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French Liner With 300 Aboard Reported Afire at Sea
BY FRANK P. WALSH. \
((lialniiau of I'nii" <1 s<«i< - Industrial Itela- A
lions < oiimiiii•-<■.) m
i I am going to vote for I'rosidcnt Wilson 9
' because he liita ttucli a -i>l<ii<lnl conceirtion of M
• demorrary. •
He lias freed more slave*) than Lincoln. jk
■
MUM! THAT
IS HUGHES
ON ALASKA
Republican state Chairman Fred 0. Har
per says that National Republican Chairman
VV. K. Wilcox says that Candidate Charles B.
Hughes authorizes him to say he has no inten
tion of abandoning the Alaska railway or
battleship construction program at Bremer
ton.
IS COY. HUGHES TONGUE-TIEDI
WHY DOESN'T HE SPEAK FOR HIM
SELF 1
He had an opportunity—a most splendid
opportunity when he visited Puget sound, the
gateway to Alaska — to declare himself defin
itely on the Alaska railroad question and on
the navy yard question.
People here wanted to hear him say he was
free of the Guggenheim influence in Alaskan
polities.
John E. Ballaine, who made his race for con
gress in the Seattle district on the Alaskan is
sue, met Hughes in Spokane, rode with him to
Seattle, talked Alaska with him, tried to im
press upon him its importance to the North
west.
What did Hughes say?
Nothing.
Tacoma wanted to hear from Hughes on the
Bremerton navy yard program. It wanted to
hear that he was a believer in government con
struction. Taeoma knew very well that the
itandpat gang behindTHughes was the element
which fought the Bremerton project, knew
that Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts, who
led the fight against it in the senate, was men
tioned for secretary of the navy under Hughes,
knew that the shipbuilding trust was against
government construction.
And the Northwest wanted to hear from
Hughes' lips that he was free of that baneful
influence, free to fight for the government pro
jects.
What did Hughes say?
Nothing.
And he still says nothing.
Government ownership ami operation in
Alaska and in our navy yards aro fundamental
propositions. Hughes is either for the great
principles of government ownership or he is
opposed to them. We have a right to hear his
Own words from his own lips.
But it's Charles Evasion Hughes again.
The state chairman says the national chair
man says Hughes authorized him to say—
Oh, fiddlesticks!
OFFER SPECIAL COURSES
Special courses are announced
by the Stadium evening school as
follows:
Salesmanship, conducted by C.
W. O'Flyng, formerly of the Shel
don School of Business Building:
Monday and Friday evening at
7:80.
Practical advertising, conduct
ed by R. F. Meade, of the Taco
ma Times.
Commercial law, by Mr. Ivan
Absolute Fake, That "Special"
Dispatch About Chicago Union
Oh, brazen fake! Ob, base
fib.
We have caught a Tncoma
G. <>. P. paper in m nuuglity
•tory.
It wan a "Mpocliil" dispatch
under a «'h|.-n»« dat« line*
which, we now suspect, wan
written in the paper* office.
The "special" dispatch told
with great particularity -as to
time and place or a meeting of
the Chicago Building Trades
rouncll the night before, when a
"resolution was passed condemn
ing the Wilson administration for
look of sympathy with the Amer
ican worklngmon."
The resolution, said this fib
bing "special" dlupatoh, tppealed
to "the 1,600,000 men through
out the country* who constitute
the membership of the building
trades department of the A. V of
L. to "work and vote against the
caster of the Stadium faculty.
Contemporary literature; car
rying university credits, by Prof.
Chittick of thn University of
Washington; Friday nights at
7:30.
TODAY'S CLEARINGS
Clearings $ 312,511.73
Balances f>4,859.53
Transactions 1,288,838.61
I re-election of Woodrow Wilson."
• The resolution, added tills
"special" dispatch, written in ta-
Iconia, was "based on the claim
that the Wilson administration
(discriminated agalnxt American
workingmen in the employment
of labor" in Panama.
It didn't happen! Nothing re
sembling it happened! They
"made It up out of their heads."
K. 3. Stack, nficretnry of the
Portland Central Labor council,
wired John Fitzgerald, president
of the Chicago Federation of La
bor, and received this reply:
"Your telegram received.
We have been officially noti
fied by the president and sec
retary of the Chicago Build
in i Trades, council that no
klnil o.f v resolution was
pt.Bßed condemning; President
Wilson and that the alleged
resolution published li an ab- /
TheTacoma Times
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VOL. XIII. m m. TACOMA, WASH., »^UII)AY,OCTOBER27, l!)Ui. * lc A COPY
THE EVOLUTION OF A CANDIDATE
British and German
Squadrons In Battle
500-FOOT
SKIER
IS SUNK
(United Pi-ran I.eaaed Wire.)
lA)NIM>.\, Oct. 27.—The
Johnson liner Itowaniuorc,
flying the liiitish flag, has
been sunk.
Tlic Rowanmore is one of the
largest British liners sunk since
the beginning of the war.
She was a steel fourmaster, dis
placing 10,320 tons, 521 feet long
and with a .'9.2 foot beam.
She was built in 1900 and was
owned by (he Johnson Line, Lim
ited, being registered from Liver
pool.
The Rowanmore's captain was
taken prisoner.
(The cable thus Indicates that
| the liner was mink by a mibnia-
I rine.)
The crew was landed.
CUUKHIA, too
LONDON, Oct. 27. —Two boats,
containing the captain and 31 of
the crew of the Donaldson liner
Cabotla. are missing and unac
counted for.
This is the first Indication of
the sinking of the Cabstia.
WOMAN JAILED
SEVENTH TIME
i I nil.•<! I'm-« 1.■««.-. I AVlrr.l
SEATTLE, Oct. 27.—For the
seventh time since January 1,
Mrs. Ella Wells, rooming house
proprietor, is under arrest for al
leged violation of the dry law.
She was sentenced to serve 30
days In lull and pay a $100 fine
after pleading guilty.
RUMOR OF GERMAN
SUB IS UNVERIFIED
tl i.Mr,I t-rrap I »■>•<•<! \\lr<-»
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Oct. 27
—The report on the waterfront
here that a German submarine
passed in the capes could not be
verified l>y the weather observer
at Cape Henry or by naval observ
ers at Fort Monroe.
solute fake and falsehood.
"The position of the Chi
cago labor movement is best
explained In a telegram sent
President Wilson, which was
as follows:
" 'The Chicago Federation
of Labor, representing 300,
--000 organized men and wom
en, by a unanimous vote
heartily endorses your atti
tude in the enactment of the
elght-hour-day-law. We con
gratulate you upon your
splendid record of achieve
ments In the cause of human
ity. Your administration
Las really proved to be democ
racy against autocracy. You
*re the first president of the
United State* who truly un
derstands the cause ot the
common peoUe and had the
fortitude and courage to
place human beings abov«
property. 1 "
FIRE ON
STEAMER
CHICAGO
'I ullr.i I'rm Uwrl \Mr.-»
NEW YORK. Oct. l~t. — The
Maritime ICxchange this afternoon
received a message reporting ilie
French liner Chicago afire at sea.
"Steamship Chicago, Kren.-'i,
hound from Bordeaux to New
York, fire in number 3 hold,"
read the menfiHge. "Expects ar
rive at Payal, Azores islands, to
day."
The Chicago left Bordeaux Sun
, day for New York and should
have been several hundred miles
west and north of. the Azores to
day. I'nder ordinary conditions
she carried 250 to 300 passengers
on her western trip.
She is a 14,000 ton steamer,
commanded by Capt. Mace.
RAID ON
STEAMER
FAILURE
Acting on advance informa
tion from San FranciHCO, a dozen
police and sheriff's officers
boarded the steamer Grace Dol
lar as she moored at the Puget
Sound Lumber company's docks
at 11 o'clock Friday, and search
ed the Bhlp from stem to stern
for liquor. -
Instead of finding 50 cases of
600 quarts, as they had expected,
the officers unearthed Just three
quarts of whisky in the entire
ship.
None of the officers or crew of
the Grace Dollar would claim
ownership, so the liquor was
taken to police headquarters.
The Grace Dollar came empty
from Ban Francisco, to return
with a cargo of lumber.
BIG PAPERS
FOR WILSON
(Special to The Times.) -
CHICAGO, Oct. 27.—The f JjK
cago Herald this morning editor*
tally recommended the re-election
of President Wilnon.
The Herald, which is among
the great Independent dallies of
the country, is edited by James
Keeley.
Since the opening ot the presi
dential campaign the Herald lias
been devoting two columns on its
editorial cage to letters from its
subscribers touching the qualifi
cations of President Wilson and
Mr. Hughes.
(t'nltrd Prm l.rnnpil Wire.)
ELM IRA, N. V.. Oct. 27. The
Klmlra Star Gazette, the largest
newspaper of southern New York
and northern Pennsylvania, inde
pendent in politics, today
out for President Wilson aft«r
maintaining an absolutely neutral
attitude in the campaign.
First Clash In the Channel
Occurs When German
Raiders Show Up
(I uiinl l'rtui I ni-i-.l Wlrr.»
LOHOOX, (>rt. 27.—Brit
ish nnd QWMM destroyers
l |«sln-.l in v —I• j«t-|» naval on
- gttgemrnt In (lie I-nnliOi
t'liunnel last nlghi. the ml
mi ml I) itiiiiiiiiiiri-tl this Hflci -
noon.
The German warships attempt
ed a raid under cover of dark
ness. Two enemy destroyers were
Blink.
It Is feared that one of the
Flriiinh destroyers was lost, the
admiralty added, and another was
disabled.
'Last night ten enemy destroy
ers participated in an attempt to
raid the Cross-rhanuel Transport
service," said the admiralty state
ment.
DeMroyer MUMnK.
"The empty transport Queen
was sunk. The crew of the trans
port was savrd. Two of the enemy
destroyers were sunk und the rest
driven off."
•The British destroyer Flirt Is
missing and it is feared Is lost.
The destroyer Nubian was dis
abled and forced aground."
The destroyer Flirt was one of
POLITICAL
MEETINGS |
DEMOCRATIC
Friday.
2:3o—With Mrs. A. W. Ollar,
1724 North Oakes.
With Mrs. Ebey, 1639 East
Slßt.
With Mrs E. L. Hiberly.
8!)01 North Grove.
With Mn. W. W. Vos
lniruli, 608 South J.
B:oo—Midland, with Mrs. Ange
line Norwood. Speaker,
Wesley Norwood, South
Tacoma. Speakers, George
P. Flihburne nml A. H
'fitlow. Imperial Glee club
Lake City, school house.
Speakers, M. A. Lang
home, Geo P. Flshburue
and A. R. Titlow. Imper
ial Glee club.
Hn inner—Henry Albert
McLean.
REPI'BMCAJT
Friday.
2:3o—With Mrs. E. L. Donne,
i 517 56th.
With Mrs. Joseph Mitchell,
South 96th and A. Speak
er*, Prosecuting Attorney
Remann, Hon. Jesse Jones
With Mrs. Sarah Satterly,
4iis South J. Speakers,
F. A. MaglU, E. B. Brock
way.
With Mrs. Calvin Barlow,
222 St. Helens aye Speak
ers, C. M. Knox, Col. Al
bert E. Joab..
8! 00 Tfccoma theater. Hon.
Wesley L. Jones. City
Attorney U. E. Harmon,
chairman.
Buckley, Cosmo theater.
Speakers, O. E. Dunker
berger, Fred Remann.
Chairman, Dr. J. H. Sheets
WUton. Kenney's hall.
Speakers, Emll Stenberg
and candidates. Chair
man, W. I. Keller.
Arietta, Arietta hall.
. Speaker*, J. W. Sehlen and
candidates. Chairman, F.
W. SamueUon,
tlie older British desl rovers. She
was built in IHO7, had a displace
ment of 1180 tons and a comple
ment of fi2 men.
The Nubian w;ih built in 1909,
displaced 111 tons and carried
normally 7 1 officers and men.
There are several British
steamers named Queen. It is pro
bable that either the ■!,9. r>6-ton
London Queen, or the much
smaller Southampton steamer of
the same name, Is meant.
The naval fight last night is
the first engagement of the war
in the English channel, excepting
submarine activities, and the first
serious clash between British and
German warships since the great
battle off Jutland on May 31,
1918.
German destroyers and fast
cruisers have made several dar
ing raids In British waters, ap
proaching near enough to bom
bard Hast coast towns and dart
ing back to port at the approach
of British warships.
Teuton destroyers also have
raided English shipping off the
Flanders' coast taking ships into
Zeebrugge.
FLASHES
11 'nit ml Frem I .-ii.nl Wire.)
WOODLAND, Cal., Oct. 27. —
Leroy Hillhouse put this ad in a
newspaper here: "It gives me
satisfaction to announce that 1 am
still alive." He's a diputy sheriff
i.mi had been reported dead.
TI'LARE, Cal.—A recent
earthquake started a geyser
near here which has inter
mittently spouted live, blind
fish.
NEW YORK — Prof. G. B.
Hotchklss of New York university
told advertising men a baby's cry
Is its "ad" that somothing Is
wanted. The trouble is that most
babies do most of their advertis
ing in the early morning editions.
CINCINNATI, O. —Gases from
automobiles and not germs are
the cause of infantile paralysis
germs, Dr. Thomas F. Harrington
of Boston told the American
Health association.
PITTSBURG, Pa.—So that Mm
Klizalietli Evans, 36, and mother
of eight clilrdren, may share her
estate without facing possible le
gal complications, Mrs Elizabeth
Edwards, wealthy Mount Wash
ington woman, adopted her.
CLEVELAND, O.—Belt's can't
stand prosperity. "Calluses" are
coming Into style again, a local
manufacturer said. Prosperity
rounds a man out and makes a
belt uncomfortable, he claimed.
Horse Turns
On Hydrant
KENTON, 0.. Oct. 87. —
Crawford & Son, liverymen,
own a horse which thoy
claim possesses unusual ani
mal Intelligence
The horse turns on the
hydrant, takes a drink of
water and then turns oft the
water.
g«i»««NIGKT EDITION*****
WEATHER
Tacoma: Probably fair tonight
j and Saturday, cooler tonight ex
cept near coast. ■
Washington: Same. I
■HHUHmiHHiWiHlillliHHl W*
FOR NEW
POLITICAL
FREEDOM
The nonpartisanship bill initiated at Olym
pia by Councilman Oliver T. Eriokson, of Se
attle, calls for a new political freedom.
It calls for a complete freedom for the peo
ple of Washington from party slavery.
It is designated to give every \»»i<*r unlimit
ed opportunity to choose office holden n i-
KardJess of the national political beliefs tlu iy
hold and to prevent little men from slipping
into office merely on the strength of party
labels.
Ward heelers, political manipulators and
hand-pickers of every sort will fight this bill.
They are unanimously opposed to putting
county and state offices on the same progres
sive plane as Taeoma and practically all the
other cities of the stale moved up to several
years ago.
And yet there is no reason in the world why
I coroner, a comity auditor or a governor
should be elected on the platform of sonic na
tional party.
Each of these offices should be filled with
the one idea of selecting the most efficient
man available.
Now it is up to the secretary of state and at
torney general to prepare a ballot title for this
bill.
It" they act with reasonable promptness
they can finish the task in plenty of time for
the petition to be signed by the voters on
election day. If they pursue 1 heir usual policy
of dilly-dally and procrastinate the obtaining
of signatures will be somewhat delayed and
made more difficult. Voters, watch how these
two officials act.
In the meantime let every progressive
minded and independent citizen "talk up"
this bill among his friends. Prepare for a
whirlwind campaign to obtain 100,000 names
on the petition.
Such a list would be a virtual command to
the legislature, and would insure that the bill
pass this coming winter instead of being sub
mitted to vote two years hence.
TT WOULD MEAN THAT OUR NEW PO
LITICAL FREEDOM WOULD BE(HN
WITH THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION.
WILL HONOR GOVERNOR
Saturday evening the people of
Tacoma will be called on to wel
come Gov. bister, who is to speak
at the Tacoma theater. Qov. Lis
ter has lived nearly all of his
life in Tacoma.
"It is not necessary to be a
democrat, republican, socialist,
progressive or socialist laborlte
in order to attend tonight's meet-
Ing," says Harry Collier of the
democratic headquarters.
"Gov. Lister will tell why he
believes that you should again
Talk o' the Times
(ireetingH, have you been
raided yet?
riant a Koya bean.
After ronslderlng the sub
ject deeply we have arrived
at the conclusion that what*
wrong with marriage !■:
1. Hnsbandi.
S. Wives.
Honolulu ukulele factories are
working nights to Ml this coun
try's orders. Prosperity hae its
dark side.
Don't worry abont the
price of paper. If it Roes u
trifle higher the shoe manu
facturers won't be able to
make Holes oat of It.
TOMORROW «T THE LAZT
MAN'S BUSY DAY.
The following ad In a San Diego
newßiiuppr is reproduced, free of
charge, for the benefit of candi
dates who fall to maka connection
NOT. 7:
i "Wanted —Experienced l*moa
pickers near city; 19 cents ncr
hour. Board 60 cents a Uay."
honor him with a re-election a*
your chief magistrate of tbq
great state of Washington.
"Fill Tacoma theater M It was
never filled before so that Gov,
List or can say wherever he Koee
throughout the state that the.
welcome accorded him In his
home city beat every gathering
that he has attended in the state*
"If you have an automobile of
fer your services to the Ulster
committee and Join In a parade
to welcome your governor."
Which would jom rather
do—help a friend or shoot • ,
stranger? I
So wonld we. ™
Eating onions Is Mid to be the"
tecret of health. But how can 1|
>« kept secret?
About the lime that father
and mother ilisugrer, mm
K<*ts motlifr to let him do the
things father *ay« he mu«M't
and (ln'n hoi Us the Mune gag
on father.
Now when a 400-6 M Wants to
"put on dog" she pins a aHhouat
of her poodle ta the front of hej
lace blouse.
HERE'S A PACT TO *^i- -4
POSTCARD TO TOtTK <ML**^
1 UIENDS IN THB tUM .
Yaklraa Walter Afll^H
dnced 'between |t,*t«,«r*^fh
and $9,000,000 wort*