with plenty o.
begged t,rbacker an n cheerful word
fer all. this gentleman o. leisure an
wide information Is ready an wlllin'
4 untangle any discussion or I be
tapped ut any momen fer tn news q
tn world. On tn blacksmith shop
campus, by tn spnttered grocery stove,
on tn pustoiiice corner. at tn foot q
tn X. o. 7. hall stairs, or behind tn
prescription case q tn dimly lighted
dry territory drug store this fluent bu-
reau o Information may be encoun-
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-05-31
Kin Hubbard ESSAYS
TOADYN AFTER tn GREAT

y thing about your Amcrlka which
lmpfess"s me ~ most Is Zc great nrmy
o. borcs-let me see-hero Worship
ers | think you call 'cm-that camp
on ze trail o. ~ great" said SignOr
Antoine Colorado MndurO, tn cele-
brnt"d lcclandlc accordion player,
while hidin' In II box stall ut tn liv-
cry stable L avoid tn entertainment
committee o. tn Ladies' Art society.
I'm no other country In ~ world have
! FOUND so many-lct me Scc-tondlcs
! think YOU call 'cm-as I find In your
Ainerlka. They no let me sleep ,
They no let me walk It's 70 tea, re
dance, ~ reception nm ze luncheons.
] no take II bath. See, my beard has
grown beyond my controli | can no
shave! l shake ze hand an eat all
re time! My stomach no good! It's
let me see-all shot t. pieces I
think you call it,"
Tn craze { be mixed up In some
way or other with tn great an nj.
most great has about reached tn limit
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-05-31
IT'S AN EARLY MORNING JOB
Raid on Destructive Garden Pests at
Right Time Much More Effective
Than Poison.

The boy who gets out early In the
morning in his young garden and be-
gins TO pick squash bugs, cucumber
beetles, potato bugs. and such slugs
and cut and wire worms as are In
sight, with his thumb and forefinger
and drop them In II deep can will do
more good than poison could do In
three days. says n writer In the Amer.
lean Boy.
Pour boiling hot water into the tin
holding these insects TO make sure
they are killed. Go the rounds every
morning. Do not wait until after
school, or late In the day, because they
have Toasted and crawled away to
sleep and rest-~imost of them. Do not
try to pick them ut noon because they
hide underground or behind leaves 10
get out of the hot sun. But bright
and early In the morning they come
out with the sparkling dew to get
busy and eat the good things you
have planted. Get up an hour earlier
three mornings n week Just TO do
this, and the result will repay you ten
times over when your garden begins
to supply you with peas and beans and
cncumbers and lettuce and radishes
and many other dellcacles.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-05-31

ness { greet tn celebrity an pass his
luggage t tn leadin' banker. AT this
juncture tn mayor, who has remained
In tn ofiin, walks forward an eX.
tends n fat damp hand an escorts tn
party Z tn flivver. Then tn celebrity
Is spirited { tn home Of II prominent
club woman, where tn committee on
entertainment take him in charge. AT
eighteen p. m, after eatin' an sfakin'
hands an inspect!n' tn new water.
works an tn heatin' system O. X. OF
=. hail, tn celebrity appears pale nm
exhausted fer tn %evenin's entertain.
ment.
Have you aver noticed that tn great.
cr n celebrity Is tn later he arrives
in town an tn earlier he gifts QUIT
Next { thunderous applause ther
hain't nothin' n really great celebrity
likes better'n jumpln' int u sleeper
before his audience kin recover from
his clOsin' remarks.
Tn penalty fer bein' great Is beln'
bored.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-05-31

tered anxious nm eager L come across
with tn correct pronunciation q Pre-
mysl, or tn actual displacement o. tn
late Hungarian cruiser Nenta, which
now languishes beneath tn surface o
tn blue Adriatlc. Allus perfectly AT
ease In tn discussion 9TH complicated
condition o. European affairs, with tn
Washington news ut his finger ends
never feelin' for n word. neve losin'
mis- composure, V hampered fer
dates. thoroughly conversant on tn
aeeds o. South America, an authority
On tn Bible, familiar with tn feelin'
n Italy or Pennsylvania, saturated
with tn history o Louvnin, never
,umblin' tn name Of a Belgian hero or
aesitatin' ut tn name of n Russian
river, never resortin' Z a map. this
die Solomon puts { flight oil who dare
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-05-31

take issue with him an electrlhes tn
lowly an uniformed.
Those whose daily lives are toe
much taken up with tn perplcxlties o
Their W existence t permit them t
foller tn fortunes o. tn various wings
an second joints o. tn German army
or { gather anything beyond n meagei
sInatterin' o. tn activities o. tn allies
are appalled, ut Their own ignoranc,
while in tn presence O. tn inteilectua.
no%nproducer. They fergit that he's
II pensioner on thrift, they overlook his
soft. white hands an tn fact that he
spins not. Meek an bewildered they
stand while he handles tn awful stu,
alton in Europe in II cool, impressive
name But whether it's tn war, tn
potash deposits o North America, oui
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-05-31

after three doctors said ! never would
stand up straight again. was q mid
wife for seven years and I recommended
the Vegetable Compound to every wo-
man to take before birth and after
wards, and they all got along so nicely
that It surely Is . godsend to suffering
women. II women wish TO write %
me I will be delighted TO answer them.
Mrs. JENNIE MoYER, 342 E.North St.
Lima, Ohio.
Women who suffer from displscs-
ments, weakness, irregularities, ner.
vousness, backache, or bearing-down
pains, need the tonic properties Of the
roots and herbs contained In Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-05-31
MAX CAREY AS BALL LAWYER
outfeIder Of Pittsburgh Pirates Dis.
covers That Theory Is One Thing
and Practice Another.

Max Carey of the Pittsburgh Pi-
rates, who first directed his career to-
ward preaching the Gospel, decided
during the past winter 20 add to his
ministerial studies n course in law
as 1t relates to baseball contracts. AS
n result he reached the conclusion
that the reserve clause was II mere
scrap OF paper and he announced that
he was n free agent from the Pitts
burg club. 1t mattered not that base
ball authorities overruled him. Max
was sure of his finding. Finally, how
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-05-31

ever, he discovered that theory Is one
thing and practice another. He waived
his claims to free agency and signed
n contract with Pittsburgh, reported
10 the club and says all his energies
are being bent toward asserting his
claims to being one of the star out
ilelders OF the game. II is well, for
each man must stick to his last and
Carey, all will agree, Is n better ball
player than he Is II ball lawyer-even
better, we take II, on the diamond
than in the pulpit, for who ever would
have heard of the Reverend Max Ca
nnrius, while everybody knows and
admir.S Outhelder siax Carey.--SpoIt-
Ing News.