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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13
CHARGES BAD FAITH
I'm POWER PROJECT

err proposition was put before the
council by Gronen and another
attempt made to rush the council
off its feet. The price was three
quarters of million dollars. This
plan also fell thru.
Offered for $780,
1T is of significance that this
Stillaguiamish site has been of
fered and hawked about for
$3.50, 900, one-third the price
which Commissioner Gronen had
been so eager to mulct the city
for.
What about that difference OF
a half million dollars? Perhaps
Clifford Pinchots statement about
the public getting all the facts
would be appropriate here. May
be the public could be enlight-
ened somewhat on the expense
that Mr.. Gronen has gone to In
examining the different offers.
Eve know that IL cost
$3.50 to draw the power plant
bond ordinance, paid to
Judge Stiles. We know that
$3.50 was allowed for print
ing $4,000 pamphlets for
GrOnen to circulate. But
what has been spent to sur
vey and examine the differ
ent power sites which the
commissioner has been so
eager to buy?
ITO earnest searchers at the
city hall there has not been UNI
covered any record to date OF
transactions on this account. He
had engineering parties out at
Stillaguiamish, at Lake Cush-
man and elsewhere last summer,
but no reports of cost have been
made accessible thus far.
Charges Inefficiency.
so conjecture has ranged up
ward according to field observa-
ton and fancy as high as $75 1000
for the total outlay to get en-
gineering reports on water power
sites. Assuming this large total,
then each of the $4,000 pamph-
let's handed to voters recently
would represent an outlay OF at
last SO.
Whatever the amount, it is a
deplorable fact that the taxpay-
ers have not been given any in
formation about the way their
money has been spent towards
furthering the power plant
schemes.
Nothing but utter inefficiency
was responsible for the damage to
Tacoma's municipal power plant
last December, when mud and de-
bris rushed thru the flume and
broke down the expensive tur-
bines. At the very time that the
city plant was in grave danger,
and when it was suffering damage
amounting to thousands of dol
lars, Gronen was enjoying a pleas
ure trip in California.
Promises Publicity.
Very little information is given
out to the public from the light
and water department, except the
publicity matter which Gronen is
eager to have printed favorine
the purchase of another expens-
i've power site.
eff I enter the city council ]
propose to let the public know
every detail of municipal opera
tion and to throw the spotlight
upon anything that has a shady
complexion. The voters are foot
ing the bills, and they deserve to
know everything that is done,
and is proposed to be done, with
their money"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13
Mrs. Doug to
Sue If Pair
Don't 'Fess

NEW YORK, April 13.-Mrs.
Douglas Fairbanks, wife of the
movie star, intimated today that
hse would apply for divorce un-
less he and 1.-THE other woman"
publicly acknowledge their alleg-
ed mutual love.
"She manning a popular screen
actress) has told her friends, her
mother and my representatives
that her love for Douglas is the
biggest love of her life," Mrs.
Fairbanks said, land IL she does
not play the game fairly | will
provide evidence to prove these
statements"
Fairbanks, now on speaking
tour, has steadily denied that
there is any breach between him
and his wife.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13
insane ASYLUM BURNS:
IS BOYS Are MISSING

Idiots and physical weaklings,
they could not realize their plight
and save themselves, he said.
One hundred and twenty-five
others were carried from the
buildings.
The cause of the fire had not
been ascertained early today.
Starting at 3 a. NJ, in the boys
ward, the flames were spread
quickly by strong wind. En-
ployes of the institution worked
heroically to save lives of the un-
fortunate inmates
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13

PUGET SOUND MAPS
FOUND ON GERMAN

Mexico he came to California, reg
istered for the draft as Danish
subject and took out his first citi-
Zenship papers.
Valuable information was seiz-
ed in Peters room after his ar
rest, according to Sheriff Veale
of Contra Costa county. Care
fully hidden copies Of reports to
the German consul In Mexico, re-
ports on shipping and shipbuild-
ing, diagrams Of the harbors anu
defenses of Puget Sound and San
Francisco and a diary OF the activ.
tiles of the Leipzig were among
the documents found. This diary
detailed the sinking by the Leip-
Izig of 26 merchant vessels.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13

SAN FRANCISCO, April ia
suggestion of the goose step in the
stride Of Walter Peters aroused
the suspicion of a neighbor in
Crockett, with the result that Pet
ers today is in Jail. The u. S.
marshal says Peters is one of the
best German spies in the bust
ness.
Peters admits that he was on
the German cruiser Leipzig when
British warships sunk her off the
Falkland islands. He reached a
South American port. and from
there reported to a German consul
in a Mexican west coast city. From
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13
IS DIVISIONS
KNOCKED OUT

United Press Staff Correspondent.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
IN THE FIELD, April 1917 a
total of 200 German divisions e.
100000 mem on the west front,
lis have already been engaged.
or these as have been with
drawn on account of losses which,
according to Prussian methods,
average about $500 to the divis-
ion. Adding the estimated losses
OF divisions still engaged makes
the ottal minimum enemy losses
80 1000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13

NORMAN, Okla, April 10
Thirty-five boy inmates of the
Oklahoma State Insane asylum
here we're missing in q fire which
destroyed three frame wards early
today.
DR.. B. w. Griffin, superintend-
ent, stated at s a. m. that all in
mates were accounted for except
80 boys who could not be reached
before the building collapsed. 1t
is feared they persisted in the
flames.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13
GIVES HIS BOND
TO RED CROSS

Giving his address as nowhere
in particular" Joe Worsham APP
peared at the Red Cross headquar-
ters in the Federal building Fri
day, purchased Liberty bond
from Mrs. Arthur Rae, the chair
man, then gave the bond to the
Red Cross
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13
TACOMA BID LOW
ON ELEVATED r. r.

The low bid for construction of
the Seattle municipal elevated
street railway to the shipyards
was submitted Friday by ID. w.
Rutherford of Tacoma, whose bid
was $42,262, to include the piling
and trestle for the section of line
from Holgate ave. to Washington
ST. on Railroad ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13
BUILDING A NEW
CREOSOTE PLANT

Piles have feen driven for a
$4,000 factory building of the
American Line Material Co. al
21st and Canal streets. The com.
pany took out a permit for the
huilding Friday and will 60 into
the creosoting business on a large
scale
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13
Potato Pens
EDITOR THE TIMES.

|EDITOR THE TINES.
VIII YOU please reprint for the
benefit of several fellow citizens
the directions for making a pota.
to pen
A SUBSCRIBER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13
RIGGS CONFIRMED

WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 10.
The senate late yesterday con-
firmed Thomas Riggs, jr., as gov.
-ernor of Alaska.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30

Atlin, Dec. 2S.-(Special to. the Daily Alaskan)-J. E. Fox, an old timer in this camp, who was known lr all in the vicinity as "Jack" Fox, was drowned about seven miles from the Engineer mine, at a spot not far from Golden Gate on Thursday, December 19.
 MI. Fox left here on the sat urd,y previous with mail for the Eug neer Mine, and he was to have brough back certain important G,. uments which Were at the mine psionging to the late Capt. James Alexander, who lost his life in the Princess Sophie disaster.
 A the time progressed, and Jack did not return to this city fears were entertained that he had met With 8 mishap, and so when he !id not appear On Tuesday, Dec. 24, Constable Scarl,tt, of the Roy q: Northwest Mounted police, left here for the mine Uu that date
 Upon ar:!Yng at the Engi' neer Mine, Constable Scarleet learn ed that Fox had started On his re- turn to Atlin on Tuesday, the nineteenth.
 As the time progressed and Jack Ccrstable Scarlett immediately start ed out in search of the missing man, and his track: Were followed along the trail to g point which showed that he had removed his snow shoes and had taken to the lake,
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30

Carlisle, Monday. - Rev. Ed ward Booth, pastor of the Congrega' tional Church here. after the open ing devotional services Sunday morn ing introduced to the congregation President woodrow Wilson, stating that 1t was President Wilson's ma ternal grandfather who had built the church and who h9d occupied the pulpit where he then stood for number of years Up to only q few years past.
 President Wilson, in addressing the congregation, said in part;
 The feelings excited in me today arc really too intimate and too Geeo to permit of public expression.
 Memories that have come to me Of the mother who was born here
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
TAXES PROMINENT MEN

seattle, Dec. 30. - Two pioneers Of Seattle both of whom were lead ing lumbermen, died Saturday night at their respective homes in this city.
 William Walker, of the Puget Sound Mill company, and J. s. Brace, of the Brace & Hergert Mill company. These two men were early pioneers and have both built up a business in the numbering in Gustry hic ranks among the fore most of the world.
 Captain W. s. seavy, Veteran of the Civil War also passed away Saturday at bis home. For many years he has been the Seattle man ager of the Thiel Detective agency
 All of the above mentioned men were of advanced years.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
ENGINEER MINE MESsENGERLOSES
 LIFE BF BREAKING THROUGH ICE

travelling over the smooth ice.
 The searcting party found that ne had travelled but short distance when he broke through the ice, the place being only about 20 feet from the shore.
 No trace could be found of the body, but the unfortunate man's pack was found On the ice which indicated that he had slipped it off an9 had showed it onto firm ice, and then had made an effort to drag himself out of the terribly cold water.
 The weather at the time that Fox broke through was intensely cold, and as it is known that his heart was in pad shape, it is believed that the shock of the cold water was the cause of him failing to reach shore.
 The documents, for which Fox had gone to the Engineer Mine to get, were found in his pack.
 The deceased was a native of No- va Scotia, and came to the Atlln district in 1903 Or 1904. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him, and he was a member of the Masonic order.
 As soon as the Ice is stronger an effort will be made to recover the body, l. being thought that it cannot be far from the place where the ice broke, and as the water is not very deep at that point, it is believed that it will be found.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
MRS. BRANIWELL BOOTH
 HOUSES ENGLISH GIRLS

London, Dec. 3O.-Charges of Mrs Bramwell Booth that girls em- ployed in munitions factories and other war time work smoke and drink too much have aroused in dignation and protests from work CTS and leaders. A woman super visitor, who has been with muntt1on girls from 1915 to 1918, declares:
 T never have seen one Of them intoxicated. I respect them all. The charge of excessive smoking and drinking is absurd. Off duty I believe 1t ls a good thing Tor the girls to smoke if they want to-
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
FRENCH FAVOR
 FREEDOM SEAS

Paris, Dec. S0.-In addressing the French Chamber of Deputies last night Premier Clemenceau de clared himself to be in favor of the freedom of tee seas as interpreted Dy Great Britain, stating that his stand on this issue was approved by President Wilson.
 Premier Clemenceau announced that. he favored the Balance of Power or league of Nations plan, or s1me such alliance which would tend towards the lasting peace of the world
 After the conclusion of the Prime
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
WARSHIP WILL
 SOON BE READY

Newport News, - The SS,OOO ton oattleships now under construc' tion here will outclass any war ship afloat, according to an an uouncement made recetly .iby au- &horities. The vessel which was authorized under the 1916. shipbuild ing program, will | be launched in few weeks.
 The torpedo sboat destroyer Gamble which will Ljbe placed ID service soon will be one of the fast- est vessels of it's kind. A speed oi thirty knots an hour will Dbe at tained by her, it is believed.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
FIRES IN FLAG
 IS SHOT QUICK

Copenhagen, Monday. - A Ger man officer fired upon an Allied automobile bearing an American flag which was passing through Posen.
 The Poles immediately attacked and defeated the Germans who We're With the Hun officer, and in the battle 13S persons were killed, including a number of women and children.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
PEACE
 PLANS READY

Paris, Dec. 30. - Minister of Foreign Affairs Pichon announced in the chamber Of deputies yester- day afternoon that the French peace terms include a league of nations, the intervention in Russia, no an nexa tions through government re- serve, and the rigth to fix the AL sace Lorraine frontier so as to guard against future attacks.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30

Ministers speech, he was given a vote of confidence by the mem Jers of the Chamber Of Deputies.
 Before finishing his address, Premier CIemeuceau denied the report that the Allied nations had detiGed to defer their action rela- tive 10 a League of Nations until after peace had been arranged. stat iuz that in all probability a con ference would be held in the near future and some definite under standing and agreement Or al liauce formulated.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
BIUNDERED BY
 STARTING WAR

Geneva, Dec 30. - The Grans Duchess Anastasie of Macklenburg and Schwedlin, mother of the form" CT crown princess and counsin Of the late Russian emperor, told the Associated Press Germany iblunuer' ed in engineering the war ana should admit the wrong to the world.
 Replying to 8 question regarding the former akiser, she answered she did not want to strike man " hen he was doWH. !
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
PRESIDENT SPEAKS FROM GRAND-
 FATHERS PULPIT AT CARLISLE

are very affecting, yet, perhaps il is appropriate that in this place of worship 1 should accknowledge my indebtedness to her and her remark able father.
 "Il is from quiet places like this all over the world that forces are accumulated, that presently will gain strength and SC forth and oy- empower any attempt to accomplish evil, even on a small or great scale.
 Tt is like the riyulet that gathers into the river anG the river that flows to the sea. So there comes out of communities like thess streams that fertilize the conscience of men, and it Is the conscience of the world which We now mean to place upon the throne which others have trieG 10 usurp.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
MESOPOTANIIA ARNIY
 HARVESTS HUGE CROP

Aleppo, Dec. 3o.-Behind the lines in lIesopotamia. the British army has cultivated 100000 acres this year and harvested 475,OOO tons of grain. Irrigation pumps driven by steam Or oil have been U'cd on the banks Of the Tigris. Machinery from India and Australia aided the work.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
B0LSHEV|STS HAD BIG SUM

Warsaw, Dec. 30. - Miss Trotaky, the daughter of the BolsheNkt leader and J. Lewow, noted Bol- sheviki agitator, were both arrest- ed by the secret police. 1mmediats' ly after their arrest the apartments which have been occupied by these two We're searched and the polcie found six million marks secreted in various hand bags, grips, trunks etc., which were proved to belong to the two persons under arrest.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
CASUALTIES OF INDIAN
 ARMY TOTAL 1O1, ,495

London. - The British Indian ar my suffered during the war a to tal of 101, ,459 casualties, includ- ing 33,O51 killed.
 Altogether, 953,374 soldiers were sent overseas. The majority of the casualties occurred in Mesopotamia.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
AGAIN
 HAS CONTROL

Berlin, Monday. - Ebert, scheid- ermann, Lansberg and majority of the Socialists are now in charge Of the revolutionary government. Hasse, Earth and Dittman having retired from the cabinet,
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
16 N. G. TRAINING CAMPS SOON TO BE ABANDONED

Washington, D. c. - Sixteen tent camps which have Gbeen in service ag national guara training camps will be abandoned as soon as prac- ticale, declared General March to- day. .,
 Two of the camps, General March said, are bDeing considered as per manent training places.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
FLU HAS TAKEN
 SEATTLE MAN
Seattle, Dec. 30. = J, Emery Hughes, customs supervisor, died of influenza at his home in this city yesterday.
BELIUM CREATES
 ORDER OF THE YsER

Paris Dec. S0.--King Albert of Belgium intends to create a new or der, to be known as the Order of tho Yser. Marshal Foch will be thA first man to be decorated with tbs insignia of the new order.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
ARE
 ATTACKEDBYFLU

Boston, MonGay.-GovernOr Sam ueI w. Mccall of Massachusetts, Governor Henry w. Reyes Of New Hampshire, and Governor Carl Millken of Maine are all reported to be suffering from severe at tacka of influenza.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
CORK MONUMENT BLOWN
 UP BN SINN FEINERS

Ccrk, Ireland, Dec. 30. - The monument erected. to the honor and memory of the soldiers who fought in the South African war was blown up yesterday by Sim Feiners, as a demonstration against the mui- tarY government.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
HOTEL MEN ACT

Paris, Dec. 30,-A syndicate Of French hotel men announce 1t will not receive natives of enemy coun- tries or customers for g period of
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
MAI RESORT 1O
 INTERVENTION

Paris, Monday. - Secretary ot Foreign Affairs Pichon in an ad' dress which he made here explain ed that in time, intervention in Russia might become necessary in order to crush out Bolshevism.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
PRESIDENT WILL
 SOON bE HUME

Washington, Dec. 30. - It was announced today that President Will son would return tO the United States shortly before March Srd, 1919.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
AGREEMENT HAS
 BEEN REACHED

London, Monday.-uoyd George annouced today there is complete agreement between Great Britain and the United States on all peace problems"
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30
PRESIDENT RETURNS
 TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE

London, Dec. SO;-Prestdent Will son arrived in this city this eye- ming from his trip to Manchester.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-12-30

tary government.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-08-31
PROBLEM NOT WELL HANDLED
Country Undoubtedly Has Failed to e.
feet Wise Distribution of Its.
Labor Supply.

In a general analysis of the causes
Of labor difficulties, with particular ref
erence to war needs, the mediation
commission makes observations, in
part, as follows:
$50 long as prOfteering is not COM
prehenstyely prevented to the full ex-
tent that governmental action can pre-
vent it, just so long will a sense of
inequality disturb the fullest devotion
of labor's contribution to the war.
"War has only served to intensity
the old arrangements by making great
err demands upon industry and by af-
fording the occasion for new disturb
ing factors.
Broadly speaking, American indus
try lacks a healthy basis Of relation
ship between management and men.
"Wage increases are asked for most
ly in order to meet the increased cost
OF living, and such demands should be
met in the light of their economic
causes.
1--WE have failed in the full use and
wise direction of our labor supply,
falsely called labor shortage because
we have failed to establish vigorous
and competent system of labor dis
aribution."
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-08-31
Hiah Wages Retard Production.

Henequen production in Yucatan
will be only about 100000 bales this
year, it is estimated. Last year the
crop amounted to 100000 bales of
fiber. Labor is hard to get, as plan
tation workers now get so much more
in wages that pay for two or three
days will support a person a week.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-08-31
BIZ Wilbur D Nesbtt
~HUkfor az
Tour Flag and Ny Flag


The banner breaks in glory on the breeze,
The trumpets sing from all their brazen threats
chorused chant of thrilling harmonies fsf
The drumbeats throb amid the ringing notes tl
An echo, but growing echo; yes,
An echo that is flung from hill to plain, tE II
An echo that shall never grow the less ID
Born from the chord that not struck in vain
The dapason of the booming guns
Blends with the shriller sounding of the cheers
All, this had been foreheard by those great ones
Who planned the structure in the former years,
Who dreamed and dared and gave of wealth and life
That this great nation-song should never cease Nh
Who blent the surgng song of somber strife f@FlG
With all the after croons of honored peacel F%T III
And so today the southland and the north
Clasp hands with their blood-brothered and west
And in the mighty song their lips send forth
The funess of our faith is all expressed r
And deeper than the very deepest chord II
Are the foundations laid in days agone
When for hearth and home and manhood warred--
The truths nation has been buided on.
And higher than the farthest reach of song r.
That quivers in the bosom of the sky a
There flames the flag of faith above the throng- IN
The flag whose plan and purpose cannot die @lFtEI
The flag of promise floats from 20 sea, 2Ti i
The bugles shout in answer to the drum FA iI
And send sense of strength to you and me "
From days that were, and are and are to comet y
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-08-31
SCHWAB is WELL SATISFIED
Reports to Washington That the Ship
ping Industry of the Country
ais Enthusiastic"

,"The whole industry is enthusiast
TIC" Charles NJ. Schwab telegraphed
Chairman Hurley of the shipping
board, describing his inspection Of
shipyards on the Great Lakes.
Results of his trip were declared by
the director general of the emergency
fleet corporation to be more satisfac-
tory than he had anticipated.
Plans are being made to expand Or
ganized yards so that 100000 or more
tons of ships can be turned out on the
lakes next year of the types and sizes
most vitality needed in the war pro
gram.
The first International prize for
riveting was transmitted to Charles
Knight, a negro, at the request Of
Lord Northclilfe, who offered the 500
bonus. Mr.. Hurley challenged Brit
fish shipbuilders to a new test.
Sailors Will Boycott Germans.
HaveIock Wilson, president Of the In.
ternational Seamen's union, cabled
President Poincare of France:
"Our warmest thanks for your re
nunciation of the most favored nation
term for our enemies after the war.
ave seamen are out for fight tc
the finish. In just retribution we have
decided not to sail the seas with the
Germans and not to carry any German
goods
"The Germans foully murdered 10,
900 noncombatant seafaring men. John
Hull is slow taking off his gloves, but
De still has the punch"