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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
PRESIDENT
WILL PUSH
AIR PROBE
United Press Leased wire.)

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 6.
The White House announced
today that President Wilson hal
ordered an official probe Of
charges made by Gutzom Bor glum
against the aircraft production
board.
Having ordered Secretary of
War Baker to inquire into the
possible need for a court-martiaI
hearing in the matter, the presl-
dent today asked the justice do
partment to sift down the Borg
lum allegations to determine the
need for grand jury investiga-
tions.
The president suggests furtnor
that any information the senate
military committee may have or
develop in the case will be apprs-
ciated and examined by the jus
tice department.
The presidents purpose is not
only to determine whether any
American officer or civilian has
been guilty OF criminal misman-
agement but also to determine
whether any individual has been
bully Of criminal libel in bring
Ing the charges, which have cast
suspicion on the aircraft prOdu.-
ton work and which those close
to the president declared are
wholly reckless and unjust.
The president carefully studied
both the Borglum report and the
special report made by his inves-
tigating committee under II.
Snowden Marshall. before makiLg
his decision. 1t is understood
the Marshall report reveals the
only censure to be placed on
those carrying on the production
work is that Of "over-optimism,"
as to possible results.
That there is no evidence of
graft in expenditures Of appropria-
tions for the work is declared by
those who have seen this report.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
GOES
AHEAD IN
FLANDERS

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
LONDON, May 6.-Britisll
troops advanced their lines
on a considerable front" on
both sides of the SOmme,
despite strong enemy resist
ance, Field Marshal Haig re-
ported today.
The allies thus still retain the
initiative on the western battle
front.
In Picardy the British pro-
gressed along the Somme and
between that river and Albert
six miles to the north. Haig said
his troops inflicted heavy cas-.
ualties on the emmy, while suffer
ing slight losses themselves.
Only local fighting was report.
ed In Flanders, and this on the
southern portion of the battle
front. Haig said the British i'm
proved their positions In the
neighborhood of LOGON and on
the Lave.
The appointment as lord lieu
tenant of Field Marshal French,
former commander-in-chief OF the
British armies and later in COM
mand of the home forces in Eng
land, has been officially an
nounced. He is recognized as an
extreme Ulsterite.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
TODAY'S CLEARINGS
Especial to Tho Times,)

SAN FRANCISCO, May g.
Every one of us seven women
turned pale when the first ballot
was read in the jury-room and we
discovered that we had almost
unanimously voted for the death
penalty.
1--WE looked at each other
scared and sick.
Eve went in and out of that
room with our knees knocking
1t was nerve-wracking ordeal
to know that human life rested
solely on our decisions.
For my part, / lost -four
pounds during the five days OF
the trial"
So said Mrs. Margaret Purt
after the ordeal of voting man
to death.
How would you feel il you
were woman on a jury
that had to pass on the guilt
or innocence of a defendant
accused of murder?
Could you bring yourself
to cast the fateful vote that
would mean his doom as Ger.
tainly as IL you fired n bull.
let into his heart?
And what would be your
state of mind IL, sworn to do
your duty and set upon car
rying out the dictates of
your conscience, you ordered
hangmen to spring the trap?
In q murder trial just closed
here, seven jury women went
thru this experience.
Antonio Lipara, italian Black
Hand slayer, today faces the gal
lows by their decree.
So far as the records show. II
is not only the first case in Cali
fornia, but also the first in the
United States, where the women
jurors have recommended the ex-
treme penalty.
The accepted picture OF a
woman juror, giving her first
verdict in a murder trial, Is that
of a shuddering, semi-hysterical
huddle of nerves and maudlin
sympathy, chucking aside the law
and the evidence.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
Children's Convoy
Shows Scenes That
Wiring Ones Heart

After reading this the third of Mrs. Gibson's
wonderful articles on the American Red Cross work.
L feel i'll a mood to issue two challenges to Times
readers
First, challenge you to read this article thru to
the end with dry eyes. L admit in advance
l couldn't do it.
Second, 1 challenge you to answer the Huns
cruelty to these children Of France by placing your
name with substantial Red Cross donation on
Tacoma's Honor Roll when the war fund drive
opens few days hence. I'll join you there
Editor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
GUN PLANS
FALL FLAT
sUntted Press Leaned WIRE,

WASHINGTON, D. c., May g.
Production of heavy Browning
machine guns has been a failure
comparable only to the breakdown
of the aircraft program" men,
bers of the house military COM
mittee declared today.
The number Of these guns so
far produced has been ridiculous
ly small" Representative Kahn,
ranking republican, declared aft
err the committee spent two hours
questioning Gen. Dixon, now in
charge Of this work.
A military investigation of the
failure has already been started,
Dixon said. asking that congress
sional Investigation. be delayed
until the results, Of the present
probe are known.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
FLEET
in HARBOR

CONSTANTINOPLE, May 6.
WA London. )-German troops
occupying Sebastopol Tin the Or.
mean peninsula) found in the
harbor most Of the Russian Black
sea fleet, including cruisers, do
stroyers, torpedo boats, subma-
rines and merchant ships, it was
officially announced today.
The Sultan Selim and tho
Hamidieh have arrived there.
The dispatch would indicate
that at least a large portion II
the Russian Black sea fleet had
been captured by the Germans.
This fleet Is said to have played
an important role in the recap
ture Of Odessa by the Russians,
and 1t was expected to be the
chief aid Of the Russians IN their
fight to retain control Of the
Black sea.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
NEWS LID !.
IS LAID ON
MURDERS
(United Press Leased Wire,

CAMP UPTON, l.. l., May e.
Army officials today are keeping
the lid clamped tight on informa-
ton regarding the murder of a
man and woman here yesterday.
The murdered man and woman
were walking together. When the
man was shot the woman scream
ed and started to run. A second
shot was fired at her. Both were
killed instantly.
The identity of tip couple is
known only to military authori-
ties.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
HATE
CENTERING
ON AMIENS
By Henry Wood

United Press Staff Correspondent.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
IN THE FIELD, May 5.-The
Germans Saturday and Sunday
began the systematic destruction
of Amiens, the same as they ami
Inflated Rheims.
They hurled more than $50
shells and 60 aerial torpedoes in
to the city, causing heavy proper
ty damage, killing some civilians
and endangering the cathedral,
the palace of justice and the
museum.
Amiens was evacuated by a
large portion of the civilian popu-
lation some time ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
STONE SHIP
HAS SPEED

SAN FRANCISCO, May Q. -
The concrete steamer Faith ex.
ceeded the expectations of her
builders here today when sac
showed speed Of ten and a third
knots an hour on her trial trip In
San Francisco bay.
Prominent shipbuilders and OF
ficials Of the emergency fleet cor
poration were aboard the Faith
during the four hours test.
A pool made up among tham
for the nearest guess on tho yes
sells average speed was won By
w. e. Gerber, of Sacramento,
who guessed 10 IA knots. w.
Leslie Comyn, the Faiths god
father" guessed nine knots.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

airy Not
To Retire.,
Says She

LOS ANGELES, May Sim
not going to retire as long as the
public wishes to see my pictures,
said Mary Pickford today upon
her return from a strenuous cam
paign in behalf of the Liberty
Loan.
Tomorrow she is to start work
on a new picture and will soon
begin erecting a new residence.
After a short rustication in
Montana, following his speaking
tour as a Liberty Bond campaign
er, Douglas Fairbanks returned
yesterday.
He was met by his brother, and
refused to discuss his reported
domestic difficulties.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
CHILD LOSES PURSE

II you found a black leather
purse on Saturday in the vicinity
OF Asia's store on Broadway, 1t
belongs to Mrs. William Loddie
Of Hillhurst, who can i'll afford
to lose its contents OF $3.50.
Her little child wandered out
side the store with the purse
swinging in her hands, while Mrs.
Loddie was in the store shopping.
The child lost it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

Copyright. 1918.
When ] arrived at 4 Place
de la COncOrvie, Paris, the
headquarters Of the American
Red Cross in France, the first
words of everyone ! talked
with was, "YOu must see a
CHILDREN'S CONVOY"
Without much idea what I was
going to see, l started, the next
evening after | arrived, for Eviari
the little French watering place "a
Lake Geneva, the first stop over
the Swiss line into France.
/ arrived in the afternoon and
wandered about the quaint old
town with its big hotels, its
strange little shops on its narrow
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
Is SHIPS
LAUNCHED
united Press Leased WIRE,

s"eu TIVE" hS1sco Wne.b
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 8.
wood and steel shipa,
aggregatlng S9.195 tons, werc
launched by the shipping board
for the week ending May s. it was
announced today. This includes
10 steel vessels and six wood YES
sells.
Other tonnage acquired thru
contract totalled s0,1S0 tons, Il
was also announced.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

hilly streets.
In peace times it was one of the
most popular OF watering places.
Has Fine Hospital
Here the American Red Cross
has one of the finest children s
hospitals in the world.
In the beautiful Hotel Chatelet
on the hilltop overlooking Lake
Geneva, many of the sick children
that the Huns have sent back to
die on French soil are nursed
back to health If not happiness.
Germany is sending back, at the
rate of 1000 a day, frightened
children, trembling old people, tu-
Continued ON Page Five.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
WEATHER FORECAST

Nobody knows
where that old
house is beins
moved to, but
it's on its way.
Ever since the
kitchen was
left behind or
18th street, it
has been able
to climb the
hill faster. Fair
and warmer to
night and Huesd
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
MILITARY PRISONER
CITED FOR BRAVERY

PARIS, May "a German
prisoner named Friedrich has
been officially congratulated and
cited by the military authorities
Tor bravely rescuing a guard
from drowning in the Seine at the
risk of his own life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
$4,000 IRISH JOIN
IN DRAFT PROTEST

DUBLIN, May 6.-The Joint
ulsterite-Sinn Fein anti-conscr.p
ton meeting at Ballaghadereen
was the biggest yet held, $4,000
attending,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

STAND IN HIS BEHALF,
WE DIDN'T BELIEVE HER.
WE JUST FELT SORRY
FOR HER.
Our first vote stood
eleven for guilty to one for
acquittal. We had not en-
pected such an almost unani-
nous verdict.
Zone woman who had
voted for acquittal had done
so merely to convince her.
self about certain features
OF the testimony which were
not clear to her. Five min
utes after she received the
explanations, she voted with
the rest Of us.
ut WAS A TORTURING
ORDEAL.
I'VE knew that the life of thi
man was in our hands, and w
women were all terribly nervous
But l am glad to say for tn
women on that jury that we di,
lot shirk our responsibility. Ant
we did not hesitate to carry GU
he instructions given us by tn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
DRAFT LAW
IS UPHELD

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 6.
Men raised under the draft can
be sent anywhere in the world to
fight for the United States, the
supreme court today decided.
The action Of the court upholds
the selective draft law In partic-
ular.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
GERMAN ATTACKS
BROKEN BY FRENCH

PARIS, May Ga German
attack following a violent bonn
bardment failed southeast of An
chin farm" the French war Of
flee announced today.
The enemy left numerous
dead"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
10000 u. S. Shells Blot Out German Line


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN LORRAINE 5-An
American patrol German lines
ve depth 800 this
ton taking boches prisoners and three
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

poem.
It's an i'll earthquake tlrat
shakes nobody any good. A
milkman living near Beau
mont, Cal, finds that his
spring. which had one-inch
flow, now has three inches.
Says the lady next door:
9TH rules we make fer our
selves have more or less rubber
in EN-"
The soldier on the cover
of the Littery Digest must
have asbestos hands; he's
fOndling the red-hot barrel
Of a Lewis machine gun.
LIKE THIS IN OUR
CANTONMENT
Cyril Hellenkamp is one of the
recruits at Camp Sherman.
The German tanks are
said to be much faster than
the British. It's a wise man
who prepares for the retreat.
Dear Talko: A kind landlady
on Jefferson avenue hung out d
service flag because one OF her
boarders went to war. Do yen
suppose he was a star boarder,,
RED" X.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
STEAL WIRE FENCING

Twenty rods of 50-inch wire
fencing was the plumber thieves
got from the ranch of Charles
Sturges Saturday. Sturges told
the police he thinks 1t was
brought to Tacoma in an auto.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
By Idah McGlone Gibson

OF Wife, Who Returned
Trip Europe Where Went to Study the Work Of
the American Red Cross The Times
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
American Patrol Raids Hun Trench


PARIS 6-Ihe American artillery
out, II announced today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
Greetings, girls, have You
landed some mans job yet?

This is the last day of the OLD
regime at the city hall.
Well, write your own prose
poem.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
u. s. Guns
POUNDING
Foe Line
United Press Leased Wire.)

-, - q nlted Press Ifased Wire.)
-American Smelling Mondidier Cantgny MesnSt.
Georges
Germans time
Montdidier, which observation
American lines is
standing The
used a German observation
The American artillery blew what likely ammunition
dump Cantigny, the fire lasting half a n
Two boche planes recently shot
captured.
The Germans have introduced
are throwing glass bottles apparently fired by springs which
Three Germans recently captured by
of them attempted
caught One of these before reaching
encountered another
American which
No Mans fought
flicting
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06
NOTHING LIKE THIS IN OUR
CANTONMENT

Cyril Hellenkamp is one of the
recruits at Camp Sherman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-06

The kaiser was politely interested spec
tator Of the battle of KENNEL Hill, thus
proving that the Germans have field
glasses with range as great as their Paris
gun.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-29
l. w. w. ISSUES BONDS TO
COMBAT LIBERTY LOAN

Chicago March "a bond issue
and campaign for the sale Of
general defence stamps" have been
started by the l. w. w. to combat
the Liberty Loan and war savings
stamps campaign, according to lite
rature seized by Federal officials in
recent raids on |. w. w. headquar-
ters and made public tonight
Thousands Of dollars already have
been realized from the sale OF the
bonds and stamps. The money is to
be used in defense of members now
in Jail and in the futherance of sabo-
tage. according to one pamphlet.
Another circular declare that, al
though the work of the |. w. w. has
been greatly handicapped by the ac-
tivities of government officials it IS
now gradually getting dack tonor-
NAL" Another document declares
that "many money contributions
have been received from Canada"
The |. w, w. bonds are called
freedom certificates" New York
Tribunee,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-29
DRAFT REcISTRANTS
TRAINING FOR SIGNAL
CORPS AT STATE COLLEGE

Recent announcements of the sec
ond draft caused many of New Mex
leo ambitious young men subject to
it to send in applications for enroll
ment in the free radio and Buzzer
Operators course being given at the
New Mexico State College Not only
those subject to immediate call but
many others are taking advantage
of these excellent opportunity to
place themselves in the service above
the rank of private and make the way
to rapid promotion easy
With the return of fine weather
the new Field Buzzer sets recently
received are being put into service.
This gives the men practical expert
ence with the regular equipment
sending and receiving at temporary
stations about the College Campus.
In addition to this new class has
been organize for the study of tele-
graph circuits and equipment in
which instrument adjustment the loca-
tion of trouble. and its repair is
taken up. This latter course seems
to be very popular with the men as
many of them realize that rapid pro-
motion comes to those who can not
only perform the ordinary functions
of their work well. but are ready
and capable to meet any emergency
which may arise. and in war work
emergencies are the rules rather than
the exception. Detailed information
on and application blanks for this
work may be had by ADDRESSING the
Dean of Engineering. State College,
New Mexico.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-29
TO ALL BUTCHERS, HO-
TELS AND RESTAURANTS

The live hen killing order. which
prevents handling live or freshly kill
ed hens or pullets until after April
.3Oth is designed to stop the awful
slaughter of hens during the laying
period. This order does not apply to
the sale of pullets or hens for egg
production purposes.
1t is estimated by the Department
of Agriculture that the United States
is now at least fifty percent short of
poultry on farms, and the Depart
ment is, now doing everything it can
too encourage production.
One state shipped $1,000 hens in
January which should have produced
approximately five million eggs be-
fore the first of March. Twenty five
percent of these hens were then lay
ing or were about to commence lay
ing.
Make every reasonable effort to
stimulate the production of chickens
in your community.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-29
PUT YOUR IDLE SAVINGS
TO WORK FOR UNCLE SAM
AT INTEREST FOR YOURSELF

Fast Las Vegas. March 2S.-Wc
have done we'll New Mexico stands
fifth in the list Of states in per capita
purchases Of War Savings stamps,
and the hundreds of faithful thrift
stamps workers. .throughont the state
are to be heartily congratulated on
the splendid showing they have made.
The people who have bought these
stamps. to a total on March of
%2S000 are to be congratulated on
their wisdom and patriotism. We arc
proud of the result thus far and
grateful to the men and women and
the boys and girls who have helped
bring it about"
This, briefly. is the expression of
Hallett Reynolds, state director Of
the War Savings campaiGn, on the
Treasury departments statement Of
war savings stamps sales on March
/. Mr.. Reynolds is elated over this
showing but he puts a strong proviso
on his citation
Good as this showinFs is" he said
today, I'VE must not fail to recog-
nized that S2S0O0 is an amount far
short of S,00)0O0; and that SOS
per capita, good as it is, is still pract
icalv $l8 short Of our per capita
of $40 for 1918. We have long way
to 90 to reach our state quota and
while | firmly believe we will reach
it, we cannot do so if single degree
of emerge is lost, or there is the
slightest slackening of our campaign
throughout the state. | hope and be-
lievc that this showing will hearten
every one of our little army OF thrift
stamp workers. believe it will en-
courage more buying and new savers
But it must be remembered that il
has taken us three months to reach
this $278 600. and we have now only
eight months left to produce the 9th
er six-sevenths of that seven million
dollars. 1t means hitting the ball
everv minute from now to December
|. What has been done merely proves
what we can do. Let's get into the
harness and finish this big job for
ourselves and our country"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-29
UNITED STATES MUST
HELP TO FEED ITALY

A desperate appeal for foodstuffs
has come from Italy. Workers are
under arms, fertilizer scarce, farm
implements few, the Germans took
much of Italy's cereals, refugees have
fled and If Italy is not given help
by this country her garanaries will
be empty by the end of this month.
The United States must feed Italy
grain until the next harvest. France
has already sent Italy a generous
share of her badly needed wheat.
Italians live largely on macaroni,
spaghetti, gneechi noodles and other
wheat products. 1t is almost i'm
possible now to get macaroni in Italy.
Bread tickets are used and the peo-
pie are suffering
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-29
HUN HAS HIT FRENCH
PRODUCTION HEAVY BLOW

Why France is so dependent on
America for goods is shown by fig
ures on what the German inva sion
has done to French production. The
1917 wheat crop was less than half
normal, potatoes less than half, sugar
beets a third of normal. The Huns
destroyed 203 out of 2l3 beet sugar
factories. All fruit trees in invaded
sections were cut down. farm i'm
plements ruined. nearly three million
cattle taken away, half the sheep
and hogs are gone. France now pro
duces one gallon of milk where be-
fore the war she produced two and
a half gallons.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-29
WHEAT STILL BRINGS
FARMER THE HIGHEST
RETURN OF ALL CEREALS S

While there has been considerable
complaint about the price Of wheat
to the farmer the Food Administra-
ton points out that it still brings
the highest return to the farmer per
bushel of all cereal crops, as it us
ually did in prewar times; and that
"the price of no other grain has ad-
vanccd so much respecting net re-
turn to the farmer as compared to
pre-war conditions; as has that of
wheat"
The average price OF wheat receiv-
ed BY the farmer during the three
pre-war years. per bushel. was $0S69
price received by farmer now, per
bushel, 5000; percentage of increase
Of present price over pre-war price
l3l percent.
Corn has advanced 100 percent oats
and barley each los percent.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-29
DEMOCRATS NOMINATE
FULL CITY TICKET

The Democrats and so-called In
dependents of Santa Fe held a harm
onous convention Tuesday night at
the court house and nominated the
following candidates for office
DR. James A. Massie. mayor; Jose
L. Duran. city clerk; Juan Lopez, city
treasurer: Aldermen, First Ward ;
Domingo Pacheco. Second Ward +:
Marcelino Garcia, Third Ward: John
Fl. Walker, Fourth Ward: Trinidad
G. De Baca.
DR.. James A. Massie was very en-
phatic in stating that he is a non
partisan and independent. He said
in accepting the honor. 81 do not
run as democrat or a republican
but as a citizen of Santa Fe", which
brought forth an outburst Of applause
and cheers.