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crease the incomes.
WILSON SCORES HYPHENATES
GILL
LIKES
IDEA
Major Gill of Seattle la
With Tacoma on the cani
imign to change the name of
the mountain.
"If the approval of the
people of the Ktate can be ob
tained In your crusade for a
change of the name of Mt.
Rainier, I am with you heart
and soul," wrote Muyor GUI
to Mayor Fawcett today
■ Gill declared In his letter that
the time had come when there
should be a cessation in the con
tinuous wrangle over the name of
the mountain.
In the days when real estate
sharks were trying to boom both
cities simultaneously, and there
■was bitter jealousy between the
two communities, there was some
cause for the split over the name,
according to the Seattle mayor.
But today, he says, all Washing
ton should unite on one name. '
"1 admire your courage for
taking up this fight, and hope
that you win," wrote Gill.
Piaisos Star's Edltorlal.
Pleased over the attitude of
Seattle newspapers regarding
faconia's effort to change the
tame of The Mountain, Mayor
Fawcett today declared his belief
that tlie entire state would back
Up the idea.
"The Seattle Star has done
fine," Fawcett told the city coun
cil today. "It came out last night
with a great editorial on Us first
page advising Seattle to relin
quish the name of Rainier, it
showed a mighty broad-minded
attitude, in my opinion, and I
think all Tacoma appreciated it.
"Following that, the P-I. to
day changed Us uttltude of ridi
cule to one of respect and practi
cally enthusiasm for the idea. It
.had to when it saw the attitude
of Mayor Gill. Gill has advise!
the Seattle council to take up the
matter with this body at once."
Fawcett said today that he In
tended to take up with the Seattle
Daughters of the American Revo
lution the question of changing
the name of the Seattle branch.
The order In Seattle goes by the
name of "Rainier." In Tacoma It
Is Mary Ball chapter.
"These women must have over
looked the significance of the
name when they adopted it," said
the mayor.
"Ralnler's only claim for credit
with the English government was
the fact that he captured an
American revolutionary vessel. It
sounds rather unpatriotic for the
• daughters of revolutionary sol
diers to name their organisation
i after such a man. I'm going to
do what I can, through the na
tional organization, to Influence
them to change the name."
COLORADO "DRY'
LAW IS UPHELD
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 7. —Col-
orado will be "dry" after Janu
ary 1.
In an unanimous decision of
the supreme court, handed down
yesterday afternoon, the state's
authority to enact prohibition was
upheld, and the court decided
that cities operating under spe
cial charter were without author
ity to continue the sale of liquor
after this year, because jot tho
vote of the people.
*
Harmony-
We want you to know
that our attitude la
friendly.
We hope you will
Rive us a chance to
serve you during 1916.
Let's commence today.
Puget Sound
State Bank
11. N. TINKER. Pre*.
1115 Pacific Ay*.
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The Tacoma Times
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NBWBPAPER IN TACOMA. j HO ME
VOL. XII. NO. 2W. TAOOMA, WASH.; TUESDAY^ DECEMBER 7, l!>ir>. [ EDITION
1 FLASHES!
LOS ANGELES—H. A. Kell.
auto salesman, leaped from the
operating table today as physi
cians were Bewlng deep wound
in bis arm and rushed Into tne
street, where he choked to death
a dog which was attacking sev
eral women.
LONDON -More than 300 Bul
garian mutineers were shot to
day when they refused to ac
company their regiment to the
Ualllpoll peninsula.
SAN FRANCISCO—The late
fear expressed today by offlelais
ls that the steamer Minnesota
has fallen completely into tho
hands of mutineers aboard.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—St.
Louis appeared to be slightly In
the lead today in the race for
the next democratic convention
ATHENS—The main German
and Bulgarian forces entere.l
Monastir' yesterday.
O—NBA, Crete— V. ■S. cruiser
Dcs Moines arrived here today
with 334 refugees expelled from
S>ria.
LONDON — Swedish steamer
Greta sunk today presumably by
a submarine.
OUTLOOK
FOR JITS
IS DARK
Unless the state law requiring
all drivers to furnish an indem
nity bond is repealed,the future
of jitney busses in Washington is
now practically hopeless, in the
opinion of M. R. shea, formm
manager of the jitney associa
tion.
Since the Pacific Coast Cas
ualty Co. quit writing the bonds
In the state Shea has been exert
ing every effort to get another
company in the field to carry or.
the work which means the life
of the jitney business.
The prospect of securing this
backing looked bright when a
Missouri indemnity company,
which has been writing bonds
for drivers in Minnesota, Michi
gan, Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Missouri, recently filled the nec
essary papers with the state In
surance commissioner.
Today Shea received notifica
tion that Insurance Co m mission
er H. O. Fishback has refused to
issue this company a license to
do business in Washington, de
claring the laws of the state
would not allow It.
"Washington laws surely must
be In an advanced state when
they wont allow a license to a
company which is doing a li
censed business In such states as
Michigan, Minnesota and Mis
souri. I must say It looks pretty
hopeless for the jitney men."
FIRE IN HOLD
OF MINNESOTA?
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.—-
Marine man feared today that a
smoldering fire is in the hold of
the Minnesota, while the mutin
ous crew is preventing the captain
from sending any information
aahore. It Is believed the vessel
is wallowing in the lower Pacific
waters.
GETS LICENSE
FOR 24 DAYS
A license to operate a saloon
in Tacoma for 24 days was grant
ed by* the city council today.
Tom Harrison, of the Cedar
bar, 805 Pacific avenue, made
the request. Harrison intends
to take advantages of the lact
mlnute rush before prohibition
goes into effect.
His license fee until January
1 was 165.76.
$.00,000 Fire In
Munitions Plant
ST. CATHERINE'S, Ont.. Dec.
7.—A mysterious fire today de
stroyed the storehouse and mill
of the Maple Leaf Milling Co.,
engaged In contract* for the al
lies. The loss waa more thai
$100,000.
GREAT SEATTLE NEWSPAPER
CHAMPIONS TACOMA'S CAUSE
"LET TACOMA NAME THE MOUNTAIN! HERE'S A FINE, BIG. OPPORTUNITY FOR SE
ATTLE TO DO A FINE, BIG THING."
This message in bold, black type yesterday appeared across the top of an editorial which occupied
nearly half a page of—hold your breath, gentle reader —A SEATTLE NEWSPAPER!
The paper was The Star, the most influential of Seattle's three dailies. The Star has 20,000 more
daily circulation than the Post-Intelligencer, and the largest paid circulation of any Seattle paper. The
Star has entered unreservedly the fight to lift the "curse" from the mountain. With the aid of Mayor
Gill and other liberal-minded Seattle leaders, it no doubt will succeed in bringing about a new senti
ment in that city which will result in blotting "Rainier" off the map.
The Star's broad-minded and
generous action comes as the re
sult of a plea made by the editor
of The Tacoma Times for Seat
tle's co-operation in lifting the
"curse"—a curse which rests not
The Seattle Star vriein
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111/ Here's a Fine, Big Opportunity for Seattle to Do a Fine, Big Thing 1
CONS ago, before man was, The Moun-
V t-t tain reared ita proud head above the
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nosaur's claim and that they battled
furiously for ita poaaeaaion.
Reproduction of upper half of last night's Issue of The Seattle Star, in which it conies out for letting Tacoma name The Mountain.
Now Read the Star's Big-Hearted Editorial
EONS ago, before man was, The Mountain
reared its proud head above the clouds.
No doubt that the Dinosaur, cranking its long
neck and eating the leaves from the tallest trees
that grew on The Mountain's mighty slope, re
garded it as his very own mountain.
It is conceivable that the Pterodactyl, the fly
ing lizard, disputed the Dinosaur's claim and that
they battled furiously for its possession.
Maybe the Pleciosaurus and the Icthiosaurus
also fought for The Mountain. Even then The
Mountain was very old.
Then came the Glacier Age Man.
"This is my mountain," he said.
And he had to fight the saber-tooth tiger, and
the wolf that was bigger than a buffalo, and the
five-toed horse, which climbed the steepest cliffs
with ease and which was the great-grandaddy of
all the horses of today.
How The Mountain must have chuckled in its
sleeve —that is, if mountains can be said to have v
sense of humor!
The Indians came.
They hunted over its slopes. They fished its
streams. Vaingloriously they saw in The Moun
tain's might and dignity qualities which they be
lieved closely resembled their own. Weren't they,
silly?
"Ugh!" said the chieftains. "I am brave, cun
ning, patient, strong and wise. In me lives the
spirit of The Mountain."
So the tribes fought for The Mountain.
As we reckon time, that was thousands of years '
ago. As The Mountain reckons time it was yes
terday. ,
Then, at length, came the White Men. And
they could not agree as to the name for The Moun
tain. As though it needed a name!
Some called it Mt. Rainier. And some called
alone on The Mountain, but on the
entire state. The plea wa* effec
tive because the Star is a slater
paper of the Tacoma Times In the
Scrlpps Northwest I.eagce.
In view of the cagnlflcent re
Over in T«com.i lhe> lake this matter serious-
I) I hey have started an.* determined effort lo .
jive tttflr name to the mountain. Wei! The Moun/
'am 15 neaier Taooma |h»n Vault '' lc ntWtW£
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Gov. Litter i» aaked to appoint a atata
JT-Ofraphical board, which would recommend to
the national (-ofrapbu-1 board that the name ol
! The Mountain be 9mnwn\
' But U.trr dues nol warn lo (iftend Sea ilk
. sponse given by the Star to Ta
- coma's request, a request in
• which Mayor Fawcett and the
; council l»i\e joined, let it never
again bo »ald that the "Seattle
- Spirit" is a spirit which wishes
it _Nlt. Tacoma. And for 50 years Seattle and Ta
conic have quarreled over the name of Tlur-Moun
tain. *
Over in Tacoma they take tlii-s matter serious
ly. They have started a new determined effort to
give their name to the mountain. Well, The Moun
tain IS nearer Tacoma than Seattle. It IS foolish
to quarrel. The double name the traveler sees on
the maps IS confusing.
Tacoma, through its mayor and commissioners
have approached Mayor Gill and the city council.
Gov. Lister is asked to appoint a stategeograph
ical board, which would recommend to the national
geographical board that the name of The Moun
tain be changed.
But Lister does not want to offend Seattle.
******
•
Let's end the quarrel. Let's say to Tacoma,
"Call The Mountain what you please," What
ever it is called, it will always be The Mountain,
and it will continue to be The Mountain long
after such names as "Rainier," "Seattle" and
"Tacoma" are forgotten.
If there is an element of self-sacrifice in relin
qutehing the name of "Rainier"—and it is tough
to nave to give up both mountain and beer so
yclept at the same time—so much finer the act.
Over in Tacoma there are 100,000 fine folks who
take this matter seriously. They want to "lift the
curse from the mountain." You can draw geo
graphical lines between Seattle and Tacoma, but
in a thousand diffeipiOhiC* the two cities are in
terdependent. Settle is the big city. We can
afford to be magna] imous. Let's not hinder, but
rather help, them m this matter, and so wipe out
the old grudge and twin their friendship.
»•••*«
IT'S REALLY A FINE, BIG OPPORTUNITY
FOR SEATTLE TO DO A FINE, 810, BROAD
MINDED THINGr—A THING THAT THE
WHOLE STATE AND THE WHOLE COUN
TRY WOULD APPLAUD.
Tacoma harm. It Is an aggres
sive, typically American, generous,
whole-hearted spirit. It Is a spirit
which Tacoma honors. Tuioma
thanks Seattle for showing us
that spirit, and the Star for so
capubly expressing it.
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CHARGES
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WEATHER
Tacoma and vicinity: Rain to
night and Wednesday.
Washington: Same.
ALL OUT
FOR THE
BIG BALL
Everything is ready for the
great big charity ball to be
staged tomorrow night in the
Commercial club rooms.
The fixings, from tho hall nrd
the decorations, down to UM
dressing room and tho place
where you check your coat and
hat, all have been donated.
So now all you have to do is
get out that charity ball vest,
for the latest thing In 1 _ri.
gowns you bought at the churilv
rummage sale, and donate your
feet, and the feet of your be
girt, to the tuna of the big music.
Which, by the way, Is to he
furnished free gratis by the post
office bund orchestra.
Puyallup Ade On Tap.
Everybody Is going to be theie,
for It's .1 real, old fashioned,
conununity affair—no swell duds
required. And the drinks!
Listen- Puyallup ade, made in
the shade and donated by our
friend Paulhamus.
Puyallup ade will flow to the
tune of postofflce music beneath
the refreshing shade of palms
and greeus anil flowers, donated
by Ghlldi'rducci, the California
florist man.
Then there will bo candy for
sale in candy booths presided
over by Junior Hay Nursery glrla
in ininiiette costumes.
'Twill lie (.tent Time.
Also games- billiards, poo),
cards and dominoes for thob.
who feel iv the mood for gain
ing.
For those who are stroug for
the dunce there will be an ex
hilillion dance by Prof. Sloan and
.Miss Winifred Howell, with Ml_s
Vivitin Mttller st the piano.
Altogether it's going to be a
big tlnio, anil it promises lo give
a good send off to tho work of
the Associated Charities.
DECLARE
IT WASN'T
LOTTERY
That the business contacted
by the Home Cloak & Suit Hou-e
i a legitimate advertising scheme
and not a lottery as alleged by
the state is the contention of the
attorneys for David Vogelbaur.
on trial In Judge Card's court
today for conducting a nulsanc?
and a lottery.
The state closed its case today
'with two witnesses, Mrs. J. S.
Deßoche, 1715 No. Oakes st,
who testified she had been In
vited to join the suit club with
the idea that she might get ,i
suit for practically nothing, and
Mrs. C. Hlckok, 1312 So. sth St.,
who gave similar testimony.
Fred Olson, the first witness
for the defense, said he is em
ployed as a salesman and hook
keeper for the cloak firm. He
said he had read the full con
tract to the women who joined
the suit club, but he could only
glve the names of two women.
He was not sure of even the dis
trict in which they lived.
Olson denied that any pretense
had ever been made that suits
were drawn by lot. He said that
he destroyed the coupons when
they were returned to the office
and that they were used only for
office reference. The distribu
tion of suits was done by Vogjl
baum and the office force. Every
Saturday night a suit was gvlen
to the woman who, it was
thought, would be the most val
uable advertiser for the firm be
cause of her club or social pres
tige, he said.
This method of advertising Is
practised In many cities and la
entirely legitimate, counsel for
Vogelbaum declared.
1 What's Doing |
Today
Program by Postoffice band,
with church entertainment; Ma
son Methodist church.
Stag .social at Y. M. C. A.; 8
p. m. v
Address to advertising class of
Stadium; by Prof. Leslie R.
flitch; 8 p. m.
- Commissioner election; Water
way District No. 1.
Tomorrow
Charity ball, benefit of Asso
ciated Charities; dancing and sup
per for $1; Commercial club; 9
p. m.
READS
GREAT
PAPER
WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 7.
—Before a joint session of the
senate and house today ('resident
Wilson delivered his meaaagß, re
garded as the most important In
recent years.
The crowds which flooded the
galleries and floor listened In
tently. The president's castlga
i inn of hyphenated American* was
delivered while the audience aat
in tense silence.
No Germans There.
There wore no German diplo
matic representatives In the gal
lery, though those of other bellig
erents were numerous
Blind Chaplin Couden prayed
that "congress act calmly, dl»
--creelly, and wisely, serving the
people's best interest*."
There was tremendous applause
us the president entered. Hl*
voice was faint as he began his
message, but grew strong as he
progrns sed.
II was noticeable that when the
president spoke of the needs of
tho army and navy there was gen
erally no applause.
Crow da tlome Karljr.
Thousands thronged to tlva
capltol at an early hour, hoping
to get a glimpse of the president.
Many women made their way to
the galleries cerrrylng their
lunch and knitting and prepared
to stick to the last.
Gallery admission was by
card only. Neither home plan
ned any Important buslneaa other
than hearing the message.
Gallery seats were reserved
for the president's daughters an.
Mrs. Gait, who was the center of
attention and strict police pre-
I cautions.
Secret service men were scat
tered through the corridors and
entrances and massed about tho
president's elevator.
For I'nlted Press report of the
prewtdeiit's ineNsage, a corking
good S)iit<'i'lieli| iartoon, a sketch
from telegraphic description of
ill.- Ncene at Washington and a
Time- editorial on the message,
see pages 4 and 5 of today*
pa|ier..
CRISIS
RISES
WASHINGTON, I>. C. Dec.
7.—The state department',
formal refusal to cite the
reiuions for asking the re
call of yon Papen and Boy-
Ed was forwarded to Berlin
last night.
It was handed to Ambas
sador yon Bernstorff at the
same time and he consid
ered Uie act as "very un
friendly."
The state department did not
attempt to minimize the prob
able effect of the refusal on tho
officials at Berlin, but declared
that Lansing had followed a
strict precedent.
The announcement watt made
at the German embassy that th.
Berlin foreign office had asked
that the reasons for the recall he
made secret if Lansing did not
wish to make the reasons public.
It is said Lansing refused to
give any information. It Is be
lieved this will force a show
down in Berlin. Yon Bernstorff
will probably be asked to confer
with Lansing further. It Is ad
mitted that the negotiations over
the Lusltanla affair will become
hopelessly muddied If Germany
makes good her apparent Inten
tions In these cases.
A complete acqulesance with
American demand* or else th*
breaking of diplomatic relatione
are the only alternative* unless
the state department permit, a
long series of conferences which
will keep Boy-ed and yon Pape,_
here Indefinitely pending the out*
co_e of the investigation*.
ELECT WATERWAY
For the flrat Urn* *lnc* the
Hylebos waterway district No. 1
was crested a y*»r ago. an elec
tion for commissioner Is ttetaf
held today. I. N. Hague, Wfc»
waa elected for a one-year ten
Is running for re-election, i
Charles R. Taylor op#o*ing I -