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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13
rent OF FLATS, NOT
HOUSES, Ex0RBlIANT

Rents on Tacoma houses and
cottages are not unreasonable, and
the increases during the last year
are not out of proportion to in
creases in prices everywhere, ac-
cording to the statement Thurs
day of George d. Poe, better
known as Poe the Rent Man.
1t is in the rentals on fur.
nished housekeeping rooms
and small apartments that
the public is being gOuged,
he declared.
The rent hogs, he declares,
are to be found in the pro-
prietOrs Of ro0ming houses.
As proof that in general there
is little profiteering in rents on
houses and cottages, Poe cited
the fact that since early spring
there has not been a house sold
for an investment in Tacoma.
Not Selling ON "Spec."
Neither I nor any other dealer
could 60 out now and sell a house
for an investment" he said. Few
rented houses now are paying s
per cent net profit on the prop
erty, and an investment of this
kind won't pay 5 per cent on the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13

When Sarah Bernhard came
to Tacoma on this, possibly her
last, farewell tour, she had to re-
main temporary citizen Of Sc
.lttle.
In other words, she couldn't
get hotel accommodations here,
and consequently she is sleeping
In Mayor Hanson's town and mo-
toring back and forth for her en-
gagements.
Her Tacoma appearance began
with performances Wednesday
and Thursday nights at the LIB
erty theater, Camp Lewis, and
will conclude with the usual FRI
day, Saturday and Sunday night
showing at the Tacoma theafer,
with the customary matinees.
For her party the famous
French actress needs seven rooms
Ia parIor and two bedrooms with
bath, fur heuBslf; three bedrooms
Tor ~ lsotv9nts sud q room for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13
French War Office
Report.
by United Press Leased Wire.

PARIS, June 15.-Ercnch
forces, delivering their first
counter attack ON the east
wing of the new Disc front,
last night, hurled the Ger.
mans back across the Matx
river.
There was no new German
attack ON the western flank
and i'm the center
On the Marine front a violent
German attack against Boure-
sches and Belleau wood was bro
ken up by American and French
troops, who held all their newly
won positions and inflicted the
heaviest losses on the enemy.
The most violent fighting is go
ing on between the Aisne and
Viliers Gotterets forest where the
Germans progressed slightly,
gaining footing on Couvres and
st. Pierre-Aigle.
Between Montdidier and the
Antheuil region, there was no
new German attack" the commu-
nique said.
Yesterday evening and last
night, the French consolidated
their positions.
ION the right, French counter
attacks hurled the Germans back
north of the Matz. the French
occupying the heights of Croix.
Ricard and Melicocqu. A hun
dred prisoners and a number Of
machine guns were taken.
THE most violent fighting il
going on between the Aisne and
Villers-Cotterets forest, where the
Germans progressed to the hollow
east of La versine and succeeded,
in the heaviest fighting, in OBJ
tanning a footing in Coeuvre and
st. Pierre-Aigle.
"On the Bouresches-Bell
wood front, German attack was
broken up by French and Ameri-
can forces, and held all their new
gains and inflicted the heaviest
losses"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13
10. S. Can CURB RENT
HOG THRU TAXATION

is in conference, declares that
rentals charged above the
amounts collected for the year
ending Sept, 80, 1916. with an al
lowance of 10 per cent for in
creased costs to the landlord, are
excess profits and shall be
taken by the government as taxes.
Tax Power Unlimited.
THE power Of congress to tax
is unlimited" said Congressman
Johnson, when | asked him about
the authority Of the federal gov
eminent to prevent rent-profi-
teering.
You cannot, In my opinion,
limit the amount a man may make
from his property--but one thing
is certain, You can take IL away
Continued on Page Two.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13
MILK MAY
RISE AGAIN

The Wholesale price of milk Is
going to jump again in all likeli-
hood.
The Pierce County Milk Pro
ducers' association. thru Presi-
dent o. r. Mckinney, has called q
meetings to be held at o'clock
Saturday at the office Of County
Agriculturist Cole, In the court
house, at which the question will
be considered.
Members of the Thurston coun-
ty farm products association have
been invited to attend.
Mr.. Mckinney told The Times
today that the retail price prob
ably would not be advanced ct
present. tho In the fall It, too. II
likely 10 rise again.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13
Is
TO TACKLE
CAR CRISIS

The names of the 25 citi-
zens appointed by the city
council to investigate the
entire street car situation
and report back to the coun-
Gil, with recommendations
for solving the transportation
problem for the present and
the future, were announced
by the commissioners Thurs
day.
The list of names, which In
cludes representatives from all
parts Of the city and from many
varied city activities, was signed
by all five members of the coun-
Gil.
1t also has the approval OF
Manager Louis Bean of the T. R.
& P.
With the announcement, let
ter was sent to each of the APP
pointees. notifying them of their
selection.
The Committee.
Those named on the committee
are:
Havelock c. Boyle of Havelock
c. Boyle & Co., real estate.
] H. Brewer, retired business
man.
Homer T. Bone, union labor
attorney.
Frank e. Day, president shull-
Day Co.
w. e. Davis, of Davis Bros. q
Vaech, real estate.
Judge o. @. Ellis, recently a
member of the state supreme
court.
Edwin Gregory, president of
the Standard House Furnishing
Co.
John Gilchrist, foreman, North
ern Pacific shops.
Ed Garceau, president of Ed
Garceau & Son, South Tacoma
dry goods merchant
Scott z. Henderson, attorney
who acted with ]. T. s. Lyle for
the county in the army post con-
domination.
J. H. Holme, real estate.
Mrs. James A. Hays, member
OF the Tacoma library board and
prominent club woman.
Mrs. w. H. Johnston, member
of the library board
: J. 8. Kemp, prominent South
Tacoma resident and president
nj the Cremation eOciefv of Ia
coma.
A. v. Love. president Of Love-
Warren q Monroe Co.
Mrs George A. Libbey, presi-
dent Of the Washington branch
OF the National Council Of Women
Voters
F. A. Ludwig. proprietor Of the
South Tacoma Drug Co.
Joseph n. Lyons, former sec
Rotary Of The Central Labor Coun-
(contlAtsa q raes H1vo.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13
Divine Sarah, Playing Here,
Has to Get Room in Seattle

/ her physician.
These were not available in
Tacoma. Or, at least. the Tacoma
hotels where she sought admit
lance would promise nothing. So
she had to retain her Seattle
suite, and motor to and from
camp.
For this purpose she specified
that she should have either q
Packard or a Hudson touring car.
Her preference for those makes
was based on q desire to obtain
a wide door for getting In and
out.
The extreme shortage of hotel
rooms In Tacoma, with the Ma
sonic and Catholic Foresters' con-
ventions adding to the congestion,
made It necessary for q large
number Of strangers in the city
to seek accomond ations at Puy-
alIup on Tuesday night, and for
many others to obtain rooms In
homes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13

present cost of building"
Poe declared that none of his
houses are renting for as high as
in 1906
And I don't think you'll find
the houses of any other agents as
high as they were in that year"
he added.
And he hauled out his rental
list to prove 1t.
Up 30 TO As Per cent.
This list showed few houses
and cottages of the ordinary type
the kind the average person
would want-renting for more
than $25 month.
Most of them, five and six-room
cottages, are renting for SIS, SIS
and $40 and $22.50.
The average Increase in rent on
them during the last year was be-
tween 80 and As per cent.
For instance. typical five
room house renting for $3.50 a
year ago, was increased during
the year to SIS, and then again
to SIS. Yet another cottage
which rented for SIS a year ago
is now SIS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13

WASHINGTON, ID. c., June
13.-The federal government
has constitutional power to
prevent rent prOfiteesing.
Taxation Of excess rents is
the remedy.
That is the opinion of Congress.
man Ben Johnson of Kentucky
chairman of the house committee
Of the District Of Columbia, and
author of the bill, which passed
the house by huge majority, to
stop rent profiteering in the ma
TONS capital.
His bill, which has now passed
the senate in amended form. and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13
STILL NOT
DECISIVE!

PARIS, June 13.-The fourth
day Of the battle Wednesday
was still without decisive results,
the Journal declared today.
THE Germans are still within
six miles OF Compiegne," the
Journal said. THE French with
drawal east of the Disc will have
no effect on the result
In summing up the four-days
drive toward Paris, the Journal
said the Germans made a maxi
mum advance Of five miles, paw
ing the way with 80. destroyed d.
visions 100000 menu.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13
WEATHER
FORECAST:


Sat's Bear
says he won
ders IL the COM
mittee of rs
will try to get
on q Point De-
fiance car at
1850 p. m. In
the course OF
their investiga-
ton. Tonight
and Friday fair.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13
Name Pickering

H. c. Pickering, secretary OF
state board Of barber examiners,
has been appointed fifth vice
president OF the Washington
State Federation OF Labor to sue
coed II. Roy Harrison, resigned.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13
|YankS Inflict
Punish HEAVY
Enemy Losses
Use 10000: Losses Are 200

PARIS June 13-"The Germans yesterday used five d
visions 900 between and the Forest do
Nes Coerets the Exchange Telegraph correspondent de-
clared today.
Their losses estimated at 1000"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13

Greetings, how much has
your rent gone up?
Now that the government has
tabooed the manufacture of poker
chips as non-essential, what can
baby cut teeth on?
Many are called, but few
can show four Of q kind.
II any Tacoma shipyard wishes
to increase its output, We suggest
1t lay off its workmen and an
point committee of rs promi-
nent citizens to do It.
IL may not be true, hut
we're tipped that the girls
who wear the long wells
down their back do SO to pro-
tect their backbones from
the sun.
What puzzles us ID why the
Russians don't let the ex-cgar
escape. II they stop feeding him
and let him roam around for =
few weeks he might 30 TO work.
And another thing Tat
puzzles MS II why Unc1e gam
doesn't take over ms Pun
man Go.
The Western Union b : xIno.
progressive corporation. The ouI
thing the maxter with Il y TIT
it, officials think Nh y11t
1879.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13

Now that the government has
tabooed the manufacture of poker
chips as non-essential, what can
baby cut teeth on?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13

Many are called, but few
can show four Of q kind.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13

Greetings, how much has
your rent gone up?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-13

And another thing that
puzzles MS II why UncIe gaIn
doesn't take over the Pan
man 90.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-23
SOLDIERS VAUDEVILLE
AT The HIGH SCHOOL
MONDAY AND TUESDAY

Itirdn papers. In writing 20 The sol
iiee NHuaevlnr show which is /. ho
given Nere Monda, 400 rues,aN cNcu-
inrs n thr auditorium ~ The High
School, spoke iu very iNrh terms ui
thc entire Performance Df Affair they
said lie rs q dam ins curiosity aud
dances uii ihv WAY np ~ snrrffne
without seeming to irv The audience
was enthusiastic about hls ptrimms
s1nue lnd tried lo betp hln on lhc
platform. hut he retired after ihe thinl
colt The work of Maihis as i singer
ana clog aanfcg was unf Nt Che delights
~ tne evening lfgHl ana Chalk p
the sketch entitled IRON Coined,
Land userd out eauush FUN to break
ths wNr.t speil ei the olue fhcy did
d liile hii 10 aterfhrg ana dil 4 $50
wrii 1hor tom was amuly aHIine
hui ra rlsoners wore ak0n
THESE iugeiher WITH YtnNoucv Wid-
man. Mrkt'n1if Tiyr ana Mnndcn
an--sihe llppN fno composea NJ
GudtitN. TnulNion aHl iit.enMprs
Nnmpri-e tNe prorrnW foe This enter
ilmmcnt Tre peiformers are sii pro
iossioaNif who afe amawnf1y s,fv,
inr n nclc SAINTS rmy aNd the proc
tced> ~ the Hnfel HnleHf wii De-
usoi as hoaefli iVt nc l0eal Soldiers
clubs a few ~ lNa Nftlef srAts are
san on saip ana maA hf purchased
piihtr from the committee of iaaiCs Oh
't l'unei iiuuk Stnrr
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-23
BISHOP CITIZENS FOUND
GUILTY OF AN ASSAULT
UPON LUTHERAN PASTOR

County Judge David NJ. picion in IA
Vtidicl returned Yesterday afternoon
found -, = Crook and four other eli
fcns ~ Blshop guilty ~ an assault up.
on Reverend 4 ~ Moehus OF Bishnp.
and fined each 81 the defendants se5
and costs
isieh Of the defendants took tho
stand during Friday and admitted that
ikcN were ncmhcrs of q citizens pnrtY.
That eNasrerated at the attitude 90
Reverend Moeous IN continuing to
preach sermons ~ German. in con-
flst with q resolution OF the Nueucs
County Council ~ pcfensc had called
.u hls house nnd taking him down tho
road fur short defiance had admin
lsterel q floggng with a leather strap
sad rope
Reverend Mochus. on the stand dur.
ne tha prpvious day. testified that on
mia rpe time 81 the whi ming mat
us -ermnn i been nieAcned I'D G,r-
man. hut th..t since that timc be has
been preaching In English. III ais.
Claimed au intention OF seeking tn Htir
up strife between She Americans and
Germans Ia bishop and said that had
iio eliet 10 cease sneaklng German
hNcn a law instead 20 resolution o.
the Council of Defense that II; would
aeytr have been questioned
rHc Incident b. snia 90 have caused
"a rfept deal of bitterness among the
TWO f1ctiuna at Bishop
The indictments against The Bishop
tlti2ena were returned last October Z
ln tho criminal court ~ the 2Nth lis
tiiot The ;risi started Thursday morn
ing
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-23
NOR TUAR Y


The body Of = j.. Laird whose death
occurred Thursday fgom pneumonia
post Influenza, WAS shipped ytsiegdaA
100 Nuehtshnto. Texas, fcs turial.
Dcecicnt. who had been here for thc
past -four months. employed hy the
cur Coast printing COMPANY formerly
lved in Norih i'leasanton. Texas.
whfro nc pubnshcd the North Pleas
anton Reporter
lie is survived w. his wife and -four
small children three sons and one
daughtcl by his parents, Mr.. ana Mrs.
j r. Land, and two sisters Mcsdames
A. l.. Wilton ana W. W. Hinton.
Re was member Of tho Woodmen
OF The world and International Typo
Union, local No. 5-S.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-23
DON'T SUFFER
WITH NEURALGIA
Use Soothing Musterole

When those sharp pains go shooting
through your head. when your skull
seems as IL II would split. just rub a
little Musterolc on your temples and
neck. II draws out the Inflammation.
soothes away the pain, usually giving
quick relief.
Musterole Is a clean. white ointment.
made with oil of mustard. Better tlssn !
mustard plaster and does not blister.
Many doctors and nurses frankly rec
ommend Mustc-olc fer sore threat, bror-
chitis, Group, stiff recl;, asthma, neural
gia, congestion, plcurisy, rheumatism.
lumbaqo. pains and aches OF the back or
oints, sprains. sore rusclca, bruises.
chilblains, frosted icet - cold5 OF the
chest lit often prevents pneunonia). 1t
is always dependable.
2Qc and 6Oc ia.e. hospital size $3.50.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-23

rho die, during and after influence
Worlicks Matted MIX nourishing az
ee4fibie Advt
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-23

COMFORTS lspisndid assortment
priced from s2.5o 10 $3.50 Guecnhclm-
rohn company adv. an
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11
PARIS EDITORS APPLAUD
Baltimore (Md.) Speech Of President
Wilson Is Enthusiastically Re-
ceiVed in France.

Paris.-All the Paris newspapers
give a prominent place to President
Wilson's Baltimore speech, the major
ity of them printing it in full, others
giving long extracts with much favor
able comment. LIE Matin says that a
year ago President Wilson declared
war and now he declares war to a
finish.
Alfred Capus, in the Figaro, says:
Finally, Germany's real character
has been revealed to President Wilson
as a monster nation, existing only by
devouring others until it shall devour
ITSELF"
Gaulois, referring to the evolution
Of President Wilson, says:
Don't worry, but hurry. We can
hold the food now, but the help OF
American bayonets will be needed to
break Germanys power"
Excelsior says President Wilson's
speech is plain, categorical, imperious
and that millions of men, in addition
to the thousands already here, are
coming to re-enforce it.
The Petit Parisien says:
What a contrast between the loyal,
limpid word of President Wilson and
the stilted, embarrassed and halting
phrases of Count Czernin."
"Of all the words President Wilson
has spoken" says the Temps, "proba-
bly, none is better fitted to hasteli the
peace of justice which he desires
and we with him.
Commenting on the passage refer
ring to German ambitions in the Far
East, the Temps argues that German
domination can not extend to Asia
without imperiling Japan's vital inter
ests; hence, Japanese Intervention in
Siberia is a guarantee necessary for
all nations struggling against Ger
many.
The Journal Des Debats concludes
an editorial praising President VIII
sons speech by saying:
president Wilson has resolutely put
his actions into agreement with his
words. He has directed General Perish
ing to place all the American forces al
General Foch's disposal. He seeks nc
special success for the troops operat
ing by themselves; he only wants the
American troops to render the utmos
possible service, no matter where o.
under what flag. That is the righ
method"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11

loved and grown great to vindicate
and bring To a glorious realization wiz
have fallen in utter ruin and the gates
OF mercy cnce more pitilessly shut
upon mankind.
The thing is preposterous and i'm
possible; ahc yet is not that what the
whole course and action Of the Ger
man armies has meant wherever they
have moved? / do not wish, even in
this moment OF utter disillusionment,
to Judge only what the German arms
have accomplished with IMPLYING
thoroughness throughout every fair re-
gioA they have touched.
What, then, are we to do? For my
self, l am ready, ready still, ready even
now, to discuss a fair and just and
honest peace at any time that it Is
sincerely purposed-a peace in which
the strong and the weak shall fare
alike. But the answer, when l pro-
posed such a peace, came from the
| German commanders in Russia, and /
can not mistake the meaning Of the
answer.
81 accept the challenge. know that
| you accept it. All the world shall
/ know that you accept it. 1t shall APP
/ pear In the utter sacrifice and se!f-for-
/ getfulness with which we shall give all
( that we love and all that We have to
redeem the world and make it fit for
| free men like ourselves to live in.
This now is the meaning of all that
we do.
Let everything that we say, my fel-
low countrymen, everything that We
henceforth plan and accomplish, ring
true to this response till the maje6ty
and might of our concerted power shall
fill the thought and utterly defeat the
force of those who flount and misprize
what we honor and hold dear.
Germany has once more said that
force, and force alone, shall decide
whether justice and peace shall reign
in the affairs Of men, whether right as
America conceives it or dominion as
she conceives it, shall determine the
destinies of mankind. There is, there
fore, but one response possible from US
force; force to the utmost, force
without stint or limit, the righteous
and triumphant force which shall
make right the law of the world, and
cast every selfish dominion down in
the dust"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11
Entire suppIy of Flour offered.

Washington. - Oakland, Warren
county, Kentucky, farmer in letter
to the Food Administration has offered
his entire household supply of flour for
the soldiers in France. I'VE are hav-
ing wheat bread at only one meal a
day." he wrote, using rye -four and
corn products instead. curtailing our
use OF white bread practically 66 %
ler cent. However. that has nothing
q do with the case in hand. II 'Our
Boys need the goods and you want
&.sm. lat me know" he says.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11
First Colonial General Hospital.

1t was on February Z, 1T51, that the
first general hospital was chartered in
the colonies-the Pennsylvania state
hospital In Philadelphia. Joshua Cros-
by was the first president of the in
stitution, and Benjamin Franklin, who
had been prominent in urging the es-
tablshment of an institution for the
care of the sick, was the first clerk. 1t
was in this hospital in 1863 that Thorn
as Bond gave the first clinical instruc-
tfon in America.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11
Burn Kaiser in Effiqy.

Alliance, O.-Kaiser Bill was burned
in ef1gy by students of Mt. Union Col
lege and the citizens living near the
college were kept awake by the loud
yells of the students who staged the
Liberty Day celebration in the wee
sma' hours of morning in front of the
girls dormitory, AS the flames leaped
to a height of 40 feet the students sang
the "Star.Spangled Banner" and then
visited homes Of four professors, rout.
ing them from their beds to make lib
ertr loan talkA
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11

They are enjoying in Russia" the
President declared, "a cheap triumph
in which no brave or gallant nation
can long take pride. A great people,
helpless by their own act, lies for the
time at their mercy. Their fair pro-
-essions are forgotten.
They nowhere set up justice, but
everywhere impose their power and
exploit everything for their own use
and aggrandizement; and the peoples
of conquered provinces are invited to
be free under their dominion.
Are we not justified in believing
that they would do the same things at
their western front if they were not
there face to face with armies whom
their countless divisions can not over
come?"
In full the Presidents speech fol-
lows:
Fellow Citizens: This is the ami
versary of our acceptance Of Ger
many's challenge to fight for our right
to live and be free and for the sacred
rights of free men everywhere. The
nation is awake. There is no need to
call to it.
I'VE know what the war must cost,
our utmost sacrifice, the lives of our
fittest men, and, if need be, all that we
possess. The loan we are met to dis
cuss in one of the least parts of what
we are called upon to give and to do,
though in itself imperative.
"The people of the whole country
are alive to the necessity of it and are
ready to lend to the utmost, even
where it involves sharp skimping and
daily sacrifice to lend our meager earn
ings. They will look with reprobation
and contempt upon those who can and
will not, upon those who demand a
higher rate of interest, upon those who
think of it as a mere commercial trans
action.
II have not come, therefore, to urge
the loan. I, have come only to give
you, if can, more vivid conception
of what it is for.
"Cause Sharply Revealed"
"The reasons for this great war, the
reason why it had to come, the need
to fight it through, and the issues that
hang upon it's outcome, are more clear
ly disclosed now than ever before. 1t
is easy to see just what this particular
loan means because the cause we are
fighting for stands more sharply re-
vealed than at any previous crisis OF
the momentous struggle.
"The man who knows least can now
see plainly how the cause of justice
stands and what the imperishable
thing is he is asked to invest in. Men
in America may be more sure than