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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
Baby is King in France Today;
His Day Has Come, Says Chester

solute monarch which will prob
ably be left after we get thru re-
moving kaiserism, and all which
that implies, from the face of an
otherwise commendable world.
Among our entirely satisfac-
tory studies of the marvellous war
spirit Of the civilian population
of France, perhaps the most in
spring have been our interviews
with the babies, and we may say,
right at the outset, and in order
to have have done with that phase
of the subject, that we found
their war spirit lusty, exuberant
and undaunto1i y .1-A-., 49,,
You ~, ES11ct 6unneo =.
1oe1 q - = 10lt nd6I
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
RICH, GETS
OFF EASY

After spending his time in tho
sheriff's office instead of in the
jail where poorer offenders OF the
law are forced to go, Jack Olson,
owner of a large part Of the town
of Ruston, was let out ON bail
Thursday morning.
He was arrested on a charge
of feloniously assaulting Amanda
Lee.
The woman has filed suit
against him for 100000 dam
ages.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
Deserted Wife Now Sorry
For Hubby Behind Bars

husband gives sufficient assur-
ance that the same thing will not
again occur.
THE same thing happens in
over 80 per cent of wife deeer-
ton cases. said Remain. "It
looks very different to see hubby
on the other side of the bars. II
is because of this that We do not
generally go after a-wife desert
er in another state.
1T is very expensive, and
after we have him the plaintiff
usually comes to us with tears
and. begs US to let the man go.
This case, however, was SO raw
that we had to do something. No
matter what she wishes to say
now, we have Mrs. Halls sworn
affidavit for evidence in the
case"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08

a Spanaway car on the way to her
parents home.
NeighbOr Hears Shots.
The shooting is believed to have
occurred about lis a. m, a short
time after they got off the car.
c. II. Bruemmer, a neighbor OF
the Aleshires', 715 South 5sth St,
had just returned home with his
wife and two children at lis
when he heard shots fired.
An hour later Ed Aleshire,
brother of the murdered girl,
stumbled over the two bodies ~
ing on the sidewalk, half block
from his home.
lie Immediately notified the po-
lice. Browne was rushed TO the
hospital where he died five hours
later.
DishOnorably Discharged.
Browne evidently held the re-
volver close to his wife's body
when he fired both shots, as there
were distinct powder burns sur
rounding each wound.
In the belief of Coroner Stew
art, the husband pressed his re-
volver close to Mrs. Brownies left
temple for the first shot, and
death was almost instantaneous.
AS she lay on the sidewalk, he
reached down and fired another
shot at her heart. The clothing
at the point where the bullet en-
tered was badly burned.
Browne had been in service with
the Second Washington on the
Mexican border last year. He was
given a dishonorable discharge n
New York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
COUNCIL WILL FIX
AMOUNT OF BONDS

City councilmen met at 2
O'Clock Friday afternoon to de-
eide the amount of money to be
called for on the bond issue which
will be voted April for taking
over the T. r. q p. Co. street
railway system. Ordinances have
been prepared placing the NUM-
cipal street railway question on
the ballot, but the amount of the
issue has not yet been deter
mined.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08

MADE
TIGHT

Especial to The Times)
CHEHALIS, March 8.-The
defense in the murder trial Of
Oscar II. Main today knocked
all the remaining props from
under the framework OF cir
cumstantial evidence built up
by the prosecution.
Witnesses continued to make
Mains alibi stronger, accounting
for his actions between 5 and
$3.50 on the afternoon of the MUIR
der OF Fred Swayne. the time dur
ing which the prosecution has con-
tended the crime was committed.
Main took the stand in his own
behalf at 1880 this morning, de-
scribing in detail his whereabouts
and actions at the time of the MUIR
der.
His story agreed with the tes-
timony of the other witnesses
called to prove an fiibi.
Main emphatically denied he
had quarreled with Swayne, de-
claring they always had been the
best of friends.
Tells OF Hatchets.
Contradicting the prosecution IS
testimony that Ratchet of the
kind apparently used in the crime,
had been seen in his woodshed,
the defendant testified he had only
had three hatchets in his life, and
that all three were now at his
home. None of them, he declared,
answered the description given by
the prosecution.
Main also denied emphatically
that at the time Swayne's body
was found he had declared that
they didn't need the sheriff"
Testimony in the case probably
will be completed by tonight and
arguments will be heard tomor-
row.
responsibility Of the testi-
mony Of Robert Hodge, prose
cution witness, who said he saw
Main enter Swayne's grocery store
at Napavine on the afternoon OF
the murder. was shown by defense
witnesses.
Several of these witnesses early
today stood where Hodge said he
had stood, and had men they well
walk where Hodge said Main had
walked. -.
Perfectly Proper"
Later all testified that Hodge
positively could not have identi-
fled Main.
Mrs. Main, called to the stand
again today, swore she knew all
about the three auto trips taken
by Main and Mrs. Swayne, and de-
clared they we're perfectly pro-
per-" ''-''
To corroborate the testimony
given yesterday, proving an alibi
for Main, Mrs. C. l.. Stone, wife of
Napavine banker, was called.
She testified she saw Main at his
home at $3.50 in the afternoon.
She also declared that Main and
Continued on Page Five.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08

A woman's heart again threat
ems to interfere with the pro-
ceedings of the prosecuting attor-
ney's office in the case of G. w.
Hall, who was brought to the
county Jail Thursday night by
Deputy Sheriff John Hopkins
from Erie, Pa, on a charge of
wife desertion.
Hall asked to see his wife, and
after few minutes conversation,
satisfactorily explained to her
why he had left her and their
little daughter with $40 for sup
port, while he took with him over
$4,000.
Prosecuting Attorney Remain
says that altho Mrs. Hall wishes
to withdraw all charges against
her husband, he will see that the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
FEWER STRIKES

, they reach the strike stage.
During the first IL months of
this oountry's participation in the
war-April to March 5-the de-
partment dealt with S07 disputes
which directly affected 100000
men.
or these, commissioners OF con-
ciliation settled 500.
The majority of the controver-
sizes took place during the first six
months. They have been held
down to a minimum in the last
three months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
BIBLE TAG
DAY NEXT

Saturday is soldiers Bible tag
day in Tacoma. Thirty soldiers
of company A, 363rd infantry, will
help the 100 boys and 100 girls
on the streets of Tacoma between
the hours of and s in the after
noon.
$3.50" is printed on the tags.
This is not the price of the tag.
but the cost of the testaments of
which 100000 in SO languages
are being given to the soldiers.
Anyone giving &C to IS will re-
ceive a tag.
Mrs. J. B. Kaiser Is to be in
charge of the tag day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
WANT NAME
OF CAPTAIN

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 3.
The war department has cabled
Gen. Pershing to identify the
brave West Point captain who sae-
rificed his life during the recent
big German raid on the American
trenches.
II has been assumed in army CIR
Giles here that the captain mem
toned in dispatches from the front
was Lieut. Stewart Hoover, Idaho.
who was acting captain"
Army officers here believe thak
the country should know its heroes
without the shadow of doubt hang
ing over the reports.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
TO CUT PLEASURE
CAR PRODUCTION
(Special to The Times)

NEW YORK, March S.-The
National Automobile Chamber Of
Commerce has reached a decision
to cut production of pleasure au-
tomobiles 80 per cent during the
present fiscal year as war meas
ure. The reduction applies to the
entire uncompleted schedule for
the year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
AMERICANS VICTIMS OF
ATROCITIES, IS REPORT

when dawn came they were
lying out in front of our trenches.
Every man had his eyes gouged
out and in several cases the hands
and legs were gone"
The government has made no
official report of atrocities upon
American troops.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
Move Quarters

Headquarters OF the Pierce
County Anti-Tubercnlosis society
were removed Friday from the
city hall to the court house. Mrs.
A. w. Bagley. the nurse in charge,
will be found at the latter place
hereafter.
Crowded conditions at the city
hall caused the society to seek
more commodious quarters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08


NEW YORK, March S.-Stories
of German atrocities against
American soldiers were reported
today by patients in the army hos
pital here. according to the New
York World.
The story Of a night patrol in
which ~ American "doughboys".
we're captured but returned the
next night by the Germans, was
related by Albert B. Sykes, at
tached to the division sanitary
corps.
He said: Twelve infantrymen
went out on night patrol and
when they failed to return that
night it was taken for granted
they had been captured. They
,ame back to us the next night,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
Sailors Accused

John w. Osterholm and Karl
Sozdolm, sailors, accused of
transporting 90 cases Of whisky
from California to Washington,
were brought to Tacoma Friday
by Deputy U. s. Marshal Secrist
and placed in the county Jail. They
were arrested ut Stella, Wash.
Bail has been fixed at $1,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
BOSTON, March 8. - George
Won l.. Meyer, former secretary Of
the navy and postmaster general,
was in serious condition today
as the result of relapse. He has
suffered several weeks from q tu-
NOR of the liver. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
Spain Cabinet
Resigns Again

lUsifed rress Leased wsre.S
MADRID, March S.-The Span
ish cabinet resigned today.
This is the second resignation
of the Spanish cabinet within In
tie more than week, the ministry
having resigned Feb. 20.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
.SHIPMAN SUFFERS
FORTY-FOOT FALL

Falling 40 feet from staging
at the Wright shipyards Thursday
afternoon, Nick Peterf0rick,
fastener, suffered fractured
skull and other serious injuries.
1t was reported at the Tacoma
General hospital Friday that he
probably would recover.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08

CRISIS
FACES
ALLIES

United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, d. c., Mar.
8.-Germany's plunderquest
thru the helpless countries Of
the near east, is expected to
swing next into Macedonia.
Fear of this drive on the Sa-
lonika front where the Teutons,
with Bulgars and Turks released
from the Russian and Rumanian
fronts assisting, could deliver a
mighty blow, is occupying the at
tention of allied leaders today.
American military men have
long secuted the proba bility OF a
big German drive on the west
front this year-where Germany
stood to lose much II she failed
and gain little II she won. Brit
ish leaders have now veered to the
same view.
Much more important to Ger
many, these military men say, Is
her military plan of cleaning up
tuc at HOl uoois
nexing hundreds of thousands of
miles of territory and millions in
wealth from the occupied lands
and then, at last, having cleared
away the opposition at her rear,
hurl the combined forces of her
own and vassal armies against the
west front.
Our Darkest Hour.
AS military men view the sit
uation today, the armies of de-
mOcracy are passing thru their
darkest hour of the war.
Germany has achieved, in addi-
tion to wealthy industrial dis
tricts In western Russia; the ces-
Continued on Page Five.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
80, 900 Soldier
Letters Lost

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 8.
Thirty thousand letters en- route
from American soldiers in France
were lost on the steamship An
dania, sunk off the, coast of Ire
land the latter part of January.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
AUSTRIAN TROOPS
SENT INTO FRANCE

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
ROME, March S.-Austrian
troops have been sent to France,
the Prussian minister of war an
nounced in the reichstag, accord
ing to a dispatch received from
Rerlin today
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
MUST SWEAR THEY
ARE WITH THE u. s
United Press Leased Wire

Nohite0 Fress Leased Wfre.D
PORTLAND, Or, March 8. =
All teachers and employees of the
Portland schools must take an
oath Of allegiance to the United
States, or lose their positions, the
school board announced today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Mar.
8.-The industrial situation
in the United States Is now In
a better state than at any
time since the war, the labor
department announced today.
Today there are only "A labor
disputes, and only II OF these have
reached the strike stage. Less
than 100000 men are involved in
these II, and negotiations are un-
der way to settle all others before
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
We Have Snow

March showed dts freakishness
early Friday afternoon by treat
ing Tacoma to a driving snow. and
sleet storm.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
us. May Take
Over. All Wires

ttnsted Press Leaned WfRe.b
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 8.
TO prevent spies from getting
military information, Senator
Sheppard today introduced q reso-
luton empowering the president
to take over telegraph. telephone,
cable and radio communicates
systems during war time. under
the same terms ae those Eovurn-
ing control Of railroads.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
SIBERIAN INVASION
NOW A FALSE MOVE

ROME, March S.--A japanese
expedition into Siberia with Anglo
American consent would be false
move, the Osservatore Romano de-
clared today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08

Greetings, have you pun-
gled up for the Salvation
Army and the Bible society
yet?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08

Tho Frances Stone acquitted the
defendant long ago, the fool judge
and jury in the Main case keel
right on trying 1t.
But speaking of murder---if q
newspaper artist" drew a picture
of you like those sketches a
Tacoma afternoon paper has been
printing of the Chehalis lumin-
aries, there'd be real killing,
wot?
Perhaps Lenine and TrOt-
sky will run for recollection
on the platform, "They Kept
Us Out of War"
As March came in like a bolshe-
Wiki, will it go out like hun?
THE ARTISTS LADIES
Fair ladies that the artists linn
To deck the authors stories,
lift this laudatory hymn
To sing your wondrous glories.
l sing your frown, your pretty
pout,
Your smile that's wholly win
ming,
And-pardon me as T sihe out
Your fetching underpinning.
A simple way to tell ground
glass from powdered sugar is
to taste the stuff. The glass
is . little sweeter.
salt Your Corn" advises As.
sistant Secretary Of Agricu( ~
vrooman. And Il that doc
coed n -plsafoE<
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08

A simple way to tell ground
glass from powdered sugar is
to taste the stuff. The glass
is o little sweeter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08
THE ARTISTS LADIES

As March came in like a bolshe-
Wiki, will it go out like a hun?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08

Il. l.. Browne. 30, until re-
Gently IL member Of the End
Washington infantry, and his
bride of six months are dead
today, both slain by bull
lets fired from u revolver in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08

The Danville CONNER cial-News headlines that
"Whskers will DO after the almost
every hand" Can it be possible that the pres
emit Hunflagration is going to transform W into
race Of gorillas7
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-08

salt Your Corn" advises AS
sistant Secretary Of Agricul -
vrooman- And II that doe
yond .<1-v 4 nInnfne ~v>---r--r~Y - =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Receivership Not
To Interfere With
Government Control
Court So Declares in Denver
& Rio Grande Railway
Order

DENVER, Jan. 26.-Alexander r. Bald
win, OF San Francisco, vice-president
and general attorney for the Western
Pacific Railway. and Edward L. Brown,
president Of the Denver & Rio Grandc
Railroad, were named receivers for the
Denver & Rio Grandc Railroad by
Judge Walter II. Sanborn in the United
States District Court here to-day. They
we're sworn in, and gave bond in the
sum Of $4,000 each.
and utilization of the Denver g. Rio
Grande Railroad Company" the order
naming the receivers declared, "by the
President OF the United States and
vested in tho Honorable William g. Nc
Adoo, Director General Of Railroads, is
not by this order in any way inter-
fered with or intended to be interfered
with, but all the provisions and direc-
tions thereof are, and arc intended to
be, subject thereto"
The court announced it would ap-
prove, if the Director General Of Rail
roads approved, a plan whereby the
Equitable Trust Company, holder of q
$4,000 900 judgment against the Den
ver G. Rio Grande Company, would buy
$4,000, 900 worth Of the Gree assets" of
The railroad to provide money to pay
off general indebtedness and supply
working capital.
The receivership was asked originally
by the Elliot Frog and Switch Company
of East st. Louis, Ill.,, on the basis Of a
SIT 100000 claim. The Equitable Com
pany intervencd in this action, also ask
;no a receivershiD,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Japan Pledges
Financial Aid to
Cause of Allies
Finance Minister Says That
Loans So Far Reach
Total of $3.50, 100000

Japan, since the outbreak OF the war
has mado loans to tho Allies, either
directly or indirectly, amounting to APP
proximately $650,ooo,ooo, according to
cable adviccs quoting extracts from the
speech made by the Minister Of FL
nance, MIR. Shoda, at the opening Of the
Japanese Diet last week. Every effort
will be made, Mr.. Shoda declared, to
render as much financial assistance to
tho Allied cause as the resources Of the
Japanese nation will permit.
In line with the declaration Of this
policy was the announcement made
here carly last week that tho British
government has negotiated another
loan Of $40,O000O0 from Japan repre-
scntlng funds on deposit in New York
which could not be shipped out owing
to the embargo placed on gold exports
by the United States. These funds, it
is understood, were turned over by
Japanese bankers in exchange for Brit
ish treasury bills.
Taxes To Be Readjusted
In stating his financial programme
for the fiscal year, ending March, 1919,
tho Japanese Finance Minister said that
new appropriations arc proposed for
the national defence, the encourage
mcnt Of industries and the development
of education. To meet these increased
expenditures new revenue measures arc
planned which will include Il rcadjust,
ment of the system Of taxation.
In working out new schedules Tic
government, Mr.. Shoda said, would give
special consideration to maintaining
the "cquilibrium Of burden between the
rich and poor"
1t is proposed to increase the tax on
liquor, while travelling and petroleum
taxes will be abolished.
Levy on War Profits
A war profits tax expected to Weld
30 100000 yen (s15 ,000 0O0) in the next
fiscal year viii be imposed. This tax
Will apply to the increased profits OF
the tobacco monopoly and receipts from
the postal and telegraph services.
For the redemption of the national
debt it is figured that 5O,OOO,0OO yen
I $25,0O0,O00) must be raised and new
loans to the amount of 3830OO,O0O yer,
($l9l 100000 foated, of which the sum
Of 800 100000 yen ($150,0 ,OO0) is not
Tor the purpose of increasing the reve-
nue.. but to be used for the purpose of
adjusting international exchange. Fur.
Their advances to the Allies presumably
Will be made out Of tho proceeds OF
such loans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Wheat Growing in Holland

The scarcity Of wheat and -four in
Holland has led to consideration of
the possibility of devoting sufficient
land TO wheat growing to supply the
entire population with bread.
s'In the discussions on this subject
writes Frank W. Mahin, American con-
sui 1T Amsterdam, at is recalled that
in olden times Holland produced not
merely enough wheat for its own
needs, but even a surplus for export.
Gradually, it appears, wheat growing
was reduced, much soil being trans
ferred to the cultivation of vegetables
and the raising OF live stock, Of both
Of which there has been for many
years large surplus for export. The
belief seems warranted that Il The land
on which surplus live stock and vegc-
tables have been produced were trans
ferred to the growing Of wheat sutfi-
cient -four would result to supply
Hollands requirements for bread.
"The government is now urging that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Sears-Roebuck's Net
Profits Smaller on
Record Gross Sales
Surplus for 1917 Equal to
$18.O8 a Share on
Common Stock

Sears, Roebuck & Co. in 1917 did
the largest gross business in their his
tory, but net profits were less than in
1916. Total sales last year were SIS
26S, 223, an increase of $31 ,429,T12 over
the previous year. Net sales were $780,
S07,60S, against S137,2OO,803 in 1916.
Other income brought the total net in
come up to $166, 1O6,46O, an increase Of
$2S,684,551.
Total charges against net income last
year consumed 1851 ,986,532, compared
with S121, ,502 in 1916. Operating
expenses increased s26,17o,364. The
company's pension fund increased from
$412,216 to $9O5,4S4. Last year there
was set aside $3,977,39S against Fed
eral taxes, including the excess profits
impost.
After payment Of dividends on the
preferred stock, the 1917 surplus avail
able for the $75,O0O,ooo common stock
was equal to $18.0S share, against
$26.79 share earned in 1916 on $780,
100000 common stock.
The balance sheet showed that ad-
vances to aid investments in factories
owned by the company increased from
S17,756.378 in 1916 to 24,549, 1886 last
year. Investments in branches jumped
from S7,439,747 to $11,313,35S. On the
liability side bills payable showed an
increase of $16,795,0 900, this item at the
close of 1916 standing at only S3,000,-
600.
The company's investment in Liberty
bonds on December 81 last was shown
to be S2,287,62S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27

Their. that tho Secretary Of the Trcss-
urS' under rules and regulations pre-
scribed by him, may allow credit
against such taxes so paid in ad-
vance OF an amount not exceeding 2
per centum per annum calculated
upon the amount so paid from the
GATE OF such payment to the dato now
i'Sed by law for such payment; but
no such credit shall be allowed ON
payments in excess of taxes deter
pined to be cue, nor on payments
made after tho expiration Of four
and one-half months after tho close
OF tho taxable year. All penalties
provided by existing law for failurn
to pay tax when due arc hereby modc
applicable to any failure to nav +be
tax at the time or times required in
this section.
The italics are ours.