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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-27
U. 5. OFFER TO BUY
BRITISH SHIPS TAKEN

NEW YORK. Nov. 27-The offer Of
the United states government to pur-
chase the 100000 gross tons Of ships
of the International Mercantile Marine
company. which fly the British flag is
understood to have been accepted by
the company.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-27
MAJOR PETTIBoNE DIES

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. o7.-Maj
A. H. Pettibone, veteran of the Union
army and notable figure in East Ten
nessee politics 40 years ago, died here
last night, aged 81. He served three
terms in congress from the First Ten
nessee district.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-27
DAVIS REACHES U. S,

NEW YORK, Nov, 21.--John D, Davis.
newly appointed American ambassador
to Great Britain, WIS passenger on
the French line steamer Espagne. which
arrived here today from Bordeaux.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-27

devolve upon tho vice-Dres'dent.
acted upou Just as he now submits them
personally or by meSsc niger,
There stll was no announcement to-
day OF the presidents plan nor Of the
personnel Of the neace delegation. The
Understanding is that at least ono place
on the delegation remains to he filled,
but that tho president expects to be
able to make the names public before
the end Of the week.
II seems assured that the party will
sail some time next wcelS within two
or three days after congress Convenes
for the December session 4 full state
nent Of his program may be given by
the president in his address to con-
RTess, which is expected Tuesday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-27
REPORT KAISERS EXTRADTI0N Will Be SOUGHT CONFIRMED
TO RETAIN
EXECUTIVE RIGHTS
WHILE UPON TRIP
President Will Not Delegate Any of His Duties Others But
Will Use Wireless and Gables to Continue
Governme mt Affairs.
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON. Nov 27.No weight attached by President Will
the critics of his plans attending
ference that crossing the he loses the right perform
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06
ITCH SPOTS IN AMERICAS FIRST YEAR OF WA

April 6, 1917-America declares state of war
with Germany.
April S-Austra sewers relations with United
States
States.
May First batch of American destroyers be-
gin cooperation with British in submarine zone.
May 18-WoodroW Wilson signs selective serv-
ice act
June Subscriptions close for first Liberty
Loan: two billions offered and over three billions
subscribed.
June 26-First large force of American troops
landed in France.
July 2O-Drawing at Washington of names for
first selective service army.
August 1O-Food and fuel control bill is passed.
August 27-President Wilson replies to the
popes peace proposals.
Oct Neutrality-suspicious. close for second Liberty
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06
Trades Tobacco
For Wood Shoes

am sending you by mail a
small pair of wooden shoes.
got them while on a bicycle patrol
from an old French shoemaker. !
gave him a can of American to-
bacco for them, and l guess that l
have a friend for life. They sure
are glad to get our tobacco, as it
is much better than the French.
Thanks for the wristlets. |
like the idea Of having a thumb
hole in each end as / am always
putting them on backwards, and
this way makes no difference.
We all got our official num-
bers the other day, mine is 49,
639.
The newspaper, the Saturday
Evening Post and the college pa
per come quite regularly. The
articles in the Post concerning
the A. e. F. are correct in every
way, and you will learn more by
reading 1t than you would from my
letters.
The army canteen is open now
and we can buy stuff at cost,
much cheaper than you get them
at home. Before it opened we
had to buy from the French and
they were very high-they would
want 25 cents for cent can of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06

Loan. Three billions offered; $4617, 532 800 sub
scribed.
Nov. 3-First clash of American with German
soldiers.
Nov. 29-.tirst session of interallied conference
at Paris, Col E. M. House heading American dele
CATION.
Dec. 5-Wilson asks that war be declared upon
Austria.
Dec 6-Destroyer Jacob Jones sunk by German
submarine with loss of more than 40 Americans.
Dec War declared on Austria.
Dec 26-WilsOn issues proclamation taking
over all the railroads in the country and names w.
G. McAdoo as director general
Jan. 5, 191S-American aviators drop bombs Oh
German lines in retaliation for bombing which
killed two American woodcutters.
JAM S-President Wilson addresses congress,
giving outline of peace aims.
Jan. 16-Fuel Administrator Harry Garfield is
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sues his "wOrkless day. order
Jan. 31-Announcement is made that American
troops are occupying first line trenches.
Feb 3-Official announcement that Americans
are on the Lorraine front
Feb. 5-Tuscana, carrying American troops, is
torpedoed, with 80 known dead and 216 ranaccount-
ed for.
Feb 9-Americm prisoners taken by Germans
during raids first line trenches.
Feb 11-Presdent Wilson addresses congress
on peace aims, replying to German and Austrian
chanceOrs.
March BILL appropriating $50000,0O0 for
housing shipbuilders becomes law.
March 5-President reorganizes War Indus
tries Board and makes B. M. Baruch chairman
with vast powers.
March 11-President Wilson sends reassuling
message to Russian sOviets.
March 14-Senate adopts conference report on
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06

administration railroad bill which provides revolv
ing fund of half billion dollars for government oper-
alton of roads
March 21-Germany stats great west front
drive.
April 6-Uncle Sam has about half million SOL
diers in France constituting the greatest force
transported such distance, task being made in
finitely harder by dangers of submarines. For his
purposes has constructed over 600 miles of rail
roads in France, with vast warehouses; piers docks,
switching yards, etc. Has big fleet of destroyers
cooperating with the British and French fleets and
since the war began has built and put into commits
sion large fleet of submarine chasers Has contrib
uted vast amounts of wheat meat fat and sugar for
the food of the allies and has extended credits to
them totalling $4949, 400, 000
BUT THIS is ONLY THE BEGINNING The
giant has only just begun to put forth his strength
in men, ships, munitions and money
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06
Here and Elsewhere

Japanese forces reported to
have landed in Vladivostok.
Funeral of Jacob Robinson set
for 2 O'Clock Saturday afternoon
at Mellinger's.
We ash you today to try our
special club breakfast or business
mems lunch at Csc. Tomorrow
YOU will ask your friends. Lotus
Cafe Annex. adv.
Ohio begins roundup of all
idlers; Migrants and tramps will
be put to work.
All kinds Pruning Tools. Pal
ace Hardware Co., 1911 Pacific
ave. adv.
College heads to meet i'm Ia
coma to discuss plans for educat-
ing the army.
I. -. taxes over AL WtOlen
mills until July /.
Get your moneys worth. Fat at
the Lotus Grill or Annex. adv.
King George of England sends
greeting to Pres. Wilson on war
anniversary.
Milwaukee liver sausage. Duen-
wald's, 1112 Broadway. adv.
All baking of white bread and
rolls to be discontinued after
April 10 in U. S.
Parental school celebrates Ar.
Dor day, with program, Friday
afternoon.
HOfstetter's has the only com.
plete line of military goods and
equipment in the city. 1903
Pacific. adv.
senator Jones introduces bill
for $4,000 for home for infirm
Indians.
DIR. hurry, Dentist, Warburton
Bldg. adv.
Sergt. Putnam, American avi.
ator 10 years old, brings down
four Hun planes.
Norden lodge of the Sons Of
Norway buys $500 worth Of Lib
erty bonds.
DR.. Cora, dentist, has moved
to 30S-12 Pantages Bldg. adv.
Cyrus Pierce of San Francisco
to speak at Our SaviOr's Lutheran
church on the Liberty loan drive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06
A Soldiers Paradise
The Alternative

Good eats, plenty OF warm
clothes, IL good place to live in,
and a perfectly safe locality
there, a soldiers paradise. This
is the condition of some of the
Troop b boys, of Tacoma's pride,
told in a letter received here by
Mrs. Effie Wehmhoff, 636 North
Fife St, from her son, Lester:
Hello, Ma,
well, l got some long looked
for mail today. 1t comes very ir-
regularly and I suppose that you
are getting mine the same way. !
was surely glad to get those let
tiers and the box of eats. ! hadn't
heard from Tacoma for two weeks
when they came.
There are eight fellows in our
room and we have a good fire
place which makes it pretty nice.
There is no need to worry as long
as | am in good health. Have
plenty of clothes and eats, a good
place to live in, and we are in a
perfectly safe locality. could
not beat that if l were at home.
I'VE are doing NJ. p. duty now,
and 1t is not SO bad, as we are hav-
ing pretty good weather. had a
beat along the waterfront and 1t
sure was great. The sun is appre-
ciated here, as it is very damp.
Several boats have gone up the
river this week and they surely
travel slow. They are pulled by
burros.
Il had a real bath today for the
first time in a month. Before we
have had to take sponge baths. 1t
surely was a treat.
This part of France is so dead
that we don't know what to do
when we are off duty, but l am
taking French now, so that l can
put in my time studying.
THE name of our organization
has been changed to Co. B., 1l6
M. p.
LESTER"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06
Times For Fighters

Liberty Day is going to mean a
great deal to a number Of boys
who are away in the service, as
eight new subscriptions have come
in Friday and the papers will go
out to them Saturday morning.
The new men on The Times
list are: Emil Wicks, Abraham
Ross, Edgar Laden, J. e. Smith,
John Nahlinger, Arthur White,
Fred Whitehead and Eugene Mat
thews.
There are a number of subscrip-
tons that will run out before
April Is, and these should be re-
newed at once, if the subscriber
intends to keep up the paper so
that there will be no break in the
papers received by the men over
in France.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06
Boston Grand Opera Company to
Sing Twice In Tacoma Next Week

The Boston English Opera COM
pany is coming to the Tacoma the
alter direct from its four-months'
run in Chicago.
The same popular prices wgich
prevailed during the run in Chi
cago and the other cites will pre-
vail here.
The opera selected for the per-
Torrance in this city is Bohemian
Girl" and al Trovatore.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06

many types, pot-gutted and red
laced, lean and cadaverous. burl,
and robust. He smacks his lip!
at rare steaks, eats prodigiousl,
of wheat bread, eamouflages ev
erything possible in sugar, poo
ass, whose god is his stomach.
The statement is correct that
every patriot is needed to coun'
teract the work of these traitors
and unfortunately, many of tn,
pig traitors" really think the.
are patriots.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06
MAXIMUM PRICES
FOR LOGS FIXED
Especial to The Times)

WASHINGTON, d. c., April O.
The new price-fiXing committee
of the war industries board has
fixed maximum prices for fir logs
and lumber on government or al
lied orders. The new fir log
prices, 40 feet or less, in the
northwest are $19 a thousand for
No. / logs; $3.50 for No. logs
and $40 for No. 3 logs. Fir tim
Der for aircraft remains the same
as the prices in effect March 10
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06
Centralia Boy
Commissioning

Mrs. j. S. Priest of Centralia
has received a letter from her
son, William, wherein he says
that he has almost entirely re-
covered from injuries sustained
in France some time ago in a fall
from an aeroplane.
The machine that Priest was
in fell over 1000 feet to the
ground. Priest, however, was
not very badly injured, the most
serious being two broken legs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06

"a plank or n carload" Key
stone Lbr, Co. Sash, doors, lum-
Der, shingles. adv.
Puyallup valley opposes pOta-
to flour mill.
COMMERCIAL BINDERY g
PRINTING co. Main Az. adv.
Charge of murder in the first
degree filed against Frank Palow
of Aberdeen for murder OF
Charles FOrstrom.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06
SONS OF NORWAY
BUILD A HOUSE

Tacoma Sons of Norway will
spend the day Sunday building a
new home for Olaf Strangely. one
of their lodge brothers. whose
house at ummit was completely
destroyed by fire recently.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06
Three Kinds
of Traitors

(From the Manufacturers
Record.)
An army officer who has had
the opportunity of Judging some
thing as to patriots and traitors
in a personal letter writes:
This country has a good many
brainy patriots, and every one is
needed to neutralize the effect of
the traitors. There are various
kinds of the latter. In a general
way three heads will cover them,
think:
Malicious traitors, ignorant
or fool traitors, and pig traitors.
"The last named is commonly
seen in large numbers in most
public eating places. He is o
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06
Tacomans Go
Into the Service

Jess Porter and Raymond Swee-
ney have Joined the navy and
have been sent to Bremerton for
training.
Samuel Hambenschild has en-
listed in the quartermaster corps
OF the regular army.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06
The Attitude

Old Hinde said, ION April first
I'll be in Paris, straight OF
bevel."
And having failed. he seems re-
solved
To now go to the devil.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06

milk.
We were issued our helmets the
other day. They are surely some
spring bonnets. The people at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06

the last town we were in were
using the old Russian helmets that
had been discarded for coal buck
cts
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06

King George of England sends
greeting to Pres. Wilson on war
anniversary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06

Milwaukee liver sausage. Duen-
wald's, hip Broadway. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06

Get your moneys worth. Fat a
the Lotus Grill or Annex. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-06

All baking of white bread and
rolls to be discontinued after
April 10 in U. S.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17
lNHUMAN BOCHE MOTHER
ATTEMPTS CHlLD'S DEATH
Woman In Good Circumstances Accused
OF Trying to Murder Step
Daughter.

LONDON. June 16.-The following
record of a typical Hun crime is cx-
tracted from the Stettin Abendpost:
y picture of almost incredible de-
pravity was revealed in the course Of
the criminal proceedings instituted
against Frau Helene Butter. who was
charged at Cologne with the attempted
murder of her eightyear-old step
daughter.
The woman, who was in good cir
cumstances. had taken a dislike to the
child. who was in delicate health, and
one day she attempted 20 stab her with
dagger.
Subsequently she resolved TO fling
the child in the Rhine. She wrapped
the poor girls legs in barbed wire,
carried her across the bridge toward
Deutz, and from the western embank-
ment threw her into the river. When
her victim rose to the surface the mon
ster repeatedly pushed her down again
by means of a walking stick.
Ultimately the cries of the child were
heard by a postman and soldier. who
At first thought the woman was trying
TO drown a dog. They rushed to the
spot and rescued the child. who is now
in the infirmary in a critical condition.
The woman was sentenced TO fifteen
years penal servitude.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17
IN AND OUT OF TOWN.

Miss Frances Glassell. Of Bowling
Green. has been the recent guest of
friends here.
Mrs w. G. Capitaine and her daugh-
ter, Elizabeth. are visiting relatives in
Luray.
Mrs. Thomas F. Reynolds has re-
turned to her home on Park Avenue
after Il visit to relatives in North Caro-
lima.
Miss Rose Tapley and her little
daughter Rose Mary. and her sister,
Miss Euphenia Stocking, of East Or
ange, N. j.. are stopping with R. c.
Taylor a 2503 Stuart Avenue.
Cadet James Wheat. OF the aviation
corps. is in Richmond for a brief
stay.
Mrs. c. L. Williams and little son,
Floyd Gordon. of this city. arc spending
the summer months IN Charlottesville.
the guests of Mrs. G. r. billiard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph II. Hulcher of
1015 Floyd Avenue. accompanied by
Mrs. j. ]. Hulcher and her son, and Mrs
S. ]. Cunningham and her daughter
have left for Portsmouth to attend the
commencement exercises Of st. Paurs
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17
KU-KLUX KHAN PAYS
ATTENTION TO SLACKERS
Busy In Alabama. Texas, Tennessee,
South Carolina. Georgia. Missis-
kippi, Louisinnn and Oklahoma.

MEMPHIS. TENN. June 16.-The
uklux Khan Is growing. 1t prom
iscs 10 assume the place IL held right
after the Civil War. No other agency
holds such terror for evildoers as does
the hooded Khan.
Reports from Texas. Oklahoma.
louisiana Tennessee. Mississippi. Ala
bama, South Carolina. Georgia and
Florida indicate that the Khan is get
ting together IN hundreds of COM
munitics.
Quietly and silently it works. I, is
net recognized as an organization. II
has no visible head. Orders come from
out Of the air. Punishment is swift
and sure.
Death is the extreme penalty, yet
seldom administered. Tar and feathers
and the lash are mos, commonly used.
One OF the most striking results
growing out of the Khan is found
among negro laborers. \ negro who
will not work is Stacker He is
given a warning by the Ku-klux Khan.
4 second warning is never given.
Most often IL is not necessary. The
offender has gone 10 work voluntarily
or has tasted the bite of the whip and
smart OF the salt rubbed in his wounds
and has left for other parts.
Pro-Germans and other enemies OF
the United States are also under the
eye of the Khan. In numerous towns
the Khan, in cowl and mounted, has
passed silently through the streets. n
warning to all slackers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17

ard God has set for the race. and throw
off the great moral plague that has
been the curse of all the ages in tho
past up TO the very present. This you
might say is for the future generations,
but for the present: Let there be
rigid enforcement of the laws against
the violators Let it be known as
disgrace for Il lawyer to use the tricks
OF his trade" to aid an offender to es-
cape the penalty cvade the law.
We do not mean that we should be
oversevcre. Our laws clearly state that
the poor unfortunatcs shall be placed
in some place of detention, either hos
pital or city farm, and for an indefinite
period, until they are no longer men
acc to society. This IS the only hui
manitarian way. We desire their saliva
ton. both their physical and moral re-
generation. We want to hear the Christ
speak to every roCr outcast of society:
Neither do / condemn thee; go thy
way and sin no more; and with His
help we want ~ 81 purify the moral
atmosphere o: our city and our nation
as well. to so transform the social con-
ditions that they will not want to sin
any more This may be Utopian, but
with His help 1t can be done. and you,
my congregation. can have part in
such glorious accomplishment. May
Jehovah. God. indeed keep our city, that
the watchmcn may not wake in vain.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17
MEDICAL MEN SHORTAGE
IN ARMY EMPHASIZED
London Lancet Snys Large Percentage
Of Surgeons Have Been Taken
Prisoner Recently.

LONDON. June 16.-Events in France
have again led TO shortage of medi-
cal men with the army. says the Ian
Get. for 1T stands to reason that in
any toll of prisoners taken from us a
percentage will represent the medical
personnel Of the forces.
That percentage must often be
high one. as in the zone of the clear
ing stations mobility cannot be a fea-
ture. while farther forward the duty
Of the medical man keeps him beside
patients who cannot make good their
retreat.
Our number of civilian medical men
available is small, and in many di,
rections that number has been reduced
to level which has given civilian au-
thorities anxiety; but that situation
Hill have to be faced. and it is our
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17
NEW PHASE OF BRAIN
STORM IN PARIS NOW
In Result of Bombing Air Raids and
FeverlAh Strain Due to
Kar.

PARIS. June 1.-the French Aca-
denny OF Medicine is watching with in
terest the developments in two cases
OF q brand-new disease that has been
discovered in Paris as the result of
the almost daily bombardmen; by the
big cannon. the nocturnal visits Of the
Gotnas and the general feverish strain
under which the capital is living as
a result OF the German offensive.
"Emotive psychosis" "Dupres
disease" called after the surgeon who
first discovered the new illness. is the
name of the malady. and at session
Of the academy DR.. Ernest Duprc en-
planned the results of his diagnosis Of
the two cases now under observation
The malady. which the doctor de-
clared was directly attributable TO the
troublous times, although It might also
&c congenital. usually takes the form
OF az, erethism or undue excitation of
the senses, both physical and mental
sultins in a number of movements
which take place independent OF the
will. being sent back TO the nerve cen
su, face and causing highly abnormal
reactions that are out OF all proper
zion to the causes which provoked
them.
Either the patient becomes intensely
alo:Iic or has all the physical indi-
cations OF man who has suffered
from a number of surface wounds and
is subject to most violent and repeated
emotions. The severe upsetting of the
daily routine of a number of Paris
citizens has afforded DR.. Dupre the op-
portunity to study tho pathology of
the disease and TO conclude it rests
on functional unbalancing. The doc
tor is compiling statistics to give 4
more explicit explanation of the brain
storm" which affects the patient diff
ferently from any other known mental
derangement.
The academy also received with in
terest a statement from DR.. Edward
Duband. OF Dion. that the use Of mag
nesia in the treatment OF cancer had
in most all cases been highly success
full, had prevented the return of the
dread disease in the affected ones and
had prevented the spread and growth
OF malignant tumors in the most ad-
vanced cases.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-17
CONGRESS TO SPEED UP
APPROPRIATION BILLS
Hearings on War Revenue DiIl VIII
Likely End Next
ThurSJay.
tBy Associated Press.]


WASHINGTON, June 16.-With tho
end of this fiscal year only two weeks
distant. Congress planned this week
10 speed consideration OF huge war ap-
nropr!atlons needed by July 1. With
these measures out of the way. mem
bcrs hoped 10 be able to have n mid
summer recess while the House, Ways
and Means Committee is drafting the
war revenue bill. hearings on which
were expected to end next Thursday.
y mass of war budgets carrying un-
prcCcdented sums is before both the
Senate and House. The $4,000, 100000
sundry civil bill was expected to be
transmitted TO the Senate tomorrow
by the House, while the two principal
war bills, the s12,00O,o00 army supply
measure and the ST,O0O,O0O, 900 forth
acation bill were expected 10 be re-
ported during the week. The House is
expected TO vote early this week on
important Senate amendments to the
Sl.G00, 100000 naval bill, including that
increasing the naval personnel from
5000 to $4,000, which is strongly
urged by Secretary Daniels.
Nationwide prohibition will be agi-
tated before the Senate Agriculture
Committee. which begins hearings to-
morrow on an amendment of the emer-
Gency food bill, which would prohibit
the use of any foodstuffs in the man.
ufacture of beer and wines during the
war and bar the use OF distilled spirits
for beverage purposes.
War inquiries Of the Senate Military
subcommittee, into aircraft and ord
nance production. will be continued.