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Oldest Newspaper in This State VOL. LVni. NO. 13. MIHL IS lED 01 rwcHisE OF Fours SPECIAL MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT ENl>9 IN DEADLOCK, WITH M'CLEARY ABSENT. Whether the city shall buy a semi diesel oil pump for the municipal waterworks or shall continue the use of electric power is still "up in ihe air," though the council held a special meeting Thursday evening in the hope of settling it. What advantage there may be rests with the electric power, which is installed and in use. What looked like a favorable action on the purchase of a pump at Tuesday evening's meeting, turned into an ab solute deadlock Thursday night, with Councilman McCleary absent. This prompted a motion by Councilman Foretell, seconded by Masemore, that McCleary be asked to resign by de claring his place vacant, and another councilman elected, Forstell assert ing that McCleary had attended only two meetings since he was elected. There was more or less discussion on this point and Mayor Mills inter posed to say that McCleary had talked with him recently about resigning, but that he had persuaded him to re main on the council. The discussion ended by Forstell withdrawing his motion. The majority of the water commit tee, Chairman Draham and Council man Maynard, led the light against the purchase of a pump, Councilman Knox joining them. The other three. Fprstell, Ramberg and Masemore, stood as solidly in favor on every motion and no decision was reached. The proposition had been discussed at considerable length at the regular meeting Tuesday evening, but final action was then postponed on .For etell'* motion, on account of the ab sence of Councilmen Draham and Mc- Cleary. The majority of those pres ent appeared to favor the purchase of the engine, the fight against it being led by Councilman Maynard. Bids on the new pump were sub mitted at the last meeting in May and the proposal was generally discussed then, but action delayed on Council man Draham's suggestion that the council "make haste slowly," and authorize further investigation by the water committee. This committee presented a report Tuesday evening favoring continua tion of the use of electric power on a 6-year contract at a rate of 1H cents per kilowatt, a reduction on the previous rate. At this point Mayor Mills had a letter from Tacoma pre sented, showing a rate there of be tween 3 and 4 mills per kilowatt. Councilman Maynard reported be had tried to induce Manager Faulkner of the Olympia Light & Power company to agree to a flat 1-cent rate but had failed. A demonstration by an agent of one of the engine companies submit ting bids purported to show a saving of |440 per year in operating ex penses compared to the power rate, but Councilman Maynard expressed the opinion that the saving was not sufficient, on an expenditure of 69,000 for a engine he said would be obso lete within 10 years. FIRST FORDSON TRACTOR DUE HERE IN TEN DAYS Demonstration* Will He Arranged by St. John A Titus—Ford Sedans Popular. The first Fordson tractor In the Northwest will reach Olympla In about 10 days. J. D. Mansfield, man ager of St. John & Titus, local Ford agents, announced this week. Ar rangements then will* be made for demonstrations within a short dis tance of Olympla, so that all who may be interested will have an opportu nity to witness them. The machine will be one of the 100 allotted to this state by Henry Ford, for distribution at cost through the state department of agriculture. The tractor Is a small, light weight, sim ply-operated yet highly efficient ma chine, and it Is said can be used as effectively on small farms as large. Tuesday employes of the company went over to the Ford branch at Se attle and drove back five Ford sedans and one truck. The company is find ing a steadily increased demand for sedans. Manager Mansfield says, hav ing delivered cars of this type last week to A. R. Johnson, Frank T. Adams. C. N. Taylor, W. E. McGulre, H. L. Martin and Robert Davies. It also delivered a touring car to W. H. McGraw and a roadster to the Mud Bay Logging company. Utaslunoton jitantorfe ESTABLISHED NOV. 17, 1860. LOAFERS GET SOME RESPITE. Council Delays Action on "Anti" Or dinance Until Next Meeting. The city council Tuesday evening had presented to it an "anti-loafer" ordinance, modelled after one now In effect in Portland, requiring all phys ically fit men not to be idle, declaring that possession of a means of support does not constitute a defense against work, and providing penalties of a SIOO fine or 30 dayß in jail for such as may refuse to work. The measure was referred back to City Attorney Bigelow for a further report at the next meeting. As draft ed, it imposes upon the police depart ment the task of seeking out loafers and jobs for them. Similar measures, Bigelow told the council, are being enforced in other cities. HI6H SCHOOL GIVES DIPLOMAS TO 56 GRADUATION EXERCISES FOR LA RGB CLASS HELD THURS DAY EVENING. Commencement exercises of the Olympla high school took place at the Kay theater Thursday evening, attracting the usual large crowd of relatives and friends. Diplomas were issued to 56 students, the class being one of the largest in the recent his tory of the school. The address of the evening was delivered by Dr. E. O. Holland, pres ident of the Washington State Col lege. Superintendent C. E. Beach presided; Principal N. J. Aiken of the high school presented the class and E. C. Townsend, on behalf of the board, distributed the diplomas. Various musical numbers added variety to the evening's program. Five students, chosen from among the 12 having highest standing in the class, represented the class and the faculty in oratlonß, readings and mu sical selections. They were Pearl Gingrich, Dorsey Cunningham, Cora Holmes, Muriel Newcomb and Mau rice Springer. Diplomas were issued to: Paul Avery, Louis Benson, John Bohac, Wilmer D. Bryan, Clarence Christen sen, lan" Christopher, -Audte Ernest Cunningham, Dorsey Cunningham, Creighton Elliott Hays. Victor Hugo Johnson. Merle Junk, Harold Kear ney, Marshall S. Milllron, George D. Martin, John H. Murphy, Victor Ouel lette. Phillip N. Royal, Mahrice Springer. Clyde Stull, Little Rock, J. Truman Trulllnger, Esther Hjden Bergh, Rochelle Blanche Bloom, Imla Edna Cary, Missouri, Elsie Chambers, Dorothy V. Christensen, Mary Con nor, Dorothy Garstang, Pearl C. Ging rich, Shelton. Anna Octavla Good pasture. Hazel B. Hill, Cora T. Holers. Summit, Alta M. Jeffers, Ok lahoma, Beulah Erwin Jenne, AMce C. Jennings. Viva L. Johnson, Mildred A. Kotlck, Little Rock, Millie Martin, Jane C. Meyer. Mildred Elolse Miles, Laura A. Myers, Muriel Rosamond Newcomb, Leota Beatrice Otis, E. Charlotte Rogers, Tenlno, Mildred Emily Renker, Charlotte C. Scully,' lone L. Spencer, Morton, Irene Springer, Nora Taylor, Nora M. Thacker, Marie E. Wells, Vera Esther Westover, Alice M. Whitney, Irene R. Wilson. Johanna Josephine Wickie, Helen Yelverton, Bertha Hackman. The baccalaureate address was delivered to the class Sunday even ing by Rev. Chas. T. Goodsell. The class day exercises were held' Tuesday eveniug. State Land Commissioner Clark V. Savidge delivered the address to the graduates of the Montesano high srhool at the commencement exer cises there Thursday evening. •£• »J« »J« «£• •*« •*« •*« »J« ❖ COUNTY GIVES * ❖ DOUBLE ITS QUOTA * ❖ TO ThE RED CROSS ❖ •b *b ❖ Thurston county, exclusive of -I --❖ the Tenino and Tono districts, -b •b contributed 132,302.74 to the ❖ •b second Red Cross war fund, *b ❖ Campaign Chairman C.. H. *b ❖ Springer officially announced ❖ ❖ Thursday. The amount is more ❖ ❖ than double the district's quota •> •b of $16,000. Among the last *b ❖ subscriptions reported were: «b Mason County Logging company ❖ ❖ and employes, Bordeaux, sl,- ❖ ❖ 739.32; Rainier community and -b ❖ the Lindstrom-Handforth mill, *b ❖ $519; Rainier Red Cross auxil- *b ❖ iary, $150; Delphi, $24; Mead- ❖ •bow, $8.75. In making the offi- *b ❖ cial announcement, the cam- •> •b palgn executive committee -b •b adopted resolutions hearltly con- «b ♦b gratulatlng local people for their -b ❖ generosity. -b 4"b 4-4> b + <>>b-b -b -b *b *b -b -b «b -b HEW TO THE LINE; LET Tlf E CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY KAY." OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1918. 600 D ROUS ASSOCIATION IS TO MEET NEXT WEEK Permanent Organisation to Be Formed and Officers Elected Saturday June 15. Promoters of the Thurston County Good Roads Association, of which a temporary organization was formed last spring, call attention to the fact that the meeting to effect a perma nent organization is to be held a week from Saturday, June 15, in the coun cil chamber of the city hall. The meeting set earlier was post poned because of the inability of farmers to attend at that time, and the coming date was fixed as probably the most convenient for them, coming between seeding and haying time. Consequently a large attendance of farmers is hoped for and Association members in different sections of the county are being instructed to urge large attendance by residents of their neighborhoods. Adoption of a constitution and by laws, election of permanent officers for the coming year, authorization and appointment of committees and a general discussion of the Associa tion's policy constitute the business to be transacted. The meeting is to start at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. "■HUT TO OPEN HERE' FRIDAY NIGHT OLYMPIA TO HAVE NEW CAFE, CONFECTIONERY AND ICE CREAM PARLOR. "Meath's", a thoroughly up-t'o-date and finely appointed cafe, confection ery store and ice cream parlor in the Columbia building adjoining the courthouse on Fourth street, conduct ed by those two popular people, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Meath, will be thrown open to Olympians at an in formal reception Friday evening, and be ready for business Saturday. Carpenters, painters and other ar tisans and the Mentha themselves have been at work for the past month remodelling, re-painting and re-finish ing the large room it will occupy and Olympians will see an entirely differ ent, prettier lay-out when they visit the new place. All of the old fixtures and furniture have been replaced by those that are bright, new and light-colored, the predominant color effect beinfe old Ivory and golden oak. There's a new Optimus sanitary fountain from which can be served any concoction known to fountain menus; there are new substantially made boxes, built by the Olympia Door company; and there are new cases, counters and other furnishings. The kitchen, too, has been remodelled, re-equipped and put in first-class shape. Mr. and Mrs. Meath became well known to Olympians during their four years' residence here while the former was state treasurer, and they also have hosts of friends around the state. Besides conducting a regular cafe and ice cream parlor business, they plan to cater to auto parties and to local lodges, clubs and societies in their banquet hall. The fountain and ice cream section will be under the direction of N. L. Linbarger, who conies to Olympia from one of the largest stores of this kind in Seattle, while the cafe will be conducted by Chef John Baretich of Seattle. The latter will serve all tneals, featuring a merchants' lunch. "We decided to locate in Olympia because we liked it, first of all,'' Mr. Meath said the other day, "and then business is better here than I've known it to be for a long time. This city in going to grow. And there's another thing Olympians don't seem to appreciate fully Olympia is lo cated on three main highways and there's lots of travel through here." EXPECTS LARGE BERRY CROP, Cannery Manager Says Season's Pros pect.s Here Are Excellent. Thurston county will harvest a large crop of berries during the next few weeks, in the opinion of Mark Ewald, manager of the local cannery, who is preparing to begin "packing" tile first of the strawberries next week. The cannery started its 1918 oper ations last week, handling rhubarb, and expects to put up the largest pack in its history this year, as the govern ment is encouraging such methods of food conservation. During the past winter various enlargements and ad ditions to the plant have been made and everything put in readiness for the season's work. SHERIFF ARRESTS SIX ON CHARGE OF BOOTLEGGING Five Men and One Woman Nabbed Wednesday After Week's Investigation. Investigations covering more than a week by Sheriff J. F. Gilford re sulted Wednesday in the filing of in formations against six local people, charging bootlegging, by Prosecuting Attorney Thos. L. O'Leary, and their arrest by the sheriff. Five ° men and one woman are named in the informations, Harry Hardin of the Carlton hotel; Jerry Milpass, C. Clark, Clarence Welsh, and Frank Stone of the Frog Cafe, and Annie Brophy of the Caledonia hotel. Upon arraignment each was released on SSOO bail. Alleged sales of booze to P. G. Apple on different dates formed the basis for all the charges except that Involving Jerry Milpass. who is charged with selling booze to R. T. Bush. After turning the proposition down at the regular meeting Tuesday even ing, the city council Thursday night reconsidered and voted to extend water mains on East Bay avenue, ac cording to the project that has been under consideration for some time. AUTO PLANTS BUSY ON BIG WAR* OROERS BOTH DODGE AND NASH FACTO RIES RUSHING TO FILL GOV ERNMENT NEEDS. Both the Dodge Brothers factory at Detroit and the Nash Motors Co. at Kenosha, Wis., are devoting a Jkrge part of their production to gov ernment orders, C. A. Rose of the Rose-Nepple Auto company reported upon his return from a visit to these factories the other day. "I soon found out there was no use of my going back there after more care," Rose said, "for both fac tories'are working on immense gov ernment orders and their output of cars for sale to dealers has been re duced to approximately 45 per cent of the number expected when the cur rent contracts were made. This out put is being distributed among the dealers 'on a percentage basis. "I want to say that there's nothing <toi the story that the government will restrict the production of passenger vehicles," ho continued. "The pro duction will be reduced more and more, however, by the inability of the manufacturers to get steel and coal. "Dodge Brothers, with a factory capacity of 600 cars a day, are run ning at about 60 per cent of that number and the government is tak ing 25 per cent of their production. They are now employing 17,000 in their factory, 3,000 of whom are women, and they are gradually hiring more women for they are finding them just as efficient as the men in the work they are doing. In addition to these, they have about 1,500 office employes. "The Nash Motors company now has 5,500 employes and is working on a rush contract of 22,000 quad trucks for the government, causing a material reduction in its passen ger car output. "Our schedule with Dodge Broth ers calls for two carloads to be shipped during June and we confi dently expect to get them," he added. Mr. Rose said he heard a lot of talk among automobile men regard ing the Liberty motor for airplanes and that none of It was adverse. "All this talk about its being a failure is 'hot air,'" he said. "The automobile men —and they're the ones who know —say it is unquestion ably the most wonderful motor ever built, just as efficient as it was ever supposed to be and in actual quan tity production right now'" The company notes an increasing demand for closed cars, and to meet it, has bought three Dodge Brothers closed oars from other dealers during the past month and driven them to Olympia for delivery. It expects to unload a carload of Dodge Brothers machines the latter part of this week, all of which are sold. Recently it has delivered a Nash Six touring car to Sam Price of iYelm, a Dodge Brothers commercial I car to C. E. Bradford, local dairyman, and touring cars to C. A. Oehlerich of this city and J. D. McDougall of Union Mills. Graduation exercises for the eighth grade pupils of the local schools are to be held at the Central Baptist church Friday evening. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TO PROMOTE W. S. S. SALES. Merchants in Different Towns Named to Boost Thrift Campaign. Local chairmen in the different towns and communities of the county, to promote the sale of Thrift and War Savings stamps through the activi ties of the retail merchants' associa tion, have been named by County Chairman Geo. D. Prlgmore. Campbell ft Campbell are to have charge at Tenlno; Peter Jensen at Little Rock; L. Mossman at Yelm; E. S. Brooks at Tono; M. Spinner at Gate; G. F. Foy at Lacey; Jennings Johnson at Bordeaux and Ole Gard ner at Nisqually. State Chairman D. E. Fredericks has called a meeting of the county chairmen and their assist ants in Seattle next Monday, to plan the state-wide campaign and arrange for the celebration of War Savings Day June 28. 127 YOUNG MEN HERE REGISTER WEDNESDAY LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS HANDLE SECOND ENROLMENT—NEW DRAFT CALL. One hundred and twenty-seven young men of Thurston county, about 50 less than expected, were enrolled on the second registration day Wednesday by officials of the local draft board, these being the young men of this county who have become 21 years old since the first registra tion day last year. Ninety-four of them were enrolled by Qlark A. C. Baker in Olympia; 18 by H. N. Stlcklin at Tenino and 15 by Sheriff Jack Gilford at Rochester. The local board wa3 officially noti fied Wednesday that the first contin gent under the June draft calls, which total 200,000 men for the United States, are to go to Camp Lewis during the five-day period be ginning June 24. Thurston county is called on to furnish 26 men in this quota, the total for the state being 2,200. The county Is also asked to furnish one man to go to the auto mechanics school at Spokane for special train ing, and three to a special mechan ical school at the Pullman state col lege. They are given until tonight to volunteer, after which they will be drafted. STATE MUST REFUND HALF OF LIQUOR LICENSES. Supreme Court Upholds Contention of Local Company in Decision Tuesday. Reversing the decision of Superior Judge Wright of this county, the statfe supr me court Tuesday handed down a decision ruling that liquor dealers and brewers of tbe state who paid the annual state license under protest in July, 1915, are entitled to a refund of half the amount, dating from January 1, 1916, when the state went dry. The case was brought by the Olym pia Brewing Co. pn its own behalf and on behalf of a number of local saloonkeepers, who had assigned their calimß to it. the suit being handled by Attorneys Troy & Sturdevant and Bigclow & Manler of this city. The supreme court says the payments were plainly made under compulsion and that common honesty demands that the state should make the re fund for the last half of the year for which the license had been paid. County Agent C. H. Bergstrom rep resented Thurston county dairymen at the state meeting of dairymen in Seattle last Saturday, when plans for the formation of a state organization were discussed and a committee authorized to investigate conditions. ❖ ❖ **❖ * ❖ * + ❖ STANDARD FORCE * ❖ RELISHES MUD BAY ❖ ❖ STRAWBERRIES * •> If you had stopped at The *> •> Washington Standard office along -5* ❖ about 4 o'clock Wednesday af- ❖ ❖ ternoon, you'd have seen a real ❖ ❖ party in progress, with rich, ripe, «5» •> home-grown strawberries and ❖ ❖ honest-to-goodness cream the <- chief center of attraction, and ❖ ❖ everybody in the shop doing the •> ❖ honors. *l* ❖ And it was all because one of ❖ ❖ the Standard's good friends from *!• ••• Mud Bay—Mrs. M. Aliearn —re- ❖ membered us here and favored ❖ •1* us with the freshly picked bor ries and the rich cream end told ❖ ❖ us to "go to it." ♦ ❖ We sure did —and one of the ❖ ❖ guys from the state printing ❖ -I* office happened along about that <- ❖ time and got in on it. I,;. .v, .> .j. .5. A 4. 4. WHOLE NUMBER 3015 SUBMARINES SINK 13 VESSELS OFF JERSEY EIGHT SCHOONERS AND FIVE STEAMERS ATTACKED IN LONG* EXPECTED RAID. Latest reports indicate that at least 13 ships, eight coastwise schooners and five steamers, bar* been snnk during the {last week by German submarines operating off the Atlantic coast and instituting the long-threatened submarine blockade. There is a possibility that other vessels still unreported have been sunk. Two submarines are known to have been operating and there may be others. Since the first reports Sunday evening, wirelessed by one of the attacked vessels, the navy has been scouring the seas with destroy ers. submarine chasers, airplanes and hydro-planes, in the search tot the underwater pirates. So far as is known, the only loss of life was aboard the steamer Caro lina and that has been definitely estab lished at 16, 10 passengers and • members of the crew, probably lost when a lifeboat capsized. All of the vessels attacked were unarmed, and Instead of being tor pedoed were sunk by bombs, after ths submarine commanders had given passengers and crew opportunity to escape by cases, captains and officers of the* wrecked ships were taken aboard the submarines for two or three days, later set adrift in rowboats and picked up by friendly ships. Most of the sinkings occurred off the Jersey coast, almost within sight of land. The submarines have been sent over herd in the hope apparently of striking blowß on this side of the Atlantic and drawing home some of the American naval forces from thd war sones. where the U-boat menac# is being slowly but surely strangle# to death, ' In these attacks along the Atlantic coast, aimed certainly at troop trans? ports, officials of the United Stafea see a frantic admission from Berlin that the submarine has failed. Blocked off the troop ships by convopr craft, they have turned lh*- against the defensoless coasters, fmr in all the record of ddstruotiptf this raiding party has stjraok at no ydj sels bound oversets and tberefbtw armed for a fight. > High administration officials de clare that the road to France will Ms kept open no matter how many i# marines Germany sends to this aldk of the Atlantic. • ■ i ■ I NEW FIRM COMES MERE TO HANDLE MAXWELL CABS Snyder's Motor Cer Company Takes Local Agency This Week. Maxwell passenger cars and motor trucks are now being handled In Olympla and Thurston county by Snyder's Motor Car company, ot which Arthur J. Snyder, formerly ter ritorial representative for the North west Auto company of Portland, Is the proprietor. Announcement of the coming of the new firm to OlymplS was made this week. Mr. Snyder, who formerly repre sented the Northwest company in Western Washington and Western and Central Oregon, has moved his family to Olympla and plans to make his home here. His company has es tablished a sales room and service station at Mottinger's garage, where they are prepared to- take care of Maxwell owners and drivers. The American Automobile com pany of Taconia recently became dis tributors for the Maxwell product In Western Washington and Mr. Snyder will be associated with them in con ducting the local agency, handling a number of other passenger cars and trucks in connection with the Max well including the Dort, Liberty, Cole 8, and Franklin cars and Beth lehem, Indiana, Mack and Duplex trucks. CHEVROLET'S GOING FAST. Capital Transit & Repair Co. Delivers Six More This Week. Shipments of Chevrolet touring cars are being steadily received by the Capital Transit & Repair Co., Thurs ton and Mason county distributors, but hardly fast enough to supply the demand in the local territory, espe cially for the popular Four-Ninety model. The company reports the delivery of six of the latter cars during the past week, to G. W. Blair and W. D. Armstrong of Gate, W. Cody Smith, station agent at Rainier, Martin Vogel and A. J. Clark of Chamber's Prairie, and Ralph Beattv of this city. Published Continuously 58 Tears