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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10
Soldier
Drinks
Poison!

WIN the ueath OF sandy
Ward, 20, colored soldier
from Camp Lewis, at the
county hospital at D o'clock
Monday morning, military pO-
lice are seeking to learn the
details OF a love tragedy
which led him to swallow u
quantity of carbOlic acid at a
roOming house at Alb East
2jth st.
HOrtense Miller, of 224 South
23rd St, to whom was addressed
love postcard fonnd in Ward's
room, is under arrest by the mill
tary police.
Ward, a private in the 18th bat
talon. 116th depot brigade, went
to the rooming house and rented
a room at 10 o'clock Sunday
night. At the same time he ask
ed the proprietress, Mrs. Clara
Sherman, to call him at O'Clock
Monday morning, as he wanted to
return to the camp early.
Finds Him unconscious.
When Mrs. Sherman went L
call him Monday morning she
found him lying unconscious or
his bed, having swallowed carbolic
acid.
The love message, which gave
key to the tragedy, was fount
written on a postcard. 1t said:
81 love Miss Hortense only
There is none other can answer
in her place. She is the frs
woman ! ever loved. l am 2!
years old this month.
"To all readers whom it ma!
concern: Please do not get of
Tended at our love afafir. l wa
merely joking with the othe,
girl
Perhaps RemOrse.
Available information in tn,
hands of the police led them Il
believe that Ward, fearing he hat
lost the love of the woman thru
his joking flirtations with tn,
"other girl" swallowed the poi
son in a frenzy of remorse.
In her cell in the city Jail, II.
year-old Hortense Muller (eolor
ed affianced sweetheart OF Sandy
Ward, told Times reporter Mon
day in the course of an interview
that Ward told her last Thursday
when she visited him at the CAM
that he was coming in to Tacoma
Sunday and would never go back
HE was always complaining Of
life in the army" said Miss Null
Ter, land ! have a letter from hin
in which he said, he would rath
er be dead and in he than in the
army p"
Find Letters.
Miss Muller told the reporter
that she had only known him 81,
weeks and met him at Mrs. Ander
sons boarding house, 224 Soutf
Gath, where she is employed a:
chambermaid.
Miss Muller said that she wa!
going to marry Ward as soon a.
she got her divorce, and this mat
ter she. said seemed to worr!
Ward a great deal. Hortens,
Muller's home is in Buckston
Iowa, where her people are ranch
ers.
A number of letters found II
1.-THE room of Ward are being helt
by the military police and which
are believed will disclose startling
developments when the polio,
have finished their investigation!
in the case.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10
BRIDGE BURNS

.United Press Leased Sire.t
ROSEBURG, Or, June 10
Fire Of mysterious origin destroy
ed 40 feet of an S0-foot bridge on
the Southern Pacific railroad at
Isadora, north of here.
New stringers were placed in
the bridge early today and trains
were moving again. San Francis
CO train No. IA, due at Portland at
1920 p, m. Sunday, was four
hours late leaving Isadora.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10

ST, PAUL, Mimi, June 10
American union labor opened its
win the war" meeting today
when delegates to the 3Sth con
vention of the American Fedora.
ton of Labor went into session
here.
Ordinary labor troubles were
buried under patriotic discus
sions of securing maximum pro
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10
Citizens Form
Law Enforcing
Association!

Charges of inefficiency or wiful failure to prose
cute law volators the part of Sheriff Robert Long
mire and Prosecuting Attorney Fred Remain are
made today by u S. government authorities.
AS result of this laxness it's alleged, bootlegging
and vice enterprises gaining dangerous hold in
Pierce county territory outside Of Tacoma and are
tending to make conditions inside the city difficult
to cope with
In response to these charges, three steps have al
ready been taken:
l. The secret committee of community lead
ers that was active in cleansing the city of the
vice element at the time Camp Lewis was estab-
lished has again gotten busy.
2. State officials have been asked, or are
being asked, to bring the necessary pressure to
force local officials to function
g. "The Pierce County Law Enforcing AssO-
citation" has been organized at meeting of men
and women at the head of TacOmas principal
commercial civic and patriotic organizations.
The public safety department of the city and the
city police given the highest praise by the govern
ment authorities and in nowise mixed up in what
is alleged to be conspiracy to bring about return
of lax moral conditions. Instead, it is charged, eff
forts have consistently been made, part of this
conspiracy to remove Commissioner Petit and Police
Chief Smith from their respective positions.
political ring centering in the court house and
is accused of causing the trouble. It sought, but
failed to gain control of the city hall in the recent
city election, it is said:
As every Tacoma newspaper reader Knows Prose
cutOr Fred Remain and Sheriff LOngmlre nave been
frequently accused during their terms Of office of
half heartedness in prosecuting bootleggers and in
bringing red-light abatement eases and OF failure
to cooperate with the city police Time and again
conferences have been held between city and county
authorities with this topic under consideration
Since the military police from Camp Lewis have
been organized, similar charges have been made that
the county authorities would not cooperate with
them In fact the accusations have gone further and
are that the county officials sought to block the
military police in their work.
Recent startling disclosures regarding the spread
of bootlegging in this county have aroused govern
ment authorities to action.
A representative of the Fosdick committee has beer
in Tacoma studying conditions.
Army officers have called the menace to the atten
ton of city leaders. They demand immediate action
The principal direction in which this action so far
has led has been the organization of the Law Enforc
ing association, designed to be permanent force IN
the community.
It's preamble reads as follows
"We the undersigned, in order to meer an existing
demand in Pierce County, Washington for the pre-
yention of violations of the law in the way OF illegal
Continued Page Five)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10
ROOSEVELT ILL

ST. LOUIS, June 10.-Col.
Roosevelt was slightly indisposed
and remained in his room here
today. 1t was understood he suf-
fered from slight erysipelas.
His speech here tonight has not
been cancelled.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10
FIRING IS
HEARD OFF
THE COAST

united Press Leased Nirc.)
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Juns
10.-Gunfire was heard off Vent
ner shortly after noon today.
Earlier a destroyer was seen about
20 miles offshore. Nothing off,
cial could be learned here.
There is a naval target range
off Cape May, and 1t was believed
the firing may have been practices
shooting by American warships.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10
OPERATIONS LIMITED
United Press Leased Wire.l

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 10.
Naval operations against the
submarines are being confined
largely to the Maryland and Vir-
ginia districts today, in view Of
the fact that the U-boats APP
parently chose that section after
their first forays off New jersey
and Delaware.
Sinking of the American steamer
Pinar Del Rio, reported over Sum
day, was the first case of U-boat
destruction off the Atlantic shore
since the vinland was sunk
Wednesday. II
All naval districts have been
told to report all incidents OF
shore and these will be carefully
reviewed here for any bearing or
the general situation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10
NEWSPAPER QUITS
United Press Leased wlre.D

WINNIPEG, Man., June 10. =
The Evening Telegram, who's
building and plant were destroy~
ed by fire Saturday. will not 70
sumo publication, II was 40
nounced today. Hon. Robert Roc
ers was the principal owner.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10
Like It

And from far and near comes
the same report. The United
States has taken to cussing.
ITO hell with the Hohenzol-
lern!"
This is the crisp anathema.
with which Prof. Charles Mills
Gayley, head of the University
OF CALIFORNIA; English depart
ment, dean of the faculties and
ex-officio head of the univer-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10

were soiling their lips to utter
an expletive now damn and
consign to purgatory various
and sundry Huns with never a
qualm.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10
WEATHER
FORECAST:

" Eh luEh
FORECAST:
much city
water was vast
ed on the home
gardens last
night, !" remarks
Tom Duff. ALSO
much profan-
ity." Tonight
and Tuesday
fair. Cooler to-
night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10

Even IL the weather man did
fail to give us clear day for the
eclipse you must thank him for
saving you the work of watering
your garden today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10

See page for A. F. of L. ex
ecutive committee.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10

EN- to the horses.
Great Britain is talking about
having two more hours of day
light. The first thing you know
the people of that country will be
growing feathers and going to
bed on perches.
Detroit has asked McAdOO
to take over its street rail-
ways. The town must be alb
sOlutely lacking in patriotism.
And we hope congress won't
raise the taxes on wheat. II 1t
does, the farmers and millers and
bakers will raise the prices.
Whenever alarmed, reach Il
for your war-fund check
book.
Coal Is COAL" coal man
writes us, and adds, eff you can't
get what you want, take what you
can get" We have better plan
than that. Get what you want,
and IL you can't get 1t, spend the
winter on the equator.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10

Greetings, are you going
wheatless?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10

Straw hats will win the
war. Don't wear 'em. Feed
EN- to the horses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-10

Whenever alarmed, reach
for your war-fund check
book.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-06-07
5000 for Politics but Not One Penny to Repair Bridge.

The best evidence is, not what a
CRATER says, but the official record,
and we submit the minutes of the
Orofino Highway Board as to what
from the taxpayers for the purpose
of pensioning. at public expense, a
notorious old CRATER and embezzler.
whose only excuse for existence is
that of bedbugs, lice, and other par
asitic pests. The gang needs Grow
in their business, and it is cheaper
to gouge the taxpayers than to dig
up the expense of an organ out of
the pockets of the gang
Frank Shreve, as clerk of the
court. did the clerical work for the
entire county, except the Pierce
highway. and if Hank Detmer can
not serve the only decent thing fol
him to do is to resign. He knew
when he accepted the appointment
1t was a position without pay, and
that the job would take some time
He has no right to hold the job by
proxy to the detriment of the peo.
pie to the extent of $500 per year
More than this, there is no law
warrant the action of the board
The law does not require that the
Office be kept open all the time dur.
ing business hours. A serch of the
statutes reveals no such provision
The Clearwater Highway office, mo-
500 feet away, is not kept open al
the time, and the law is not v1o
lated.
The procedure is simply raw
and brazen holdup for the benefi
of a democratic editor whose appe
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-06-07

have the work, now costing the
public 5000 per year, done more
efficiently than l. r. Grow can do
1t. absolutely FREE of any cost to
the taxpayers of the Highway. Will
Mr.. Grow resign?
Further, we will produce dem
ocrat, a man of unquestioned integ-
rity and honesty, for the position
MIR. Detmer 'oticially admits he can
not fill, who will serve the public
without proxy. and who will not
be party to $500 grab under
a flimsy pretext. Will Mr. Detmer
resign in the interest of the public
good?
Again we publish the onicial re-
cord of the Orofino Highway Com.
missioners in the matter, and they
tell their own story. They cannot
be explained away as Office rent
lack of time, or any other pretext
The resolutions follow:
/ NheiedS, ny law, tne COnpenSa
sation to the commissioners of high
ways (other than expenses) is pro
hibited; and,
Whereas, commissioner Henry s
Detmer, secretary treasurer OF Orc
fino Highway district. by reason O.
1t being necessary to give the mos
of his time attending to his privat,
business Except the regular meet
1ngs OF the board of commissioners,
and 1t is necessary that the offic,
OF secretarytreasurer be kept oper
for the convenience of the publ,
during all hours of business, as pro
vided by law; and
| Whereas, l. r. Grow. now the act
ing clerk of said secretary treasurer
is willing and able to attend to sait
office as clerk, and it appearing de
sirable that there be some suitable
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-06-07

tite for easy money is as ravenous
as the kaiser ambition to rule the
world. Crow hogged county fair
funds and the farmers got skinned
out of their premiums. He was
short in his account as probate
judge. He charged and collected 81
a line for 81 lines of county publi-
cation. The limit was 10c a line.
He excused and defended the gang
WIN the people were defrauded OF
interest on county funds; he de-
Tended the Nease cruise graft: he
has never objected to that Swinton
outrage; he has upheld public Off
cials in their failure to enforce the
law when Elk River bootleggers
and gamblers and bawdy houses
were operating openly.
Now l. r. Grow is democratic
county chairman. AS such he be
comes the head of the party in this
county. and his attitude on public
matters is. therefore, of more than
passing importance.
But let us get down to fact
BY what authority of the public
or the taxpayers does l. r. Grow
hold this $500 year job? Did the
people elect him to this position?
Who has asked him to serve?
And what service does he rende.
for this 5000 per year?
! The Republican stands ready to
produce one of the most efficient
clerical men In the county and will
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-06-07

person to attend to said office and
perform the duties of CLERK; now,
therefore, be 1t
Resolved, that I. r. Crow be and
he is hereby employed as clerk to
attend to said office during the alb
sence of the secretary-treasurer and
that his compensation for such SER
vice is hereby fixed In the sum of
SIS per month, payable monthly.
Thereupon on motion duly made,
seconded, put to a vote and unani-
mously carried, the board adjourn
ed.
Last week we published these
resolutions without comment 1t
prompted the Tribune to howl like
stuck pig, and declare we had
broken loose in TRADE of abuse.
Their own record was more than
they could face without suuirming.
WHY?
Lastly, Mr. Farmer, go to the
map and see how very little of the
county in which you live is taxed
to pay this 5000 per year graft. 1t
does not come out of timber taxes.
1t is now saddled onto the common
herd. the dear farmers of this Sec
tion, whom Mr.. Crow is perfectly
willing to milk dry when he is
presented with the cream.
$500 wasted through failure Of
the officials to looks after the re-
pair of the bridge, and $500 more
for pension for the democratic
, county chairman. That's Christlike
service for you
Mrs. Helen Tyra and daughter
and Mr.. Cummings of Sears Califor-
MIA are visiting Mrs. Dan Anderson
J and other relatives
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-06-07
BUSY SESSION OF LATAH
COUNTY FARM BUREAU

Deary Enterprise: The regular
monthly meeting of the executive
committee of the Latan County
Farm Bureau was held May 81. A
report of the progress Of the work
outlined by the committee at their
previous meeting was made by the
county agent, Mr.. Kjosness. he re-
ported that squirrel poisoning is
proving very successful and many
farmers are asking for help in mix
ing the poison. 1t was decided by
the executive committee that Sic
should be spent for strychnine for
demonstration purposes.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-06-07
RATTLESNAKE KILLS FINE BULL
Head of Dieterlie's Dairy Herd Gets
Death Blow From Snake.

Fred Dieterlie, owner of the best
dairy herd in our county, had the
misfortune to lose Holstein bull
valued at $500. The animal was
bitten under the jaw by rattle
snake and the swelling soon choked
it to death. Mr.. Dieterle feels the
loss because experience has proven
how difficult it is to get the right
sort of a male for dairy herd. and
this animal had proven his value in
the heiferS now maturing. Mr..
Dieterle bought the bull when a
calf, paying $175 for him. And it
was worth that and more
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-06-07
WOOD WANTED

The board of trustees of school
district No. %, in the County of
Clearwater and State Of Idaho. will
receive sealed bids up to the 18th.
day of June. 1918, at O'Clock p.
NJ, for supplying said district with
so cords of red fir or yellow pine
16 inch wood, to be delivered and
piled In the woodsheds at the school
house OF said district. in the village
of Orofino, on or before September
lst. 1918.
All bids should be addressed to
the undersigned and must specify
kind of wod
The board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Dated at Orofino, Idaho. this 29th
day of May, 1918.
By order of the board.
MADGE f. FOHL
Clerk of Board of Trustees OF
School District No. o.
May 3O-June IA.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-06-07
Extends Livestock and Meat Service

Local offices of the Bureau OF
arkets have been opened In East
st. Louis, Salt Lake City, Pitts
burgh, Pa, and Louisville. Ken
lucky, to handle reports on livestock
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-06-07

"If you see an editor who pleases
everybody, there will he glass plate
over his face and he will not be
standing up.--Omaha Bee.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-06-07

Ben Trutton has letter from a
friend now working on war con-
tracts on the coast, in which the
writer says common labor has be-
come glut on the market. and
eXhorbitant The inference is that
common labor should not go to the
coast at this time. Everything CON
sidered, it is better for unskilled
labor right here on our farms.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-06-07
A GREAT MUSICAL NUMB

movements and meat-trade condi-
tions at these markets.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-06-07

II WILL DO MY BEST"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-06-07

Mrs. Helen Tyra and daughter
and Mr.. Cummings of Sears Califor-
mia are visiting Mrs. Dan Anderson
and other relatives.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-18
EQUIPMENT FOR MEN
FIGHTING IN FRANCE
CONTAINS MANY ARTICLES

1t is estimated that $4,000 different
articles are needed in modern warfare,
The clothing equipment of but one
infantryman for service in France in
cludes the following:
Bedsack, three wool blankets, whist
belt, two pairs wool breaches, two
wool service coats, hat cord, three
pairs summer drawers, three pairs
winter drawers, pair wool gloves, SER
vice hat, extra shoe laces, two pairs
canvas leggins, two flannel shirts,
two pairs of shoes, five pairs wool
stockings, four Identification tags,
summer undershirts, four winter I'M
dershirts, overcoat, five shelter tent
pins, shelter tent pols poncho, shelter
tent.
Listed as seating utensils" the in
fantrynaan receives food to be carried
in his haversack during field service,
canteen and canteen cover, cup, knife,
fork, spoon, meat can, haversack,
pack carrier, first-aid kit and pouch.
His fighting equipment" consists
of rifle, bayonet, bayonet scabbard,
cartridge belt and 100 cartridges,
steel helmet, gas mask, and trench
tool.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-18
WEEK" SESSIONS
BOTH IN ST. LOUIS AND
KANSAS CITY

In view of the fact that County
Courts in Missouri convene the week
beginning Monday, February 4, and
all Highway Engineers and road ov-
ersetrs are called upon to make set
tlene It, during this week, this will
interfere seriously with the attend
ance of the announced "Road Week"
to be held in st. Louis in conjunction
with the convention of American
Road Builders. The State Highway
Board is anxious to have all County
Judges, County highway Engineers
and Road Overseers in Missouri
come together for general inter-
change of ideas in regard to road
building, and it is now proposed to
hold the principal "Road Week" dis
cussions in Kansas City, in conjunc-
ton with the annual meeting of the
Highway Engineers Association,
which will be held February q and 28
and March l. Moving pictures of the
convict road camps operated under the
direction Of the State Highway De-
partment will be shown both at st.
Louis and Kansas City. This arrange
ment by the State Highway Board
should enable practically every road
enthusiast in the State to witness the
pictures and hear the discussions.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-01-18
MRS. MARTHA TETLEY


A noble woman, good mother, 9
devoted wife and faithful friend
was lost to the community with the
death of Mrs. Martha Tetley, who
died at her home, miles south OF
Pennington, of pneumonia, at 8
o'clock Thursday morning, January
10th, after an illness of ten days, at
the age of 6S years. d.
The funeral was held Monday from
the Christian church, in Pennington,
of which she was member, the SER
vice conducted by her pastor, Rev. j.
M. Bailey, in the presence of a large
concourse of friends and relatives.
lnterment was in the Masonic ceme-
terry in Pennington. Owing to the
bad weather and the impossible
roads it became necessary for about
fifty friends and neighbors to join in
shoveling the snow off the road so
the funeral procession could get to
town.
Martha Gay was the daughter of
the late W. T. and Elizabeth S. Gay.
She was born in Plymouth, England,
and came with her parents to Amer
lea at the age of three years. The
family settled at Bellevue, Ohio, where
they lived until in 1860 when they
moved to st. Francois county and
settled on the farm where she died.
During the Civil war the family NOV
ed to Ironton. Just after the close of
the war she was united in marriage to
the late John Tetley after which she
farm where she had lived before GO
ing to Ironton. She continued to re-
side on the farm until her death. Her
husband preceded her in death about
16 years. She leaves five children, as
follows: W. D., of Douglas, Ariz. );
Elizabeth MRS. John A. Weimer), of
Harrington Route 6; Robert, of
Sikeston; Lena MRS. Lawrence Will
liamson), of Fredericktown; and Trix-
lie MRS. John Cartee), who lived on
the home place. She also leaves one
sister, Mrs. Ann Tetley, of Farming
ton, and two brothers, w. T, Gay, of
lronton, and j. H. Gay, of Elvins, al
SO number of grandchildren. All of
her children were with her when she
passed away except her two sons.
Mrs. Tetley was truly one of Gods
noble women. Her illness was con-
tracted while ministering in the sick
room of a neighboring home. For a
great many years she had been a de-
voted member of the Christian church.
She was a mother greatly beloved by
all her children and grandchildren; a
neighbor who had few equals; a true
friend in time of need. She will be
sadly missed in her home and the
neighborhood.