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If it's too cold in the street cars
on your line, call up Manager Louis
Been. He's the man who can give
you heat in the street cars if you
want it. Main 1065, when he's at
work; Main 5760 when he's at
homo.
GREAT FLOOD DANGER
I
Announcement
(BY THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES)
€J This, kind readers, is a good-cheer announcement
to you.
fl Beginning with this month January, The Times'
rate, delivered by carrier in the city, will be 25 cents,
instead of 30.
t| The Times is making the change in order to stand
ardize its rates, this reduction making them all uni
form. Moreover, The Times feels certain that the
new price of a quarter a month will prove so popular
with the reading public that hundreds of new sub
scribers will be added to our lists.
€J The Times believes that 1916 will prove a banner
year. It starts off with the whole country optimistic,
as never before.
CJ Prosperity promises are coming true.
9} This is the time for confidence, for energy and for
extension of business.
■ THIS IS THE YEAR OF PROMISE.
YES, YOU CAN
LEGISLATE 'EM
TO SOBERNESS
—Says Lord Mayor of London.
(As Tacoma lias just experienced the sensation of "going dry,"
the folle.wing article by the lord mayor of l.e.ndein, who says people
CAN be legislated out of drinking, is s|iecially timely. The hours of
drinking in Irtish "miinitieins centers" were cut from 16 hours to
.1 ■■- hours daily. The brewers' guild, of enormous political and
economic power, threatened v national uprising; hut Kngllshmen
Juki "grinned and liore It." The article also will lie of speee-tal inter
est here because it tells how the "no trenting" experiment which
I ngl.iii.l borrowed from Tacoma, where It was put in force by
Mayor Fawcett, has worked.—Kilitor Times.)
BY SIR CHAS. C. WAKEFIELD
i lx>rd Mayor of 1/melon.
(In an interview with Mary
Boyle O'Keilly.)
LONDON, Jan. 4.—You CAN
make people sober by act of liar
liament. You CAN legislate peo
ple suddenly into teetotalism!
A beer house open all day for
the sale of tea, cocoa, milk, with
mineral waters a specially,
sounds absurd in steady-drinking
England, but spartan Londoners
grinned and bore it, and brawny
dockers shivering under a raw
thaw imbibed beef tea without a
threat of dying in defence of
"four 'arf."
DRINK WAS PROVING A
GREATER FOE TO IS THAN
GERMANY! ENGLAND WAS
DRIFTING TOWARD DEFEAT
THHOfGH DRINKING. There
was a crying neerd to remove
temptation from soldiers return
ing on leave, or going "out
there."
Under war conditions, hun
dreds of thousands of men —yes,
and women—are tolling 70 and
80 —even 100 —hours a week, at
work causing Intense thirst find
exhaustion.
In the arsenal* where thou
sands labor ln hellish heat, men
coming on night shif took a nip
"to keep out the coiG." In mills
and factories other thousands tip
pled "to keep keyed up."
Jaded men crave stimulants:
Did
You?
Maybe you made a
New* Year resolution
to save money —and
maybe you didn't.
No difference.
Resolution or no reso
lution, what matters
is what you do now.
Start with a good
bank at once — and
make next week's de
posit next week. ,
PUGET SOUND
STATE BANK
1115 Pacific Avenue.
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Month vol. xi 11. no. 1:5. tacoma, wak, Tuesday, January 4, wis. Edition
millions of war workers had jilen
ty of money. During the first six
months of the war the nation's
drink bill increased |48,000,000
over the corresponding period of
the previous year!
Kngland began a war-time tem
perance iaiiipiiif-.ii with the "No
Treating order. The nearest
tavern to London where you can
stand that Is 1 6 miles away. A*
a result the fortnight just ended
has been the soberest ever ex
perienced In London. "No Treat
ing" instantly produced a mark
ed decline in drinking.
Next, the hours of drinking
were cut from 16 to 6 1-2 daily.
Public bouses are open only from
noon to 2:30 and from 6:30 to
9:30. Curiously enough, there
is no rush of thirsty men at noon.
The new drinking restrictions
have placed $4,!)00,000,000 capi
tal Invested In breweries, hotels,
restaurants and i-ooperages In
chancery, much of It In danger of
bankruptcy. But now is not the
time when vast vested interests
can cry "Halt" against the public
good!
A dlmlnlHldng consump
tion of liquor Is enabling the
workers to save their money;
the average Fnglish family
spends 111.02 a week on alco
holic drinks, it « 111 also re
sult <■■ saving 9400,000,000
toward the war loan simply
by rutting tlie national drink
MH in half!
Great traffic center* at which
immense crowd* lounged till 1
o'clock in the morning have sud
denly become peaceful and re
spectable. The police find little
intoxication to deal with.
The problem now is not how
drunk a man ia, but how he got
drunk at all!
PLAN MEETING
OF MERCHANTS
The board of director* of the
Commercial club met at luncheon
today with H. V. Chase, commer
cial reorganizes to decldo on the
plan of action in the big drive
which will be started this week
to restore the club.
Chase ahnounced today that he
would call a meeting of all tho
retail merchants next Monday to
offer suggestion* for improve
ments.-
He said tbat through his In
vestigation* he round that many
of their fault* could easily bo
remedied. A slfllar meeting of
manufacturers will be called. j
With Ground Frozen
I And Snow Deep In
The Hills, a Change
In Wind Means An
Outrush of Waters
By Edgar C. Wheeler
One warm breath of Chi
nook, the r.n<-w Kater," and
a flood such as the northwest
bus seldom -«'i-n will break
loose from the blankeHed
foothill* and sweep ek.wn
eeiili fury through the Puy
ullup valley in a tiolllng iiatli
of ill-.!rii. (inn.
This Is the prediction to
day of nlil-itiui-i-K In Tacoina
who recall the great snow
und rtiM.il of Isho.
They are backeail up In
their prediction by the weath
er mail and by the very ap
peui-iiiii-i- of tlie snow-laden
nioiiiitnlns and foothills.
The mountain anil hills nre
glistening while with a heav
ier covering of snow Hum
they have had for many,
years, says the weather man.
Not only that, but the
greiund is fro/eu solid below,
ready nt the first thaw to
Join with the snow in streams
to make v swollen river more
angry.
With the sun out and tbe air
growing warmer, tbe old-timers
are speaking in whispers of the
warm Chinook wind which can
creep silently over the mountains,
which can raise the temperature
of the atmosphere 40 degrees In
1 .*. minutes, and which can cut the
snow like magic, turning it into
roaring floods in a day.
Tbe weather conditions which
have attended tbe blizzard cen
tered in the- northwest for the- last
two days spooklshly renemble
those which preceded the Puyal
lup river flood of February, 1880,
they say—a biting northeast wind,
hillsides buried in snow, earth
first frozen deep.
Winil Shii'i Dangerous.
Now look out, they warn.
A sudden thaw right,now would
certainly mean a flood, tlie extent
of which would be difficult to
estimate, adds the weatherman.
When the wind turns to the
southwest, then good night.
The Puyallup river is Just
in the right mood to be at Its
angriest. Since I lie waters of
the While river were turned
into it, it ha* n greater vol
ume than ever liefore In its
history.
It is in a temper to turn
against the engineers of the
inter-county river improve
ment work who have been
out to bridle it and drug it
from Us lazier meandering
Into a straight course.
If, spurred on by hundreds of
streams of melted snow and ice,
it takes a notion to break loose —
The engineers declure they are
not expecting a flood in the Puy
allup valley at this time of the
year. Yet it is evident today that
they are uneasy. They are rush
ing the work on the cut-offs, driv
ing piles and strengthening the
banks,, saying they expect the
river will be turned into its new
course within a few day*.
How far the improvement work
at its present state would be dam
aged or ruined by a big flood at
this time they were not ready to
say- They repeated they aren't
looking for a flood.
Kailroads Apprehensive.
The Northern Paclfc and Great
Northern, though their traffic Is
going along today without a
hitch, are looking first at snow
covered, ice-bound hills, and then
with foreboding at their tracks.
City Ready
For Flood
Commissioner Woods, head of
the public works department, said
today that the city would be in
good condition to withstand a
flood.
All, storm sewers that were
wrecked during the recent heavy
rains have been repaired and
there are no street fill* that are
In any danger of washing away.
The fill at 38th and G street*
Is the most recent fill In Tacoma.
All south-going street car* are
routed over It. The commission
er declared that thi* fill was In
unusually good condition, and
that even should <| >od waters
pile up ln the gulch behind it
there 1* practically no danger of
Its weakening.
What will happen if Chinook |
decides to breathe upon us?
"Say, it will be awful," wills-1
liered Frank Hobs, Tacoma obi- !
timer, today. "February, 1880. la
in the air again today. Just let
the old Puyallup break loose now,
with the White river water be
hind it and with tbe de»ep snow
and ice on the hills, and say, she'd
just rip everything to pieces. She'll
go tearing down through the val
ley like made, turning the iurms
and barnyards into one treat boil- i
lug lake.
"Hack in IHHO there were
few settlers in Ihe path of
the flood and little property
to lie destroyed, but now—
"Say, it would be awful."
WILSON
BACK ON
THE JOB!
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Hack I
from bis honeymoon, the presi
dent today immediately began
' formulating plans to take prompt,
' decisive steps to stop the Illegal >
submarine attacks. It is unre-j-
Bervedly admitted Hint tbe sltua-H
tion is very critical.
The following statement was
issued:
"The president and secretary
of state nre taking every means
possible to obtain the facts ln
this grave mailer and will act
just as soon as Information la
obtained."
The president conferred with I
Senator Stone and Secretary Lan
sing. No cabinet meeting will be
called today.
Congress Reconvenes.
Besides the Ancona and Persia
cases, tbe administration is con
fronted with diplomatic issues
arising from the torpedoing of
the Ulengyle, Yasaka .Muni, Cio
tat and Lusitania.
Congress reassembled at noon
and gave promise of partlci|>ating
in international affair*.
Senator Stone after tlie confer
ence with President Wilson de
clared the latter lack* full facts
in regard to tbe sinking of the
Persia, and that nothing decisive
will be done until these are ob
tained.
Secretary Lansing today told
Ambassador yon Bernstorff in
formally that the state depart
ment is considering modifying
its position e-oncerning gun*
aboard merchantmen.
MIGHT HAVK BKKN MINK
He said the changes in naval
warfare resulting from tbe exten
sive use of submarines and the
absence of German warships, ha*
caused the 17 S. to change It* po
sition.
It ia unofficially stated that
Germany and Austria will claim
the submarine was entitled to
sink the liner Persia becauae
there were gun* aboard.
Officials do not regard the evi
dence conclusive that the Persia
was torpedoed. Navy authorities
say she was possibly struck by a
mine.
RKGRKT IN BERLIN
BERLIN, Jan. 4.—Regret la
almost universally expressed here
over the sinking of the liner
Persia. Heroic effort* are pro
gressing to repair Teuton-A tierl
can relation*. Official* refuse
to comment until the submarine
commander report*.
RKS-n/r OF COLLISION
LONDON, Jan. 4.—lt waa
learned today that the sinking of
the P. and O. liner C.eelong off
Gibraltar was the result of a Bol
liston with the steamer Rnnviti
ton.
The admiralty has abandoned
hope that McNeely ha* been aa-Jr
from the Persia, although 11 pe***-* 1
•on*, Including Lord MontsgtM^
are reported to have been landflK
at Malta.
HINDI' SAILORS SAVKtt */'
WASHINGTON, D. C . 3iH'X
—Consul Skinner at London" f*)
ported today that the official lists
of survivor* of the Persia did not
include McNeely.
JTHE LEANING TOWER OF PLEASURE
How to Settle It
The Fold peace party has now decided to employ
a [committee of experts in international law to draw
uj) tentative peace proposals on lines most likely to
be ae-i-eptable to the belligerents.
Merely as a well-intentioned suggestion we would
like to rci'oinnienil as members of aforesaid commit
tee of experts the following:
FRANCIS JOSEPH, of Austria,
NICHOLAS, of Montenegro,
FERDINAND, of Bulgaria,
WILLIAM 11, of Germany,
NICHOLAS 11, of Russia,
VICTOR EMANUEL, of Italy,
PETER, of Servia,
MOHAMMED V, of Turkey,
ALBERT, of Belgium, _
GEORGE V, of Great Britain,
RAYMOND POINCAIRE, of France,
YOSHIHITO, of Japan,
CHAIRMAN, UNCLE SAM, U. S. A.
. We are ready to guarantee that a peace protocol
agreed upon by this committee would get one dozen
more signatures than one drawn by any other com
mittee under the sun.
Talk o f the Times -
—————— -
Well, well, the world do
in«Me! The morning paper
announces today that there
in -la grippe e-rideitiic. By
Lhe time a few doaen more
** our leading citizens and a
■*w hundred more of our
[common people" die of it
taaybe the other two paper*
sill find it oat and print the
'news," too.
ioed morning, have you reg
is! ***d yet? If not, why not*
Mordiea made so many
rttls Huh they've got to sell
er fun at auiilon to pay
a- fbjfHiog over 'them.
" —!
9 far «* our county barkeeper
dJam not appear to be an over
w *»l|ad office Holder.
{The marriage license and
jMrtlf raporter way* that to
lay hai been aa unusually
———*———————————m
Tacoma won't need to Import
that Tou muls, Pa., stork
that leave* twine all along
certain street*, as we feared
when we read tho 1913 fig
are*.
Sheriff Puis
ID Busy Year
County arrests during 1915 In
creased more than 23 pec cent
over the previous year. Sheriff
I.ongmlre announced today that
he had* handled 904 prisoners
during the last year, while only
776 were handled during Jamie
eon's regime.
Sheriff executions, Including
county sales, attachments and
services Increased 50 per cent
over the records of the previous
year. ..
WEATHER \Jjp^
Tacoma: Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday.
Washington: Same, cooler north
east portion.
TACOMA
FIRST IN
HEALTH
Tacoma is tbe healthiest city of
its size in the United States, ac
cording to unofficial figures
given out by the city health bei
reau today.
Moreover, the city Is getting
more healthy each year. Tho
death rate for 1015 was 8.17 a
thousand inhabitants, based on
the government's census figures
of last July, wlil«2h gave Tacoma
108,000 populatlol.
During 191!) there were 83".
deaths in Tacoina according to
Health Officer Wall. In 1914 the
official death rate of Tacoina
was nine to every 1000 persons.
Although It is too early to ex
pect reports from other cities tho
size of Tacoma, Dr. Wall declares
his belief that no other city will
approach Tacoma's record. Dur
ing summer months the rate
dropped to six deaths per 1000,
and at that time Mayor Fawcott
announced that Tacoma was the
healthiest city in the entire
country, Irrespective of popula
tion.
A large number of deaths dur
ing the fall and winter brought
the average considerably higher,
however.
BOY MISSING
Gordon Osborn, age 18, son of
George Osborn, 4 639 North
Quine street, left the Narrows
boat bouse Sunday evening In a
small skiff, Intending to hunt
ducks on the opposite side of the
ohannel. The lad has not re
turned to hi* home and relatives
fear that be was drowned ln the
storm that came up Sunday night.
I What* Doing |
Tc-day
Banquet of committee of 100
In Y. W. C. A. rooms; 6:30 p. m.
Athletic meet of St. Leo* So
dality club ln clnb'a gymnasium;
evening.
Egg prlcee jump up three cents.
Tomorrow
Lecture' on "The Relation of
Mental Efficiency to Moral Char
acter," by Prof. I. E. Morton;
C. P. 8. * chapel; 8 p. m.
JITNEY
HOPES
BRIGHT
Jllne-. men were Jubilant In ilia
, belief that victory ln their fight
' for cheap bonds Is not far distant.
; Tacoma, they predicted, will be
I i-issiired of a more adequate and
-liable service are a result.
After v fight for more than a
year, Secretary Wilson, of the as
sot'latlon, -milium-.-ii today that
the iliivers have definite hope fit
breaking llii-oiikli the oppressive
lioml wall which has made oi-er**
ilon unremuneratlve and the next
thing to tniiiosslble.
S. ('. Orimas, New York bond
expert, who has been traveling
. throughout the I'nited States eir-
I ranging for che*p*r bonds, mail.)
[ the reduction possible, It was
i leurneil today. He declined to
I disclose the- i-oiiipany wble-b w 111
issue the new lionds, nor wo ild
be say whether It would be In
'the nature of ■ blanket bond or
not.
Muni 1110 Metre Tar**
More than 100 new maiiiltiee
will bo pul on Ihe runs, Serre
tary Wilson announced. Service
will be revived on Ihn Old Town,
McKlnley, North and South X st.
J and Hn. 1 Ith st., he» s:il«l. ,
A better organisation will ba
i |ierfe«-teel. '
Drivers will not be permitted
jto grab all the best llms. Short
I hauls will he slnpineel.
! oilier Company Waking I p.
It was rumored today thai the
i Pacific Casualty Co., wbl«-!i wrote
ull of the (.resent bonds nt fl.il,
and wble-b closed the sale In BtM*
j teinber, will begin seriin-- h ml*
j again this week at. the same prteSn
or possibly at a lower rate.
Association offl«*l«ls heieve
Ibis is due to the fact lhat the
company has hoard minor* of the
new bonding scheme and want* i<>
cut. In on the iuone*y.
They sax Hie new bon«l will
cost the operator lens than $ 190
a year.
FLASHES
LONDON—FieId Marshal yon
Mae-kensen lias heen withdrawn
from Serbia to aid the hnrd
liressed Austrian* on the Besser
abian front.
CINCINNATI — The baseball
peace committee will meet hero
again on Wednesday to completa
the merger.
ROME —A deßperate battle be
tween Montenegrin and Aiurtran
forces Is in progress for con
trol of the Adriatic.
OTTAWA -Enlistment for Can
ada's .".00,000 new troops is pro
gressing at a lively rate, it v.as
announced today.
NEW YORK—A call for help
was received today from Iho
Greek liner Thesalonlka near
this city.
LONDON—The Swedish steam
er Mlnnet was torpedoed to.lay,
according to a dispatch here to
day.
LONDON—Single men betv.een
the ages of 23 and 26, who en
listed in the recruiting campaign,
have been called to the British
colors and muit report in Feb
ruary.
LONDON—Premier Aaqultli an.
nounced in'the house of com
mons today that Sir John Simon
has resigned from (he cabinet.
Every other cabinet member at
tended.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The
senate adjourned today. In defer
ence to late Associate Justice La
mar
Suicide
Because he couldn't find a bar
in the city which would sell him
a drink, a man who wouldn't piva
his name to the police attempted .
suicide in a vacant tot at ISI
and E streets at 1 o'clock toda;
by slashing bis throat and bcttt*
wrist* with a knife.
He we* discovered by )*efl__jßM
by just after he bad corC'riM*
the act and was rushed to ille
county hospital, where it Is *a*d
he wlli live. * j
The man waa abaft 45 ye_ra
old *
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