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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
DRAFT SET
FOR JUNE

(united Press Leased Wfre.)
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 20.
second big draft will be
made in June, according to pres
ent plans, 1t was learned from au-
thoritative sources at the provost
marshal generals office today.
The number to be included In
the call and mobilization planned
is to be determined by the war
council of the war department,
1t was stated.
Unless some great emergency
arises, no nationwide calls or
men will be made under the sec
ond draft.
The present plan provides for a
continuous stream of men NOV
ing from civilian life to army
camps and from the camps to
France.
Comparatively small numbers
of men will be ordered from GER
tain districts to camps just as
rapidly as men now there start
dCTOSS The sea.
Many more special and indus
trial calls, such as the recent ones
for bricklayers and accountants
with Pershing's forces, will be
made under the second draft, II
is believed.
Commencing today about u.s..
900 men of the first draft will
begin moving to the trainin.
camps. This mobilization will be
completed within five days.
On March 3 about 10000 more
will be sent and this will leave
only about six per cent-approx
imately 100000 the first who
have not been indicted into serv.
ice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23

IS UP 1921.

Extra! ALI about the great
disaster!
The price of Fords has Jumped!
Ford touring cars and road
sters have gone up $92.37. Tie
price Of the chassis has been adj
vanced $77.98. Only the coupet.
town car, sedan and truck re-
main the same. ;
1t all happened on Washing
TONS birthday, when al Ford 'au-
thorizezd agents In Tacoma re-
ceived kilograms, notifying them
Of the advance, from Henry
Ford's home town.
From now on new touring cars
will cost $524.0S; roadsters,
$50S.69. and chassis, $472.77 in
Tacoma.
The advance includes the war
tax.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
Eat
a Good Meal

Burglars who entered the home
of Harry Eek, 900 South 18th ST.,
while the family was attending a
dance Friday evening, took time
to eat a hearty lunch in the Eek
kitchen before ransacking the
house.
They went thru every room,
stealing a woman's purse, $25 in
money, a new book of municipal
street car tickets. cavalier and
chain set with diamonds. The bur-
glars entered by jimmying a rear
window.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23

, Especial to The Times.)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah,
Feb. 28.-Men she's smiled
at, one after another. have
gone to prison under the
shadow Of q great offense.
IL IL . German smile.
The kaiser has regarded it as
one of his most potent assets in
the United States.
Basking in the dimpled favor
Of Miss Augusta Minnie Deckman,
former University of Washington
girl, Count Won Alvensleben, Ley
bold and Schloeterborg, doing the
bidding OF the Hun, were arrested
and interned as among the most
dangerous alien enemies in the
country.
Her Smile Fades.
Now Miss Weckman, held here
under espionage charge. faces the
same fate.
She smiles no more.
Swallowed by u. 8. operatives
for months, here and in Seattle,
Miss Deckman was arrested after
she had persuaded the Rev. B. H.
Leesman, prominent Utah clergy
man, to carry a note intended for
a prisoner, into the federal war
barracks'at Fort Douglas.
Feeling secure in the power oil
her charms, she made bold at
tempt thus to communicate with
her sweetheart" Ernest A. Ley
bold, a young German informed as
one of the notorious Alvensleben' s
encourage.
Brainy, Dangerous.
In the letter, written in Ger
man, she frankly told Leybold that
she felt responsible for his being
in prison, tho she did not explain
why.
Miss Deckman is classed BY
federal officials of Salt Lake al
one of the "brainieEt anG mos
dangerous women workers for tn,
Wilhelmstrasse in this country, al
well as the prettiest."
Definite connections, say tn,
authorities, have been proved lie
tween her and Count Alvo Vol
Alvensleben, known as the "kai
ser's personal financial represen
tative in America"
Former resident of Vancouver
B. c., and Seattle, he rose from
the position of a waiter to on,
who became. over night, til,
handler of millions. IN
Military officials here regar,
him as the biggest" prisoner ii
the war camp. tho enemy German
from all parts OF the world ar,
confined there.
engagement q Ruse.
With Won Alvensleben operate,
Leybold, to whom Miss Deckmal
ANNOUNCED herself engaged" Sc
cret service agents regard tn
story of her engagement" as
blind to conceal her real purpos
In keeping close touch with Ley
hold and his interned associates.
Miss Decifman, beautiful, tsl
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BIG SUPPLY
OF RIFLES
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WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 23.
Satisfactory equipping of the
army is now assured, Secretary of
War Baker officially announced
today.
Rifle and cartridge production
reached plane guaranteeing
plenty of fighting materials for
the American army in France.
Since April 6, this country has
turned out 100000 rifles. For
the week ending Feb. 8, 1902
rifles was the daily output with
71,192 for the week. This was
four times as many in one week as
Great Britain turned out in 10
months of war, the secretary said.
Also at the end of 10 months
of war, the United States has pro-
duced twice as many rifles as Great
Britain did after two and q half
years Of war.
The rifles being made are a
combination of the Enfield and
Springfield. Some 100000, 200
has been spent to produce these
results.
The production of cartridges
during January was, says the sec.
rotary. 100000 a day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
ACCUSES
SOCIETY
LEADER
Especial to The Times.)
ATLANTA. Ca. Feb, 23.-

Especial to The Times.)
ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 23.-
Asa q. Gambler, Atlanta's
millionaire mayor known
turnout the country rs the
COCOA Cola King" finds
himself today the center of
sensational case that has
aroused greater interest in
the south than anything since
Leo Frank was lynched.
The mayor charges that he is
the victim of plot TO extort from
him part Of the riches he has ac-
cumulated since he discovered,
when a poor drug clerk, the
formula for the soft drink that
made him wealthy and gave him
the name ''Cooa Cola King"
The Badger Game.
1t is the sixth attempt, since he
became wealthy, to extort money
from him, Gambler charges.
In this case Gambler claims the
two principals, one a woman, tried
to work the badger game"
The woman, Mrs. Herman H..
Hirsch, is the wife of a prominent
insurance man and is a leader in
Red Cross work, charity balls and
other social and civic activities.
The other principal, James w.
Cook, Is real estate operator, a
handsome, flashy dresser, known
as a follower of the races.
How Plot Worked.
Attorneys for Gambler declare
that Cook urged Mrs. Hirsch to
press her friendship with the mil
lionaire to the point where she
could arrange compromising
situation, when Cook would burst
in the door, accuse them and after
that-well, Asa c. Gambler is said
to be worth cool $75,004,000!
On the afternoon of Feb. 4 Mrs.
Hirsch called on Gambler at his
private office.
Gamblers side of the story is
that Mrs. Hirsch called his atten-
Continued on PAGE Five.l
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
Loses Badge

Has anyone seen Police Officer
Robinson's badge?
Because IL they have, Officer
Robinson would like very much
to have 1t returned. You see,
he's one of the new coppers on
the Tacoma department, and he
finds 1t very inconvenient not to
have any mark of authority to
flash upon his victims.
Robinson lost his badge Friday
evening. He thinks he dropped
it while he was attending per-
Torrance at the Pantages theater.
And he's perfectly helpless
without 1t, so will the finder
please return 1t to headquarters
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23

l6IlS6, UOlSuoVlkl dSS0IG.
kilograms received from So
viets in all parts of Russia urge
a fight to the finish.
The Russian western front
military headquarters has been
hastily moved TO Smolensk $50
miles east OF vitebsk, 500 miles
south Of Petrograd and $50 miles
west of Moscow 1t has lost
touch with the separate armies.
The Germans in Livonia have
seized a hundred railway engines
and thousands of cars.
Are Desperate.
A high defense council has
been formed, composed Of Pre-
mier Lenine, Foreign Minister
Trotsky, Stain. Prossian and
KareMn.
Petrograd has been placed un-
der martial law.
The pan-soviet council has en-
dorsed the peoples commissaries'
policy regarding peace. (Proba-
bly, refers to the ministry's efforts
to sign a separate peace, II Ger
many will permit; and to fight,
IL Germany continue the inva-
sion).
The workmen are eagerly pre-
pairing to fight. The soldiers are
hesitating. Hurried preparations
for defense are marked by con-
fusion and desperation.
The peoples commissaries are
in favor of the Russian armies
retreating until they take a stand
before Petrograd. This is espe-
cially true of the workmen's rep
resentatives.
Officials opposing this plan
point out that evacuation Of
Ukraine means northern Russia
will starve.
The bourgeoisie IN Petrograd
seem to be waiting the coming Of
the Germans gleefully, hoping
they will be able to save the
property they held before the
revolution.
Members OF the constituent mt
assembly have decided to convoke
that body as soon as possible, II
was announced tonight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
CLAYTON IS
CANDIDATE

William e. Clayton, Tacoma
building contractor, will be can
didate for city commissioner at
the spring primaries. Clayton
sent word to City Clerk Nickeus
Saturday asking him to reserve a
set OF nomination petitions for
him.
He was a candidate four years
ago, and after his defeat at the
primaries gave the city huge
American flag as q personal gin.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
HIT BY CAR

E.. A. Larson, a carpenter, was
crossing 18th street at court A
Saturday morning with tool
chest on his shoulder when an
approaching cable car slid up be-
hind him.
The front end of the car struck
Larson's tool chest and sent it fly
ing. The carpenter was thrown
to the ground, but not injured.
Tools were strewn all over the
street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
Army Post Case
Again Taken Up

After a rest of three weeks the
Jurors and lawyers in the army
post condemnation suit returned
Saturday to the courtroom to be-
gin work on a new group of cases.
The jury returned unchanged and
willing to continue.
The new suit covers sections OF
land scattered all over the sec.
ond $4,000 acres to be acquired.
1t required three days for the
jury to view the premises. where
1t usually takes only one.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
STILL GOING EAST,
SAYS WAR OFFICE

BERLIN, Feb. 23---"We are
proceeding eastward in Esthonia
and have occupied Takraine in
Livonia," the German war office
announced today.
: "Dubno has been reached. Our
prisoners altogether include two
generals, two colonies, 443 other
officers and $40 men,"
Dubno is in Volhynia, SO miles
west of Rovno, city already re-
ported to have been entered by
the Austrians.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
AUTO HITS
SANDBERG

Peter Sandberg, owner of the
Palace hotel, 18th and Pacific,
was struck by an automobile in
front of his hotel Friday evening
and painfully bruised.
No bones were broken, altho he
was thrown heavily to the pave
ment. He was able to attend
business as usual Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
At Camp
to Face Charge
of High Treason

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 90.
Authorities at Camp Lewis, Ia
coma, have full power to act in
the cases of four national army
soldiers charged with treason,
the judge advocate generals Of
flee said today.
No report has been received OF
the arrest OF the men and none is
expected until after they have
been courtmartialed.
If the courtmartial finds them
guilty, the verdict must be re-
viewed and approved in Washing
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
JAP WARSHIPS ARE
RESTORING ORDER

TOXIC, Feb. 1.-(By maiD =
Presence of a squadron Of Japa-
nese warships in the harbor Of
vladivostok has been successful in
restoring quiet and maintaining
order at the Russian port accor-
ding to all reports sent here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
HILL CHURCH
TO HOLD MEETINGS

The Fern Hill M. Il. church is
planning O series of community
meetings opening Monday night.
They will continue all week, ex-
cept on Saturday. r. ID. Martin.
district superintendent, win speak.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
WOMAN BLACKMAILS COCA COLA KIM
University of Washington Girl
With Dangerous Smile Held AS
Cunning u. S. Agent Of Kaiser

Augusta Deckman, the girl
with the dangerous smile,"
held under the espionage
act, and Ernest A. Leybold.
interned alien enemy to
whom she says she Is en-
gagged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
THIEVES GET s27

Thieves entered Tony Mazza's
room u the Columbus hotel early
Saturday morning and stole $27
In money. a lodge membership
card and q suit OF clothes.
Massa had forgotten to lock the
door.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
PRISONERS
WILL AID RUSSIANS
IN DEFENDING C|T|

UNITED Press Leased Wre1
PETR0GRAD, Feb. o. Evening. Men, women
and even prisoners Of raying to the defense
of the Russian revolution.
A thousand women have offered themselves for the
army.
Fifty thousand workmen soon will be ready to take
their places in the battle line it is declared.
Even thousands of war prisoners in Petrograd and
Moscow-mostly Austro Hungarians and Slavs, but
including some Germans-are willing to join the de-
holc f
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
WEATHER. FORECAST

The fruit
growers are
predicting an
early spring.
From the looks
of the wood
pile 1t can't
come too early.
Tonight or
Sunday rain, .
says the wealth
er'man. Oh you
Frank Ross
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23
NO INCREASE IN
CANNED SALMON
Especial to The Times)

BELLINGHAM, Feb. 23.-E.
B. Deming, salmon administrator
for the government, declared to-
day that there should be no in
crease in the price of canned
salmon, as the result of the gov
ernment's action Communicating
the unsold pack on the Pacific
coast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23

to SEQ some rain again?
Peace! Peace!" cry the lovablo
Russ, as they tear out one am
others whiskers by the handful.
There will never be better tima
to start a mattress factory in that
delectable land.
The west front drive Of the :
Germans may fail, but there
is always the Rheims ca
thedral.
We didn't know, until we
picked up the Plain Dealer, the
Tacoma Trib's Cleveland edition,
that Doc Garfield had taken the
criticism so hard:
DIR. GARFIELD ENDS FUEL
LESS MONDAYS.
SHOOTS WOMAN, THEN. KILLS
HIMSELF.
In Mount Vernon, o., the
other day, Mrs. Chew read .
paper on YucaAan. Literary
Digest please copy.
WHY NOT TAGS7
Notice to members Of Wisconsin,
camp 6191, M. w. of Al i
This meeting is important for
all members so they may get per-
sonally acquainted with each
other. so In case of death there
will BIO no trouble in Identifying
you as a member. =
$500. g 81
Oh Coca oolAi
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Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
IRON RIVER, Mich, Feb. 23.
Eleven miners are shut off in a
level of the Amasa Porter mine
here today without food or wa
ter. They have been there two
days, and the superintendent said
1t may be another 48 hours before
they can be reached. Air is being
pumped to them thru pipes.
The men were entombed when
a bulkhead broke and tons of wa
ter flowed into the mine.
TODAY'S CLEARINGS
Clearings ........$ 6S3,425.02
Balances ......... 59,9S9.67
Transactions ...... 1,869,7S7.05
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23

Greetings, were you glad
to see some rain again?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23

Two bandits threw pepper into Cleveland mans
eyes to rob him Of $500. This is q crude
method OF obtaining money. A more refined and
moro profitable procedure IL to throw bull into
100000 peoples eyes and clean up $4,000. ooo
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The west front drive Of the
Germans may fail, but there
is always the Rheims ca
thedra1.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-16
MUST HELP GOVERNMENT
WITH THIS GREAT WAR
Mrs. Pnnkhurst Givcs Impression If
fort of Women to Get Vote should
Uc SIdctrarilcd.

WASHINGTON, June l5.-"We must
stand together behind our men. We
must be equal to our share of our
duties as citizens. equal to our share
in the democracy"
This is the message Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, English suffrage leader,
brings to the women OF America. She
has arrived in Washington from New
York.
Washington women who talked with
Mrs. Pankhurst to-day were given the
impression that she does not think this
the proper time to wage fight for the
procurement OF the vote. The English
leader believes women should unite un-
reservcdly with men in preserving the
country against the menace of Kaiser
ism. II democracy is lost there will he
no vote for women or men either, she
warns. She sees 1t as the duty of the
American women 10 get behind the gov
ernment as "a solid. patriotic body.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-16
HERO GIVES LIFE TO
SAVE FELLOW-MEN
Bravest Act of War Is Told bv
Officer Returning From
France.
HUGS TIGHT DEADLY BOMB
1t Explodes, but He Alone Paid
the Price in Corner
of Trench.
HUGS TIGHT DEADLY BOMB

WASHINGTON. June 15.-How an
American soldier deliberately killed
himself. that his four comrades Nigh,
live. is told by an American ordna nee
oihcer lately returned from the front
His story is corroboratcd by an artil.
lery officer. who also recently arrived
here from France.
The. hero, whose name may never
be known. is now buried in small
cemetery in France. No towering mon
ument tells Of his spartan-likc sacri-
flee. but his story is known to every
grenadier OF the American force and
will live always in American history
rs one of the bravest acts OF the war.
Here is the story as told by the Amer
lean officer:
"It had been found that the most
effective hand grenade is that with
the bent safety pin. But the Ameri-
can soldiers. anxious always to speed
up. have a habit of Strengthening the
pins. We have done our utmost to halt
the practice and have told the men
times without number that they must
stand responsible If they straigh,en the
pins before going into action. For 4
straight pin will easily fall from the
grenade and that means. within five
seconds. the deadly engine will ex-
plode.
AN American grenadier had been on
duty at an outpost. IT appears he had
straightened the pins in his Erenades.
when relieved from duty, he returned
to his dugout where three of his pals
were sleeping and one lay awake In
bunk
The dugout was twenty feet under
ground. AS he entered and closed the
heavy door. he took of his coat and
threw 1t upon his bunk which was the
third. r,op ono. from the floor. One
of his coat pockets sagged open and
bomb fell to the floor. AS it fell
the Strengthened safety pin slipped out.
"As he saw the pin go spinning
across the room he realized that within
five seconds an explosion would prob
ably Kill every man in the dugout. 1t
must have flashed across his mind that
his pals. sleeping in the hunks, were
no; TO blame for the accident He had
been warned against strengthening
grenade pins. The fault was his and
his alone.
"In five seconds the grenade would
burst. He had time to get through
door and leave his companions to their
death, but there was not time in which
TO attempt TO tear down hunks and
build barricade about the bomb. The
man, who was awake. yelled to him
10 run. but ne stood fast in his tracks.
NO man can ever tell what must
have passed in the soldiers mind in
the next TWO or three seconds. But
this we do know. The soldier picked
up the bomb. crept into a corner ann
huEging the bomb close to his stomach
created Of his body a barrier between
the bursting engine and his pals.
The blast killed him instantly. but
his pals escaped without scratch"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-16
SELECT|VE SERVICE FAILS
To KEEP SKILLED WORKERS
National Labor Conference Is Given
Report OH Conditions by
Darragh Delaney.
BOYS TO WORK ON FARMS
Director Of Boys Reserve Declares
That Already Nearly 500, 900
Youths Have Been Sent Ont to Re-
place Those Leaving for Industry.
BOYS TO WORK ON FARMS
lBy Associated Pres,1

WASHINGTON, June 15.-Selectiye
service has failed to fulfill its original
purpose of keeping at their work Skill
ed men engaged on government con-
tracts. Darragh Delaney. of the War
Department, to-day told the national
war-labor conference
Problems OF obtaining skilled labor
are but little less serious than those
attending the shortage of common la
Dor. /. w. Litchfield. of the Department
of Labor. told the conference at the
closing session. In an attempt to solve
the problem. the employment service
soon will handle skilled labor recruit
Ing exclusively. he said.
Farmers soon will have to rely large
ly upon emergency boy labor, as most
OF the former supply OF skilled farm
workers has been drawn into industry,
said NJ. A. Coykendall. chief of the
farm service section Of the Employ
ment Service.
William l.. Hale. national director Of
the boys working reserve, said his
organization will have placed between
250.o00 and 100000 boys Of between
sixteen and twenty-one on farms by
the end of this season.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-16
STATES BECOME, GOLGOTHA,
DECLARES THIS SOCIALIST
Wild Scenes Follow ScnsatIonal Speech
by DIR. Cohen, In
ReichstnS.
ny Associated Pres,.l

AMSTERDAM, June IA scene was
caused in the Reichstag yesterday by
Or. Cohen. Socialist member. when.
according TO the Cologne Gazette, he
declared: The border states have be-
come GolEotha where lie bleaching
the bones of the best in the land who
have been slaughtered by the misled
German soldiers"
An uproar followed this declaration
and Deputy Cohen was called TO order
but he continued: The entire war has
become family affair of the Hohen-
zollerns. 1t is possible that we NAV
finally remain the only warriors in
Europe and the entente will have TO
submit. hut Europe will have become
a continent OF beggars and we shall
all suffer the consequences of such a
peace"
Lieutenant-General Won Stein. Prus-
sian Minister of War. In reply, as.
serted: 1T is not family in this coun
try which is waging war. but the Ger
man people. under the Kaiser, is wae-
ing war for its existence"
According TO another account Of the
excited debate. several independent
Socialists shouted: Robbers, Muir
derers!" when DR.. Cohen said that peo-
pie were being Slaughtered by the
misled German soldiers"
Members of the Centre and the Con
servative parties thcrcupon left the
chamber, it is reported
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-16
ONE MAN SHOT IN FIGHT
WITH DRY DETECTIVES
Alexander Puryear Is Dangerously
Wounded in Battle Near
DanviIlc.
ONE DISTILLER is CAUGHT
Captured Still Is New Outfit, and
Had Capacity for 200 Gallons.
Officers Hide and Watch Opera
tion for Time.
ONE DIsTILLER is CAUGHT

DANVlLLE. VA. June l5.-Alcxander
furyear, son of a Halifax distiller was
shot yesterday evening and dangerous
~ wounded in melee which took place
near Firgilina, between state prohibit
iion officers and moonshiners. Thomas
Glasscock was captured without being
wounded.
w. T. Shelton and two other agents
claim they were watching the men
at work at an Illicit plant when a signal
Tor capture was given. The moon
sinners are alleged to have drawn pis-
tolls and opened fire while trying TO
escape. The three officers returned the
the tire. and finally Purycar fell with n
load Of shot In his back and lungs.
Officers say they have been threatened
with death by blockaders in Halifax
The still captured was of 2O0-gallon
capacity and new outfit.