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The Washington times., 1918-02-01
THE WASHINGTON TINES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1: 1918
WALL ST. MARKET
PRICES CONTINUE UPWARD
AS SESSION OPENS
General Motors Attracts Attention.
Declining Nearly 4 PoInts-st.
Paul Stocks Weak on etIen Of
Directors In DeferrIns Dividend.

NEW YORK, Feb. Prices con-
tinued their upward movement At the
opening OF the stock market today.
but after the FIRST few minutes reces-
sions were In order.
General Motors attracted q great
deal of attention and declined 81
points to 1874 United States Steel
common ranged from esk to e1K.
against e7H at the close yesterday.
st. Paul stocks were weak on the
action of the directors In deferring
the dividend, the common stock drop
ping IL to -43H, while the preferred
yielded 2 points to 761s.
Bethlehem Steel B, after opening
q higher at so. dropped to 79k, and
the minor steel shares showed frac'
tional gains
Union Pacific was active, advapc-
ing q to 116H. and Southern Paeine
rose / point to S6.
/ Utah was the strongest OF the cop
pers, advancing IN to san. Amert-
can Smelling rose q to e6A.
Industrial Alcohol was prominent,
and, after advancing = to .121 y, de-
clined to 40. American Telegraph
and Telephone rose u TO 100S, and
Mexican Petroleum advanced to s2m.
Marine preferred rose y TO e&. and
Atlantic Gulf was u higher 10 1Oo -.
Trading was extremely active
throughout the forenoon. with Violent
advances and recessions at frequent
intervals. but the market generally
held STEADY.
Steel common, which had dropped
to 9TK. rose to eSis, and Bethlehem
Steel B. moved up Ia from the low
to sO%. General Motors. after fall
ing 8 points 70 1924, had q quick
rally to I37, and then dropped TO 1856.
Industrial Alcohol moved Up ~ tc
125k, and .Atlantie Gulf advanced ,
points to 1904.
The railroad issues moved In about
the same way. but the st Phul shares
were an exception. the common de-
cIining IL to 43k and the preferred
yielding 1& to T5x.
Liberty Issues were strong, the 3E's
selling up to ss.0e, and the Is being
traded in at e6.
The sales In the first hour totaled
l0e.ooo shares. q new record for the past
year. At noon the sales totaled $4,000
Steel. copper, marine. and oil shares
went up and down with unusual speed.
Changes Of q point between sales were
recorded many times.
The Washington times., 1918-02-01
TopAYs SALES.

washington Railway and Electric
As. s1.00067o. s1.0o0070. s1.oo0970.
Potomac Consolidated Dss $1,000
o.
Potomac Electric Power gs. sl.oooe
100, -. 200 01o0.
Capital Traction. 40s1h.
Washington Gas, 29551s.
After CALL
Potomac Consolidated SIS. s1.OOo9
The Washington times., 1918-02-01
THE LOCAL MARKET
BONDS FEATURE SESSION OF
DISTRICT EXCHANGE.
Only slx Shares Of stock Change
Hands = Washington Railway
and Electric Fs and Potomac
Electric Power Issues Transfer
red.

Bonds featured today's session Of the
Washington Stock Exehanse. only six
shares Of stock selling. Three H.ood
Washington Railway and Electric fs
sold at 10 One s1.ooo Potomac Elsotrie
Conselldated s went at -. and two
sLooo Potomac Electric Power Sc at
100 Four shares Of Capital Traction
changed hands at slH. and two shares
Of washington Gas went at ~ After
call. one 1900 Potomac Consolidated
sold at A
Directors Of the Commercial Ma
tional Bank yesterday voted 70 In
crease the capital stock Of the bank
from s75o.O00 to $1,000 600 The new
stock Is to be issued to stockhoiders
at $50 share one share 20 every
three shares Of the old
{, Officers Of the Federal NatiolAl
Bank elected at the meeting OF the
board OF directors are as follows;
Clarence F. sNormsn. PRESIDENT. ban
1sl Fraser, vice president; George L
starkey. vice president; Albert B.
Run, cashier. and w. wallace Nairn.
assistant cashier.
washington bankers today are SEEK
Ing representation for the District on
the capital issues committee Of the
NTH Federal reserve district
Committees TO cooperate with the
original capital Issues COMMITTEES. in
passing on all new nnancing. are be-
ing formed in each Of the twelve re-
serve districta
Washington's claim to- representa-
ton on the committee has already
been laid before Governor seay. OF
the Richmond reser-e bank. but he
his ruled that in order TO save tray-
cling expenses Il win be best to have
all Richmond men on committee
At special n, stinE Of the council
Of administration Of the district
Bankers Association yesterday the
secretary, ugene T. Thompson. was
directed to write Governor Seay urg-
Ing him to withdraw his decision. as
Il Is felt that the Capital fs q city OF
sufficient Importance TO entitle IL to
one representative on the COMMITTEES.
The Washington times., 1918-02-01
coTToN MARkEI.

Turaishsa ~ Wa.nansssa zin.s - -.
capsafsP q O.. Nsw HsrE. Dszeh oknsA
wOsduard eiAs. HEksEt =. Bssan. $50
Ns. 1s-h- Prsv.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
What of the Needs of
Your Home?

TTma be that need great deal Of furniture you
need only very te but the fact remains that mat
ter of ordinary business prudence you have either to come in
and this stock else not come to see and take risk
You know that business Business Just surely this is
written you don't want good money to be disappointed
You certainly do want not only to be satisfied but feel
that you getting the largest of satisfaction that
behad for the good money you pay for furniture
It just because many thousands of people, norh SOUTH
and wes Pennsylvania and far beyond it, have found bya
practical that this furniture sale provides the largest
ure satisfaction that they have made it the largest furniture
sale known the world After ALL that the est the peoples
opinion based on experience.
That the test which institution get away
FROM the very test by which sale Of this kind has to stand
or fall Our record shows how have lived that test the
past.
We are here with the Goods to show how we are living up to
it today y
Whether posse is nine points of the law" not, is
question: but the no doubt that to have the goods mine
points of furn SALE have the goods and the goods
the kind that people and the savings them rea and
that the whole story the greatest furniture sale in the world
as goes ahead under it's eam other words pro-
PEELED by it's power the driving that only thing
give to sae-the goods that people looking for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
All the Greatness of This
Sale Is i'm the Goods

nROBABLY everything in existence must have principle
il of development
This sale has developed in exact proportion to the
ice it has been to the people
It has developed into the largest sale the world by always
giving them the largest measure of rea% service
The important fact about it today is that it still
developing upon the old principle giving the service
because has the things that the making of service THE
GOODS BEING THE MAIN THING.
For every man and with intelligent the
things Of the home surely holds interest beyond any known
in storekeepng walk through the stocks educa
~ the homefpxpishng aEts.ssa g
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

you have lived long Philadelphia you must know that
August one of two months in the year with which fu1n
tre opportunities have become linked up unique and
markabe way:
you to Philadelphia and opportunities
you have something interesting in store for you:
In either case it is your Individual interest to place
squarey before your mind the fact that what is believed to be
the greatest event in retail storekeepng the world over the
Wanaaker August Furniture Sale going And to
your interest also know just what that you and
to your home.
You know we'll do that the buying of your furniture
is very practical thing In plain words you want the most for
your oneyhe most in quality in beauty and in satisfaction
Therefore, only thing matters far you
cerned with this sale does it provide the furniture you want at
the prices you want to pay?
We say deliberately and emphacay YES it does bring the
furniture you want suppong of course want good fur
nture and it brings in variety with which other variety
compares and at the lowest prices that people who want to be
of the goodness of their furniture will want to pay
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
BOYS ENROLL IN
RESERVE FORCE

Every boy over 16 years old is
eligible to the Boys Working Re-
serve, while boys from 10 to Is
will be enrolled in the Junior Re-
serve.
There will be opportunity for
real agricultural service for many
of the boys, who can be spared
from home, during the berry sea-
son. Each boy who will be able
to leave him for agricultural work
during the season should so spe-
city on the enrolment list. Coun-
ty Agriculturist Cole will see that
each is notified in advance when
needed, and boys will receive
proper care while at work.
The members of the executive
committee of the reserve are c. Il.
Drake, Y. M. c. A. boys secretary;
c. A. Cole, county sgriculturist ;
II. r. Cox, county superintendent
of schools; w. f. Geiger, city SUI
perintendent of school,. A. T.
Dellplain, county boys and girls
club leader; H. F. Alexander, pres
ident of the Pacific Steamship
Co., representing the Congress OF
Youth
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
CRAZY MAN
KILLS TWO
WITH AN AK
'Usitcd Press Ls-.ea wire.p

VICTOR n. Y, April p. =
Awakened by the sound OF the
blows which mailman rained
with an axe on the body OF her
cousin. who lay beside her, Miss
Wilma de Bow warded off the
blows he then struck at her and
pleaded with him until he con-
sented to spare her life.
The madman, Earl Austin, a
farmland, before the murder of
Miss de Bows cousin, Miss
Blanche Mosher, had killed his
employer, McLain Mosher, the
girls father. He is now at large.
The attack occurred about 2
o'clock this morning. After prom
Using to accompany Austin any
where, Miss de Bow walked the
lonely country roads with the MUIR
derer until daylight.
Near Pennington, they met
Mark Dourley, who was about to
board a suburban car for Victor.
Miss de Bow ran toward Dourley,
calling for help. Austin hesitated,
then sprank into a nearby woods
and disappeared.
Dourley brought Miss de Bow
to Victor and notified the authori-
ties. State police are looking for
Austin.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27

The enrolment of boys in Ia
coma and Pierce county in the u.
S. Boys Working Reserve, the new
war organization being formed by
Uncle Sam thru the department
of labor, will begin Monday under
the supervision of Senator Ralph
Metcalf, county director, and will
continue during the week.
Registrations will be received
at 1922 National Realty building.
Enrolment blanks will be found
at the schools and at the Y. M. C.
A.
Uncle Sans purpose is to give
every boy a chance to do each his
part toward winning the war.
The main idea is to stimulate
the boys patriotism, so that he
will gladly do what he can to help
his country in the struggle, will
work a little harder at whatever
he may be doing on the farm or
in industry when he realizes that
he is rendering patriotic service,
and will devote himself conscien-
tiously to his school work so that
we may be better prepared to
serve his county when he Is called.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
STEEL SHIPS ALL
"MADE.IN-TACOmA''

awhile, then he said rather apollo
getically:
Il used to be an office man.
came here for work and they
stuck me at this. | didn't like ii
much at first, but now l could
eat nails!
Like a Horse.
School Principal Magill was
another one who told me he
couldn't get enough sleep and
enough to eat. | believed him
when at the lunch hour in the
Todd restaurant, l saw plates
piled up like Mt. Tacoma.
piled mine, too
Il used to have a horse" said
the red-haired giant next to me
at the table. In the winter when
he was lying around with moth.
ing to do, he'd get soft and
flabby and fat. But in the sum-
mer when he was put out at hard
work he'd get sleek and tough
Continued on Page Eighth
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Another Ferocious Auto Chases
One-Man Streetcar Into Terrace

Another Of Manager Beans
one-man cars on the Sixth ave.
line was bumped off the track
last evening in collision with an
automobile. This time the street
car rolled across the pavement,
jumped concrete curb, sped
across a grass parking and buried
its nose in the terrace of DR.. T.
+. Smiths residence, Ills Sixth
ave.
The automobile was driven by
Mrs. S. r. Stallcup, 626 No.
Prospect, and contained group
of friends on their way to picnic
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Asks New Mayor
To Take Lead in.
Free Port Drive
BY GEORGE LAWLER

BY GEORGE LAWLER
Tacoma Tidelands Owner and Commercial Expert
No proposal or thought for the benefit of Ia
coma is pregnant with so much good as your
query of yesterday, why not make this free
port?"
If Tacoma is made free port, immense stocks Of
all sorts of the most valuable merchandise of the
wel}d would be carried here III immense warehouses
and stores
There would not be enough for them all
around the rim of our harbor.
I'm free port goods be shipped in and held
indefinitely free of duty, and customers from all over
the United States would here to inspect and
select the goods they wanted.
Paintings works Of art jewels, Clothes crude oils.
hides all sorts of materials, thousands of Them
would congregate here because there would be no
duty to be paid nor red tape to be given attention
dread of breaking laws avoided.
Shipping would choke Commencement bay with its
cargoes of all precious things of the earth that would
seek an American market thru Tacoma-the free
port-the city chosen by destiny.
Let us work quietly, quickly and efficiently
as we did to get the army post.
Let Mayor elect G. NJ Riddell be the leader,
and let him choose as his marshals to lead us
Chester Thorne and John S. Baker.
Let them plan and push the campaign and let
every mothers son and daughter us of get behind
them and make great drive and win for our
city the reality of Tacoma Free Port!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27

at PIT. Defiance park. Mrs. STALL
cup could not stop her machine
in time to let an inbound one
man car pass her. and the street
car struck the front of the ma
chine. Both machine and car
were spun around, the street car
jumping the rails and hiking
across country until the steep
bank of a terrace prevented its
further progress.
None of the occupants of the
automobile or street car was in
jured. The machine suffered a
broken axle and other damages
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27

and half a mile southwest OF La
Clytte).
Coincidentally, they are attack
ing northward toward the bluff
thru which the Ypres- Confines
canal passes couple miles south
OF Ypres.
Ten New Divisions.
There Is a comparative calm on
the Flanders front today, follow
ing a tempestuous three days. But
the fighting may start again at
any moment.
Field Marshal Hindenburg has
brought Gen. Sieger up from the
Verdun region to help around
KENNEL. Under him are five d.
visions.
Gen. Eberhardt, with another
five divisions, is at his left. To-
gether these 10 divisions hammer
ed away yesterday, making only
slight Roadway after the capture
of KENNEL.
Sieger tried to advance toward
Ypres, astride the Ypres- Confines
canal, but the British countered
brilliantly, re-taking lost ground
and establishing strong posts.
Won Eberhardt's hill men"
hurled out of Dranoutre four
times were unable to push on after
occupying the place in fifth
charge. They were too exhausted
after taking KENNEL to succeed In
turning Mount Scherpenberg.
Turnout the Ypres front, the
guns thunder ceaslessly. Local
Smelling keeps up elsewhere. The
weather continues threatening.
The ground Is unusually dry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Regiment
Is Wiped
Clear Out

The French regiment, ordered to defend
Mont KENNEL ito the DEATH" obeyed the
command to the letter.
Entirely surrounded by Germans, the poilus
Friday held out for more than eight hours,
slaughtering whole companies of the enemy as
they swarmed up the steep slopes in the face
of the French machine gun fire.
A veritable flood of grey clad troops finally
swept over the summit obliterating the de-
tenders as Zones heel does an ants nest''
Like the old guard at Waterloo this French
regiment "died-it did not surrender"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Only 2 Miles From Ypres!
UNITED Press Leased Wire

LONDON, April 27.-'The Germans claim to be
within two miles of Ypres.
The Berlin war office in it's day official statement
yesterday declared that 1.-THE large crater of ST. Elo
and the place itself captured" st. Eloi is just
two miles directly south of Ypres the road from
Wytschaete.
In stonnng Mont KENNEL and the village of Kem-
mel, the enemy also claimed to have progressed to
KENNEL brook half mile north. Allied prisoners
taken Thursday were said to total $500.
''The enemy is held everywhere Field Marshal
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27

whole front north OF Lys river,
from the neighborhood of Dram
outre to the Ypres-Comines canal,
a distance of about seven miles.
He admitted the capture Of
Dranoutre, KENNEL and Mont
KENNEL. Nine divisions (10S,-
600 mem were used by the enc
my in Thursdays attack. he said.
All German attacks in the re-
gion of the LaClytte and Mont
Scherpenberg were held, but the
British line was forced back in
the direction OF Locre, a mile and
a quarter west of KENNEL.
Fighting Severe.
ION the whole front north Of
the Lys the fighting yesterday
was of the severest character.
Repeated enemy attempts to de-
velop their advantage Of the pre-
vious day failed.
Following many hours o.
CONTINUED on Page Eight.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
By VIM. Phillip Simms

United Press staff Correspondent.
WITH THE BRITISH
ARMIES IN FLANDERS,
April 2..-With their eyes
fastened ON the SUBMITS Of
Nonts Schcrpenberg, Rouge,
NOir, kokcreele and Des Cats,
the German hosts are ceas-
Iessly hattering against the
FIanco-British lines drawn
across this group of heights.
Beyond these hills to the sea
one solitary mount sticks up from
the Flemish lowlands-the highest
in the lot, $40 feet.
Upon its summit is the town o.
Cassel This is eight miles from
the present line. From Cassel
on clear days, the sea is visible
Cassel is of $500 population.
1t is four miles and half north
west of the important railway and
highway center of HaZebrouck and
is Is miles west of Ypres.
Try to Turn Hills.
Hindenburg wants these hills
Eight picked divisions 10000
mem we're thrown against them
the first day of the present assault
and more are coming up.
The Germans are using the
same tactics they have employed
since Liege, trying to turn the hills
instead of taking them by storm.
Having swung around KENNEL
across the plains to the north
they are trying to smash their way
onward to LaClytte tone mile
north, hoping to turn Scherpen
berg Ca mile northwest of kemme
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27

Thus Hindenburg's sweep to
Ypres from the south has been
checked, temporarily at least, by
the wall of human bodies inter-
posed by the British and French,
The whole northern portion OF
the Flanders battle front, from the
Iys river to the Ypres-Comines
canal. Is ablaze with desperate
fighting. But the enemy advance,
after a prolonged struggle that
carried them thru the barrier OF
hills down onto the lowlands, has
been held at point southwest OF
Voormezelle.
This village Is less than two
miles south Of Ypres, on the west
ern edge of the two highways from
Ypres to Wytschaete. II is half
. mile west of the Ypres-Comines
canal.
Battle Goes On.
Haig In his night report sal,
fighting is continuing on tn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
OFFICERS
ACCUSED
OFFRAUD

Usited Press Leased wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, April
27.-Charges of "willful
fraud" and "willful nOnfeas-
ance and malfeasance" were
made against the district at
tOrney and police OF San
Francisco in a motion filed
in superior Judge tarifffn's
court to-day by attorneys for
Thomas j. Mooney.
The action asks that the SEN
tence of death against Mooney,
the judgment against him and
the order denying a motion for
new trial he set aside.
The motion also asks for an or
der directing trial of Mooney on
one of the murder charges grow
ing out of the Preparedness par
ade dynamiting of July 22, 1916
Mooney appeared before Judge
Griffin today for re-sentence. The
became legally nee
essary after the supreme court
denied the motion for a new trial
1t was regarded as significant
that the motion was made before
Judge Griffin, who personally
recommended to the supreme
court that Mooney be given a new
trial after the disclosure of ques-
tionable testimony which had been
used when he was convicted.
Attached to the notice of mo
ton were affidavits of Mooney, OF
F. E. Rigall of GRANVILLE, H., ant
of w. Fl. Smith of the Oakland
police force.
MONEYS affidavit merely set!
forth the story Of his arerst, tria
and conviction. Rigall's affida
Wit relates to the alleged attempt
of f. G. Oman, star prosecution
witness, to get him to testif,
falsely.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Accuse 6
of Aiding
DeSerter!

Charged with conspiracy to induce soldiers at
Camp Lewis to desert from the National army four
men and two women of Tacoma were arrested by
military police Friday night, and held for trial in
$4,000 bonds Saturday morning
The men are Sam jones' Adolph Erfson, Wernt L.
Marony and R. H. Tucker, all said to be prominently
identified with the I. W. w. here. The women are
Mrs Helen Tucker and Mrs Sam Jones.
Details the conspiracy revealed by military officials
but said that of the arrested
confidence soldiers mpan
their minds.
Tor is
either by life imprisonment DEATH according to military law
s..
detail military police The
Wednesday nights raid the Ia
w.
preliminary the of military officials in order to obtain
which trial the c0nspators
Each of the six federal prisoners placed in separate cell
Jail preliminary hearing will be given by U. S.
Commissioner E. b. Brockway
The technical four and women
United
induce members the national dc
military army"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
u. S. PrOsecutes
the Crescent Co.
Omitted Press Leased wire.)


WASHINGTON. d. c., April 81.
Fixing and maintaining the
prices at which its products shall
be re-sold and refusing to sell
to dealers VINO will not agree to
maintain this resale price or VINO
fail to maintain the fixed resale
price, is charged in a complaint
issued by the federal trade COM
mission concerning the Crescent
Manufacturing Co., of Seattle,
manufacturer and shippers Of
baking powder, spices, teas and
flavoring extracts.
Hearings before the commission
have been set for June 8.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Gen. Pershing
Is Confirmed

Omitted Press Leased wire.)
MILWAUKEE,, April 27.-Gen-
eral Pershing was confirmed in
the Protestant Episcopal church
in England recently, according to
the Living Voice, Episcopal
weekly published here. 1t was
said the general entered the
church because his late wife was
a member of the denomination.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27

appeared
the ground
law had violated.
On the following morning the brokenhearted
police lodge
horror
ignorant of the whole affair.
man. projected gift Herr
Professor, the swnde
theft the the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
BY Edgar G. Wheeler
Times Reporter Who Has Been
Working in Todd ShipyGrd in
Order to Tell TacOmans
AbOut Great Plant

hoout NIOoS
The first enthusiasm that al
ways comes with the novelty of
tackling a new job has carried
the Todd men long way.
And the exhileration of the
open salt air, to men who before
have worked indoors, and the
stimulating physical labor which
makes the blood run fast thru
the veins, has carried them still
farther.
ran across one slender young
fellow who was busy shoveling
coal into a wheelbarrow. knew
at a glance the job was new
one on him.
whats your job?" asked
him.
I'm a common laborer," he
answered. He was silent for