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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-21
Lenine DOuble-CrOSSeS TrOtSky
ALLIES win in
NAVAL BATTLE

United Press Leased Wire)
LONDON, March 21.-Two enemy destroyers and
two torpedo boats believed to have been sunk in
action off Dunkrk the British admiralty announced
today.
The German warships were bombarding Dunkirk
this morning when they were attacked by French
and British naval forces.
No allies vessels were sunk, altho British de
stroyer was damaged 1t was brought safely init
harbor.
Two British and three French destroyers partici
pated in the engagement.
Dunkirk is on the French coast about 20 miles
west of the point where the front lines touch the
North Sea and about 80 miles west of Ostend, the
German naval base in Belgium
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AMERICANS
RAID BOCHE
LINE AGAIN

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WITH TIL Il AMERICAN
ARMY IN FRANCE, March
21.-American troops in the
Luneville region successfully
raided enemy trenches late to-
day after pulverizing the Ger
man defenses In an artillery
preparation which shook
buildings miles in the rear.
The raid was made at the con-
clusion of an unusually heavy
bombardment by the enemy.
French artillery and infantry
participated in the attack.
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CONCRETE SH|PYARO MAY LOCATE HERE
G. B. Hurley Announces
= Definitely That Firm
Will Build Concrete
Vessels; Plant to Be
Rushed.
$500 TON STEAMER
TO BE THE FIRST

The possibility of concrete ship
building yards in Tacoma doomed
big today with the definite an
nouncement by Charles B. Hurley
that the Mason Co., con-
tractors who built Camp Lewis,
are contemplating plans to build
these ships of stone.
I'VE are now selecting a site,
and within a week we expect to
announce where our shipbuildinS
plant will be located" said Hur-
ley.
by the first of the month we
expect to have all our plans COM
pleted to begin operations.
35OO-TOn Ship First
The first concrete ship to be
built by the company will be a
steamer about the size Of the new
3500-ton Ferris type wooden YES
sells recently completed by the
Seaborn shipyards in Tacoma.
The company will start opera
tions with this one large vessel
and a number of concrete barges.
Hurley is just home from a
trip to the east and south in the
interest of concrete shipbuilding.
Sees Launching
On his way back he attended
the launching of the Faith, y
latest marine prodigy constructed
of reinforced concrete. now max
ing ready for her maiden trip
in San Francisco.
Hurley was enthusiastic over
the new yankee notion" He
expressed the belief that the con-
crete vessels will stand the test
along with steel and wood. At
the same time he said he was con-
fident they can be built faster and
cheaper.
Also the construction work re-
quires an entirely different kind
of labor from that in the building
of steel and wood vessels.
Time the Essence
Time is the essence Of Uncle
Sans contract with his co-bellig-
erents against the menace of Ger
many's sworded Imperialism.
And the concrete ship promises
to be the vital time saver in rush.
ing food and supplies to Europe.
1.-THE Faith has demon
strated that the hulls of
such transports can be COM
pleted I'm 90 days, compared
with four months for wooden
vessels Of the same type and
tonnage" said Hurley.
''COst of concrete is but
go per cent that of steel. Its
weight is about that Of wood.
Material doesn't have to be
hauled across the continent.
Skilled labor is not essen.
tion."
These are the outstanding ad-
vantages of Americas newest
cheese box"
Contracts for Four
Time, labor and costs are con-
served.
First of the new type to be
launched, the Faith" built by
the San Francisco Shipbuilding
Co., weighs 1900 tons and is
|, capable of developing 1850 horse
power from her triple expansion
engines.
If tests prove satisfactory to
the shipping board, concrete ar
mada of much greater tonnage
will be turned out under speed
up program.
The government already has
contracted for four of these YES
sells, said Hurley.
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GERMANS POUND
BRITISH LINES
UNITED Press Leased Wire. I,

UNITED Press Leased Wfre.)
LONDON, March 21.-Heavy
bombardment by German artillery
of the British lines from the neigh
borhood of Vendeuil south of st.
Quentin to as far as the Scarpe
was reported by Field Marshal
Haig to the war office today. The
bombardment, he said, began
shortly before dawn.
"In the neighborhood of st.
Quentin we carried out success
full raid" the statement said, "tak-
ing Is prisoners and three ma
chine guns.
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u. S. WARSHIP
IN COLLISIONS:
FOUR KILLED

tUnitcd Press Leased wlre.l
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Mar.
21.-t1ne Officer and three
enlisted men were killed and
at least 10 men were injured
when the u. s. destroyer Man.
ley collidetl with a British
man-Of-war March 10, the
navy department announced
today.
A depth charge on the Manley
exploded when the collision oc.
Cured and both vessels were dam.
aged.
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WOOD AND
BELL HOME

AN ATLANTIC PORT. March
21.--Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood,
commander of the seth division OF
the United States army, and Ma
jor General ]. Franklin Bell, CON-
mander Of the 74th division, ar
rived here today aboard French
liner.
General Wood, 1t was stated,
has practically recovered from
wounds he received while at the
American front.
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U. S. ATTITUDE NOW.
SAME AS BEFORE

Omitted Press Lessed Wire.p
WASHINGTON. d. c., March
21.--The United States position
toward Russia is unchanged.
This government still regards
her as an associate" or co-bel-
igerant in the war.
This was said officially today
In an informal state department.
discussion of Trotsky's reported
request for aid in recognising
the volunteer Slav army.
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Scenes
In Reichstag

ZURICH, March 81. - Wild
scenes in the German reichstag
Tuesday are described by the
Munich Zeitung, copies of which
were received here today.
Independent socialist members,
resenting the vice presidents con-
Predictions of DR.. Ledebour's crit
icisms of the Russian peace treaty,
rushed toward the chair, shouting
and gesticulating. Quiet was re-
stored by floor officers.
DR.. Ledebour is one OF the ma
iority socialist leaders.
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RED NAVAL HEADS
MISSING; MYSTERY

tunued Press beaScu WireJ
PETROGRAD, March 81. -
Three of the peoples commissaS.
les, entrusted with Organization
of a red guard navy have been
mysteriously murdered. 1t wag
learned here today.
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Our friend T. T. has a modest
opinion of his intellectual attain
ments; but there Is one time, he
says, when he feels his superiority
to the r. and I. of the W. human
race, and that is when, sitting in
a vaudeville house, he looks
around at the audience.
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fluence the vote.
The telegram from Lynch fol
lows:
Advisory committee to capital
issues committee concurs in rec
ommendation of subcommittee
this district that no opinion be
rendered with respect to Tacoma
utility bonds prior to decision of
local authorities and electors and
strongly urges that all expendit-
ures not absolutely essential be
deferred. We respectfully urge
postponement Of this issue at this
time. Committee objects being
placed in position of approving
projects not yet submitted to
people for their decision because
of use that may be made of such
approval during campaign"
See page for editorial COM
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TROTSKY'S
PLEADING
FOR ARMY
By Joseph Shaplen

United Press Staff Correspondent
PETROGRAD, March 40
(Night)--War Minister Trotsky.
addressing the Moscow soviet to-
day, received the widest applause
when he pleaded for immediate
creation of a large Russian army.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-21
WEATHER FORECAST

Sat's bear
says he saw the
first cherry
blossom this
morning. Now
is the time for
spring fever.
He wants to
know IL Ralph
Stacy's gong
to join the
cooks and wait
ers' union. ITO
night and Frida
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-21

Well wager that il rains
on April I and old man Hind
enburg will have to POSTPONE
his trip to Paris.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-21

We are working on a de.
sign for an unsuitable ship.
1t is to be built Of wood and
instead of having a hold will
have u solid hull.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-21

Says the lady next door:
"A girl en- always be sure nv
tn Teller up t tn day they face
tn preacher"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-21

Never put off till tomorrow
what you can get somebody else
do for you today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-21

Germany thinks there are only
10000 or $4,000 American SOL
diers in France. Say, there are
that many American newspaper
men over there.
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Greetings, have You con-
verted friend to the muny
carline idea?
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Off
Hand TO
Kaiser

by ROBERT j. BENDER
United Press Staff Correspondent.
Copyright, 1913, by the United
Pres.)
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See page A for editorial COM
ment.
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Holland insists that II we take her ships we must
,e careful with them. We will be as careful as
possible considering that we are going to sail then
IN the ocean.
Evening star., 1918-01-09
CONDUIT ROAD CITIZENS
FOR D. C. WAGE INCREASE
Adopt Resolution to Place Municipal
Employes on Same Basic Salary
as Federal Workers.

y resolution favoring an increase in
the salaries of the municipal govern
ment employees SO as to place them on
the same basic salary as the federal
employees was unanimously passed at
a meeting of the Conduit Road Citi-
Zens' Association last evening at St
David's parish hall. The resolution was
introduced by DIR. C. p. Granfeld.
Another resolution was adopted, ask
ing for the widening of Reservoir
street. The commissioners are to be
asked to request the abutttng property
owners to dedicate enough land to
widen the street to ninety feet.
This was the only important business
transacted at the meeting, which was
short, owing to the absence OF num-
her of the chaiTmen of the committees
Two new members were admitted into
the association. They are Mrs. NJ
Roche and w. p. Curling.
Evening star., 1918-01-09

the efficiency Of the fire-fighting force
Of the city"
Speaking Of the Juvenile Court bill,
he said:
"The chamber about year ago be-
slowed considerable thought upon a
bill to remedy the numerous defects of
our ANTICIPATED juvenile court law, and
suggested a number of important
amendments to the bill. The bill is
still before Congress and 1 trust that
our committee on law and legislation
will continue their efforts to bring
about its passage during the present
session, as the proposed changes in the
existing law are greatly needed"
Mr.. Sinclair closed by appealing for
a more compact system of District reg
ulations:
although the suggestion is, by no
means new. wish to offer for your
consideration the old assertion that the
police. health. building and plumbing
regulations, and all other municipal
regulations and ordinances now in
force in the District. should be reduced
to an orderly. compact system. freed
from the needless technicalities. OBJ
scurities and other defects (which the
experience of their administration has
disclosed) and incorporated into our
code, which now deals only with gen
eral law and procedure in the District"
Evening star., 1918-01-09
CAT TALES.
Jerusalem

Jerusalem, the hoary, gray town
of wondrous age, whose palpitat-
ing story is writ in Scripture S
page! The feet OF British stran-
gers are in your streets today,
where once the money changers
were scourged for crooked play.
Your customs and your manners
are much the same as when the
Pharaohs swung their banners,
and brought home captive men.
Your gray walls, still abiding,
were frowning, grim and dark,
when Jonah went joy riding, and
Noah built his ark. Jerusalem,
eternal, no doubt it makes you raw,
10 see a British colonel a-laying
down the law. To see your storied
places re-echo to the tread OF
blonde and freckled. races, with
whiskers showing red! Goodbye
TO ancient custom, to old-time
ways farewell! The Britishers
Will bust EN-, while they among
you dwell. There is strange
time coming, Jerusalem, alas,
when you'll have modern plumb
ing. electric lights and gas. And
autos will go chugging, as busy
as bay steers, where donkeys have
been plugging FIVE thousand
sleepy years. And there'll be
morning papers to greet you when
you rise, your grocers and your
drapers will learn to advertise
Jerusalem. the British will speed
your laggard step, for they are
blithe and skittish, and full OF vim
and pep. You've slept and
dreamed while races grew up and
knew decay, but now your ancient
places will learn the modern way.
WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1918-01-09

servation exhibit At the public library
under the auspices Of the conservation
section Of the Twentieth Century Club.
The exhibition shows the corn in the
husk. after it has been husked, and
also after being ground into -four. The
exhibit in corn will continue through
out the month. -
Evening star., 1918-01-09
WANTS D. c. GUARD
TOOCCUPY ARNORY
Chamber of Commerce 0p-
poses Effort to Gust Body.
Charges Are Denied.

y resolution opposing any effort to
take the armory at AZ !. street away
from the newly organized District Ma
'ional Guard was adopted by the Cham
ber of Commerce at its annual meeting
at Rauscher's last night.
The action was taken on motion of
Capt. Winfield Jones. chairman of the
National Guard committee of-the cham
Der. who issued statement yesterday Y
afternoon. in which he charged that
the District Commissioners were at
tempting TO disrupt the newly formed
guard unit by recommending to the
War Department that the l. street
armory pe taken over by the govern
inent for Office purposes.
The resolution instructed Capt. Jones
to present the chambers protest TO the
War Department Immediately.
Evening star., 1918-01-09
Organization Required Here.

In offering the resolution Can't. Jones
declared that the saf ty of the nations
capital in war time requires milf
tary organization, and tnat without On
armory it would be impossible to per-
feet the new organization. Capt. Jones
said Congress made an APPROPRIATION
flor the new guard organization, and
that the Commissioners have no more
ITO do with it tnan the man in the
moon
TIE speaker pointed out that Col.
j. :. papray. L. 5. \, who is organizing
tHe new guard unit. already has 400
applications from white men and 10
FROM coIoled men willing to join.
Evening star., 1918-01-09
Denial by Mr.. Brownlow.

Commissioner Brownlow emphatically
denied that the district Commissioners
were trying to break up the District
National Guard. Il is understood that
while the District Commissioners have
no jurisdiction over the National Guard
Armory. at Az L street northwest. they
are of the opinion that II is Cnecopon-
zeal for this large building 10 b re-
t3ned for the use of d small guard at
the present time. when the demand for
housing space for government purposes
IS so great
1t has been suggested IL the armory
were taken over by the government.
the District guard units could find
suitable accommodations in the quarters
of the armory OF the District of CO..
lumbia Naval Militia, at the foot Of
7th street southwest
Evening star., 1918-01-09

For Sale-six-Roon. Bath and Cellar
bay-window brick near Lincoln Park
s3.25o. John Scrivener, e14 G.
Evening star., 1918-01-09
CITY ITEMS.
Claim Optical Co., oOs F St.,
When you are undecided.
Is Lbs. white Potatoes. 4oc: LIB

Is Lbs. White Potatoes, 40c; Lbs.
Onions, s5c; Buckwheat. nc; Wonder
Coffee. zoe: Wonder Tea, 44c; Black
aroni or Spagh ETH. 12c; Duryea's Corn
Starch, &c; Navy Beans, lie lb.. Seeded
Raisins. shc: 21-os.. Van Camp Beans.
lie; Borax Soap. z5c- 412 4th s.e. and
all the ]. T. D. Pyles Stores.
Evening star., 1918-01-09

The forty-ninth annunl meeting of the
Washington Humane Society is to be
held Friday afternoon at o'clock at
the Shoreham Hotel.
Evening star., 1918-01-09
SCOUTS EXHIBIT CORN.
Crop Raised in East Potomac Park
at Public Library.

Corn raised by the Boy Scouts. last
summer on their farm in East Potomac
Park, is on display at the food con-
Evening star., 1918-01-09

A party for girls from the western
states and a meetingrof the New Eng
land Club will be held at tho Y. W. C.
A. Friday night.
Evening star., 1918-01-09

Or. Edward II. Egbert is to speak on
"The Siay VS.. the Teuton Peril at a
meeting Of the Women's Alliance of All
Souls Unitarian Church, 14th and L
streets. Friday morning at IL o'clock
at the church.
Evening star., 1918-01-09

! o2 Engraved Wedding Announcements
! are correct Brewood. SIG 18th st.-Ad-
! vertisement.
Evening star., 1918-01-09
Present System Inhuman.

: TN this connection I also call atten-
tcn TO the proposed adoption of tho
ko-piatoon system for. our fire depart
mt which was recently indorsed by
tie chamber. and which has been ap-
proved by the District Commissioners.
In their report for 1917 the Commits
a1opers State that the adoption Of this
&0utam would relieve the members Of
the IRE department from their present
ieQnAnsmept of twenty-one hours on
duty, with but one day on In five for
IeiaxAtion, The present system, re-
qutring continuous duty, is cruel and
1nhuuan. unreasonable and unfair, and
Dhpu5d 6esabolishsd. Il 10 not in ac-
seofd wfth the sentiment OF the times.
EAo ado1<fon Of the two-platoon sys-
Gam ahenil be dsmandsd-not only by
ehe mGmbseS of the IRE department.,
Naets 6fvoe and children, bat ~ the
ssaaG e hrgs tas s.sssy ef hose
Evening star., 1918-01-09
!. poolroo,n Mt ..igginla avenue ard Sd

street southwest was the scene of an
encounter last night. in which Charles
Suydam, colored, 435 Delaware avenue
southwest, received a cut across his
neck. Charlie was taken to Casualty
hospital, and he told the police he
would procure warrant for the color
ed man who cut him.
Evening star., 1918-01-09

tHpt. tEgvIcs ID. NhrH ke!tofu, "0Eis-
ruandlnE Company A. Home lcfcrse
Rifies, has issued orders for drill to-
morrow evening at 7:45 o'clock at
Pythian Temple.
Evening star., 1918-01-09

A day class in millinery. under Mrs.
Z. S. Combs. open to all members of the
Y. W. c. A. will be held at headquar-
ters, 619 14th street. starting Friday
morning at 10 o'clock.
Evening star., 1918-01-09
CITY ITE.yYG III BRIEF

Officers are ia Ec elected ut Rae an-
nual meeting Of the Connecticut Ave-
nue. Citizens Association this evening
at O'Clock 1T the Army and Navy Pre-
paratory School President Westiake
will submit his report on what the as
sociation has done during the last
twelve months.
Evening star., 1918-01-09

drum, twenty IfcsiHE N Uaa.aVEFF'
with four sticks, has disappeared from
Il shed on the premises OF Mrs. Agnes
Seymour. IT'S 18th street northeast. The
police have been asked TO recover 1t
The police think it probable that the
drum was borrowed by patriotic boys.
Evening star., 1918-01-09

tional New Thought Center. VIII Spea K
on Mental Poisoning" at meeting of
the center this evening at s. ocIoch.
Evening star., 1918-01-09

A class IN "expresx.on" Will be hello Mt
the j ". e. a. Thursday evenings,
starting tomorrow at : o'clock. Miss
Ethel H. Bartlett of the Wilson Normal
School will be the instructor.
Evening star., 1918-01-09
New York Dancing

Teaching al latest ballroem dsneing. sas-sts,.
valts fox trot. jazz Chinese toddle, tange wHltS
Reasonable rates. Lady and men fnstruetsn.
| SOS 9Th NV. Rhone Fl. z7ee
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a meat or vegetable for less, make that
answer, even if the menus must be
changed. 1t will not be much trouble,
and the rest of the family will not know
the difference. If beefsteak is 40 cents
a pound, and you were going to have
some for dinner with creamed onions,
buy two calves tongues at % cents each
and have praised, tongue instead and
buy Thrift Stamps with the SO cents
saved.
Instead of paying 80 cents for can
taloupes for dessert, buy some 'bruised"
or dropped" peaches and make peach
dumplings or cut some up to eat with
cream. If you find that a certain salad
Oil has become 10 or more cents a
cam higher since your list was made up,
buy cheaper oil. and ten to one you
will find that the mayonnaise is lust
as good. and the extra money saved will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06

That doesn't sound orthodox to me"
countered. "Its a newer combination
of theology and therapeutics than Chris
tan Science itself Prove it. I have
long suspected milk--it is mentioned
along with honey as an essential ingre-
dent of the new Jerusalem-but spinach
| should never have thought Of except
that it is rather disagreeable vegetable
and so might be means of grace"
Spinach isn't ALL" groaned the F. o.
Cabbage, mind you, and lettuce, that
we ignorantly use for 'trimmin's' and
waste; cauliiower, Brussels sprouts and
onions, chard and collards, they are all
protective foods They hardly have
calorie to bless themselves with; they
wouldn't yield up warmth and energy
enough to keep a bird going, but it's
their mineral content, Fat-Soluble-A and
Water-Soluble-B that turns the trick.
'You may eat bread and meat, beans
and peanuts, all solid foods, but if you
don't manage some eggs, milk and leafy
vegetables what you eat won't protect
you from beri-beri, scurvy, pelagra and
ricketts,, especially if you are young
thing and your diet is limited
of you could see the rats fed on vege-
table oil and white rice, cornmeal with
the germ out, starches and sugars, and
white bolted flour (no milk or leaves)
you would go out and buy dairy farm
and plant spinach and cabbage around
the edges and think milk cheap at twice
its price
What does happen to then1-the rats
l mean?" l queried in awed accents.
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that don't get EN-. What's in Nance"
said the food man, shaking his head and
stroking his bald spot thoughtfully.
(Men are proverbially disagreeable about
eating spinach, reflccted) THAT little
alliterative proverb of Professor McCol-.
lum's about Meat does not take the
place of milk, really ought to be worked
in crosstitch and hung up alongside of
God Bless Our Home The professor
knows all about the effect produced by
the absence or presence of these protec-
tive substances, but he doesn't know
what they are made Of, and he is afraid
to pin a name on them that may prove
misfit when he comes to know them bet
ter
Like naming girl Diana and having
her turn out a Jane I murmured APP
preciatively.
Something like that" agreed the ex-
pert, sinking graciously to my feminine
point of view for the moment But this
is the most interesting thing of all. Now,
get this. It's wonderful. 1t is the parts
of both plants and animals that are or
ganic, as we say Chat is, they are made
of active cells rather than Of tissues that
are merely storage houses), that have
this protective vitalizing function Isn't
that the last word in Intelligence in mat
ter? Seeds like wheat and roots like
potatoes and turnips, and tissues like
meat do not have these values that are
found in leaves that have functioning
cells that breathe for the plant, so to
speak.
Even the glands of the animals, the
Kidneys, liver. etc. have more of this pro-