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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
VIM II
GOING
CRAzY '
By ellison Gardner

WASHINGTON d. c., May 10.
1t would not surprise our state
department to learn that Kaiser
Wilhelm was raving maniac
and confined in an asylum.
1t has been known in inside
circles for some time that the Ger
man ruler has been suffering
from all symptoms Of incipient
insanity, and the strain under
which he has been laboring dur
ing the war has aggravated his
trouble.
This insanity stuff is not
brought forward as a joke. 1t
is fact that alienists and
other medical men in this
country are just beginning to
get authentic wind of.
Reports have lately been re-
ceived that the kaiser has become
obsessed with the notion that he
has a divine mission to save hui
mainly" His religious mania has
been much accumulated. AS long
ago as when the writer was in
Berlin the kaiser's condition was
the subject of common gossip
which for diplomatic reasons
could not be written in the news
papers.
u. Things happened on the occa-
sion Of Roosevelt's visit to the
kaiser which could be explained
only as evidence of mind SO err
ratio as to be bordering on insan-
ity.
Those who have had opportu-
nifty to study the kaiser's case re-
gard it as hereditary.
The man is obviously sincere
and his monomania for all things
military, touched with religious
mania, has made him tremendous
ly effective as an instrument of
the militarist cult.
The kaiser all his life has
thought only in terms Of war. His
great uncle, Frederick the Great,
is his idea OF what man and
ruler should be.
And every activity of his mind
which is normally rather good
btuuCht hilhup OApCl'o ouy hoo
been devoted to the purpose of
building up Prussian war-making
power. Science, learning, indus
try, the arts, the resources of the
country, the church. the peoples
religious beliefs, the pleasures and
even the bearing OF children and
training in schools have been
warped to the one purpose.
Before war days it was the
daily and hourly task of the Ger
man foreign office to keep a check
on the kaiser and see that his lit
tie insanities did not lead to
diplomatic consequences.
When he did or said foolish
things to foreign diplomats,
apologies and explanations fol-
lowed from the foreign minister.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10

Wits.
There was much laughter Fri
day morning, when Gustavson
.Oles, father of Clara George, was
placed on the stand and cross-ex-
amined by Beverly Coiner, attor-
ney for George.
DO you swear. Gus?' asked
Coiner.
Yes, sir, just like you do
DO you swear around Tao
house,"
Yes, but only in German
"Do you get angry quickly and
how do you act when mad?' Coin
err continued.
"Oh, yes ] get mad just like YOU
and talk loud and am noisy, Just
like you was Gus answer.
Several witnesses were repr,
manded by the court, when theJ
lost control of themselves and call
ed Coiner a liar, and one of thoE
threatened to do him personal in
jury for insinuating that the wit
ness was a member Of the |. w
w. organization and pro-Ger
man.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
CASE
DIVIDES TOWN

Practically the whole pOpulati IL
of the little town of Mcmillan wds
In the court room of Judge East
erday Friday morning, the Md
jorlty of them having been suo-
pOenaed as witnesses, in the d.
yorce case of Clara George against
Vivian George
The case began Thursday morn
ing and by Friday morning there
had been IS witnesses for tie
prosecution besides the plaintiff
herself, who was on the stand t y
over an hour. The main Issue in
the case is the custody of the li.-
tie four-year-old girl, Mona.
Harry Burmeister, attorney TOR
Mrs. George, called the members
of her family to the stand to prove
her fitness to care for the child.
AS the case apparently has d.
vided the town in two factions
there were times in the courtroom
when it seemed very likely that
blows would be struck, and it was
rumored that the male me. nbefs
of either side have threatened tt
do some killing no matter wlo
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
VESSEL
IN CHANNEL
AT 0STEND!
UNITED Press Leased Wire.)

UNITED Press leased Wire)
LONDON, May 10-British naval forces again
raded the German boat base at Ostend, on the Bel
gian coast bockadng the entrance to the harbor by
sinking the old cruiser Vndictive which participated
in the recent raid on Zeebrugge it announced to-
day.
'The Ostend Zeebrugge operation, designed to
close the ports, was completed last night, the ad
miralty declared.
1.-THE obsolete cruiser Vindictive was sunk between
the piers across the entrance to Ostend harbor.
"Since the attack on Zeebrugge, April g. the Vim.
dictive had been filled with concrete.
"Our forces returned to their base with the loss of
one motor launch. 1t was damaged and was then
sunk to prevent falling into the enemys hands, Our
casualties were light"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
SABOTAGE
METHODS
EVIDENCE
(United Press Leased Wire,

CHICAGO, May 10.-Sabotage
methods recommended by William
Haywood, secretary of the l. w
w. and defendant here with III
other members charged with sedi-
ton, were admitted in evidence to-
day despite protests of the de-
tense.
Recommendation that hotel
help gain their demands by In
PRODUCING little strangers" into
the bedding. staining piles OF
linen with catsup, sprinkling caus-
tic in the soup or dipping forks in
crude oil, we're read into the rec
ords.
Stories of successful sabotage
in which nursery employees planted
young trees upside down, cooks
spoiled the broth and RAILROAD en-
ployes misrouted shipments, were
included.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
Ell IS
NEAR
SPI Il
Especial to The Times)
RERNE Exustzap.Io nd Mn

Especial to The Tilnes)
BERNIE, Switzerland, May
fO.-Emperor Karl Is now
expected to lead a revolt in
his own empire.
That's the conclusion
drawn from the latest Aus.
trian development by exiIes
from Austria living and work.
ing here.
He'll try to change il from
a threatened military out
break into a political evOlu-
ton.
He'll seek to save his Haps-
burg dynasty by splitting
from the HOhenzOllerns.
Karl is expected to act in his
capacity as king of Hungary, not
as emperor of Austria. He has
dismissed the Austrian parliament
and undertaken absolute rule in
that part of the empire, immeGl-
ately following his open negotia-
lions with the semi-loyal b.
hemians, who hate their German!
rulers.
Hungary continues under PAT
liamentary government.
Thus King Karl is placating
Hungarians and trying to turn
them toward the plan of a fed
Grated state, in which Hungarians
and Germans. will be no more
powerful than other nationalities
within the empire. in proportion ~
their numbers.
Seeing the Light.
Hungarians have opposed a fed
Grated state, not because they 10, G
Germans or the Hapsburg king,
but because their alliance with
Germans has permitted them te
lord it over the Slavic and Ru-
manian elements Of Hungary s
population. just as the Germans
of Austria have lorded 1t over tn.
Bohemians, Slavaks and Poles.
Now Hungarians begin to See
that their dominance over Their
neighbors is purchased at the
price of German dominance over
Hungary.
Therefore these possibilities
loom:
That King Karl may induce
Hungary to move for changes
in the makeup Of the empire.
that will place Hungary ON
a level with the smaller SIav
states - Bohemia, Moravia,
Galicia, Croatia, SlavOnia,
SlOvenia, Dalmatia, Bosnia,
HeszegOvina-as the senior
member in a sort OF crowned
united states;
That German Austria may
be invited to come into this
federation on equal terms, or
permitted to stay out and
join the German empire;
That much the same choice
may be presented to the Ru-
manians of Pennsylvania and
the Italians Of Istria and
Trentino.
This would leave the road open
for possible reunion of the Ser
bians and Montenegrins with the
other Jugoslavic peoples, inside a
federated state composed of Jugo-
slavs, northern Slavs and Hungar-
ians.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
40 PCT. OF
CLASS ONE
THIS YEAR

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 10.
approximately 40 per cent of
the men listed in class one will
be called to the colors this year.
The total number available
2,013,495-was made public to-
day by Provost Marshal General
Crowder, following the decision
of the house late yesterday, that
no credit shall be given for the
volunteers.
Physical reflections of class one
men numbered 365,S3S, or only
about IS per cent.
Under the first draft. physical
reflections averaged 20 per cent.
The draft columns have yield
ed 42,147 to the emergency fleet
work. Maine i'm this respect has
the largest number - 6,240;
Washington had 1,026.
Washington's net number of
men now in class one less all de-
auctions, is 1859, and the quota
under the second call is 1906.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
Register Kicks;
. Wouldn't You
Do Same Thing?

With wood at IS and more
cord in Tacoma, men doing the
work preparatory sto paving the
upper end of Jefferson av. were
Friday burning great heaps of
planks with which the street has
been laid.
Emphatic protest was voiced by
c. Tucker and other citizens.
Why not use the material for
fuel?
c. NJ. Want, who lives on the
tideflats beyond the st. Paul &
Tacoma mill, voiced an emphatic
kick today because the city has
permitted the leaving of dead
horses on the garbage dump close
to his home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
Nice Weather.
Says Cushman

Pleading guilty to evading the
draft, Mike Hewlett, Tacoma
boy, told u. s. Judge Cushman
Friday that he didn't believe in
war and he didn't believe in
armies.
We'll, it's nice weather." said
Judge Cushman. "I'll sentence
you to six months in jail, and then
give you try at the army"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
SENTENCED
ONE HOUR

After he had shown that his
mother had misinformed him
about his age, Claue Werts of
Montesano. arrested as a Stacker,
was sentenced by U. s. Judge
Cushman Friday to spend one hour
in the custody of the marshal.
Then he was sent to Camp Lewis.
He declared he didn't know Just
how old he was at the time he was
drafted, but that his mother told
him he was over 81. Later he
found out it was a mistake, he
said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10

each side. The town, population
As, 900, lies on the west side Of
the canal.
The cruiser Vindictive, which
was sunk last night in the Ostend
channel was the flagship" of the
previous raid on Zeebrugge, and
landed the boarding parties on the
mole. She was built in 1897 and
had a displacement of $3.50 tons.
She was 500 feet long, had three
tunnels and carried a complement
of 4S0 men. Her main battery
consisted of 10 six-inch guns.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10

tCmhseo ETchS bca9eO W1resD
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN LORRAINE, May 10. = The
Germans opposite the American
lines in Lorraine continue to show
evidence of uneasiness. They are
speeding up their machine gun
and artillery fire and increasing
their gas bombardn4ents. '.' +.
Despite the fact German off,
GERS tell their men that the
Americans here are few in num-
Der according to enemy prisoners,
the boches have become absolutely
unaggressive, so far as infantry
combats are concerned.
They retire from their front
lines every might, our patrols
have discov red.
German serters are continu-
ally coming into the American
= Is y, wichita, x.s..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
Scene Where Brittania Struck Her Latest Blow
NORTH YEA

This diagram shows what
the British, navy did in its last
nights raid on the German L.
boat base.
Figure (D marks the Ostend
channel where the cruiser Vim
dictive was sunk to block the
port entrance.
(2) is Zeebrugge, plugged by
the British i'm their first raid.
Other results of the earlier at
tack are marked On the map.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
FRENCH TAKE 225
GERMAN PRISONERS
iUnfted Press Leased Wire. !

PARIS, May 10.-French troops
completely recaptured Pared :
Grivesnes yesterday afternoon
taking 225 prisoners and a guam
tity Of war materials, the Frenc,
war office reported today.
(Grivesnes is less than two
miles north of Cantigny, VIII srt
American troops are engaged).
In two flights yesterday, Lit.
Fonck brought down six German
airplanes."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
STAYS GIRL
tUnlsed press Leased wire.)

PLACERvILLE, Cal, May 10.
Hunter, halfbreed In
dian, was charged with murder
today, following his arrest in
Pleasant valley late yesterday by
a posse headed by his brother,
Bernard Hunter.
Sheriff Hand said Hunter ad-
mitted he murdered Miss Eva
French, 90, by cutting her throat.
Hunter worked on the farm own
ed by Miss French's parents.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
RAILROADS
CAN'T PAY
CLUB DUES
Especial to The Times.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 8
director General McAdoo now
has ruled that the railroads must
no longer pay club dues for their
employees out of operating ex-
penses.
For many years it has been the
custom of some roads to plant a
large number of their employees in
commercial clubs and similar
bodies.
Usually the executive officers
and all the freight and passenger
solicitors were instructed to join
these organizations and their dues
were charged up to operating ex-
penses-the expenses on which
rates are based.
1t has been noted in many cit
les that whenever any question
of rates or trackage rights came
up between the city and the rail-
roads, the commercial bodies
usually adopted friendly atti-
tude toward the railroad side of
the controversy.
1t has been suggested also that
the railroads usually had the
votes in these organizations to
control them.
Anyhow they won't do it any
more.
This new rule will affect a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
AMAZING
BATTLES
In SKIES
BY VIM. Phillips Simms

United Press Staff Correspondent.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIE1
IN FRANCE, May 1O.-The m ,3t
amazing air fighting is going on
in the entire battle region.
For three days the weather has
been ideal and the pale blue skies
are literally alive with fighting
squadrons.
The late Baron Richthofen' IA
nous circus" with a new corr
mander, is busy east Of Amiens,
where 20 or so enemy machines
are trying to block the allied
scouts from the back areas along
the Somme.
The number of German ma
chimes is increasing and new bat
tie tactics are being employed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
SOME CAMOUFLAGE

Under the direction of a Brit
ish officer, a realistic demonstra-
ton of camouflage on NO Mans
Land" was staged at Camp Lewis
Thursday. 1t was witnessed by
Maj. Gen. Greene and staff, and
many officers of the line.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
OAKLAND SENDING
us A PRO-GERMAN

SAN FRANCISCO, May 10. -
Federal Judge Dooling today SEN
fenced Otto Jansen, wealthy Oak
land manufacturer, to five years
in McNeil's for violation OF tie
espionage act.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
BRITISH RETAKE
LOST POSITIONS

United Press Leased Wire,
LONDON, May 10. British
troops yesterday evening recap
tured the small portion of a
trench ESQ yards) which the
Germans took north of Albert in
CONTINUED on Page Fiye,)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
ABERDEEN MAN
TALKED TOO MUCH

Curtis Friedlander, Aberdeen
real estate man, was In Tacoma
Friday on his way to TT. Douglas
to be informed as an alien enemy.
It was alleged he made remarks
against the government.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
FIRING HEARD CLEAR
ACROSS THE CHANNEL
Unj!ed Press Leased Wire.N

DOVER, Eng, May 10
Some of the participants in
the naval raid on Ostend re-
turned here this morning and
were greeted with the great
est enthusiasm. The engage
ment lasted from midnight
until 3 a. M. The guns were
plainly heard here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
CRATE OF BERRIES
AUCTIONED AT 1865

SEATTLE, May 10.-A crate
OF Kennewick strawberries auc-
toned at the Rainier club last
night brought 1885. The money
was turned over to the Red Cross.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10

All wo3kers In the Tacoma kedI
Cruo6 al pa11n Will meet ct Vic
torx bat1ardnv morning at 3
90 = Dian for tn drive which,
NJ - 7torlA Mup 20. r
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10

Anyway, we haven't heard
that TrOtsky says he can raise
an army Of 17,OOO,OO0 men
between sunset and sunrise.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10

Speaking OF hallucinations, 10
you remember wher old linden
bug said he would be on April L?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
MIR. BUSCH OPENS UP


Mr.. Busch is giving his bride ,
very costly diamond bracelet.
which is said to be beautiful. Also.
her maid will accompany her OF
the honey moon journey at the re-
quest OF the young bridegroom
elect, as his sisters have alwa. J
had the services of personal
maid. Mr.. Busch desires that h.s
bride shall enjoy the same luxury.
st. Louis (Mo.) Republic.
What interests us moro
than anything else In:
Who ordered EaspcRoe Z
CharIie's lnothcr~in-Iaw -
leave Austrian
Says the lady NEXT 1oof:
Let us then Be up ~, Go1n,
aid tn poef--or ct done.
An eastern scloalisf eoyo
nlsn y IcG1nE -. 61lHo =
sunc1l. D1rSbo 1ko1'o M -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
WEATHER

" = - 49, -
w e don't
know whether
Blanche was re-
sponsible or
not, but any
way the city
hall clock Is
running today.
Betha q new
Panama lid the
n Z n spr Ing
snaps befort
night" ea3s
E11Iuy Benny
tA1r.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10
BURNS POE GRABS

Blu hNS POE GRABS
CITY HALL PLUMB
That was headline we read In
an afternoon paper yesterday.
Personally, we hope that Burns
and the other incoming city hallers
keep their plumb.
The trouble with the old counc !
was that IL was always losing l..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10

This new rule will affect a
considerable number of member
ships in the Tacoma Commercial
club, it is reported.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-10

Congratulations, Lloyd George. We
never had moments fear that you'd
fall. You're fighting little Welsh
man that Americans admire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-21
Sen. Lodge Urges
Delay Upon Five
of Wilson Points

Washington, Dec. 2I.-F1ve OF
President Wilson's II principles.
were held up in the senate today
by Senator Lodge. the Republican
leader, as questions which might
lead to division among the nations
which have conquered Germany and
which certainly should be postponed
until after the peace conference
They are the first four and the last
of the points enunciated by the
president in his speech OF Jan. S,
1918, and relate to secret diplo-
macy, freedom OF the seas, econom-
&c barriers, reduction OF armament
and the league of nations.
The senator delivered q prepared
address on the problems of the
peace conference in which he spoke
of the heavy responsibility of the
senate in the work Of making peace,
recalled that no treaty can become
binding upon the United States
without the senate's consent and de
clared that untoward results could
be avoided only If the senate show
ed itself frankly in advance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-21
WEEKLY PROVISION
AND GRAIN REVIEW

Chicago, Dec. 21.-Nearby deliV-
cries of corn have run up in value
this week as result of serious de-
lays to the crop movement, but lat
er options have declined owing
mainly to government figures that
suggested an immense yield OF win
Ter wheat. Compared with a week
ago, corn prices this morning varied
from 23sc off to 61zc advance.
Oats up 25Ac to 23sc down.
Bears in the corn market made
much of the official announcement
that the condition of winter wheat
was the best in more than twenty
years. and that the area seeded was
:he largest on record. Decided un-
easiness, however, developed after
ward in connection with reports
that country roads in many sec
tions were in wretched shape on
account of bad weather and that
therefore supplies from first hands
had been greatly restricted. AS
stocks OF corn here were down to
virtually nothing. shorts had no
escape except to bid up December
and January or else face chances OF
a squeeze.
In the oats market, the main fac
tors were the slowness or export
call and off domestic shipping
sales.
Continuous excessive arrivals Of
hogs. together with increased
stocks Of lard. had a severely weak
ening influence on provisions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-21
Hoover Given Hun
Vessels to Supply
Food to Starving

Paris, Dec. 20.-Herbert C. Hoov-
er, American food administrator,
Will soon come into possession OF q
million tons of German shipping,
which will be employed in revic-
tualling devastated portions OF
France, Serbia, Belgium and Ru-
mania, now destitute of food.
These ships were wrung from the
Germans by the armistice commits
siOners without pledg1ng that Ger
many would be supplied with food.
At present, no supplies will be
sent TO Germany, the first relief
work of the allies being planned in
neutral countries. Meanwhile, il is
believed that the Germans can sub
sist on food stored for the use rof
their army and boarded by peas
ants.
A thorough investigation of the
food resources of the central pow
ers is being made and only after
the needs of the entente nations and
neutrals are met will supplies be
diverted to enemy powers, should
such action be found imperative.
Instead of the $500, 900 tons of
shipping demanded OF Germany by
the allies to carry out the provi-
sioning of that country, mentioned
in the armistiCe, the German au-
thOrities will be able TO collect only
100000 tons, according to German
adyiceS by way of Geneva.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-21
ALL COMFORTS OF
HOME DISCOVERED
IN HUNS DUGOUTS

With the American Armies in the
Field Correspondence Of the
Associated Press All the COM
forts OF home, with some added lux
uTjes were found in the dugouts
and living quarters which the Ger
mans were forced to abandon'when
the American troops smashed
through the St Mihiel salient and
took the territory which the Ger
man army had occupied for four
years.
Running water, electric light.
steam heat, tennis courts, bowling
alleys. swimming pools, pianos and
wine cellars were some of the up
t0-date conveuiences which Uncle
Sans 'moppers-up' that followed
on the heels of the rushing Ameri-
can soldiers found in some Of the
quarters of the German officers
The more elaborate quarters
were located in the thickly-set
woods which abound in this part Of
France and most of them repre-
scented the work Of four years. The
majority of them were of elaborate
rustic construction and usually had
shell proof shelters connected with
them. Furniture and decorations
taken from the French Inhabitants
of uCighborine villages formed the
prime pal interior equipment