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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
BANK ROBBED:
$4,000 GONE

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20
Three daring and dangerous rob-
bers who late yesterday held up
the Yokohama Specie bank and
escaped with $4,000 in cash and
checks are sought by the police
today. They are thought to be
the same bandits who last Satur-
day robbed a Sansome street sa-
loon in the same manner.
Driving up before the bank in
a stolen automobile, the robbers
entered the bank, calmly pulled
down the shades, held up the
five men in the office, locked
them in the vault and gathered up
all the money in sight. They
overlooked 100000 In currency
inside the vault. They escaped.
however, with $4,000 cash.
8. Dogura, sub-manager of the
bank, pleaded with the robbers
not to lock everybody in the
vault because there would be none
outside who knew the combina-
ton. The bandits therefore put
Dogura and T. Tsunekawa in the
basement. locking the rest in the
vault.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
CUSTER IS
ARRESTED

Fred Custer, husband of Hilda
Custer, now in the county Jail on
the charge of kidnapping the Beal
baby, was arrested Wednesday
morning on the charge of being
an alien enemy who had not regis
tered and with being an |. w. w.
He will, authorities say, be sent
to Fort Douglas, Ariz., for intern
ment for the duration of the war.
Mrs. Custer is also charged with
being an /. w. w. as she received
the visit of two men Tuesday aft
ernoon, who declared while visit
ing Mrs. Custer in the Jail that
they were members Of the l. w.
w. organization and that Mrs.
Custer was also a member.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Selden says that Mrs. Custer is
over so years of age and has three
grown daughters living at Midland
park besides son in the army
at Camp Lewis. Prosecuting At
torney Remain and Selden spent
all Tuesday, they say, in gathering
evidence.
J. B. Keener, Mrs. Clusters law
yer, says that if it can be proved
that Mrs. Custer is so years old,
she must indeed have discovered
the secret Of eternal youth, as she
appears no older than "a, the age
she has given.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
RESULT in
WISCONSIN
IN DOUBT
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MILWAUKEE,, March 20.-Ir-
win l.. Lenroot and James Thomp-
son were running neck and neck
in returns early today for the re-
publican senatorial nomination,
and the result apparently was as
much in doubt as when the polls
opened for the primaries yester-
day.
Jos. Davies has been nominated
for the senate by the democrats
over DR.. Charles Mccarthy by a
3 to / majority. Victor Berger
was named by the socialists, poll
ing a comparatively heavy vote.
Fairly complete returns from
600 precincts out of about 2,40O
in the state showed Lenroot lead
ing Thompson this morning by a
vote of 29,106 to 27,021. These
precincts were scattered thru
every section of Wisconsin but in
cluded only 80 Milwaukee county
precincts out of 1888.
Thompson was showing greater
strength in Milwaukee county
than Lenroot and on the basis of
the early returns 1t was estimated
that the LaFollette candidate
would carry the county by 5000
votes.
Lenroot developed the strength
in the northern and western parts
of the state. The race depended
today, 1t seemed, on whether this
upstate majority would offset the
lead Thompson will secure in Mil
waukee.
Berger in the same districts re-
ceived 10,940 votes. The social
list candidate received surprisingly
heavy votes in some parts of the
state where socialist votes here
tofore have been regarded as
curiosities.
II was agreed at headquarters
of both Lenroot and Thompson
that it may be 48 hours before the
result Of the republican race will
be known.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
ASK PUYALLUP
BE CLEARED

Declaring that distinctions
placed as protection to the city's
bridge at Lincoln av. and the Mil
waukee railroad bridge were
largely responsible for flood con-
ditions OF the lower Puyallup
river inside the city limits, nine
petitioners asked the city council,
Wednesday to remove them.
The distractions reduce the
river width and cause water in
flood time to pile up an doverfluow
the flats. ,,-t
Those who signed the petition
were H. A. Ferguson, Charles
Gay, John Bruggerfeld, Carl
Mettler. John McAleer, Tacoma
Fir Door Co., Peterman Mfg. Co,
Lister Mfg. Co., and A. A. Rankin.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
PREPARE FOR
DRAFT CALL

OLYMPIA, March 20.-Entrain-
ment of men in the second draft
call will begin March 20 and will
last five days, according to the
state selective service department.
Plans have been completed for
ushering the new contingents into
the national army.
All draft boards in the state are
ready for the second call and all
men to be indicted into the ma
tional army as part Of the states
quota have received their notices
to apepar.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
THREE GET
NEW HONOR
Omitted Press LEASED Wire.)


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, March 18.-The
first men to receive the new
American war decoration for ex-
traordinary heroism were Lieut..
U. N. Greene of the field artil-
lery and Sergeants William Nor
ton and Pat Walsh.
All received the Distinguished
Service cross.
Greene was wounded by a
grenade during the recently re-
pulsed German raid. He was in
a dugout and refused to surren-
der. After being wounded, he
wounded one German with a pis-
toll shot and drove the others out
of the trench.
Norton's and Walsh's have been
previously narrated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
a 4AlLd OF GOES 3eE TO 10.
Army of Union Men to
Erect Liberty Loan
Building in One Day;
Businessmen to Wait on
Them at Big Feed.

Bank President Ralph
Stacy, logged out in an apron,
will balance a tray on his
left wrist and pass around the
coffee.
Club President Al Howe
will bring on the cake and ice
cream.
Ed Kemmer and Tom Lyle
will serve up the gravy, while
the other Commercial trustees
will stand around and other
wise make themselves use
full.
And $50 Tacoma union work
men. erecting in one day the only
original Liberty Loan building,
will sit down to lunch and dinner
in the Commercial club dining
room Sunday.
Commercial club officers and
members are going to be the wait
ers, and there will be some SER
vice.
Oh boy, but this third
Liberty loan campaign in
Tacoma is going to he a hum
mer.
A Liberty Loan headquarters
building to go up in Tacoma in
one day! Not a shack thrown
together, but an honest-to-g good
ness building! Yes s'ree.
1t is to be known as Victory
Hail." and will go up between
sunrise and sunset Sunday at tn,
Totem Pole park, 10th and A
streets.
1t is to measure 30 by IS feet
and will he built on the style OF
a Swiss chalet.
Union men are giving their
services TO put ii up.
Work will start at z a. m. and
the building will be completed in
the evening, with time out for the
big feeds in the Commercial club
dining room.
The plan was endorsed by
26 unions of the city and was
handled thru Secretary JO-
seph Lyons of the Central
Labor council, who is a
member Of the Liberty loan
executive committee for Ia
coma.
The unions have promised as
many skilled workmen as can be
used in the construction.
The plans for the building are
being completed Wednesday by
E. y Breseman, architect, who is
giNng his services.
Lumber will be furnished by
Tacoma mills: paint by Fuller &
Co. and roofing by ]. e. Burk-
heimer.
The d'y park board has au-
thorized the use of the park. The
city light department has agreed
to furnish the electric wiring
lighting and heating appliances.
Also, IL is planned to bril-
liantly light up 10th st. from
A st. to Pacific ave., form
ing a parkway entrance to
"VictOry Hail."
The building and fire depart
ments have issued special permits
to close off A st. Friday morning,
when the preliminary work of as
sembling materials will be started
Troops from Camp Lewis also
probably will be obtained for
guarding the streets.
At the entrance of Victory
Hail. is to be erected a band
stand, and band music will bt
on the program every day of the
campaign beginning April s.
The union men and Commercial
club officers are strong for the
big job Sunday, and they are
pulling together to put across the
campaign in record style.
Ralph Stacy was the first to
put his name on the list of walters
for Sunday. 81 may have lost my
skill with the hammer and saw,
but l certainly know how to feed
the men who use them" he said.
Friday and Saturday the union
members will be given lunch and
dinner by II. Roy Harrison, candi-
date for city commissioner, at his
Index cafe, 18th and Broadway
It's on him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
Secretary of War Goes
in Borrowed Uniform to
Edge of No Mans Land
While Shrapnel Bursts
All Around.
Omitted Press Leased Wire,


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, March 2O.-Secre-
tary Baker was in the front line
trenches under shell fire early
Tuesday scanning No Mans Land
from a listening post.
NOW I'm at the frontier
of freedom" he exclaimed.
Returning from the trench, a
lO5-caliber German shell burst
within 40 yards of the secretary's
automobile.
Baker saw many men from
Ohio whom he knew, both Off
GERS and rankers.
The secretary called upon
Capt. Archie Roosevelt at the
hospital, stood at the young off
GERS cot and chatted for some
time, praising his gallantry.
Borr0ws Khaki logs.
He also talked with other
wounded officers.
The visi. to the hospital fol-
lowed an inspection of the TOul
front. Baker and his party mo-
tored thru shattered villages to
division headquarters. A battal-
ion drawn up by the roadside was
formally reviewed.
Bakers visit was a surprise to
the men in the trenches.
The secretary wore a borrowed
officers uniform pants, civilian
| coat, raincoat, puttees and tin
hat and carried gas mask.
Previously he had taken gas
mask drill
Obviously Cool.
After inspecting dugouts and
the front line trenches, he ira
versed sap to a listening post,
nearest the German trenches.
when he returned to the regular
lines, he remarked:
Now I've been from the farms
to the factories; from the homes
to the front line"
A listening post sentry BASH
fully assured the secretary that
the Americans shoot better than
the Germans.
When Baker arrived at a GER
tain brigade headquarters, seven
batteries nearby were being
shelled.
There was some delay in start
ing while a route to the trenches
was being picked to avoid ira
versing the German barrage.
The entire sector was lively
with breaking shrapnel. There
were only four in the party
Baker, a division general, a ma
jOr from the press section and q
guide.
The other members of the
party were extremely nervous
regarding Bakers welfare, but he
was obviously cool.
AS Baker passed, a shell burst
near his automobile. He inquired
whether anyone was hurt When
he was assured there were no
casualties, his automobile was
|speeded up to carry him out of
the danger zone.
A colonel presented Baker the
helmet of a German lieutenant
captured in a raid The secre-
tary accepted it, but later said he
was going to give 1t to the col
oners mother.
Baker stood with his head I'M
covered by roadside cemetery
where half a dozen soldiers are
buried while the military burial
Of another was in progress. He
remained uncovered In silent
tribute to the dead, turnout the
service.
While WHITING hospital where
there are several gas victims un-
dergoing treatment, Baker talked
with a wounded officer who had
been decorated with the French
|croix de guerre.
1--WE got war cross, but I
cant wear it," he told Baker.
"As secretary of war, give
you authority to wear IT," was
the reply.
A frequent remark of Bakers
as he met groups of soldiers dur
ling his inspection trip was:
You're good looking bunch
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20

aries for the democratic senator
ship nomination, today resigned as
a member of the federal trade
commission. President Wilson, in
accepting the resignation, wrote a
letter expressing his hope Of Da-
vies' successful fight at the polls
April 2.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
Delay Seizure

Omitted Press Leased Wire,
WASHINGTON, d. c., March
20.-Governmental requisition OF
Dutch shipping still was delayed
early today. Seizure, expected
last night or early this morning,
waited upon President Wilson IS
proclamation, which. in turn, de-
ponds upon a message rs TO Hol-
lands position.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
.ORDlNANCETO
GO ON BALLOT

Without a dissenting vote, the
ordinance which PAGES before vot-
ers of Tacoma April 2 the Quos-
ton OF acquiring the r. r. 3 n
Co. street railway system a. mus
nicipal, utility, was paused By ~
city council Wednesday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20

The old newspaper office joke
about the roller towel that fell on
the floor and broke in two is now
superseded by Abe Martins report
that in the east one of these
towels went 10000 miles without
a puncture.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20

Greetings, are you figuring
ON DOUBLING or TREBLING
your Liberty loan purchase?
because Tacoma will fall
down on its quota If you
dOn't.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
fine TRAP ALL
Laid; Will YOU
STEP RIGHT in?

Ia II ISTER TACOMAN, do you know what is
W going to happen to you if you DON'T vote
80 that muny street railway project thru?
Don't imagine for minute that if it fails condi-
hons will remain as we now have them. Because
they won't.
These things will come about
First the state supreme court will decide our pub
Lie service commission CAN set all franchises aside.
Second, the commission will take the hint. It will
at once proceed to make every franchise we ever have
given the 7. R. & p Co. look like Begiums scrap of
paper when the kaiser got thru with it.
six-cent fare will be decreed first and promptly
Then, the franchises (once considered as contracts
and binding on both parties) having had this one
gaping hole punched in them, will be open to all the
ripping up that our expert little Olympia rippers
care to do.
And that will be plenty!
They'll tell the company it need longer pay the
two per cent gross earnings tax.
THEY'LL relieve the company of it's obligation to
keep up the paving between it's tracks and to
the ends of it's ties (which in Tacoma it hasn't
been keeping up anyhow for 10, these many months.
AND THEN, MISTER TACoMAN, WHERE
WILL YOU BE?
Your two hired men in Boston, 5000 miles away
will become all of sudden your absentee landlords
and you'll find your six cent pieces being drawn out
of you and out of Tacoma like dust out of your old
fishing togs when ma runs the vacuum cleaner thru
the garnet in the springtime.
How do we know all this? Well, of course, we
confidence that we are real prophets
For one thing, Oregon folks already have been
soaked in just this manner Down in Portland, for
instance, the six-cent fare is being collected The
people struggled but the courts hog tied them Now
we have similar suits pending in Washington. They
have conveniently been postponed until this election
is out Of the way-then if the issue should fall watch
them slide thru!
WE HAVE been talking to some of the best law
w yers on the subject in this section-men
who know what they are talking about, not
the typical street lawyers they say that
cisions tend that way that courts lean that way
that IT'S IN THE CARDS.
The war and complication of causes too big for
single railroads to grappe with has recently forced
government operation Of all steam lines and govern
ment ownership of those same properties is Just
around the corner.
Other causes less inevitable, are making munich
pal ownership of street railways certain It is Taco
mas privilege to step out the leader in this devel
opment. Vote for the big constructive program.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20

What has become of the
old-fashioned Tacoma mother
who used to dose the kid
with sulphur and mOlasses
about this time Of the year?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
STILL M'ADOoING

Leaving aside all jokes and fun,
/ wish I'd did what McAdone.
To him III have to lift my lid
l could not do what McAdid.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
WEATHER FORECAST

Every cloud
has its silver
lining. 1T o.
night probably
rain. Thursday
fair" predicts
w Q q { h erman
Cover. 1t eth
er rains or 1t
doesn't rain. 1t
doesn't rain;
therefore 1t
rains. Amt II
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
DAVIES RESIGNS

tUsited rress Lessed wlre.b
WASHINGTON, d. c., March
20.--Joseph Davies, successful
candidate in the Wisconsin prim-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20

Says the lady next door:
Somebody's always got some
'ody else by the neck"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
SAME WITH US

Dear TalkO: Is khaki q
cloth or q color? / have ask
ed a hundred people, and the
vote is $3.50, HI. A III.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20
TODAY,s CLEARINGs

Clearings ........$ s1S,36S.62
Balances ......... S0,515.96
transactions $500. 2,156,310.43
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-20

BY attending the cantata, "The Fri King
Daughter" at the Tacoma theater tonight yo,
will be treating yourself to musical luxury
and at the same time giving the st Joseph's hos
Dttal some needed assistance
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-09
Why VIII Should Be Exercised.

There is only one way to keep the
will active, and that is by exercising
It, The will is like the muscles, for
even the finest of athletes soon gets
out of condition unless he exercises.
A man ought to do every day some
thing that he does not care to do,
just for the sake of exercising his
will. That sort of exercise keeps it
in condition, ready for the harder
things of life when they occur, and,
above all, prepared for emergencies
that maN spring up. The doctrine of
preparedness is much better under
stood now than 1t was at the begin
ming of lost year. 1t is as true for
the individual as the nation. 1t may
cost a good deal of time and energy
and money, but it saves in the end.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-09
How salutationa Differ

The natives of different countries
vary in the + salutations. Binghi
meeting Binghi after long separa-
ton remarks "Yah y or something to
that effect. Torres Strait islanders
grunt their greetings. Some Papuans
raise their arms, others shout the
name of the newly arrived. Javan-
csc are fond of a long, complicated adj
dress of welcome. In some South
Sea Islands noses are rubbed, in 9TH
ers the hands are held up palms out
wards. But all take to the white
mans fashion of shaking hands. Once,
when travelling along the beach near
the Vailala river (Papua), a wrinkled
old heather rushed out from a small
village, laced himself directly In my
path, spat on his hand, held it out
and said Tomorrow tomorrow !"
Farewells are often impressive. In
southeast Papua they have a so-long
that acutely conveys the idea of sad
ness at parting. 1t is "Eo-o-o,
Eo-o-o-ol" and when hundred
are chanting it the long-drawn-out TO-
is one of the saddest sounds imagin-
able.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-09
SANDBAGS SAVE MANY LIVES
Italian Authorities Must Be Given
Credit for Resourcefuiness in
Modern Warfare.

No belligerent has shown more re-
sourcefulness than the Italians in de-
vising novel means of offense and de-
Tense, says writer in Wide World
Magazine. The Italian army was the
only one to enter the war with trench
helmet and steel chest protector, and
1t is now provided with more efficient
body shield than is possessed by any
other of the warning nations.
Early in the war it was discovered
by the Italians that many lives could
be saved in skirmishing at close quar-
tiers if the soldiers carried or pushed
bags of sand in front of them, and the
present body shield has been an out
growth of that idea.
They are made in the one-man and
two-man type. The former are worn
by infantry advancing in the open, at
tached to the shoulders by a pair OF
light steel arms, and are long enough
to protect the head and vital organs OF
a man standing erect. Lying at full
length, or even crouciIed, it covers him
completely. Each shield is pierced with
small, round eyehole and an oblong
loophole for firing from, both of which
may be closed by a sliding door when
not in use.
The two-man shield is principally
used In wire cutting. 1t is carried on
the back of one man, who may also
work his rifle from a loophole in the
top, while second man works long
wire-cutter through a hole at the bot
tom. 1t is held up by short legs If the
first man desires to move independ-
emily.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-09
CAN STOP ANNOYING HABIT
How Habitual Snorer May Cure Him
self of Practice That Is Injurious
to the Health.

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, who conducts
a department Of foods, sanitation and
health in Good Housekeeping, invites
Inquiry from readers, and in doing so
Lays himself open to surprising re-
quests. A woman recently asked the
doctor why her sister snored and how
she could be cured OF the unpleasant
accomplishment. Doctor Wiley gave
the following explanation of snoring:
Snoring takes place only when the
mouth Is open and almost always when
one is sleeping on his back. Adenoids
or other distractions to the nasal pas
sages are frequent causes of snoring.
Usually snoring is prevented by sleep
ing on ones side. Mechanically an elias
tic band under the chin and over the
top of the head will keep the mouth
closed. The annoyance which is caused
to other people by snoring Is by no
means the worst feature of this trou-
bic. The air that enters the lungs di-
rectly through the mouth is more like
~ to carry dust and infection into the
lungs than If the breathing takes place
through the nasal passages. These
passages are tortuous in character,
and the particles carried In the air
stick to the mucous membranes of the
air passages. Thus the lungs are pro-
tected from Infection
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-09
Patriotic to Eat cocenuts.

Is coconut pie an essential? the wan
Street Journal wants to know. No.
but gas masks are. 1t is a far cry
from eoconut pie to gas masks, but
we are enabled to indulge our appe-
tites in the one and supply the other
through a single operation.
Gas masks contain certain brand
of charcoal which is an absorbent Oh
poison gas, and it has been found thaI
the rind of coconuts, when burned, pro
duces charcoal superior TO all others
For this reason the government mas
placed the humble coconut on the ns'
OF essential products and our frieuos
ON the island of Porto Rico are urseu
to ship as many as they can.
When eating a piece of coconut PIE
or any other 1elicacy containing coco
nut you are enabled to do so with au
easy conscience. The charcoal Inaue
from the shell of The coeonut you e1'
may be saving the life of an American
soldier somewhere in France.