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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-27
Mrs. Mellett
On Way Here
From War Zone
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NEW YORK, June 27.-"Peo-
pie living in London and Paris do
not realize the strain they are I'M
der said Mrs. Bertha Knatvold
Mellett, of Tacoma, writer and
wife of Lowell Mellett, United
Press war correspondent, who ar
rived last night from Paris.
Two days before | left Paris,
a shell from the German long
range gun fell couple of hun
dred yards in front OF me.
Not having Gallo tempera-
ment, | ran away from and not
into the smoke and fumes, and
took refuge in a shop.
Not a single saleswoman UNI
der the frail glass roof of the es-
Enlistment seemed disturbed by
the catastrophe in the street. They
went on matching samples and
measuring materials as calmly as
tho the systematic boche could
not be relied on to forward an
other memento of himself in 15
minutes. -it
six shells fell between noon
and half past one that day and ex-
cept for mounting curiosity and
his racial ambition to be able to
tell of being within 20 yards OF
bursting shell and coming
away unscratched the Frenchman
evinces no emotion.
"The big gun and the Gothas
have not made panic in Paris.
Much less have the Gothas weak
ened the Londoner's genius for
carrying on
But after the war, when all
the new evolved faculties of re-
sistance against shock which have
come like supplementary senses to
the people that need them, are
left without purpose or function,
there may be general uneasiness
such as felt during my first
night in New York.
I'VE may hear as much OF
peace shock then as We hear of
shell shock now.
The absence OF war conditions
comes to be the abnormal state OF
affairs to the person who has
spent year or more under the
GOthas.
ITO land last night and find
not only undimmed street lamps.
but unshuttered windows, and
moreover. to see the unloved moon
in the sky and then to experience
not so much as a raid warning.
amounted to shock to my nerv-
Gus system.
81 understand now the plight of
a war correspondent | know who
is kept awake by the crickets and
nightingales at the chateau where
he lives and has to get up to the
front where the guns boom to get
a nights rest now and then"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-27
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-27
TODAY'S WAR
CASUALTIES!

The wounded severely includ-
ed: Lieuts. n. Il. Cooper, tSone-
ham. Col; Pvt. J. II. Green, Alder
dale. Wash: @. Newton, Taft,
CAL; III. T. Olson, Spokane.
Missing In action: Pvts. v. r..
Davis, Eklala, Mont! T.. @.
Rocha, Los Angelo.
Killed in action; A. Nicholson,
I.aCenter, Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-27
real. ESTATE REAL ESTATE
Shipworkers Realty Bureau

322 TACOMA BLDG. MAIN 1879.
Is Maintained for YOUR Benefit.
WE have long list of homes and clOse-in improved
acreage for sale on easy terms like rent also build
ing lots. Here are few samples
5-ROOMED house and attic with or lots, on So.
| ST. Price $2l0O, 5000 cash, balance SO per mo.
4-ROOAlED house, with garage on lots, near two
car lines. Price $780, $3.50 cash, balance $l2 per
month
TWO houses one rooms, the other rooms, close
in East 9th, both for $1,000, $500 cash. balance
like rent.
4-ROONIED house. lots on No. Anderson. Tine
condition. Price 5000, $500 down.
TWELVE or more lots within walking distance and
good car line ready to build on for $500 per lot,
terms.
OFFICE open daily until p. m., and Sunday till
noon. Auto service.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-04-05
Presbyterian Church

1t is not too much to say that
the Easter services at the Presby-
terian church were the best ever
held in the church. The Sunday
School room was filled. The church
had to open the parlor doors for
the large audience both morning
and afternoon. Twenty new men,
bers were received and fourteen
more have given their names to
unite with the church. The Junior
Christian Endeavor had an attend
ance of AZ. The Cantatta was a
harmonious success. The twenty
voices blended nicely and everyone
enjoyed the service, more to follow.
The Senior Christian Endeavor held
a splendid meeting at 7:30.
Sunday School at 1000 a. m.
Worship at IL 100 a. m.
Jr. C. E. at 2:30 p. m.
Sr. C. E. at 7:30 p. m.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-04-05
ROADS IN NATIONAL FORESTS
Allotment Made to Each State for I'M
provement by Secretary Houston
4sat california Leads.

Secretary Houston has announced
the amount allotted to each state from
the million dollars to be spent during
the fiscal year 1918 in constructing
roads and trails within or partly with
in the national forests. This money is
part of the $1O,OOO,OOO appropriated
by the federal aid road act to assist
development Of the national forests,
which becomes available at the rate of
81 100000 year for ten years.
The allotments as approved are as
follows: Alaska, $46,354; Arizona,
1904; Arkansas, $9,8O3; California,
$14O,9SS; Colorado, $62,575; Idaho,
sos, ,73O; Montana, $70,O42; Nevada,
SIS, ,296; New Mexico, $42, 2,495; Ore
gon, $12s,111; South Dakota, $S,O92;
Utah, $41,167; Washington, $91 ,944 !;
Wyoming, $4O,684. A total of $9,995
has been allotted to Florida, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota
and Oklahoma. The group of eastern
states-Georgia, Maine, New Hamp-
shire, North and South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Virginia and West Virginia
In which the government is purchas-
ing lands for national forests, receives
$21 1,12O.
In making allotments, it Is explained,
10 per cent of the amount available
for 1918 is withheld as contingent
fund. One-half of the remainder has
been apportioned among the states in
amounts based ON the area of the ma
tional forest lands in each state, while
the other half has been allotted on a
basis of the estimated value of the
timber and forage resources which the
| forests contain.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-04-05
The wheels of governmental ma

The wheels of governmental ma
chinery are grinding out a disloyal-
ty bill that will classify pro-Ger-
manism or anti-Americanism as a
crime, punishable by a sentence Of
imprisonment for 20 years and a
fine Of $4,000. If the bill passes,
and it probably will, the above
punishment can be administered to
whoever shall by word or act sup
port or favor the German empire
or it's allies in the present war or
by word or act oppose the cause of
the United States therein"
The bill is coming none too soon
as the patience of loyal Americans
is becoming exhausted and public
sentiment will be even more bitter
as the reports of the casualties
among the American troops in
France begin to lengthen. 1t will
be encouraging to know that if
American citizens will not support
their country of their own volition
they can be forced to do so or take
the consequences. A law with teeth
in it has been needed and it should
be used with dispatch when occa-
sion arises.
1t was with a feeling of relief
that the American people read of
the defeat of Berger in Wisconsin.
It matters not whether the success
full candidate is republican or
democrat. The fact that Berger
was defeated by a large majority
will vindicate to some extent the
political row that overshadowed the
state at a time when political diff
erences should be forgotten and the
united efforts of all parties be pool.
ed for advancing the interests Of
the country at large.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-04-05

are behind the times, trailing in the
dust. That hard roads of some kind
will be built throughout the country
some time cannot be questioned, and
the supervisors recognized that fact
when they said that they were not in
favor Of loading the counties down
with road debts at the present time.
We are inclined to commend the SUI
pervisors for the stand they took. be-
cause there is danger Of going too fast
with expensive methods of cOnstruc-
ton until the different kinds of roads
that are practicable for different 10
calities have been more fully tested.
says Farmer and Breeder. Mistakes
made in permanent road construction
are liable to be rather expensive.
Iowa has made rapid progress In
road improvement during the past two
years, and while no permanent roads
have been built the work of grading
and draining at least two principal
roads through each county and the
construction of cement culverts and
bridges Is something that will have to
be done everywhere before permanent
roads can possibly be built. Then, too,
in many sections at least, when our
roads are brought to a grade, are well
drained, and then properly cared for
with the road drag, they become very
passable indeed. We believe that it Is
not bad plan to use them for few
years in that condition and give the
drag a good chance to show what 1t
will do for them when used as fire.
ouently as 1t should be.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-04-05
BOOSTER FOR BETTER ROADS
Danger of Going Too Fast In Con-
struction Of Highways-Mistakes
Liable to Be Costly.

The automobile is becoming very
important factor in the movement for
better roads. Every auto owner, be he
farmer or city man, Is a booster for
better roads, but the city man is prob
ably more impatient with our present
roads than the farmer. In our polit-
ical life the farmer has always been
the conservative while the city man
has been the radical, the progressive.
1t takes the two factions to bring
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-04-05
Methodist Church
KENDRICK

KENDRICK
Sunday School 1000 A. M.
Preaching, Friday Eve. 800 p. m.
Communion Service
Preaching, Sunday Eve. 1880 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday 1880
FAIRVIEW
Sunday School 1000 a. m.
AMERICAN RIDGE
Sunday School 1000 a. m.
Preaching March 81 11:00 a. m.
H. B. Emmel, Pastor.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-04-05

In another column is told of the
decision of the attorney general of
the state of Washington that hearses
are pleasure cars" At first
thought the idea seems strikingly
out of place and yet if a few dozen
hearses could just now be used to
carry off the leaders of the German
autocracy there is no doubt that
real pleasure of the occasion would
be felt throughout the civilized
world. Star Mirror.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-04-05

School children of the sixth grade
and under will be admitted to "The
Freedom of the World" at the
Grand Theatre Monday night. for
10 cents, if accompanied by their
parents. 14.1t.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-04-05
Culverts Too Short.

Do not get your culvert too short.
Be sure that it extends the full dis
tance Of the road embankment. It
should be placed as near as possible
in the direction of the flow Of water
it is intended to carry.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-04-05

about well balanced political condi-
tions; one is as much needed as the
other.
Since the road supervisors at their
last annual meeting took the stand
they were not in favor of paving coun-
try roads at the present at least, they
have been rather severely censured
by the daily press and told that they
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
.SECRETARYOF WAR
APPRECIATES COIN

CHICAGO. Oct. 2s-The $4,000
donated to war charities from the
world series receipts will be divided
among the Y. II. C. A., National
Catholic War Council. Young wo-
mems Christian Association, Saliva
tion Army, American Liberty Asso-
citation, and the War Camp Com
munity Service, Secretary of War
Baker advised President Ban John
son OF the American League today.
in acknowledging this gift. ! beg
leave to assure the National Com
mission and the various persons and
organizations which have con ributed
to II, OF my cordial appreciation OF
their generous action" Secretary
Baker wrote.
THE men OF the army and navy,
most OF them undoubtedly enthusiast
tlcally interested in baseball as our a.
tionaI sport, will be glad to Know
that this gift for their use and pleas
ure has come from men whose names
they know well and whose activities
they watch with constant interest"
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
HOWLNG FOR MATTY

Over in France they are trying 10
coax Msthewson back into the game
and are striving to arrange a pitch
ing battle between MAtty and Grover
Alexander. Alexander's club-almost
soIidly national and American
Leaguers-looks too powerful TO
tackle, but several enthusiastic COL
onels have agreed to lend enough
star players to make up sn equa 'Iy
dangerous team, provided Matty will
do the pitching.
While Alexander. the two lefthsnd-
ed Mitchells. Kiepfer, Faber. Noyes
Lambeth. Barnes, and other big
league pitchers now in service have
shown all their usual skill in negi-
mental games, IL Is common report
in army and navy that q minor
Lacquer named Faircioth is pretty
nearly "top-dog" among the martial
hurlers- Faircloth, who was to get
q big league trial last summer, went
TO the Great Lakes station instead,
and proceeded to show himself a
marvel
Since he went abroad, he has Rad
had three chances to pitch against
big leaguers and has acquitted him
self wondrously we'll Alexander and
Clarence Mitchell write that he is
some pitcher"
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
H|LLTOPPERS PLAY
FORDHAM NOV. e

Georgetown University S. A. T. c.
eleven viii play Fordham at New
York on Thanksgiving Day. all ar
rangements having been completed
at the Hilltop.
All chances OF washIngton's seeing
Georgia Tech have gone. The South
erners asked Georgetown for q game
on November ?, which was too early
for the Blue and Gray. Stress Of
influenza and military drills have pre-
vented all practice, and John D.
o'Reilly has to begin all over again
his work Of preparing his eleven.
Next Saturday Camp Colts Tank
ers, mostly former college players.
will open Georgetown's season at the
Hilltop. Though some details are yet
to be settled, Maryland State will
probably be the attraction on Novem-
Der 0. The Philadelphia Marines will
play at Georgetown on November %.
II IL unlucky that any game will
be booked for November 80. being go
close to the Fordham game, but
Georgetown intends playing service
teams we'll into December.
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
DEMPSEY WILLING
TO MEET WILLARD

NEW YORK. Oct. 7s-Jaek Demp,
sey ia willing to box or fight Jess
willard IN Chicago. Philadelphia, or
New York. as willard wishes. So
says Jack Kearns. HIS manager, to
sunny jim Co1roth, national man.
aSer OF the boxing end OF the sports
week" program.
Meanwhile, six names have been Of
fered the champion for his considera.
ton. as the following telegram sent
yesterday by James w. Coffroth indi-
Gates:
Jess willard, wichita Falls, Tex.
Committee desires to thank you for
your generous offer. An opponent has
tsen suggested from the following:
Dempsey. Levinsky, Coffey, Meehan.
Miske, Fulton While this movement
Is nationwide and any city you box
in will help cause, stIll it is believed
that the best financial results will be
obtained In New York. Available
dates In Madison Square Garden are
November I6 and November IS. Six
or ten rounds, as you prefer, with no
decision Please answer Immediately.
SPORTS COMMITTEE.
Boxing Division, 90 Vanderbilt ave-
Hue, New York city"
The Washington times., 1918-10-26

Here Is Jos's reeord-breaking lstte
Dear Sir:
VIII you permit me to OFFER .
suggestion which believe II car
riSd out win add q good many
thousand dollars to the United
War work Council fund.
have offered to fght. gratis,
any Of the leading heavyweIghts
for any war charity. now pro-
pose TO request Mr.. James W.
Codroth to match me with Jack
Dempsey or Jess willard. They
cannot honestly advance the worn
out excuse OF the "eoloF line" for
the money earned by this fight
will be used By these wonderful
organizations to help, amuBe, and
succor our gallant fighters. ire
spective OF race, color, or creed
The fact that an supremely
confident OF beating willard or
Dempsey is not my reason for
wanting to meet them. They may
claim that want q chance to
win the worlds chAmpioaship.
That title means nothing to me.
am so sure OF beating either
of this pair that Twill sign an
agreement 70 Immediately retire
and turn over the chaHipionship
to the United States army or
navy with the understanding
that they can offer the title to be
fought for between men In the
service, for that Is where the
heavyweight championship OF the
world rightly belongs. They are
the real champIons-we of the
padded mittS are more or less
boxers.
willard won his title from .
eolored malone whom I never
had any personal or physical re-
gard for. Jack Johnson admitting
in Paris that he would not night
me, as he wanted to be the only
colored man to be the worlds
champion I never was hysterical
over Wiliard's ability. A cham
pion" who could not beat Frank
Moran deciEively was a poor
champion. As for Dempsey, he
may be . great fighter. How
ever, have noticed In the papers
where he repudiated two matches
with one Kid Norfolk, whom I
have twice defeated.
l would like to get some ac-
ton on this, for 1 shortly go on
the road for the Commission o
Training Camp Activities. Ny
duties will take me to the vari-
Gus camps, where I am to in
struct and have charge Of the
colored troops physical welfare.
Nv chaiienRa IN willard apd
Dempsey is for fight for . good
cause. and It can be staged for
eight, ten, twenty or to q finish.
Yours respectfully.
JOE JEANETTE"
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
SNOWY AND DOUG
WILL ACT TOGETHER

Los ANGELES. Cal. Oct. 2s-As
soon as our own Doug Fairbanks
gets back from the East he and RaEi-
nald L ("Snowy") Baker. OF Aus
tralia, will start to get busy on a new
picture in which they will be, It is
said. co-stars.
Baker is a famous athlete in the
antipodes and in the last three years
attained an international reputation
as a promoter OF boxing contests in
the Sydney and other stadiu Ms II
was he who purchased the boxing in
terests OF Hugh Mcintosh when that
worthy went In for other game
Snowy" came to this country to
study motion picture methods and
he and Fairbanks became fast
friends. Baker Is said to be as much
Of an enthusiastic acrobat and stunt
puller as Doug, hence the combina-
tion is figured to be a big winner.
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
WOMENPLAYERS
TO TUNE UP TODAY

Miss Molla BJurstsdt. famous Nor
wegian tennis star and champion
woman player. and Miss Marion Zin-
derstein, the young Bostonian who
has achieved prominence during the
past year, are scheduled to appear IN
an Informal match at Chevy Chase
Club today.
Tomorrow morning at Columbia the
star players are expected to give an
other Informal match at Columbia
Country Club.
These engagements are prelimi-
nartes to the big exhibition to be
staged At the Dumbarton Tennis Club
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
No admission will be charged at the
Dumbarton Club tomorrow. although
collection will be taken for the
benefit OF the National Woman's Ten
mis- Relief Association.
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
SpOrtsnanship Is
Natural

Uncle Sam boys are real
sportsmen when boxing among
themselves, but that sort Of stufR
won't do when fighting the
boches.
A sample Of this sportsmanship
was shown at the Great Lakes
boxing tourney q few days ago,
when two sailors named Roberts
and Ludwig were battling. Lud-
wig fell and sprained his knee.
He was unable to continue and
the decision was given Roberts.
but Roberts refused to accept the
verdict.
At his request the bout was Of
ncially called q draw and win
be fought over as soon as Lud-
wig Is In shape again.
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
CURLEY IS ANGLING
FOR RBOSTON BRAVES

BOSTON, Oct 8.-Former Mayor
James NJ. Curley is angling to obtain
control Of the Braves. being backed by
q local syndicate Of bankers. He has
recently conferred with George Stall
ings. manager Of the team. but declines
to discuss II.
Jame =. Gaffney. II Is understood,
will agree TO an extension OF the mort
gage, which becomes due Nov. l. The
signs Of approaching peace in the world
OF 'he club.
Gaffney may bob up as owner OF the
Brooklyn club. according to well anthem
ticated rumors here.
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
HAS GOOD PUNTER

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Oct. 26.-Har
wards naval unit eleven has found q
hrst-ciass punter in Ben Zimmerman
last year a ranking schoolboy foot
ball player in Boston. He gets as
much distance into his punts as ever
did Eddie Mahan. while his drop
kicking measures up to a high stand
ard.
Zimmerman is nineteen years old.
Two years ago he captained the Volk.
mann School team. Last year he was
at Noble & GTeenough, where he was
acting captain. He stands hve feet
ten inches and weighs 1s2 pounds.
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
CAN'T PLAY FOOTBALL

Clifford Crowley. for three years all
Northwestern interscholastie tackle.
10 barred from playing football in the
Rocky Mount ain conference this sea-
son through the loss OF three fingers.
Several years ago the explosion OF
a dynamite cap tore the fingers from
Crowley's left hand and because Of
:h!s he was unable to enter the stu
dents army training corps when he
enrolled at Colorado Agricultural
College this fall. AS the freshman
rule was suspended only for members
OF the corps, he cannot play this sea-
son.
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
Jimmy Archer Is
Buying Hogs

Jimmy Archer. in his day the
greatest throwing catcher in
baseball, has passed up the
sport Jeems now is engaged in
the prosaic occupation of pur-
chasing hogs at the Chicago
stock yards.
ut Is an interesting business"
the veteran backstop says, '~and
I'm going to stick to 1t, even If
major league baseball is re-
sumed next spring"
The people for whom he works
say he Is doing we'll, so every
body should be satisfied.
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
TNOGRID BATTLES
FOR TODAYS CARD

Two football games are listed here
tOdGy. The Spanish flu ban Is Stin
on, but the contests are 70 be played
at Fort Ayer, Va, and at College
Park. Nd. 80 that they may be con-
sidsrod a. games for Washington
AZ FORT AEyeF. the Troop B. team
will stack up against the strons
Seatnan-Gunlers, OF the Navy Yard.
fnotp 3 Il . light SggregStion, but
Is expected to come across with an
sVen better performances than Il dis
against the Chemical men last week.
AT College Park Maryland State
will stack up against the strong
Chemical Warfare players OF Camp
Leach II will be the hrst engage
meat Of the season for the Mary
land State athletes. Camp Leach is
possessed Of several nrst class play
ers who are former college men
Both contests are due to start at
. ,. m.
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
ARMY MEDICS WIN

Army Medical School football play.
ers viii tackle the 2I7th Engineers
Of Camp Humphreys. AecotInk, Va, at
Alexandria, Va, tomorrow for the
beneht OF the athletic funds Of the
two teams.
The teams will clash at the foot of
Union street at the Virginia ship
yard field. The Engineers are newly
organized from the regiment known
as the "sappers."
Lieut.. Wesley Cox, OF the Medical
School, is in charge OF his team, while
Lieut., o. o. Rey. former Georgia Tech
player. is at the head OF the sap
pers.' The game will start at 2:3o
D. m
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
PLAY FOR CHARITY

NEW YORK. Oct. 26-Jsrome D.
1FGyers and Oswald KirISby are to
play Gil Nichols and Alex Smith at
St Adams, L. l.. Sunday afternoon for
the benefit Of the comfort fund Of
homecoming wounded soldiers under
the Red CroSG Four OF these matches
have been played to date. Nichols and
Smith holding the edge by their nne
work at WykaEyi.
The players will tee up At ? o'clock
and play eighteen hoes. The st. Al
bans course Is in perfect condition,
and a large gallery is expected to
witness the match.
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
SHOW POPULAR DOG

old-timers can easily remember the
time when there was no such dog as
the Boston terrier, yet today this
breed is the most popular in the
United States. Next month the TWEEN
ty-seVenth annual show will be held
in the Horticultural Hall, in Boston.
and this makes tanciers realize that
the Boston is now q weli-es;abli she ed
breed in spite OF the fact that some
insist 1t Is a mongrei breed.
Most fanciers consider the Boston
terrier the typical American dog.
Surely he was developed here and Is
unlike most other dogs which oriEi-
mated in some foreign country.