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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-03
Strategy

Professional strategists are much mixed as to the
detectives of the great German drive, and, in these
times, one strategist is about good another,
the only superior strategsts as to those detectives
being William Hohenzoem and Won linden
burg, and they re not saying word on the subject.
One school of strategists maintains that the kali
only to drive to what looks like victory,
thus heartenng his ong-enduring people and put
ting himself in better shape to dictate peace terms.
This would be paying an enormous price for tenn
porary relief 1t is Enthusiastically the allies deter
mination to fight to decision that will be clean
up.
Another group of strategists see Paris as the OBJ
jective Maybe, but the fall of Paris would not
necessarily mean an end of the war. France knows
that she's fighting for her existence and, far
French morale is concerned, Paris has already been
evacuated once, in this war.
Still another group holds that capture of the
Channel and Atlantic coast ports of France is the
objective; that soon, the drive will swing to the
nOrthward and all its power be directed to such
capture. Maybe so, maybe not. But it would be
what the other objective could nOt-a move to
practically put America out of the war and thereby
conquer France thru the process of starvation. 1t
would certainly be decidedly different war, with
command of the seaports from Dunkirk to Nantes
lost to the allies
However, war strategy is like the weather-pos-
sible of change of As degrees in "a hours. 1t is
also a game at which the allies can play as well as
the kaiser If the allies hold fast their present
lines or fall back slowly but in good order, for
some time, it may be much better strategy than all
the fine-spun plans of the Teutons
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-03

Tacoma is going to own and operate its str
railway system not during 1918 PERHAPS but so

Tacoma is going to own and operate its street
railway system, not during 1918, perhaps, but soon.
Tuesdays election, in which more than 5000
eyes" votes east upon the municipal owner
ship question, was great step toward that end.
For the first time in America, city of this size
has seriously discussed this revolutionary STEP OF
course, under the circumstances there was no seri-
Gus likelihood that the project would at this time be
approved. The matter sprung upon the city
too suddenly, and entirely insufficient time for con-
sideration was allowed.
The distracting influences of the west front news
and the rgy-absorbng Liberty Loan drive pre-
vented the proposition obtaining a full hearing.
Then, too, it possessed, framed several serious
legal and financial obstacles within itself.
Under these conditions, for it to gain the earnest
discussion and receive more than 5000 favorable
votes, is proof that Tacoma is thinking very seri-
ousy of becoming proprietor of its own railways.
Just as prohibition and woman suffrage have
made their amazing progress thru series of such
seeming setbacks, so the municipal ownership OF
Tacoma's street railways is certain, The Times be-
leves, to result eventually from this beginning
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-03
DENVER MOTHER
PRAISES TAKLAC
: FOR WHAT IT DID
Says 1t Stopped Nerv-
our Breakdown Which
Threatened Her Daugh-
ter's Health.

"This Tanlac put a stop to a
nervous breakdown that threat
|ened my daughters health and
she Is now as well and happy as
she ever was" said Mrs. ]. l..
Unangast, of 1887 Alcott street,
Denver, Colo, some time ago.
For the last twelve years. she
continued, my daughter has held
a fine stenographic position with
one of the leading firms of the
city and steady application to her
work for SO long was beginning
to tell on her. Her appetite failed
her and she just had to force
down most anything she ate ana
was in misery tor hours after
ward from gas that formed from
her sour, undigested food. Her
nerves were all on edge, so she
got little sleep and would get up
in the morning feeling as tired
and worn out as when she went
to bed. She was under such a
nervous strain all the time that |
became uneasy and felt If she
didn't get relief it would be but
a question of time until she would
have a collapse.
"She wasn't willing to stop
work, so l persuaded her to try
Tanlac, and, actually, from the
way it took hold of her troubles
it acted like 1t was made especial
ly for her. She began to pick
up at once, and before she had
finished her first bottle her i'm
provement was SO marked that
everybody noticed it. She has
taken but two bottles so far and
1t has built her up wonderfully.
Her appetite is splendid and she
eats everything she wants and en-
joys every meal. She is never
troubled with gas ~ indigestion
in any form; she has lost that
tired, WORKOUT feeling and goes
to her work every day fresh and
strong and full of life and energy.
l certainly am grateful for the
good Tanlac has done my daugh-
ter, for / positively believe it
saved her from a serious Illness"
Tanlac Is sold in Tacoma by
French Drug Co. under the per-
sonal direction of a special Tanlac
representative.-(A ADVERTISEMENT
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-03

Few persons in Tacoma fully realize the enor-
nous amount of work the women of the Tacoma
Red Cross chapter are turning out every day from
their headquarters in the federal building.
Reports show that during the last month 4314
knitted articles have been handed in; 1852 gar
ments have been cut OUT u boxes have been packed
and sent to division headquarters, and 1886 finish
ed garments have been received in the supply ROOM
In addition there have been countless activities.
Think of it! And yet figures don't begin to tell
what has been done. A visit to Red Cross head
quarters will open the eyes of anyone to the enor-
nous service Tacoma women are giving
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-03
Druggist Tells
DySpepticS Best
Thing TO Use

In reply to an inquiry as to
what was, in his opinion, the
best all-round remedy for indi-
gestion, dyspepsia and stomach
troubles generally, J. H. How
arth, druggist of many years ex-
perience and widely known in his
profession, says:
"As a druggist l have filled
thousands of prescriptions for the
best physicians in my city, and
naturally know what they think ia
best: I have also talked with hun
dreds, yes thousands, Of stomach
sufferers, and know what has
given them most relief. There
fore, it is with an intimate
knowledge OF both sides of the
question that unhesitatingly
say: Nine times out Of ten the
best thing for pain in the stom-
ach, be 1t Indigestion, gastritis,
dyspepsia, or whatever you wish
to call it, is to take a teaspoonful
OF Bi-nesia, or two or three of
the 5-grain tablets in a little hot
water right after eating or when
ever pain Is felt / know that
many physicians make 1t q prac-
tice to keep a supply of Bi-nesia
tablets on hand to dispense to
their patients, and I have read
many letters from people who vol
UNFAIRLY state that Bi-nesia gave
immediate relief and comfort aft
or all other means had failed. So
you can see why have such
confidence In Bi-nesia. Moreover,
and this appeals particularly to
those who have spent large sums
without getting relief, you can try
Bi-nesia without risking Q cent
for every package. either powder
or tablet form. contains o binding
guarantee contract of satisfaction
or money back; and the druggist
you buy II from stands back Of
that guarantee"
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Millions Evidently

Fresh from visit to the European battle fronts,
made before the German drive began Maj Gen.
Leonard Wood tells the senate that Americas army
should four or five million men.
The general is undoubtedly right about it. If the
Germans do not win decision in their present
drive, the war will probably be greatly prolonged
and every million of men we can get across will
means the shortening of it.
Ii the Germans do win thru their present efforts
we II need armies of millions all right and we won't
be bothered with the problem of shipping them
abroad, either.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-03
Wants German Barred

SEATTLE, April 3.--Recom-
mendation that the study of
German be discontinued In high
schools here has been made to the
school board by Superintendent of
Schools Frank B. Cooper.
Cooper explained that since
January Z, when he reported
against dropping the language, he
had realized that efforts to i'm
pose Germanism above American
ism included perpetuation of the
German language in this country.
Action on the recommendation
will be taken Friday.
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O&dWHG-

of town"
well, my dear child, am only
carrying out Mr.. Trent's wishes.
OF course, you can bring Chad
out, we must get there before
eight in the morning." and then
he rang off.
In few minutes Mollie called
me and said, "Margie, | think
mother should be told this"
80 do /, Mollie, but this is one
of the many times when we wom-
en- have nothing to say about it,"
| heard Mollie sigh as she said,
Good night. Margie," and the
phone clicked.
ITO Be COntinued.)
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DO MEN "PROTECT" OR
DECEIVE?

What are YOU going to do
now, Dick?" l asked him when
he told me about Mr.. Trent's talk
with his wife. Are you going
to tell you mother tomorrow
morning. before we leave for the
hospital?"
NO" answered Dick. II prom.
Used Mr.. Trent | would not do so
He wishes to save her from ev.
erything he can"
"Dick, your mother will never
forgive you for this. Don't you
see you will hurt her in her most
vulnerable place-her pride.
what will she say and fee
when she knows that her friends
will learn that she was at bridge
party when her husband went tc
the hospital? You know how sen.
sitive she is to the opinion Of PEG.
pie. Dick, l am AFFAIR we are
making a mistake
But Mr.. Trent asked me ia
keep it from her, and you know
Margaret, as well as I do how
mother would perform. She
would unnerve everybody and take
from Mr.. Trent much of the cour.
age with which he now faces the
ordeal"
"Of course, | am going to dc
just as you think best, Dick
said. "but | cannot help thinking
that this time you are not treat
ing your mother quite fairly
However she takes it has moth
ing to do with the case. 1t Ia
her right to know this great thing
which means life and death to
her husband. would never for
give anyone who would treat me
in the way we are treating your
mother. You men, my dear, have
a way of disposing Of things that
are so vital to woman without
consulting her in the least"
Dick looked troubled. But,
real man is to save his women
folks from all the sorrow and
trouble possible"
could not help smiling, little
book, and | was glad my face was
in the shadow. so that Dick could
not see the smile.
For you and I know, little con-
fident, it is first and last man.
idea that what woman does not
know does not trouble her.
I'VE can't tell mother now un-
til after the operation" said
Dick, "for I cannot trouble poor
Mr.. Trent with asking him to al
low us to tell her. and you know
mother, Margie. You know very
we'll that IL we should tell her now
she would have the entire hospi-
tai by the ears in an hour.
guess, dear, we will have to stand
for it and by Mr.. Trent"
Secretly in my heart I could
not help feeling glad for I did
feel that to sit with Mother Trent
during the long terrible wait
when we would know that one OF
our loved ones was under the
knife would be too much for my
nerves.
II think, Dick, we had better
call up Mollie and have her 90
with US In the morning."
THAT is a good idea," answer
ed Dick, and he went to the phone.
Mollis was evidently much per-
turbed by being called out of bed
at that time OF night but Dick
voice over the phone treasured
her. mo-" I heard Dick say,
"Mr. Trent does not want mother
to know until II Is all over"
I'VE told her he was going oui
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-03
Electric Piano
Saves Six Lives

tUniteS Press Lessed Wire.l
GRAND RAPIDS, April 3.-An
electric piano In the Owashtan-
ong clubhouse near here aroused
six occupants and saved them
from burning to death early to-
day. Heat from a mysterious
blaze crossed the wires controll-
ing the piano. causing 1t to play
The clubhouse, valued at $685..
600, was a total loss.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-03
Cynthia
Grey's
Answers

Dear Miss Grey: l had
woman work for me, cooking
and keeping house for me. |
paid her wages. She got sick,
and went to the hospital, and
had a doctor work on her.
She came back to me. She did
not pay the hospital bill. So
paid it. She did not have any
money to pay the doctor bill,
and now the doctor is holding
me for her bill. Can he make
me pay it? M. w.
You have no obligation to beal
the expense, rs far rs I can see
unless she has legal claim upon
You. II she is working for you,
should think you would be pay
ing her sufficient money for keep.
ing house for you, to allow heI
to meet the Doctors bill.
Dear Miss Grey: Did the
Belgians have modern small
arms and heavy artillery when
the Germans invaded their
country? What is the COMPARE
son as 10 to 1 in the Atlantic
and Pacific fleets of the Unit
ed States? ALLEN.
The Belgian army-the stand
ing army-was equipped with botl
small arms and artillery, but Il
was, Of course, inadequate for tht
suddenly increased civilian army
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"You can't make . vandcvle n At
lnntn judge and he fined offending
lawyer jsdes and paid tho fine b
to- clever for vaudeville
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|tSOCd6%

The Red, White and Blue clul
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Anna Borgeson, 1901 East F ST..
Thursday afternoon. Those at.
tending will take the Bismark car
to 36th st.
Mrs. Julius Wondau returned
Tuesday to her home in Portland,
Ore, after a visit of several days
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. L.
Tallman.
Mrs. Alfred A. Grau will enter.
tain the Women's society of the
Pilgrims Congregational church
Wednesday afternoon at her home,
3114 North goth street.
The Tabitha society meets this
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
John Lind, $40 Lawrence ave. A
cordial invitation is extended to
members and friends.
The North End Shakespeare
club will meet Wednesday even
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Gregory, 3019 North 29th
st. Officers will be elected and
the reading of Henry VIII will be
completed.
There will be q meeting Of the
Delta Gamma sorority Thursday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. Wilson A. Hennig, 1904
No. 34th st. All Tacoma Delta
Gammas are cordially invited.
The Foreign Missionary society
will meet Wednesday afternoon
at the First M. e. church. The
meeting will be led by Mrs. Nor
man H. Chance. A book, "The
African Trail" will be reviewed
during the program.
Central w. @. r. u. will meet
Thursday morning at 10 O'Clock
with Mrs. Abbie Danforth for the
sewing circle. Members are re-
Quested to bring their lunch and
material for sewing.
Tacoma chapter, 0. Il. S., will
meet Friday evening in the red
room OF the Masonic temple.
Marriage Licences were Issued
Tuesday at the county auditors
office to August e. Cook Of Ia
coma and Flora =. Huntington of
Stanwood; H. p. Richardson and
Lulu B. BMmberg, both Of Taco
ma; Carl Oscar Erickson and
Aileen Sinton Kidd, both Of Los
Angeles, CAL; Frank Miller and
Bertha Thompson, both Of Seat
tie; Albert Smith Of Tacoma and
Lille johnson Of Gig Rrbora
John Mahoney Of Kerristsn and
Bhnor Rose Bergen OF Morton.
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Here and
Elsewhere

Senate refuses to pass bill to in
crease government price of wheat
to $3.50.
DR.. Murry, Dentist, Warburton
Bldg. adv.
Six wOrkmen killed in Oil ex.
plosion at Pittsburg.
Cut down the high cost of liv.
ing. Try a Lotus Annex Business
Mems Lunch, 25c. adv.
Alfred FOrke and Il. W.. ID.
Hackh, German-born professors at
the University of California, dis
missed from school, because of
charges brought against them by
naval officers.
Stop! Have You tried Tho Lotus
Cafes Special Club Breakfasts.
15c to 40c, or the Business Mems
Lunch at Csc? II not, why not?
adv.
Six killed and many injured in
tornado, which sweeps Missouri.
U. s. may import rice flour from
Japan.
Lady fingers and macarO0ns.
Duenwald's, 1112 Broadway. adv.
General strike In Kansas City
comes to an end.
DR.. Cora, dentist, has moved
to 30S-12 Pantages Bldg. adv.
Bolo Pasha loses appeal from
death sentence.
Regulation o. ID. Sweaters for
active service at Hofstetter's, 1903
Pacific ave. adv.
Holland files formal protest
against seizure Of Dutch ships by
U. s.
Lone bandit holds up Cincinnati
bank and steals $4,000.
Great need for ships Officers as
troops begin rushing to France.
We give s.. & III. green stamps.
Palace Hardware Co., 1911 Pacific
ave. adv.
Indiana votes bone dry.
California copper workers given
a raise.
COMMERCIAL BINDERY a.
PRINTING 60. Main AT. adv.
Secretary Baker now visiting the
Italian front.
Chicago defeats all socialist
candidates.
British report good progress I'm
Palestine country.
ortis&-Tacena stage Li.s
II :. %; 'iss0 ma AZ. .: asiss' .sssS
n; ii:ss. .i:SS. ]. e. Is. ~ ;. M.
Trips direct 10 Soldiers Homa
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EDITORIALS

THE TACOMA TEsMember of the scripps Northwest League
Pres Entered Pos.otfiss
a month"; 80 a year, by n CT
Telephone Offices
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Law. S.:''f .ssS: .l i;s:s:' ~. "a. ,.
y 2. mi 81 m; l:so. 'a:sa ss:Se.
n. it is.:.!o !ssi:nsS l. Z :. ~ / i n.
sTrsp, direct g Soldiers Home.
Ing Orting.
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the good thoughts and acts that
come in the home make public
appeal unnecessary. Love is
the secret.
And would suggest that the
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Dear Miss Grey: am not
married yet-but soon will be.
| will expect my husband to
treat me like a human at least.
If he ever dares to take a no.
ton to spank me, I will just
give him little smell OF chlor-
oform, sew him up in a sheet
and proceed to wear out a
brand new buggy whip on him.
l will expect him to give me
money without me having to
ask for every penny, and | won't
have o set of treatment rules
for each day in the week for
him to go by. All l ask is to
he treated like he will want
the man his sister marries, to
treat her.
NEARLY MARRIED.
Dear Miss Grey: Speaking
of domestic science in so far as
treatment of one person by an
other is concerned:
What are the circumstance
and needs of the family? Isn't
a matter of self or selfishness
to be considered? Courtesy,
gentleness, forbearance and all
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-03

British report good progress In
Palestine country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-03

Chicago defeats all socialist
candidates.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-03

Secretary Baker now visiting the
Italian front.
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COMMERCIAL BINDERY 4
PRINTING 90. Main AT. adv.
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The Red, White and Blue club
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Anna Borgeson, 1901 East F st..
Thursday afternoon. Those at
tending will take the Bismark car
to 36th st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-03

Mrs. Alfred A. Grau will enter.
tain the Women's society of the
Pilgrims Congregational church
Wednesday afternoon at her home,
3114 North goth street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-03

The Tabitha society meets this
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
John Lind, $40 Lawrence ave. A
cordial invitation is extended to
members and friends.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-03

The North End Shakespeare
club will meet Wednesday even
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Gregory, 3019 North 29th
st. Officers will be elected and
the reading of Henry VIII will be
completed.
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Mrs. julius Wondau returned
Tuesday to her home in Portland,
Ore, after visit of several days
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. L.
Tallman.
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There will be q meeting Of the
Delta Gamma sorority Thursday
afternoon at 3 O'Clock at the home
of Mrs. Wilson A. Hennig, 37O4
No. 34th st. All Tacoma Delta
Gammas are cordially invited.
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We give 8. & II. green stamps.
Palace Hardware Co., 1911 Pacific
ave. adv.
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Indiana votes bone dry.
The Pulaskian., 1918-01-04

try. There the worm has done much damage, but it is getting less each year. The worm is first a fly and the farmers know that this fly feeds largely off the flowers of jimson weed before depositing the egg, which later becomes worm, on the leaf of to- bacco stalk. The planters have almost exterminated the fly by allowing jim son weeds to grow all about and spray the flowers so that the fly Is poisoned when he goes there to feed I believe that the boil weevil could be fought in the same way by spraying the cot ton bloom. The weeyil would be killed by feeding on the flower when the flower when the egg is deposited, and the poison would naturally go into the square and kill the grub that feeds on it.
 AIr Nelson declares the wheat flies are the most difficult to combat for they deposit their eggs in the leaf of wheat when the stalk first begins to form. The worm matches out near the base of the stalk and eats into the joint, causing the stalk to fall over and tie wheat not to mature due to lack Of nutrition. If the wheat ripens early, the stalk is too far advanced for the worm to do much damage. but a
The Pulaskian., 1918-01-04

bacco worm and wheat flies, believe it can be combatted to certain ex- tent in the way they are being exter- minated" says MT. Nelson. "I am confident that the boil weevil has had a hard winter and that the crop will be troubled little by him next year. Some say that the boil weevil hides in brush during the winter. Others that it gets under the bark of trees, and still others that it gets into the stalk of the cotton. Unless he is tough specimen, he is sure to have suffered because of the different kinds of cold weather we have had.
 "The heavy snow melted and then the water froze again. This ran in un- der the bark and in the cracks, and when 1t froze it certainly made life a thing of the past for every weeVil there. The early freeze, too, caught the vegetation unawares and the wee vii probably was overtaken before he had dug himself in every deep.
 "Ncw if the weevil gets into the cot ton stalks, the best way to get him is to use stalk cutters. These break the stalks up into little pieces and ex- pose the weevil, if he is hiding there, to the elements.
 T was raised in the tobacco coun-
The Pulaskian., 1918-01-04

'1o begin with, if person intended to destroy the lives of soldiers of the United States, they would hardly try such dangerous thing as ground glass;" asserts Dr. Manglesdorf Tt is a very difficult thing to grind glass to the fineness necessary to be taken into the body without detection. Glass of this minute size flies very easily and the person manufacturing it Is more subject to danger than the per son who eats it, for it gets into his eyes and nose where it does real dam age to the mucous membrane.
 Glass of size to do damage to the stomach would be detected in the mouth. Glass ground very fine has no sharp edges and when it gets in the stomach would not cut. but ball up and be easily removed Dough fed to the soldiers would collect it all and 1t would pass through the intestines without harm. Potatoes and corn meal would also collect it.
 'I think most of these stories are started by pro-Germans who hope that vast quantities of supplies will be de- stroyed. It would be much more easy for an enemy to put in poison than it would glass, and poison would do something more than scare. It may