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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

The many spectators in Judge
Reynolds court room here were
held in breathless expectancy as
the prosecutor, at the opening of
the trial, outlined the circum-
stantial proof which the state has
TO offer to show Mains guilt.
ave intend to prove that
relations between Fred
Swayne, murdered Napavine
merchant, and Oscar Main,
charged with the crime,
were strained, 1.-THE prosecu-
tor began. I'VE will show
that Main had caused trouble
between Swayne and his wife,
due to intimacy between Main
and Mrs. Swayne."
The state will show further
that Swayne and Main had had
serious trouble, in which threats
of shooting were made; that Main
was seen entering Swayne's gro
Gerry store just before the murder
and was seen leaving later"
Attorney Maurice Langhorne OF
morning in the trial of Oscar r.
Continued on Page Five.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
BY MAI. GEN. WILLIAM G. GORGAS
Surgeon General of the American Armies

When there Is an outbreak OF
measles or of pneumonia or of
spinal meningitis in any Of the
army cantonments, the entire
country becomes worried about
II.
But there is a constant and
more deadly drain on the vitality
of our army, and no one becomes
excited about 1t.
The newspapers do not mem
ton 1t. People do not discuss 1t.
BY common consent, nothing Is
said. about 1t, and 1t is kept a
secret. I
refer to the plagHe of sexual
diseases. To speak IL plain Eng
lish. refer to syphilis and gonor-
rhea.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
Red Cross Does Great
arWork in February

Tacoma school kids are making
pants and shirts for Belgian boys.
The part the schools are playing
in war and relief work was re-
ported by Miss Anna Post, in
charge of the Junior Red Cross,
at the meeting Of chairmen of Ia
coma Red Cross working commit
tees Monday.
Miss Post declared that 50 out
of 1852 county schools we're 100
per cent organized for Junior
Red Cross work.
Receipts of the Tacoma Red
Cross chapter for February
amounted to $19,042.85, accord
ing to Mrs. A. E.. Raze, treasurer.
Expenditures were $6,410.S2,
leaving a balance OF $12,633.03.
Reports of other committee
chairmen for February showed
that:
3,031 garments were cut.
$40 hospital garments were
given out.
43 boxes we're packed and de-
livered.
1892 yards Of goods we're re
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

A new aspect was given the
Tacoma political situation
Tuesday when City Controller
Fred Shoemaker announced
that he would resign his Of
flee and become candidate
for city commissioner, thus
throwing the cOntrOllership
upon the spribg ballots.
Shoemaker will resign next
Monday, March IL, he said, and
file for commissioner at once.
Filings Of candidates are open
until next Tuesday night, giving
aspirants fer the. controllers Of
flee Monday and Tuesday in which
to file.
Nominations for the controllers
berth cannot be filed until the Of
flee is formally declared vacant
by Shoemaker's resignation.
Roberts to Succeed. (.
1t was limited at the city hall
Tuesday that John M. Roberts,
chief deputy controller, would be
appointed by the city council TO
fill the controllership from the
time of Shoemaker's withdrawal
until successor is elected and
qualified. Roberts is also ex-
pected to be a candidate for con-
troller.
Shoemaker's sudden decision to
resign and run for commissioner
was distinct surprise, coming a
week after the controller had let
his friends understand that he
would not be a candidate.
Will Unite Hands.
81 will not stay here two years
longer with my hands tied" said
Shoemaker Tuesday.
II have thought the whole mat
ter over, and l know that l can
serve the city better as a commits
s:oner than as controller. The
spirit of disharmOny at the city
hall has been such that my efforts
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

Other diseases take their hum
dreds. These venereal ailments
take their thousands. E
1t is estimated that since the
war began the total equivalent OF
60 divisions Of one of the armies
Of the worh were temporarily
Withdrawn from the fighting be-
cause of these ailments.
During the first is months
of the war one Of the great
powers had more men inca
pacitated for service by vene-
real diseases contracted in
the mobilization camps than
In all the fighting at the
front.
And there Is this differ
ence. between those wounded
CONTINUED on rage Five.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
TO
BE- CANDIDATE!

las controller have been nullified
by the council, and ] have prac-
tically had my hands tied than
remain. would rather be out en-
tirely than feel that | was drawing
a city salary and wasn't able to
give the city the best that was in
me-"
Shoemaker entered politics two
years ago when he became can-
didate for controller and defeated
John F. Meads, who had held the
office for two terms. Prior to
that time he had been in the aud
iting division Of the L. S. gov
eminent, connected with the army
in the Philippines.
Shoemaker issued the following
formal statement Tuesday;
Many Needs.
1--WE are approaching an cleo
ton without single proposal pre-
sented to the people for improving
the obvious defects in our charter.
Certainly, we need centralized
purchasing and accounting, and
salaries graduated according to
experience and functions and equal
for all departments. These needs
are obvious. Tacoma is growing
rapidly; every effort must be
made to meet the increasing needs,
and prepare for the future. Any
man who is satisfied with present
conditions and wants to let we'll
enough alone is false to the best
interests of Tacoma. He has ceas-
ed to grow.
"All Of my interests are in Ia
coma, my home for nearly 80
years, and l am determined to do
everything possible. for increased
efficiency in our city government
il l have to secrifice my Job to
do it."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
ASKS. LISTER
FIRE BOARD
Especial to The Times

SEATTLE, March 5.-A new re-
quest for the removal forthwith
Of the three present members Of
the state public service commits
sion IL today before Gov. Lister.
Corporation Counsel Hugh Cald-
well In letter to the governor
charges the commissioners with
holding animus against the city,
Of discrimination in favor of Stone
& Webster interests and with in
competency.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

ceived and 21,647 given out.
779 pounds of wool were re-
ceived and distributed.
2,576 knitted garments and
lao sweaters were finished.
40,57S surgical dressings were
made.
Three out-of-town auxiliaries
we're formed-at Midland, Jovita
and Burnley. Twelve town circles
we're formed at Bryant, Franklin,
Grant, Lowell, Mckinley, Regents
park, Sherman, Washington, Will
lard, Buffelin districts.
The Red Cross gift shop re-
ported $1,116 profits for the
month.
The motor division had 40
calls, and handled all but two.
Mrs. ]. p. Weyerhaeuser, chair
man of the TSeoma Red Cross.
presided at the meeting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

L
than a year, jitney buses put
in an appearance ON Tacoma
streets Tuesday.
Two buses. one running on he
PIT. Defiance line and the other
on the South Tacoma route to
Rigney Hill. began operation I'M
der management of p j. Smith,
429 Fawcett av., who has been
operating an army post bus.
j. T. Dunlap, Exley apartments,
took out third license Tuesday
afternoon and police said as many
as seven would be operating by
night.
Police Capt. Kincaid was noti-
fled by another man Tuesday
morning that a newly organized
1itney bus company would put 16
big buses In service on Tacoma
streets before the end of the
week.
This company has already taken
out bonds. approved by the state,
for all of its cars. the premium on
the bonds amounting to over So
600. The machines are said to
be large buses of the type operat-
ing to Pnyallup and other subur-
ban localities, capable of carrying
20 or more passengers.
Smith. who inaugurated his bus
service Tuesday, has also complied
with the state bonding law. and
he took out a city permit Tues
day allowing him to use the two
routes.
In connection with his South
Tacoma service he will carry SOL
diers to the army post on rush
days. charging a scent fare to
the city limits. and an additional
fare for the remainder OF the
journey.
Other army post bus men are
contemplating the conversion OF
their buses to local iitney service.
according to Secretary Gonyea of
the Bus Owners association.
Heretofore the price OF the bond
has been considered prohibitive,
but the bus men say that street
car service is SO poor that thew
anticipate a capacity business for
city buses. and they believe they
can afford to pay the heavy pre-
MUM.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
WILL REFUSE TO
RATIFY TREATY
BY JOS. SHAPLEN
Copyright. 1918, by United
press)

Copyright. 1918, by United
Press)
PETROGRAD, March 4. =
(Night)-The Moscow council of
workmen, peasants, soldiers and
Cossacks, called for March -,
will not ratify the German peace
treaty, it is generally believed.
Instead, the council is expected
to proclaim q holy war" against
the invaders.
A strong movement has begun
to unite all socialists in defense
Of the country. Nearly all the
members of the left as we'll as
many bolsheviki are opposed to
the treaty.
My interview with Agriculture
Commissary Kalegayeff yester-
day explains the present situation.
(Kalegayett told Shaplen that
even with peace signed at Brest
Litovsk, the war will continue.")
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

TWO CALIFORNIA
BOYS Give LIVES

Omitted Press Leased wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, March
5.-Privates Chris Busch and
Russell A. MUIR, both of Napa
and both trained at Camp
Lewis, Tacoma, were killed in
action in France March 4,
and Delnetric q. Hatzidakis
OF San Francisco was severely
wounded, according to tele-
grams from the adiutant gem
erals office to relatives made
public today.
Announcement of the deaths oil
Busch and MUIR came on the heels
Of CHEEKY letters from the two
young men received by their par.
ents, Harry MUIR and wife and
Mrs. Sophie Busch of Napa.
Mrs. MUIR had just shipped q
package to her son when word OF
his death was received. Both
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
N. Y. Women
Go to Polls

Omitted Press Leased wirs.)
NEW YORK, March 5.-New
York city women went to the polls
today and cast votes in congress
sional election, for the first time
in history.
Aside from the interest attached
to 1t because of the women's vote.
the election is nationally import
ant. 1t may give either demo-
Gratis or republicans control of the
house of representatives.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
U.S.. WON'T
SANCTION
JAP MOVE
Omitted Press Leased wirc.)

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March ).
If japan sends an expeditionary
force into Russia, she will do so
without the approval Of the Unit
ed States government.
The United Press is able to
state on highest authority that the
delicate question facing President
Wilson and his cabinet this after
noon is whether or not to protest
against the Japanese proposal
and IL so, how strongly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
Nationwide
Prohibition
Soon Is Goal

CHICAGO, March 5.---Nation-
wide prohibition within the next
80 days as a war measure, was
the goal set by the national pro.
hibition party In special conven-
tion here today. The morning
session was spent preparing for
congressional fights. Candidates
favorable to the dry cause were
to be endorsed.
Delegates were about equally
split over the proposed merger
with the new national party. The
question was expected to come up
for final airing late today or tor
morrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
DIR. REITZ GIVES
BOND: SET FREE

Giving a bond of $4,000 and
promising to report to the U. s.
marshal every Saturday after
noon, DR.. John Reitz, Tacoma
has been released from Jail. On
doctor arrested as an enemy alien,
any violation Of the espionage
act the doctor will forfeit his
freedom.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
Churches Unite

Three Lutheran churches, the
First Norwegian, Our Savior's and
Bethlehem, will unite IN special
services at the First church start
ing Tuesday night at s o'clock.
Rev. A. H. Thornsen speaks at the
first meeting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
RESIGNATION OF
LEADERS EXPECTED

United Press Leased Wire.) .
AMSTERDAM, March 5.-The
German government has been ad-
vised that the resignation of Mix
olaf Lenine and Leon Trotsky,
Russian premier and foreign min
lister respectively, are expected,
according to dispatches from Ber-
lin today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

MUIR and Busch had been drafted
from Napa and received their
first training at Camp Lewis.
Hatzidakis is former San
Francisco street car empioye and
has a brother residing here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
Undue
Intimacy With
Victims Wife
Especial to Tie Times.)

Especial to The TmeH)
CHEHALIS, March 1--WE will show that Oscar
H. Main and Mrs Fred Swayne took auto trips to
gether and that Main visited Mrs Swayne while her
husband was away.
I'VE will also show conditions were such that Main
and Mrs. swayne both were talking of getting d.
vorces only three weeks before the murder of
Swayne"
These were the startling disclosures promised by
Prosecuting Attorney Allen here today in his opening
statement to the jury which is to decide the fate Of
Supreme Court Justice Mains younger brother, on
trial for the murder Of his friend at Napavne Jan
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
ASKS u. s. WAR on
vENEREAL DISEASE

Gen. GOrgas the distinguished
the world He cleaned Havana and made that
hole Of yellow Of heahiest cities
his chief during
the written
a medical but
in plain language danger
to civilization that consttute.-Edtor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
SURPRISE
REPULSED
(Unit,d Press Leased wire.)

PARIS, March 5. American
forces repulsed a German surprise
attack in the Lorraine region and
took some prisoners, the French
war office announced today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

YOUNG GRIMES
l saw him drinking sody with :
A blonde stenog, Estella. Z
what flavor, please?" the clerk
inquired. :
Young Grimes replied, "Va-
nella." =.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

Sign ON q vacant lot near
Oakland Station:
"Keep Out Quick"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
WEATHER FORECAST

From now on
t h Q spring
music will be
furnished by
the feathered
songsters, min
gled with the
hoarse pipings
Of candidates.
Fair tonight
and Wednes-
day,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

This is Lent, but we don't
expect Germany to give up
Russia on that account.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

See last page for other live
political news.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

You must give your mone5 to
the American government or to
the German government.
There is, however, this differ
ence:
Our government will say,
Thank you"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
Register!

There is less than week left in which to register
if you wish to vote at the city primary. Hurry to
the city hail. and get your name on the big book
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

1t is considered unlikely that
either Russia or Germany will
ever stamp its coins, I'm God We
Trotsky." !.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

HEARD ON A STREET CAR 8
did you read that fellow Hert-
ling's speech to the Richstock?"
Yes, but 1t don't listen good.
He's only camelflaijing."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05
JIT NEY
BUSES
BOB UP

After an absence of more
than a year. jitney bnses put
In an appearance ON Tacoma
streets TUESDAY,.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-05

Today's Chester article tells of tn,
sort Of little girls who grew up to b.
the sort of mothers who raised the sor
of sons who held Verdun!
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-07-26
Constructive Criticism.

We are told by the Republican press
and by Republican orators, it is essen
tial to the public welfare that the
right be maintained to indulge in con-
structive criticism of the administra-
ton during the war.
Who is to determine what is con-
structive criticism? The Kaiser!
This sort of talk always reminds me
of what | heard a preacher say to his
congregation several years ago In a
little church out in the country. The
minister was not an educated man,
but he had an abundance of common
sense. In the course of his sermon
he said: "My brethren, do you know
what / think of this higher criticism
we are reading so much about nova
days" Then pausing for a moment
he shouted: Higher criticism is the
Devils Interpretation of Gods word
And when | read some Of the so-calleC
constructive criticism going the
rounds on our National administra-
ton, | am constrained to say, it is the
Kaiser's criticism of Americanism.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-07-26
The Story of a Hen.

Once upon Time there hen who became in
Her own estimation the Wsest Ever.
She had Kept her lamps working Double Turn, and
her perspcacity in Constant operation until She i'm
agined she had Hatched scheme that would Enable
her to live nicely without being Guilty of perspration.
Thereupon she Cut out the Shell Came resolving to
Devote her time to more Pleasant recreation than
That of supplying the suix to the popular breakfast
food Known as Ham and.
But in order that She might not be the Subject of
discrimination in the Durnal distribution Of the chop
Feed and other poultry conestibles she continued at
Intervals to disturb the Ambient with the national
Hymn of her race.
The inter-reuben Citizen " Nho was presumed to be
her Lawful master, upon hearing the Vocferous an
nouncements, sought Diligently for evidences Of her
industry; But finding after Time that there Was
nothing to it, he got Busy with the AK, and disposed
of the Remains for Two bits in merchandise at the
Grocery.
Moral-Tell it to 'em, but Make it on the Level.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-07-26

Boy Scouts did valiant service In
selling Liberty Bonds of the first and
second issues. Plans have been
launched for the Scouts to sell many
thousands more OF bonds in the third
issue. out of the army of Scouts in
America. G. D. Wales, Jr.. IL years
old. OF MsmpEs-, Tenn, has the dis
anction of having sold the largest
number of bonds of the second issue.
Young WALES has just received a
gold medal given by the president OF
the National Boy Scouts Council In
New York to the Scout who sold the
most bonds. The Memphis YOUTH
who Is employed in a bank. sold 1,3sO
bonds, valued at $445,000.
Troop %, Boy Scouts. o: which
Wales is member, won the state
flag given by President Wilson for
selling the largest amount OF bonds
The troop sold s665,O0O in bonds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-07-26
GOOD CROP F0R INplANa.

Farmers Find Prof .ts
and Increases asr Crors-
low sugar IN Indiana
has worked ou' &C. act. al l'rac-
tice may be Ov few instances
OF Indiana farm.-s have plat led
the new crop and have kept a record
of cost and profit. II. Haggard or Mon
roe put twenty acres into sugar beets.
little above the average crop, and
made profit OF $500. or $40 an acre.
John Hyerly Of Bluffton got crop OF
nineteen tons to the acre from a field
OF thirteen acre His profit after de
ducting all expenses was SCI an acre.
This, he said, was the biggest profit he
had ever made on farming land.
Fred Isch of Bluffton kept a careful
account of his different crops. His
corn netted him profit OF S2S an acre.
his oats SIS, and twelve and half acres
OF sugar beets gave him $50 an acre
above expenses. This, he said, proved
Is money maker for the farmer, aside
from the vast amount of good his land
derives from beets and the lessons In
scientific farming they teach him.
Fifteen acres in sugar beets gave a
yield of eleven tons to the acre on the
farm OF e. w. Rushv Of Monroe. Mr..
Bushy declared that he was well pleas
/ ed with the outcome Of his first season
with the crop
1--WE had an unusual rainfall here
abouts," he said, (which injured all
our crops, and I feel sure that with
! the usual weather could almost dou-
BILE my tonnage per acre. AS II was,
made a profit III abont S25 per acre.
and, although l have aot had any per-
sonal experience Of the good the land
receives from cultivating beets, / have
seen other farmers who have almost
doubled their oat cror by rotation with
beets."
William Caesar of Preble had raised
beets In Michigan for seven years be-
fore coming to Indiana. He said that
the rainy season Of last year did not
give q fair test OF the Indiana soil, yet
he found his new land better fitted for
the crop than the farm he had left In
, Michigan. Even with last years rainy
weather he averaged thirteen tons or
beets to .he acre and looked for from
fifteen to twenty In the coming season.
, He planted fourteen acres last year
and this spring will plant forty.
"I know from actual experience" he
said. that farmer can harvest from
twenty-five to thirty bushels more oats
per acre on the landshe has sown to
beets than he couldS before growing
them"
l.. A. Thomas Of Monroe, who was
growing beets for the second time last
year, said that his beet crop had drop
ped from twenty tons to the acre 70
eleven ON account Of the unfavorable
weather, but that he felt he had made
big profit Notwithstanding. The oats
which he planted on his former beet
} land yielded double the amount he had
) been accustomed TO harvest because OF
, the added fertility OF the soil produced
5 by beet cultivation
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-07-26
SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY.
WAGES and Prices OF Eects Much High
er In the United States.

WAGES and Prices of Eeets Much High
er In the United States
The difference between the condi'
tions under which beet sugar is produc-
ed In the United States and Europe is
strIkingly shown by u report Just pub
lished as a United States senate doc
ument. Summarizing III reports from
various European countries. this docu-
ment shows that Go cents day was
the highest rate earned by men work
ing In the European beet fields. while
4(, cents was the average rate. In all
the European countries, however, the
greater part OF the field labor Is done
by women and children ar wages rang
ing from 10 cents a day for children
In Russia to SO cents a day for women
I'm Denmark. To these poor laborers
the S2.6O a day, which represents the
average earnings OF field workers In
the United States, must appear
princely income.
Among the factory workers engaged
In beet sugar production the difference
is equally striking The men working
| III the IdclOTIcS VI tue 5lcdl i-ClOprah
sugar making countries. France and
Germany. receive an average daily
wage Of 81 cents, according 10 official
figures published by their own govern
ments. The average American wage
for employees in the beet sugar facto-
ries, S299 a day, is more than three
times as great.
1 Likewise the farmers who grow the
beets In Europe receive only II 10
, $3.50 a ton for their crops. although
they pay four 10 five times as mucn
rent for their land as the American
farmer does.
While these figures serve 10 snow
why IL is that Europe can produce sug'
ar cheaper than the United States. IL
Is an interesting fact that the only
important country OF Europe where
the people are able 20 buy sugar
cheaper than In the United States Is
England. Even In England the price
paid for the sugar most generally used
Is as high as the prices paid here. On
the whole. the lot Of an American sugar
beet grower or worker must be consid-
!, cred preferable 10 that OF his Euro
pean competitor. -----