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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13
MORE LIBERAL G OP PARTY WANTED
POLITICAL FOES
GET FIRST TEST
RPRIN 0FIELD

sPRIN GFIELD - Illinois
had become the first proving
ground for presidential candidates
today. with President Roosevelt
and vics President John N. Gar
ner pitted against each other In
the Democratic primary campaign
and Thomas =. Dewey. Mayor Fio-
relic II. La Guardia, cf New York.
and Rep. Hamilton Fish entered
in the Republican contest
The April . primary was expect
ed to test the strength of New
Deal third term advocates. who
placed Roosevelt's name On the
ballot without his formal declara-
ton Of candidacy. Gamers declar-
alton accompanied the petition
which placed him in the campaign.
The state certification board had
not yet determined whether Illi-
nois primary law required that
declarations must accompany the
petitions.
Gamers petition was entered
to accompany the Roosevelt petit
ton filed . week ago. The petit
ton for La Cuardia was filed to
accompany those Of Fish and
Dewey, which had been filed
earlier.
La cuardia's petition also was
filed without his declaration. and
In New York the mayor aid he
knew nothing about It and did not
know who had entered the petition.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13
DUTCH VESSEL
IS TORPEDOED

The Holland-America line an
nounced Monday receipt Of 4 mes
sage from the master of the
steamship Burgerdijk. e.ssb tons,
advising his vessel had been sunk
by = torpedo.
The Burgerdijk sent out distress
calls Saturday from . point about
90 miles south Of Bishops Rock,
entrance to the English channel.
The master Of the Burgerdijk
sent his message Monday from the
Dutch steamer Edam. also owned
by Holland-America line. He gave
no details OF the torpedoing. It
was known, however. that the en-
tire crew Of 40 Of the Burgerdijk
was saved aboard the Edam.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13

miles of storm-wrackeo ocedh-
IN view of the tiny vessels sxtant
IN those times-didn't seem OF
importance at the time.
First mention Of England's get
ting timber from this country ap-
pears In 1852. One batch that ar
rived there In 1854 went into the
fashioning Of the Nsseby, later
called the Royal Charles, wnicn
was the flagship during the Sec
ond Dutch War.
In pre-Revolutionary days, The
raft ships were built IN 4 shape
remindful Of the Pacific Coast
cigar RATS, only much smaller.
They were made Mp Of about 800
loss-enough TO construct about
six vessels of $50 tons each.
The rats were fitted with deck
houses, masts, yards and m the
necessary gear. They had regular
crews-but they must have been
. special breed Of sailor to 60 TO
sea that way!
Probably the biggest. and GER
tainly noteworthy, was the raft
ship Baron Renfrew. (Yes, they
even christened them.)
She was over 5000 tons-nearly
double the size of the largest
man-o'-war afloat. She made 1t
safely across the North Atlantic
shortly before the Rsd-Coats and
the Minute-Men staged their
fracas.
Her foremost, we understand,
was a single piece, American
white pine 30 feet high.
After making the trans-oceanic
voyage she piled up on the coast
Of Belgium, but she was salvaged
and made into several big RATS
which were lowed to both France
and England.
Those sailors must have had
some fun! The rsft-ships couldn't
have enjoyed very fine lines, that's
sure; they probably had to crack
on everything except the Old
Mans nightshirt to make even n
few knots. They were undoubted-
ly cranky. We wonder how long
those voyages were?
Silly Sailing
Well, the lads of the yacht club
Sunday held their second sailing
match for points toward the Row
land Trophy and some of the
things that happened were ska
rooee.
More 30 than usual, even, old
Aeolus was tantalizing in his fic-
likeness. Most anything could have
happened and apparently just
about did.
In the first place, Al Faith
full's sloop ROSAL was the
winner, both on elapsed and
corrected time.
Starting las did all the others,
of course) at 10 a. m. for the L.
mile, twice to Manzanita buoy
course, the ROSAL FINISHED
slightly over 61a hours later-but
wait till you hear what happened
to the othersl
Nearly four hours after that,
Russell Anderson's sloop WHITE
CAP came across the finish line
by the moons early light-for an
official second place. 1t took q
combination Of acute stubborn
ness and very, very little wind TO
make such a score possible.
Where such things happen,
other details can be no more
than anti-ciimax.
Actually the second boat to fin
ish, LADY LUCK, sailed by Russ
Post, fouled the line-buoy and dis
qualified herself. Too bad.
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FIOUer Pools to
Be Clubs Topic

GIG HARbOR-The Peninsula
Garden club will meet Tuesday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs.
M. M. Pike. Mrs. r. Z. Johnson
will have charge of the program
which will feature q paper,
Flower Pools and How 70 Build
Them" Roll call will be What
to Do in February"
The Amateur Garden club will
meet at : p. m. At the clubhouse,
with Mrs. Spiro Babich the host
ess. The program will feature re-
ports on the garden school held
Tuesday to Thursday Of last week
in Tacoma.
John Paul Jones Lodge No. III,
r. and A. NJ, will hold stated
communication Tuesday evening
at the lodge rooms In Community
hall.
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SlDedish Co-ops
KilCanis Subject

1he ewedish cooperative move
nent. which has become . topic
~ Worldwide interest TO econom-
~ since the beginning Of the
world depression. will b discuss-
ID BY . leading authority at the
Tuesday noon meeting Of the TIA
soma Kiwanis club. in the Hotel
Winthrop Crystal ballroom.
DR.. Hjalmar Torson. Of the de-
partment Of economics and mar
keting at uppsala university In
Swedish. viii speak on "cooper.-
tive and their Effect On swedish
Eoonomy."
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District Attorney Thomas L.
Dewey continues to lead all other
Republican eligibles in the Insti-
tute's survey, but his popular vote
recedes somewhat from the high
point reached q month ago. At
that time. shortly after Dewsy's
formal entrance into the 1910 race
with speeches at New York and
Minneapolis, the Institute found so
per cent Of those who were in
terviewed, and who had definite
opinions. In favor Of the New Deal
prosecutor. In the current survey
his vote slides to IS per cent.
Both Senator vandenberg and
Senator Taft. on the other hand.
have increased their standings
with the voters IN the past month.
The largest increase occurs In the
case Of seator Taft. who has been
speaking widely and frequently
throughout the country. Whereas
Mr.. Taft pollsd IL per cent Of the
COP preference vote in January.
~ receives IL per cent today.
Until his speech at st. Paul re-
Gently. Senator vandenberg has
shown relatively little activity
with regard to the 1910 nomina-
ton. In the past month. however.
the Michigan senator has held his
position well. receiving II per cent
of the preference vote today ~
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Geodetic Surrey
Funds Announced

WASHINGTON-Rep. John M.
Coffee. D., Wash, today announced
that President Roosevelt has APP
proved q works projects admin
istration allotment OF s2S6.402 to
conduct a geodetic triangulations
survey in King county. Wash.
He said the work would include
markings Of all covered or sstab-
lished corners with permanent
monuments and would complete
the aerial mosaic sections, quarter
townships and townships. The
work also viii include completion
of a precise Topographic map Of
the county.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13
Fear Garner
Made Mistake

WASHINGTON - Garner for
president supporters feared today
that the vics-president had COM
mitted = political faux pas In III
ing his name In the Illinois presi-
Dental preferential primary.
Friends said they feared New
Deal forces n Illinois would con-
troll the primary and Garner
would suffer . setback In attempt
ing to win delegates from Presi-
Diet Roosevelt, whose name was en-
tered by friends but without his
consent.
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la04 uiuH NOfk y VII ldtutA
ANADA, Harold Leive, gave I'D
the ghost early in the game with
much disgust for the lack of
breeze.
NICHEyo. Bill Nelson. felt the
same way and followed suit short
ly thereafter.
NARJUNE, ehauffered by Mar
tin Stockwell-which led for the
first lap and got within rs yards
Of the finish line when the wind
-drifted far enough and long
enough to allow all hands 10 fix
and eat dinner.
Then Martin wound mp his
putt-putt and went home. towing
In Dick Reynolds SAIL Ho.
Next race-to Burton and re-
turn on Feb. ~. Our forecast:
No wind on Feb. ~.
yunket
A regular monthly affair, naval
reservists Of the Fourth division
(local) made q cruise TO Port An
geles over the weekend.
Captained by Lieut.. Comdr. Ar
thur H. Middleton, U.S.N.R., the
voyage aboard EAGLE 81 was
slightly dusty outbound, but fine
weather prevailed for the return.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13
4Cases Before
Supreme Court
By Weeks End

OLYHRIA-The state supreme
court. nearing the end Of its winter
term docket, had only four impor-
tant cases out Of 16 on it, calendar
for this week.
The one involving the most mon
sy was the appeal Of % ofrmer
employees Of Goetx. Bohemian. spo-
kane and Golden Age breweries TO
collect s70e.014 In back salaries
from the companies.
The case. to be argued Feb. IL,
involves their claim against the
Breweries. whom they charge fired
them because they refused to poin
the Teamsters' union back IN 1894.
In the lower court, the workers
lost their suit when Judge William
A. Huneke Of Spokane ruled they
failed to present facts sufficient
to constitute . cause Of action.
The other three appeals all win
b argued Feb. Is. One WAS the
appeal Of Eve Schofield, seeking
damages for the death Of her hus-
band. Glen. under the wheels of
a Northern Pacific train west AZ
Renton. She contended the warn
ing lights at the crossing were IN
adequate and defective.
The second was m appeal
BY Nome Owners' Loan cor
poratien against the City Of
Tacoma 10 recover sx,14s paid
the city for delinquent water
and light charges on residences
owned by the Hole.
Taxes alleEedly due on the Seat
tie and Rainier Valley railway were
involved In the third appeal.
brought by First National bank.
Of Chicago. against King county.
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lumber for the
English sh ip-
wrights was an
important ex-
port from this
continent. Al
his even before
he Revolution
airy War.
A p pa renuy
the h " o I
getting sne n
big tim b er
.Nross 1000
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13
LINCOLN DAY
dinners HERE
Bar. Assn. To Meet
Monday; Paul IL
Heard Saturday

begun Saturday night with the
annual birthday banquet of Pierce
county Republicans. will continue
Monday evening with the Lincoln
Day dinner Of the Tacoma Bar
association.
The city's lawyers. meeting in
the roof garden Of the Hotel Win
throp. viii hear Scott z. Hender-
son In the principal address.
Also scheduled to speak are
Justice Clyde LETTERS Of the State
supreme court, on activities of
that body. and Tracy Griffin,
president of the Seattle Bar as
ISOLATION, in a humorous talk on
The Bench and the Bar" Presi-
dent Hilton Gardner of the Tacoma
association viii be POSTMASTER.
Among the musical numbers at
the bar dinner viii BE- solos by
Miss Jerry Ferris.
Judge Paul Speaks
Several hundred Tacoma and
Pierce county Republicans dined
In honor of their party's patron
saint Saturday evening In Fellow
ship hall of the Masonic temple
and heard words of cheer from
Judge Charles H. Paul of Seattle,
formerly on the King county
superior court bench.
Judge Paul, turning back TO
Lincoln's day for his analogies,
predicted success for the G. o. p.
in the coming elections.
Hailing 1910 az the year for
victory of common sense, the Lin
coin birthday speaker compared
President Roosevelt to stephen
A. Douglas, the glamour boy of
the 1905, whom you could not
remember now, il 1t weren't for
Lincoln"
Doesn't Name Him
While not mentioning who would
be the party's Lincoln" Judge
Paul expressed no doubt that a
proper leader would appear.
THE leadership OF the Ameri-
can people these last seven years."
he said, to cheers of the dining
Republicans, lis not the kind they
need and are determined to have
starting Jan. 20, 1871.
THE great issue before the
people in this coming campaign is
the question OF what is the proper
relationship Of government to the
individual citizen: Does govern
ment' exist for the people or do the
people exist for the govern
ment p"
There Is no such thing as in
dividual freedom" Judge Paul de-
clared, unless everyone has it."
Hits At New Deal
The speaker looked to five
points behind 4 swing to the
Republican party. which he said
il broad enough and deep
enough to adapt itself to modern
conditions" that history shows no
more than two consecutive terms
of Democratic rule, that the
Democratic party Is split, mis-
management" of the new deal, the
independent voter and refusal of
the voter to be fooled" by turbu-
lent foreign affairs into keeping
the Democrats in power.
THE foreign situation" said
Judge Paul, lis nothing but a red
herring"
The dining Republicans were
entertained by an orchestra during
the meal. by a group of songs by
five girls of the Lincoln high
school sextet, baritone solos by
Robert Henning and soprano solos
by Anna Mikkelsen.
The entire group was called
upon by Mrs. Bertha M. Taylor
to do its part during the state
Republican convention which she
led in obtaining for Tacoma this
coming summer.
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Returns to Work
After EntOmbment

AKRON. O.-It takes more than
burying alive to keep Harlan
Santee, rs. from his job on an ex-
cavation here. Ssntee was buried
for is minutes. Firemen freed
him and he soon Was working
again at his old job.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-13
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
GOVERNOR GENERAL

Canadian governor general. He
took the title Baron Tweedsmuir of
Elsfield, Tweedsmuir being his IA
vorite hamlet in Scotland, and Els
field his residence at Oxford.
The body, with an escort of 100
Canadian Crenadier guards, ar
rived at Ottawa, the dominion's
capital, at noon, to lie in state in
the senate chamber. A state fu-
neral will be held in St. Andrews
Presbyterian church Wednesday
afternoon, then the body will be
returned here for cremation. The
ashes will be buried In Scotland.
HAD TWO OPERATIONS
The viceroy died at 7:13 p. m.
He had undergone two brain oper-
atoms Friday, when his condition
became desperate. one at Ottawa
and the other here, after a 100-mile
train ride. When he began sinking
evening, 4 blood thans-
fusion was made.
The donor was Ernest Brown,
ss, unemployed mechanic. He was
on the hospitals list, and arrived
unshaved and in tattered clothes
in response to an emergency call.
When the TRANSMISSION failed to
rally Lord Tweedsmuir, the five
physicians in charge decided on the
third opestion. II was apparent
then that the patient was dying,
but Drs. William V. Cone and Will
der Penfield worked alternately an
hour and q half, administering
manual artificial respiration.
CABINET is CALLED
Lady Tweedsmuir. the former
Susan Charlotte wellington. de-
scendant OF q sister OF the Duke
Of wellington; a son, Lieut.. Ais
tair Buchan, and Lady Pspe. lady
in-waiting to Lady Tweedsmuir,
were at the bedside.
Lady Tweedsmuir and her at
tendsnts left Immediately for Of
tawa in q snowstorm, on a special
train. Prime Minister w. L. Mac
kenzie King summoned cabinet
ministers 10 the capital. Many Of
them were campaigning In the
provinces.
Among the first messages of
sympathy received by Lady
Tweedsmuir were those of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary of
State Cordell Hull. who had nego-
tiated Canadian-American trade
agreements with Lord Tweedsmuir
in 1895 and in 1888.
Condolences also were received
from King Geogs VI and Queen
Elizabeth. whose visit to the do
minions last year was one of the
high points of Lord Tweedsmuir's
career.
WROTE "THRILLERS-
Rodrigus Cardinal villenvus.
archbishop Of Quebec. ordered the
flags flown at half-staff on all
Catholic church property.
Lord Tweedsmuir's writing in
cluded popular. thriller novels. BIZ
ogrsphies and histories. He was
the son Of the Rev. John Buchsn.
minister Of the Scottish Free
church In the Scottish bordeland.
Although the family was OF small
means. he attended Glasgow uni
versity with the help Of scholar
ships. and wrote novels TO help
defrsy his expenses at Oxford.
He was secretary TO the high
commissioner for South Africa
during the Boer war, served az q
correspondent and later
as director Of information during
the World war.
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CHINA HASN'T USED
80 FRESH DIVISIONS

SAN FRANClSCO-ChiAng Kali
shek has so fresh. well trained
divisions which have not yet been
used in the Japanese war but will
be within Is months. according to
Or. T. Z. koo. Chinese scholar and
statesman.
China has a $3.50 chance OF
winning the war with such an
offensive. DIR. koo believes, who
recently left China. He reported
that Chang was building a new
China" In the western provinces.
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JUST THE CORE
RELIGION OF LIFE

RELIGION OF LIFE
Or. Cyrus Z. Albertson. pastor
of the First Methodist church.
Tacoma. Ia one Of the clergymen
taking part m the second annual
Religion OF Life week being held
Feb. 17-1s at Boise, idaho.
cAescs cactus Hin1 Florist.
adv.
MEET WEDNESDAY
British American association
wio eonvens Wednesday at 9 p.
m. IN Emerson hall. 1904 Broad
way. for q business session, &C.
cording 10 Mrs. r. 4. Wheeler,
president.
sprosls's coffee ct Cow Butter
Store adv.
BOARD CONVEYING
Board OF directors OF the Jessie
Dyslin boys ranch will meet Wed
nesdsy at 1880 p. m. In Y.M.B.C.
ciubroom at TO Commerce at.
Fruit trees. Puget Sound Nur-
ssrg. ke-. s2oi Pacific ave. adv.
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RosICRUCLANs STUDY

Rosicrucisns will meet Wednes-
day at . p. m NJ AHA No. 2lst
ST.. for q study session. The topic
viii be. Prophecy. The Next u
years" The public is invited to
attend
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WASHINGTON - Funeral psrv-
Ices were connected Sunday for for
mer U. .. Ambassador to Germany
william .. Dodd. who died At his
home At Round Hill. Va. Friday
Of pneumonia.
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Dewey Still Leads
In G.. @. p. Race
New York Prosecutor Losing Part of
Ground He Had Gained Earlier

PRINCETON, N. With the first Republican presi-
Dental primaries only few weeks away the latest nation
wide survey of the American Institute of Public Opinion
shows further shifts and changes in the popularity of lead
ing Republican canddaes-and indications that rank
Republican opinion has not yet reached final crys-
utilization.
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Party's
Chances
Better
Survey Indicates A
Decided Change In
Election Attitude

PRINCETON, N. J.-When
Republicans throughout the
: country sit down at more than
500 Lincoln Day dinners to-
day, the COP campaign to
win the presidency next No
Sember will have officially
epsned. Speeches by such
leaders as Senator Taft, Sena-
tor Vandenberg, Thomas Z.
Dewey and others will set the
pace.
But - big question that faces
~ Republicans this year II the
question: should the Republican
party h more liberal or more con-
sentative than II was In the cam
paign q 1885, when the COP
platform opposed the Social Sc
Dnrity payroll tax" the Hull recip-
eocal trade treaties and the sys-
Nm q Fedsral-directed relief, and
I promiood to balance the budget BY
outting sxpsnditures drastically?
nosFe sAan . year after ~
1ooe e1ec1isa Institute surveys
nhewo6 lit . sobstantta1
numhse - nepubIicans were
sa11nfla1 WITH thslr program
- - yeas bsfsre and thought
- COP uboulA take ''about
~ snms- stnn1 - 1ole. But
- latost surveys csmpletsd
- tn subject shsw . good
sass1 pAjsstty Il H. epiniea
NJ - NV Republican pro-
gram should - more liberal"
tAaa n was n ~ Rsosevelt-
Lan6sa rars.
me Institute questioned = care
Fully selected cross-ssction Of Re-
publican voters IN all parts Of the
country. using methods which
have proved accurate N two ma
tional elections and numerous
STATE and local tests. Republican
voters were asked: would you
Hike 70 80 the Republican party |
b more liberal or more conserva-
live than It was In the Presidential
campaign Of 1895 :"
The replies Of thoss who IN
1lcated an understanding Of the
question were ~ foliows:
MORE LIBERAL $3.50. Sess
MORE CONSERVATIVE IL
ABOUT THE SAME. -. -
rhs survey undoubtedly reflects
he fact that. m the last thrss
years. rank-and-file public opin-
son IN both major parties has
come 70 accept . great many Of
Me New Deals social and eco
nomic measures. Institute surveys |
have shown = majority Of Repub-
licans. - well a. Democrats, In
favor a the principles Of Federal |
responsIbility for relief. stock ex-
ehange regulation and the Social |
Security Act. and that even a ma
5ority with opinions on Secretary |
Huirs reciprocal trade treaties
favor them.
Senator vandenberg. one Of the
most prominent policy-makers Of |
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Gen. HAP"
Hazard can be q
harsh enough
dictator
NVER IN SPAIN, Gen.

NVER IN SPAIN, Gen.
~ Francisco Franco-laying
down the law as dictators do
has ruled that all citizens must
pay a tax of two weeks service
to the government either in
work or wages. To Americans
this may seem 4 rather strenu-
Gus demand upon the income
of 4 people who are none too
rich.
4 + 4
Yet, over here, Gen. FLAP"
Hazard - who seems to be
constantly injecting haphazard
principles into tax laws affect
ing motorists has been able
to enforce the same demand
on the 80 million citizens who
have automobiles.
+ + 4
Statistics show that American
motorists average SIS a week
income, pay an average above
$50 a year in taxes. Figures may
lie occasionally, but in this case
il seems to make no difference
what agency gathers them -
they always come out the same.
Total tax bill this year: $685.
100000 - nearly two weeks
work for a fourth of the nation!
This is q situation unlikely
to change for the better until
everybody realizes that the av-
erage motorist is not a rich man
in a big shiny automobile, bur
a very ordinary chap in a mod
est car. Only then will X be
assumed that penny tax means
a penny earned by someone
who could use it otherwise.
Standard Oil Company
of California
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II you're not using 1t. sell II with
Fast Action Times Want Ad.
Call kAln 2lAl.
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~.-s. 49,
.JII1l1E
C&yI3azz;H1E3},l !..E%~

A little-known chapter OF
the transatlantic raft-ships
cinating, if obscure, topic for 8
seafarers. Too bad the histo
on those early sailormen.
Scholars have recorded, how
ever, that North American pine
was used for masts and spars in
British Men-o-war. and that