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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13

Commissioner Gronen's propo-
sition to issue utility bonds
amounting to 100000 for the
acquisition of a second munich
pal power plant was submitted to
the city council Wednesday in
the form of an ordinance.
The bond issue is to be voted
on at the final city election, April
Is. The street railway bonds
will come up at the primary,
April Q.
Members decided to take up
Gronen's ordinance Tuesday.
The ordinance declares that
the present municipal electric
generating plant, by reason of
its limited capacity, will, in the
near future, be inadequate to
supply said city and its inhabi-
tants with sufficient current for
light and power"
II provides that the city coun-
Gil shall construction, condemn,
purchase or otherwise acquire an
additional hydro-electric power
plant.
The proposition which will ap-
pear on the election ballots April
16 carries the following wording,
prefaced by the words I'm favor
Of" and Against:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
Another
Spike in
Kaiser's
Coffin!

Slowly, foot by foot, she
started down the slOping ways
from the spot where only q
few weeks ago she arose, lit
tie more than q shapeless
shell Uniformed.
Faster and faster she rush.
cd toward the water. The
spray dashed from her sides.
Whistles blew, flags nutter-
ed and then
THE SEA.GRAY BEAUTY
WAHkIAKUM, SECOND OF
UNCLE SANS STANDARD
WOODEN STEAMERS TO RE
BUILT IN TACOMA, RODE
FIRMLY ON THE CITY
WATERWAY.
A living thing now! A
weapon stronger than q bat
terry of guns!
A little finishing and then
the sturdy WalHakuIn will cut
thru the waves, a commerce
carrier, to help drive a little
deeper the wedge Of victory.
And from the empty place
she left will swiftly rise an
other wooden form, shapeless
at first, but growing quickly
into life to join the sea-plOw-
ing army.
From every port in the
land the shrek Of whistles is
becoming more frequent as
ships and more ships drop
down into the water. How il
must hurt the kaiser's ear
drums!
But even now, for each re-
cruit that joins the inspiring
sea army, Wilhelm's U-boats
ere destroying one that has
gone befOre--ycs, sometimes
more than one.
THE FACT Is THAT
AMERICA TODAY HAS JUST
STARTED DOWN THE
WAIS-SIDWLY, FOOT BY
FOOT.
America must gain mOmen-
tum - More ships! More
ships! Ships by the hun
dretis! Ships by the thou
sands! Faster! Faster!
Until finally we ride firmly
on the waves Of victory.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
ECHO OF DANBURY
-HATTERS CASE HERE

That the $1,000 damage suit
brought by ID. j. Golden against
the Tacoma Longshoremen's
union and it's members resembles
the famous Danbury Hatters'
case, in that not only the organi-
cation, but each member of it is
held resonsible, was the asser-
ton of Attorney Wesley Lloyd in
his opening statement to the
jury Wednesday. Lloyd is repre-
senting Golden.
Golden charges a conspiracy on
the part of the union men to
compel him to stay away from
work at the Milwaukee docks
during the summer of 1916, and
that as a result he was badly
beaten and seriously injured in
an attack on him by Marshal
Wright and four other union
members.
This is the first time that the
decision of the court in the Dan
bury case has been felt in this
state.
Because of this ruling, If the
longshoremen should lose their
suit each member of the union
will be forced to pay his share Of
the damages, as each member is
held responsible as an individual
member as well as the union is
held responsible for the acts of
the organization as whole.
Lloyd claimed that the alleged
conspiracy rested in the minds of
the members as individuals as
we'll as in their minds as union
men.
The first witnesses called to
the stand by the prosecution were
August Seitz, former secretary OF
the Tacoma union, and F. ]. ALI
man, superintendent of the Mil
iwaukee. docks. Seitz was dis
missed after a few questions
while Altman was retained and
Testified to alleged threats madt
by strikers against the non-union
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
Seattle Would
Be Free Port
(Special to The TimesO

SEATTLE, March 13.-The
trustees of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce and Commercial
club today authorized steps to
have congress make Seattle a
free port.
A complete investigation Of
the free port plan, as applied to
various cities on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts, has been con-
Quoted by the tariff commission,
according to the report of the
executive committee of the in
dustrial bureau.
1t was pointed out that if a
free port zone is NEEDED for
manufacturers, Seattle can Of
fer thousands of acres of good
land bordering Lake Washington,
and Immediately adjacent to deep
water.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
Especial to The Tines)

CHICAGO, March 13.-Consid-
er the case of DR.. Ben L. Reitman.
Pretty tough his friends say,
pretty tough"
Reitman used to scout about the
country with Anarchist Emma
Goldman spreading the doctrine OF
birth control. A year and half
ago he was arrested in Cleveland,
after distributing pamphlets on
why and How the Poor Should
Not Have Children" Judge Dan
B. Gull gave him a fine of 1000
and costs and six months in the
workhouse.
Then about year ago, Reit-
man got married. He quit the
birth control publicity work.
He settled down in Chicago to
practice medicine. His practice
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
UNCLE SAM TALKS
TO WAR WORKERS

To explain the workings Of the
government in war work and to
promote further cooperation of
labor in winning the war, two
union labor leaders-William
Short, president Of the Wash
ington State Federation of Labor,
and Thomas Barker, president of
the Los Angeles Building Trades
council-are in Tacoma today.
Sent out by the lecturing bu-
reau of Uncle Sans department
of labor, of which E. p. Marsh,
former president of the State
Federation of Labor, is head, they
are meeting and talking to Ia
coma war workers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13

Wednesday night they address
ed the Tacoma Building Trades
council, the shipyards laborers
and the shipyard carpenters.
Thursday night they will speak
at the Central Labor council
meeting, and Friday they will
address the Metal Trades.
Two weeks from now they ex-
pect to begin addresses at the
shipyards, at the noon hour and
at the close of work in the after
noon.
Their purpose is to impress on
the workers the Importance of
industry's part in beating the
kaiser, and the absolute neces-
sity of pulling together"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
ENEMY AIRPLANE
CREW CAPTURED!
Our Shell Fire Destroys German
Gas Projectors and Sets Fire
To Towns Back of Lines

this sector is east of Luneville.
Raids were made in the region
of Badonviller after 20 minutes
artillery preparation. The Ameri-
cans there made another sortie
this morning to see II the German
trenches were still evacuated. No
Germans were found, and tho
Americans returned without casu-
alties.
German prisoners taken Satur-
day said they did not know the
Americans were in the lines there
until they participated in a raid
against our troops March /, in
which they were repulsed. Their
casualties were 40 dead and
wounded.
The weather is now bright,
warm and springlike. The mud is
drying up fast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
FUE-cENT FISH IN SIGHT

Columbia river smelt have
hit the Tacoma market, and
are selling retail today at 10
cents u pound, or three
pounds for p cents.
The retailers are buying
them at 81 for a so pound
box, paying two or three
cents a pound for freight.
One dealer reported he had
sold one box of SO pounds Thurs
day morning, and that he expect
ed to sell at least three more
boxes before the end of The day.
Strange as it may seem, the Ia
coma retailers say that the rea-
son for the present prices is that
more people aren't buying smelt
and they can't order in large
quantities to supply heavy de-
mand.
There's no money in selling a
pound here and there, theX say.
One dealer today promised to
sell smelt at five cents a pound
next week, II he can be assured
of a heavy demand in Tacoma.
The Times is going to help him
crea.e that demand.
A Tacoma wholesaler said he
could get all he wanted, IL only
there was a demand. 81 don't
know why it is, but people won't
buy" he said.
All agree that the Columbia
river smelt is an excellent solid
fish, as good as anything you
could put on your table.
1t is the easiest fish there Is
to clean, and there is hardly any
waste.
How about it, Tacoma folk.
Will you buy smelt?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
Gives Property to Woman
Whose Husband He Killed

men were hunting, Weight using
Potruff's rifle to make the death
appear to be accidental.
Some time after the shooting
and before Voight's arrest, he
circulated petition collecting
funds so Mrs. Potruff could hold
her homestead.
Since he confessed to the MUIR
der of her husband, Voight has
decided all Of his property to Mrs.
Potruff.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
tUAited Press Leased wire.D

KALAMA, WASH, March 49,
william Weight, jr., today waits
removal to the state penitentiary
to begin life sentence, follow
ing his plea of guilty to the charge
of numbering Earl Potruff last
November.
Frankly stating that he killed
Potruff owing to infatuation for
his victims wife, Weight recount
ed details of the killing as the two
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
Just as Ben Becomes Papa,
Up Bobs That Old Sentence
For Birth Control Agitation

grew. He was made head of a
clinical division of the Chicago
health department.
He aided the draft boards in
making physical examinations.
Three weeks ago a baby boy ar
rived at his home.
And now, in his first proud days
as a father, word comes that the
court Of appeals at Cleveland had
upheld Cults decision and that he
would have to serve his sentence.
Pretty tough" repeat Ben S
friends.
But Ben announced that he'd
go, in few days, to start his SEN
tence. He still believes in the
birth control "volun-
untary motherhood" as he puts It.
Picture of Re.tman, baby and
mother on nage
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
Married Life for Young
Wife too Much Like Movie

prior claim to the husband, hav-
ing lived with him for seven years
In Seattle as his wife.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rose said she
grew weary Of the woman's plead
ings for the return of the popu-
lar man, and sued for divorce.
She also testified that her hus-
band insisted on smoking cigar
cts all night in bed while she was
Ill and wished to sleep.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
School Supt.
Is Accused

HARRINGTON, Wash, March
13.-Resolutions charging City
School Superintendent Frank
Radmaker with disloyalty and
failure to support patriotic moves
and demanding his removal, were
presented the schoolboard today
by Pennington citizens, following
a mass meeting at which the
charges were discussed.
Radmaker, who Is the son Of
Gcrman-born people. denied the
harges.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13

Life was too much like movie
play for Mrs. Elizabeth Rose, age
II, who brought suit and was
granted a divorce from Claude
Rose, 35, in Judge Chapman's
court Wednesday.
In the complaint Mrs. Rose al
legged that during her married life
there repeatedly came to her home
. woman who declared she had a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
SAMMIES CAPTURE
GERMAN AIRPLANE

PARIS, March 13.-American
troops in the Chemin DIES Danes
sector captured the crew of q
German airplane which had fallen
near Clamency, it was announced
here today.
The American artillery fire has
reached its greatest intensity at
several points. Five groups OF
German gas projectors which were
to be ready were obliterated by
shell fire.
Towns back of the German
lines were set Attire and large
quantities of ammunition in new
dumps were blown up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
Cheap Food for the Asking

Puya11up, Wash. March z.
Editor The Times Columbia river smelt running
heavy Fishermen unable find sufficient markets Two
pound at Keso We have been selling thousand
pounds daily Puyaup store five Have also
pounds net to box in cold storage
fall and winter is shame for people of state to be
short cheap food when best obanae fish be purchased
in boxes from Seaside Packing Co. Kelso from dollar
dollar and box Why give publicity and
help food problem? w. H. PAULHAMUS President.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
T. RS SON
DECORATED
GALLANTRY
DATED Press Leased w,re.,

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, March 13.-Captain
Archie Roosevelt, son Of Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, was decorat-
ed with the CrOix de Guerre by a
French general for gallantry in
action. The presentation was
dramatic. No details of how
Roosevelt won the decoration
was permissible.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
WEATHER FORECAST

Salts bear
says: The only
Teller that can
find any space
on one Of Louis
Beans rolling
sardine cans is
F. S. A., that
car advertising
man-and he's
sold 1t. TO
n | z n { a n d
Thursday fair"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
Baby Yesterday, Hero Today!
How our bows grow up!

Only few weeks ago. it seems, we were editing
telegraph items telling of the childish pranks of
Archie Roosevelt in the White House.
And today comes United Press cable that this
same Archie now captain in the u. S. army twas
decorated with the Croix de Guerre by French
general for bravery in action"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13

Greetings, have you been bur
glarized?
You're not in society unless you
have been.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13

Dear TalkO: Did you know
that Pat Malone has asister
named Ietta? w. III. Ii.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13
REMINDS US OF WAY OUR
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
SOLDIERS TALK OF


THEIR TOWNS
(From the st. Andrews Bay, Fla.
News.)
Mrs. Paddock, Mrs. Russell,
Mrs. Templeton, and Mrs. Cot
tingham, all OF whom are visiting
Mrs. Turedel, the hostess of Nom
days picnic, were keenly apprecia-
tive of such bits of beauty as the
day revealed.
Florida, herself a hostess Of
lavish hospitality, seemed to be
more radient, and when night
came and the boat pulled her way
out into the bay, still another sur.
prise awaited the northerners.
In the wake OF the boat shim-
mered a thousand, yea, million
Jewels. The little waves created
with opals and pearls. The weird
ly beautiful phenomena filled the
visitors with delighted wonder az
they leaned over the water and
watched the flashing colors born
of the night.
As the lights of our city hove
into view, the voice of Mrs. Tenn
pleton, voice marvelously sweet,
sang The End of a Perfect Day."
as indeed It was.
Drivers of a certain car sit
with their chins ON their
knees. That may be why the
machine is advertised rs "the
car that makes both ends
meet"
YOUNG GRIMES
Young Grimes was quite a serious
cuss,
With thought for the realltiess
He hated to go off to war
Because of casualties.
But when his country called fsq
men
His loyalty reacted.
He enlisted in the @. NJ. corpB
So he couldn't be attacked.
Dear TAIko: OF course I
know what was meant, bat q
letter Just received from 3
Miss b., written on train, has
postscript, Excuse scraw1
nod many curvcs--am
writing ON my lap" NAG.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13

twitters the weatherman, spring
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13

Drivers OF a certain car sit
with their chins ON their
knees. That may be why the
machine is advertised rs "the
car that makes both ends
meet"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13

Picture of Re.tman, baby and
mother, on page 5.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-13

We submit that any man or woman in the ex-
tensive Times family of readers will find some
thing of interest in The Editors Mail, on page q
And, by the way, note the radius from which the
letters come-Tenno. McKenna, Seabeck, South
Tacoma and Orting.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-09-05
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

sition will be a wonderland of educa
tional, inspirational and recreational
features, all worth while. No State
Fair, not even that of 1917, can be
compared with this years State Fair
in points of class and magnitude.
The great outstanding fact concern
ing this years Exposition is the CO.
operation given by Uncle Sam. This
is the first year the Federal Govern.
ment has taken advantage of big ex-
positions to get in touch with the mil
lions of Americans it desires to reach.
In addition to presenting a marvel.
GUS U. S. Department of Agriculture
exhibit, and a Hoover exhibit, Uncle
Sam is cooperating through the pre-
sentation of the English war exhibit,
the appearance of the famous Jackie"
band and in thousand and one other
ways through the regular State Fair
exhibits, which have been built along
lines recommended by the Federal
Government
This year marks the beginning in
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-09-05
GASSED BY DISEASE VICTIMS
From the Extension Division of the
University of Wisconsin.
n. e. DEARHoLT., M D., DIRECTOR

DEAkhOIIs w D.s 6tRESIOH
Medical college students of twenty
years ago were almost certain to re-
ceive more instruction in the recogni,
ton and treatment of typhoid than was
given to pneumonia and tuberculosis
combined. In old health department
circles, furthermore, the annual num-
Der Of deaths from typhoid was taken
as an index of the efficiency of the
health department and of the general
healthfulness of the city. The biggest
part Of the cities health budget was
expended upon providing pure water
supplies and adequate sewer systems.
AS a result of this attention, in part,
but more because Of the discovery of a
preventative vaccine, similar to that
which has made smallpox a rarity in
up-to date communities, typhoid is not
requiring so much attention as it used
to.
In the light of the proved ability of
the Surgeon General to keep typhoid
and other intestinal diseases out of our
present army camps, families and COM
munities should begin almost to feel
that case Of typhoid is as disgraceful
an occurrence as case of venereal
disease.
Attention is now being centered upon
the diseases which occur in or gain en-
trance to the body through the nose
throat and lungs. Like typhoid, these
are filth diseases also but they are due
to personally careless methods of
sneezing, splitting, coughing and taking
ones disease germs into another's face,
rather than to community filthiness.
1t is likely that henceforth the greatest
attention Of disease preventing agencies
will be centered on controlling the
spread of tuberculosis, pneumonia, in
fantile paralysis, measles, whooping
cough, scarlet fever and other spit
borne diseases by preventing the expul
sion Of the germs by patients Or the
absorption of them by susceptible vic
Tins.
In some of the military camps, masks
are worn for the purpose of protecting
healthy soldiers from the germs of sick
ones, much as gas masks are worn by
soldiers to protect themselves from the
deadly gases first used by the Germans
for war purposes. AS result of this
method, threatened epidemics have
been cut short in their very beginning
There are no reasons why the contag
ious disease mask should not be quite
as useful in preventing spread of con
tagious disease in schools. factories and
homes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-09-05
MAN OWES MUCH
TO HUMBLE COW

Little does man realize the debt he
owes the cow. During the dark ages
OF savagery and barbariSm, we find her
early ancestors natives of the wild for
ests of the old world. AS the bright
rays Of civilization penetrated the
darkness of that early period, the man
called upon the COW and she came forth
from her seclusion to share in the eff
forts that gave us a greater nation and
a more enlightened people.
For two thousand years she has been
the co-partner of man, sharing alike in
his prosperity and adversely, respond
ing nObly to all that was done for her,
until through her development she has
become an idol of the people.
In 1903, when Columbus made his
second voyage To America, the COW
came with him-and from that time to
the present day she has been a most
potent factor in making this, our own
country, one Of the great nations.
Her sons helped till the soil of our
ancestors and slowly moved the prod
N'lN VI lliI lax III ~ maj hIl. 1ucN
went with man into the dense forests
Of the new world, helped clear them
for homes and made cultivation posi-
bic for the coming generation.
When the tide of emigration turned
westward, it was the OK that hauled
the belongings Of the pioneer across
the plains and over the great mountain
ranges to the new homes beyond.
The COW is mans greatest benefac-
tor. Hail, wind, droughtS and floods
may come, destroy our drops and ban
ish our hopes, but, from what is left,
the cow manufactures the most nour-
fishing and DEMONSTRATING Of foods.
The COW is life itself to thousands
Of little ones stranded upon the hollow
hearts and barren bosoms of modern
Wo1nanhOOd.
We love her for her gentleness, her
beauty, and her usefulness. Her 10y
atty has never newfoundland should
misfortune overtake us, as we become
bowed down with the weight of years
we know that in the COW we have q
friend that was never known to falter
She pays the debt. She saves the
home.-Educational Bulletin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-09-05
Two Birds With One Stone.

Gov. E. l.. Philip "killed two birds
with one stone" when he made one
structure on his Ozaukee county farm
serve two purpoSes-as silO and as
a water tower. He is so we'll pleased
with the scheme that if he had to equip
another barn with a water supply he
would follow the same plan. His ex-
perience with this water system for
the past four or five years has been
entirely satisfactory, and he is Of the
opinion that the silage helps to raise
the temperature of the water during
the winter season for he has had no
trouble with ice forming in the tank.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-09-05
PROVE WORTHINESS OF BULL
ance Records of Sire's Daughters
in Showing Influence.

An investigation made by the Ohio
experiment station and disclosures
made by records gathered through cow
testing associations show that neither
pure breeding nor high performance
records of ancestry can be depended
upon to insure worthiness in a bull.
There is no sure test known except the
performance records of a bulls daugh
ters And they must be compared
with the records Of their mothers be-
cnce of the bull has been.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-09-05
GREAT STATE FAIR BUILT BY
UNCLE SAM AND WISCONSIN,
No One Can Begin To See 1918 Exposition Under Three
Days-Badger State This Year To Score New Record
Beginning of Strong National and State Coopera-
ton.

| Wisconsin of State Fair that will be
combination of national and State
resources and educational displays
This has been a vigorous war year,
during which all American energies
have been bent toward victory in Eu-
rope. Many producers and other work
ers have not taken time from their
toll for relaxation. But year of con-
tinuous, unremitted toll is not for the
best, even during war year like the
present.
Herbert Hoover says: Work hard.
pray hard, play hard"
That's fine advice.
One, two, three or four days spent
at the 1918 State Fair will send the
man, woman or child who enjoys them
back to daily toll better fitted for
tasks ahead.
No one should attempt to see all of
the State Fair in less than three days.
1t can't be seen and enjoyed as it
should be in less time.
Outside of Liberty Bond or War
Saving Stamp, both of which spell lib
erty for the entire world, there isn't
better investment offered in the