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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04
Accused of
kidnapping,
Blan1es Wife

Charged by his divorced wife
with having kidnapped his 12-year-
old daughter, ID. H. Johnson, for
merly OF Auburn, walked into DO
lice headquarters Monday and Of
fered to give himself up. Mr..
Johnson had reported from Au-
burn that her daughter had been
kidnapped Sunday.
Johnson told the police that the
child had run away from its moth
er and come tot him for protec-
ton. He said the little girl bore
marks on her body of cruel pun
ishment.
No formal charge had been
made against the father, SO he
was advised to report the case to
Juvenile Officer Healey.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04

A Seattle woman was the first
to pay her taxes in Pierce county.
She arrived Monday morning be-
for s o'clock, even before the Of
flee force of the treasurer's office
was at work.
She is Mrs. Emma johnson, 2o1
Regent apartments, Seattle. Her
taxes amounted to $2.20.
The second pay up was a Taco
man, F. e. Pratt, 5126 Highland
ave-, Ruston, who paid $14.08.
County Treasurer Turner has
been flooded with complaint
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04

Congressman Miller of Seattle
would do away with the salute in
the U. S. army. His bill to
abolish the ancient practice ponds
before the house. He declares It
the token of bondage and the
surviving insignia of the auto
cratic armies of old with no place
in the new army of democracy.
Perhaps he Is right.
But at Camp Lewis there are
hundreds of men and officers
who cannot agree with him and
who believe that the abandon
ment of the time-honored GUS
tom would be wrong.
They have pointed to the
things that follow In proof of the
correctness of their opinion.
A gun booms as the sun
touches the horizon. A bugle
trills and on the instant the flag
at the staff head begins a flut-
tering course to the ground.
There is silence except for the
trumpet's music and within the
sound of those tones men stand
rigid at attention, facing the flag
and with right hands raised and
stiffened touching their hats.
The salute.
The president, commander-in-
chief of the army and director
of its destinies. talks with his as
sistant, a general officer.
While he speaks the general
stands at attention, and when his
chief has finished there is the
smart raising of the hand to hat
brim that 10 as smartly and quick
ly returned.
The salute.
A group of brigadier generals
stand attention about the camp
commander and he gives them
the orders of the president. When
they have heard him thru they
wheel stiffly to leave and their
hands and his hand are raised in
salute.
The company commander re-
ceives the orders of his general
and when his major enters the
room with them the junior is on
his feet and raising his arm in
military greeting. The major re-
turns the courtesy. and when he
leaves once more the salute
passes between them.
And then they reach the sol
der. and in turn he stands rigid
as the general stood before the
president, and as the captain
saluted his commander so does
the soldier salute his when the
command has been passed.
The salute is at once the re
spectful greeting of comrade and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04
SOAkS The WOMAN!

THE Woman Pays" might have
been the title of brief dramatic
skit staged in police court Mon
day morning.
Mrs. Ruth Jackson, wife Of a
soldier at Camp Lewis, and r. b.
Mullen, a young taxi driver Of
Tacoma, had been arrested on
charges of living together illegally.
Evidence showed that Mullen
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04
WIFE CLAIMS
DR.. BROWN
STRUCK HER!

The original divorce complaint
of Helen Brown against DR.. Edwin
NJ. Brown, prominent Tacoma
physician with offices in the FL
deity building, was filed Monday.
morning with the county clerk
by Carroll & RIGGS, attorneys for
Mrs. Brown.
The complaint alleges that DR..
Brown struck, beat and wounded
the plaintiff kicked and bruised
her and treated her in an inhu-
man manner, and heaped personal
indignities upon her rendering
life burdensome.
The Browns were married in,
Oregon In 1908. 7, =
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had rented a small home in the
South Side for Mrs. Jackson, and
that he had spent part of his time
there when he was not home with
his parents.
Both admitted their guilty ac-
tons.
Police Judge Graham sentenced
the woman to six months In the
county jail as vagrant and ORDER
ed Mullen released.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04
BUT HE HAD
TO MOVE ON

AMSTERDAM, Feb. Fifty
German strike demonstrators were
gathered on corner in Moabit,
the Deutsche Zeitung relates, when
"a policeman asked them to move
along.
Excuse me-" said one, but
am Deputy Scheidemann of the
reichstag."
The policeman pointed out that
Sche.demann was not there in his
capacity as a member Of the reich
stag. but as a demonstration.
/ Scheidemann moved.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04

comrade and the hon.r that men
pay to authority. 1t is the sign
of loyalty and the recognition of
power transmitted from rank to
rank from him who represents
the power of nation.
This is the relpy of those who
cannot agree with the congress-
man.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04
EGG BARRACE
HALTS HUNS
Omitted Press eIIased Wire. J

PORTLAND, Or, Feb. 4.-Sin-
gle handed Budds Free, Portland
boy with the quartermaster corps,
crossed No Mans Land and
bombed a German trench with rot
ten eggs, according to a letter
from a ccomrade today.
The feat was performed ON a
bet, and after the first two or
three throws at bobbing helmets.
Frees barrage was not contested,
the odor of the eggs perhaps caus-
ing the HUM to scurry for their
gas masks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04

Now some of those unreal
sonable people back in WASH
ington have evolved the idea
that the same lumberlnen who
sell fir to the government
ought not do the buying Of
It, too!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04

"They will not make pro-
German peace, they are like
ly to trap the Germans into
making a bOlsheviki peace.
"The bOlsheviki govern
ment is the worlds first real
test of real socialism.
CIT LOOKS AS If IT
MIGHT WORK."
There is the straight Turkish
on the bolsheviki administration
in Russia--THE WORD WITH
THE BARK ON 1T.
1t is the verdict of Prof. Ed
ward A. Ross, of the department
of sociology in the University of
Wisconsin, and former president
of the American sociological So
ciety.
There is no bigger sOciO-
lOgist and political ecOnO-
mist in America or the world
today. There are few as big.
He KNOWS--because he has
Just returned from eight months
spent in Russia, studying the boil
sheviki right where they live.
On his way out he visited
friends at the University of Wash.
ington. He returned by way Of
San Francisco.
What he says is the best esti-
mate America has, and very like
ly the best estimate America will
EVER have, of the TRUE IN.
WARDNESS of bolshevism. 1t IL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04
SHALL We ABOLISH
THE army SALUTE?
WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS?

How about this questions the salute relic
of autocracy or fraterna form Of greeting?
Should it persist in our new army of delnOc-
racy? f.>'s55s - .-~-~=- -
The Times will be glad to print letters on both
sides of the question. Tacoma has seen much
saluting. Camp Lewis has DONE much of it.
What are your arguments Editor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04
Talk O. the Times

packers, report IA IL per
cent net earnings for 1917,
biggest in their history. Yet
how they would yell II amy.
body called them war prof.
teers!
Dear Talko: May we give you
our version Of our recent defeat
in attempting to attack the H.
G. L.?
There was . fellow from Mich.
Who wanted some &c fish.
SO like Old Mother Hubbard
He went down and rubbered,
But found that the market was
bare.
He called on the mayor,
VINO was some food purveyor;
Found the latter was Mustered for
fair.
Said. Il don't want to tattle,
But the fact Ii Seattle
Has knocked our scheme In The
air."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04
Greetings, have you begun
making garden plans?

MY DEAR, WE ALWAYS DO
Chicago News Household Hint
When you put porridge sauce
pan to soak always fill 1t with
water.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04
QUITE so. QUITE so

The problems connected with
the production Of small ingots,
which similar to those In large
ingots. are quite different.--Scien-
tific American.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04
WEATHER FORECAST

The weather.
mans idea of
pervious pep:
Shoveling the
snow off your
sidewalks o n
Saturday even
ing. Tonight
and Tuesday,
rain and the
tits may try to
run" is the
forecast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04
BOlSheViki
y May Win,
Says Ross

DO you want to know all about the bolsheviki, and
y what is going to happen in Russia!
To know that is to know much about civilization for
the next century.
Here is America first public expert answer to this
greatest riddle of the war and of the world today
Read the word agan-FIRST public EXPERT opin-
ion.
on square,
"They going.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04

ErSatZ
That's the subject of
today's article by Victor
Morgan in what is going
on in Germany.
It's printed on page
2; read it, every word,
and watch for tomOr-
rows article, "What
They Think of America
in Germany.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04

Hit; Many
Are Killed

UNITED Press Wire.)
ROME, Feb 4.-Venice Pad and Mestre
tackled and bombed repeatedly yesterday enemy
officially today.
Great damage DONE 1t stated.
The civil hospital at Trevso hit.
The heaviest damage s by private houses.
There many casualties among civilians.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04

Norris g Coz, Ohicago
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-04
MODERN LIFE.

MODERN LIFE.
Pa Reh-Are the children in for the night?
Ma Rich-I don't know. Better go out to the
ra ge and count the cars.-Boston Transcript.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-25
FOOD SAVING
TAUGHT THIS
WEEK IN D C.
Experts to Hold Eight
= Classes for Lectures
and Cooking.

Food conservation demonstrations
are being given through the city dur
ing the week. Experts from the
States Relations Service, Department
Of Agriculture, will lecture on the
preparation of food, conservation,
recipes and menus, and on food pre-
seryation by canning. drying and pre-
serving. Today the demonstrations
will be held at the following places:
2 D. m.-Elizabeth Brown School.
Chevy Chase; subject. canning black
berries and other small fruit; Miss
Aubyn Chinn. demonstrator.
10 a. m.-Jackson School, r street,
between Thirty-first and Avon streets
northwest; subject. canning; Girls
Canning Club; Mss Aubyn Chinn,
demonstration.
D. m.-Woodward & Lothrop's:
subject. meat substitutes; Miss Mar
Grret Evans. demonstratOr.
p. m--Eastern High School. Sew
cnth street, between Pennsylvania
avenue and C street southeast; sub
ject. canning Of vegetables; Mrs. Lucy
Holloway. demonstrator.
D. hn.-Tyler School. Eleventh
street. between G and streets south
east; subject. canning OF fruits and
vegetables; Mrs. Lucy Holloway, DEM
onstrator.
1870 a. m-Emery School, Lincoln
avenue and Randolph street; Girls
Club; subject. canning of vegetables;
Mrs. L. A Andrus, demonstration.
1870 a. m.-4H O street northwest;
subject. the conservation of fats; Mrs.
c. b. Seabrook. demonstrator.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-25
PLANS
BRING OTHERS
INTO COUNSEL
Changes in Policy Involve
Advisers from Three
Departments.

Important changes in the housing
policy OF the government have been
announced by Secretary Wilson. of
the Department Of Labor.
In addition to the plans already
in force and under the charge of
Otto NJ. Eidlitz. there will be as
sociated with the Director a repre-
sentative from the War Department,
a representative from the Navy De-
partment and q repres ntative from
the Shipping Board. These men will
be associate directors and are to
give advice concerning their re-
spective departments.
A management division Will un-
dertake the management Of the
properties erected by the govern
ment and a division of existant
housing is to deal with the question
of utilizing all the housing and
boarding facilities in the commun-
ity.
The houses erected in established
communities are to be of a permanent
character and built, owned and rented
by the government until after the war.
Temporary buildings will be erected
in communities not likely to exist
after the war.
Loans are only to be made to cor
porations or associations not organ
lied, after most careful consideration
of the advantages to be gained
thereby.
Housing of the employees is said to
be advancing apace. Mr.. Eidlitz de-
clares he is entirely too busy to see
any one or explain the plans of the
Housing Committee.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-25
SOLDIER RESISTS WIFE'S
CHARGE OF CRUELTY
Julius Scheer Claims She Agreed to
$50 a Month Support.

Because he Is in the army, and
therefore not in a position to fight the
suit for limited divorce recently insti-
tuted against him by his wife, julius
Scheer. former Washingtonian, now
stationed at Camp Sheridan, Ala,
asked the District Supreme Court yes
terday to stay the proceedings.
Mrs. Scheer filed suit for limited
divorce on June IS. charging her hus-
band with cruelty and lack of sup
port The husband, in an affidavit,
filed through his sister and Attorney
A. l. Neuymer, denies these charges,
and exhibits a copy of an. agreement
between himself and his wife where
by she was to receive $50 a month,
and, in consideration thereof, waive
all claims against his property while
he was in the service.
His wife, Scheer states, refused to
make oath to the dependency clause
in the QUESTIONABLE when he regis
tered, and, as a result, he was put
in Class TX. He has been in the
service since May q, and is a private
in Company H. 45th Infantry.
Should the court agree to stay the
proceedings in this case, 1t will affect
several other cases in which men in
the service of both the army and
navy are being sued by their wives.
While Scheer does. not seek relief in
the law which prevents legal action
against soldiers and sailors in the
service, his relief will probably come
from that direction. If at all.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-25
100 FOR BOY Y. M. c. A.
CAMP ON SOUTH RIVER
After July 10. Men Will Occupy
Outdoor Quarters.

:. One hundred boys Of Washington
today win begin the first real out
ing of the present school vacation
at the boys camp Of the Young
Mems Christian Association at
Edgewater, Md, on the South River,
near Annapolis. L W. DeGast, MEM
bership secretary of the Washing
ton Y. M. C. A., returned last night
from O trip to the camp,-and be-
lieves that the camp this year will
be more successful than any Of the
other boys camps held by the 7. N.
c. A. have been.
Facilities for bathing. boating
and all isorts of sports are offered
the boys and the real purpose Of the
camp Is to permit the boys to get a
real outing.
A camp for men will start at the
close OF the boys camp July 10.
This camp Is being held at the be-
hest Of government officials, who,
knowing that vacations of employees
of the government departments will
necessarily be curtailed this year.
asked the Y. N. C. A. to arrange such
q camp.
The cost will be nominal and It Is
expected that many workers in gov
ernment departments who will not
have the time necessary to visit
their distant homes will take ad-
vantage of the opportunity offered
for q real vacation outing.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-25
RENEW TODAY
MURDER CASE
INDICTMENTS
Fresh Bills to Be Brought
Against Alleged Slay-
ers Of Werres.

New indictments will this morning
be brought against Charles Gamble.
Robert Newman and Catherine Bur-
CESS, held for the murder Of the
Washington jitney driver, John p.
werres, according to Commonwealth
Attorney Frank L Ball
Counsel for the defense, Attorney H.
r. Thomas. surprised the court yes
terday morning when, in answer to
the clerks request that the defendants
state whether they would plead guilty
or not guilty. he made q motion that,
the indictments be quashed as the
grand jury had not been property en-
paneled.- The court allowed the claim
and Judge Goodrich Quashed the three
indictments.
VIII BE Indicted Agaia.
Attorney Bell stated that he would
rather have the three indicted again
than proceed with the trial and have
the question raised later when the de-
lay would mean more.
The grounds upon which the defense
based their claim were: That the
grand jury had been Illegally drawn;
that the court did not sign an order
for the special grand jury: that the
court was not furnished with list
from which to draw a grand jury. and
that the proceeding ;scrcrally had not
been In keeping with the Virginia
statutes relating to special grand
turies.
The delay thus caused will only be
temporary, however, as q new grand
jury will be called together this morn
ing and the case presented to its men,
bers Immediately. When the new in
dictments are returned Attorney Ball
viii make an effort to have the case
brought to trial at this term Of court.
The two soldiers wore their uni
forms at the trial yesterday morning.
the woman wore a white waist and
black skirt. While the indictments
were being read the men stood at at
tention. their eyes looking rigidly
ahead. Mrs. Burgess closed her eyes
and fumbled with her handkerchief.
wincing visibly when her name came
up in the indictments. When the case
was quashed the three seemed pleased
and somewhat relieved
Woman Has Been Visited.
The woman has been visited several
times since her imprisonment by her
father, but as yet the friends of the
| two men have not seen them. Their
attorneys stated yesterday that their
families would probably not appear at
the trial, as the distance was too
great for them to make the trip.
Gamble is from q town in Pennsyl-
vania, and Newman from Texas. Mrs.
Burgess Is from Laurel, Nd.
The Werres murder Is considered
one of the most brutal committed in
the vicinity OF Washington for some
years. On May the jitney driver,
John p. Werres, was employed by the
two soldiers. and the woman to take
them for q ride in the country. The
driver was never seen again alive.
Several days later his body was found
in the woods near the road from
Washington to Alexandria. His auto
mobile was found in the possession
Of the two soldiers in Richmond, q
few days afterward.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-25
HERE IS ONE THING THAT
IS ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE

any treatment that does not reach the
blood, the seat of the trouble. and rid
the system of the cause of the dis
ease? s. S. S. is one blood remedy
that has for more than fifty years
been giving relief to even the most
aggravated and stubborn cases of
rheumatism. It cleanses and puri-
lies the blood by routing aut all traces
Of disease. The experience of others
who have taken s. s. 8. will con-
vince you that it will promptly reach
your case. You can obtain this val
liable remedy at any drug store.
A valuable book on Rheumatism
and its treatment. together with ex-
pert medical advice about your own
individual case, will be sent absolutely
free. Write today to Medical De-
partment, Swift Specific Co., tH
Swift Laboratory. Atlanta, Ga.-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-25
H. E. COFFIN WITNESS
In AIRCRAFT PROBE
Late Head of Board Before Hughes
and Gregory. =

Howard e. Coffin. recently chair
man of the Aircraft Board. was ex-
amined yesterday by Charles E.
Hughes and Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Frierson at the Department Of
Justice, in the aircraft investiga-
tion. Mr.. Collins examination took
up most of the day, and Attorney
General Gregory himself was pres-
ent the greater part of the time,
taking an active part in the pro-
ceedings.
Although neither Mr.. Cofin nor
any Of the investigators would dis
cuss the trend of the inquiry, II
was noted that Mr.. Coffin, who re-
mained until the end of the days
session late yesterday afternoon, left
the hearing room in company with
Mr.. Frierson in his usual genial
mood Whatever the direction of
the catechism he had undergone, It
apparently had not affected his good
humor.
The aircraft investigated, Il was
learned yesterday. now approaches
a conclusion. Just how much longer
Mr.. Hughes and Mr.. Frierson will
continue taking evidence could not
be learned definitely. but 1t was in
timated report might be made to the
President early in July.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-25
25c MORE PAY DAILY
TO STREET SWEEPERS

A nat increase OF Is cents day In
the pay Of all drivers ana street.
sweepers In the street cleaning de
partment Of the District government
was granted yesterday by the Dis
trict Commissioners. The raise in
pay was announced by Brig. Gen. ].
@. D. knight. Engineer Commissioner
Of the District, whose ONCE dealt
with the recent strike Of employees in
the street cleaning department.
The order Affects about 40 men and
Is the first advance in wages agreed
upon since the Commissioners began
consideration Of the pay problem for
per diem employees. Other increases
are under consideration, It was an
nounced.
streetsweepers get $50 per day and
drivers $2T per day. This does not
include the 10 per cent raise granted
by Congress last year.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-25
G. u. LEARNS ALUMNUS
WINS CROIX DE GUERRE
Lieut.. E. E. Conroy Receives Deco
ration for Valor in Field.

Georgetown University authorities
were notified yesterday that The
French War Cross had been awarded
to Lieut.. Edward Eugene Conroy, for
three years a student at the In sutu-
ton in the academic department.
Lieut.. Conroy would have received ms
cegree had he remained at the uni
versity this year.
For valor on the field Of battle lieut..
Conroy was awarded the Croix de
Guerre and praised In an official cita-
ton which read: He led his unit
with great courage and coolness in a
hand-to-hand fight with an enemy
force superior in number, which was
repulsed with heavy losses"
Lieut.. Conroy left the university last
yeaTto enlist in the Forty-fifth Com
pany Of the Fifth Regiment Of United
States Marines. He was quickly pro-
moted to be lieutenant His father,
who is a well-known physician, lives
in Ogden. Utah.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-25
Rheumatism Has Never Been Cured
by Liniments or Lotions, and
Never Will Be.

You never knew of rheumatism
that most painful source of suffering
being cured by liniments, lotions or
other external applications. And you
will never see anything but temporary
relief afforded by such makeshifts.
But why be satisfied with temporary
relief from the pangs of pain which
are sure to return with increased Sc
verify, when there is permanent relief
within your reach? Science has proven
that Rheumatism is disordered con-
dition> Of the blood. How then, can
satisfactory results be expected from
The Washington herald., 1918-06-25
LOCAL MENTION.

Large Cal. prunes. 1zc, fancy
eyap. peaches, 17c; seeded raisins,
l0c; Is lbs. white potatoes, 25c:.
Gunpowder tea. 6sc; Blue Label
coffee. 25c; navy beans. 15c; lima
beans, 16c; spaghetti; 12c; Karo
syrup, soc; red kidney beans. isHe
can; large herring. &c: cocoanuts,
20 and &c; u lbs. white meal, 55c:
a: J. pancake or buckwheat flour.
Is ozs. sardines, 15c; pink
salmon, zoe; Quaker matches, Csc:
Z Babbitts soap, Csc. 9z6 Pa. ave.
~ al the J: T. p. Pyiss stores,
The Washington herald., 1918-06-25
BAN ON PIGEON RACES.

Albany. n. Y, June zi.-Federal
Department Of Justice oficisls here
have placed q ban on carrier pigeon
races. q favorite sport among local
bird fanciers. All birds OF this type
are being made messenger-aviators
for Uncle Sam or their wings must
remain unspread. the pigeon race
enthusiast was told
The Washington herald., 1918-06-25
GIANT NEGRESS DIES,

Springfield. Ill, June IA spe-
cial casket, three times the size of
an ordinary one, was required for
the burial of Jessie Hill. negress.
She weighed $50 pounds and meas
ured six feet in height and thirty
two inches across her body from
are to arm. The woman was 40
years old and died from dyspepsia