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(From the Detroit Free Press.) BATTL.B CREEK, Mich.—Although city cat-tag* wigon, carrying 3,000 povnds of oenicat, ran ovct Asa, BrMtueyer's head to- dXy, the only result was a headache. 25c A MONTH. TACOMA, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, DKCEMHKR 14, 1916. The TacomaTimes THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA. lc A COPY. { VOL. XIII. NO. 311. WEATHER : Tacoma: Fair tonight and Fri- day, continued cold. Washington: Same, continued ; cold. iitinLiLiuuLiLinuLiniiniLinLHH ; U.S. DIVER IN PERIL OFF EUREKA H-3 GOES AGROUND IN A FO6 (United Press I/eased Wire.) EUREKA, Cal., Dec. 14.— Within a short distance of the shore, the IT.lT. 8. subma- rine H-8 today whh badly damaged in the berukers op- posite Kurrka, having be«n rolled over at a heavy nnnli- by the seas. After an alarm had been sounded and the coast guard crew In cntter* had hurried to the rescne, the xnbmarlne signalled that all on board were safe. The coast guard crew arranged to bring a gun up the beach at ooce and to shoot a line over the diver. Exactly what happened to the submarine has not yet been ascer- tained. The vessel was discovered in distress shortly before 10 o'clock this morning by a little girl who was walking on the shore. A shoal runs out into the bay at this point, with deep water on either side. Girl Report* Accident. The girl reported the situation to the Samoa offices of the Ham- mond Lumber Co. and the tug Re- lief was started out. Simultaneously the submarine tender Cheyenne wirelessed that the vessel was in distress. The Relief and the Cheyenne are standing off shore away from the spot where the submarine is located. A great crowd gathered to watch the work of rescue. At 11:40 rog, which had lifted temporarily, dropped down again and the submarine was lost to \u25a0view. Itattinged on Kit rr Bar. The mother ship Cheyenne at 11 o'clock made a daring attempt to reach the submarine, but soon withdrew to sea. The submarines H-t, H-2 and H-3, with the U. 8. monitor Chey- enne, stopped at Astoria Tuesday while Commander Howe inspect- ed the port as a possible naval base. While crossing the olumbia riv- •r bar, Inbound, the H-S's engines were damaged. It was necessary for the Chey- enne to tow the H-3 Into the river. The flotilla put out Tuesday night. GERMANS ADVANCE IN RUMANIA FRONT ((\u25a0lte<l I'rf,. I .rased Hlrf.i BERLIN, rla Sayville wireless, Dec. 14.—"Favorable progress on the whole front, despite heavy difficulties caused by condition of the roads," was reported from Field Marshal yon Mackensen's front in Rumania in today's offi- cial statement. C. P. R. SECRETARY ON RETIRED LIST (Special to The Times.) MONTREAL, Dec. 14.— W. R. Baker, secretary of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co., and assistant to tha presildent, has at his own request been placed on the retired lilt. Baker has been succeeded by Ernest Alexander. U. P. BUYS 200 CARS (United Press I^eased Wire.) PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 14.— Contracts for 200 Union Pacific freight cars have been awarded Twohey Brothers of Portland. Needing Assistance This company gives particular attention to the business of those who, through lack of experience, need ad- vice or assistance in the management of their investments. fc'qsiSmmißsnh Cutting Him Free! Mayor Proclaims Feast of Candles BY A. V. FAWOKTT, MAYOK "Tacoma again approaches the annual Christmas festival. "Interpretations of philosophy may clash but all humanity unites to glorify the golden rule Chrint taught and lived, and all the world longs for the time when his memorial of "Pence on Karth; good will toward man" shall find its perfect consummation. "It la fitting, therefore, that all should celebrate the Christmas time and cultivate the law of love he taught and lived so splendidly. "My sentiments respond heart- ily to the suggestion of Senator Kalph Metcalf to revive in Tacoma the beautiful Puritan custom of placing a lighted candle in the window Christmas night as a Blgn of welcome to the Christ spirit. "Our city is apparently enter- Ing upon a new era. Just in pro- portion as we now forget the past and live the Christ Idea of all for one and one for all will we climb high upon the ladder of success. "It Is a fitting time to dedicate ourselves to common welfare and the principles of unity and broth- erhood that made Christ's life I Talk o' the Times \ ———™—\u25a0 —^ i Greeting", have you bouulii your Christmas candles? No, Suzanne, emphatically no, Senator Metcalf's Feast of Can- dles is not that kind of a feast; you may with propriety serve goose as usual. King George tried to pull a Bonar, but found a Law against it. After Investigation (Old EnF lißh for "probe") our Research department reports that the bal- ance of evidence is against the uso of the hyphen in the name David Lloyd George. The English "Who's Who," the American Congressional library catalogue, and the London library catalogue list the Welshman un- der the L's and give him a coup- ling pin; but the official Ist of the Privy Council, all English news- papers and periodicals, and even a published volume of Lloyd Qeorge's speeches, omit the pin. The valued proofroom would be safe, we believe, in following these examples, but we presume it won't do It. That Idea of having the whole Northwest pay for ad- vertising British Columbia is another Million-DollarIdea —for British Columbia, THE KINO OF RUMANIA TO HIS GOVERNMENT We move today to Jasty, Where the Jail bands play, worth glorifying through all these centuries. "As a mark of our apprecia- tion of these principles and as a pledgo that we will henceforth try to take our place and do our part toward consummation of all tilings that make for progress and for Kenernl good, I call upon our citlztms of every creed and race and . ...in' of thought to place on Christmas night a lighted candle in the window of their home or store or shop to typify the light within our hearts and give us all a part in honoring Christmas." 250,000 BALLOTS CAST FOR PROHIS. CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—The pro- hibition vote at the November election, It is Bald at prohibition national headquarters, was in round numbers 250,000 for presi- dent and 600,000 for state offi- cers. Socialistic headquarters say they are etlll short the returns from a number of states, but es- timate the presidential vote at 750,000 to 800,000. To drink our demy-tassy Far from the madding fray. Of courso 'twould he more classy In Bucharest to stay, But the Teutons ate so sassy, So pushing, so outre, That we move today to Jassy, Lord a'massy! Dear old Jassy, far away. D. E. J. <in.ni fr« it;! 11 rales, ne read, have ciiuxcd an increase in the price of bananas. It's a very complicated situation but it's like this: The cum- puny owning the bananas owns the boat*, mid It is com- pelled to charge itaelf higher rate*, henco the higher price of the Immunis. "She rolled her eyes from the sick couch across the room."— Chicago Post. Commercial frankness from the Kinjf Motor company: "You can't ride in one with- out being sold." This kind of a December Is a nuisance. One has to meet a dozen or more men or women dally who insist upon telling you that the climate is changing. BE A HPCG Why not buy something useful for mother? Frinstance—• A teakettle. A waffle iron. A book of milk coupons. A griddle. A kitchen spoon. NEWS FREAKS OFF THE WIRE (United Prm I.ea#ed Wire.) NEWARK, N. J.—The New Year's greeting Sergeant Bonnet's wife mailed him on a pogu&rd Dec. 30. ISUft, was Just delivered today. It had been resting at the postofflce. A $16,250 DINNER NEW YORK —Manager Charles Gehring of the Biltmore will sit down to a simple little $16,250 dinner tonight. But he won't eat It all; there will be 649 other hotel men to honor and help him. At $25 a plate. BLAMES WOMEN AURORA, 111.—Dr. A. R. Reeder blames grip on women. "They dress for a hothouse and run out on the street. They won't cover up and the men catch it from the women," he said. DEATH BEATS THEM CHICAGO— Mrs. Joseph Brown swore to a warrant against her husband and returned home with a policeman, but death beat them. Brown was dead from asphyxia- tion. WE'D RATHER BE FAT CHICAGO—She's getting fat and fears Bhe will lose her job as a clothing model, so Miss Hal- lle Piper goes bathing in the lake each day despite near-zero weather. HOPE SHE MARRIES SAN FRANCISCO—Miss Gud- run Bodrarsdottir Orderedson of Reykholtsdal, Borgarfjardarsisla, is the first native Iceland woman to seek American citizenship. She took out her first papers here. VESTLESS WILLIAM GRASS VALLEY, Cal.—Be- cause he would have had to wear a coat and vest, Trustee William Mann refused to attend the fu- neral of Mayor Hosktng. Except for a few minutes when he was married, he has never worn a coat. By Lord Northcliffe (Copyright, 1910, By the United Press.) (Copyrighted in Great Britain.) LONDON, Dec. 14. —Germany's peace proposals are due to the fact which interned neutral cor- respondents In Berlin have not been allowed to Indicate, that dur- ing the last few weeks, grave in- ternal dissensions have arisen, owing to the food shortage and a reign of terror. Moreover, relations have been greatly strained between the vari- ous German and Austrian states and also with Turkey. MEDICAL EXPERTS OK STAND John Plerwsza's Sunday suit waa added to the ex- traordinary collection of cx- hlbita in Judge Clifford's courtroom Thursday morn- Ing, in the case in which Pler- WK/ii 1m charged with h*vlng murdered his wife at Wllke- son, Oct. 80. Testimony in rebuttal began at noon. Thursday morning was occu- pied by medical testimony. Drs. H. A. Wall, Q. O. R. Kunz and T. F. Smith all testified that the wound received by Mrs. Pier- wsza would not necessarily have prevented her leaving the spot where the defense claims she w:is shot, an dwalking around the stove to the place where she was found. Dispute Assertions. They also agreed that the gun probably was held close to her head when fired, thus further weakening the state's contention of murder. The point on which the state has laid stress, the difference !>e- aween velnoua and arterial blood, wa sfshaken by the testimony of two of the doctors that the differ- ence would not be perceptible after an hour or so of exposure to the air. Quarrel at Supper. On the stand in his own defense Wednesday afternoon Pierwsza told, partly in broken English and partly through *n interpreter, his story of his wife's death. They had had a quarrel at the supper table that evening, he •aid. "I says, 'Why don't you say nothing to me?'" he narrated, "and she says, 'To a husband like you It don't pay to talk.' "She says, 'I see you go to Mrs. Tumchuck's house this mornlirc.' and I says, 'Yes, I'm go there but I'm not do nothing bad, only call for Charley Tumcnuck.' Confides In Neighbor "Then she start to chew the rag with me some more and cry, and she take a knife from the drawer and says she will stab herself right before my eyea. And I says, 'Many times you promise (Continued on Page Eight.) Berkeleyites Plan War On Food Combine (United Prewi l.rnmt-a Wire.) BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 14. Citizens of Berkeley took the fight against the high cost of liv- ing Into their own hands today, and plans are being made to im- port a huge shipment of potatoes In oar load lots from Canada. A meeting will be held today to consider placing the consignment under municipal jurlsUc'tloii Potatoes from Canada, it was said, could be sold for less than half the price of local spuds. The matter of building a mu- nicipal flour mill here will be taken up before the city council. Are furnishing a lot of talk just now. The high price of them, however, doesn 't make any difference to Dawn O'Hara. She took egg-nogg No. 426 and flopped back, again on the pillow. Read about it in the new novel-a-week, beginning Monday, in The Times. It Eeds Saturday CALLS IT BLUFF The Prussian government also has learned that tbe British em- pire will, during 1917, put forth an effort equal, at least, to that of Germany In 1914, and from the point of view of guns and shells, three times that of Ger- many at any period of the war. The proposals have been received here with contempt. We are gratified that the American senses of humor and Justice have seen through this Muff. France, Russia, Italy and little Belgium an firm •* Plymouth Rock> (CBlted Vrrmm l.<-»«<-<l Win.) NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—A stock market break this afternoon was more serious than that which came on Tuesday after the an- nouncement of Germany's peace proposals. It extended to the curb, where breaks of 1 to 6 points were made by munition stocks. The break was the nearest to panic proportions seen on the stock exchange in years. At 3:26 the official stock exchange ticker had not yet caught up with clos- ing sales, ho great was the dump- ing of stock*. GRIM, SIMPLE TRAGEDY THIS BY MABEL ABBOTT It is a grim, simple tragedy that has been unrolling itself in Judge Clifford's courtroom this week-a story that Gorky or Turgenieff might have written. Just the story of a Russian-Po'ish immigrant and his wife, like millions of others in all but its ending. The man, John Pierwsza, is an insignificant figure as he sits behind his attorneys all day long in the crowded courtroom, his stumpy legs swinging clear of the fioor, his head resting heavily on his hand, or craned for- ward to catch the meaning of the things that are going on around him. He has the broad face and high cheekbones of his race, pale with the unhealthy pallor of the coal mine. His hands are muti- lated and the nails worn to the quick with a lifetime of toil. The habit of obedience shows itself in every motion, and there is a sort of a dumb, animal-like endurance in the very set of his shoulders. John Pierwsza was only 26 years old when he came to Ameri- ca. He had served four years in the Russian army before he came. He had courage and initiative, for he did not settle down to the dull, hopeless life of the peasant, but struck out in the bold hopefulness of youth for a free country. He was married. He left his wife behind, to wait until he could send for her. His first job in the new world was "in a tunnel, under the water," in New York—the hard, dangerous work that he and his kind do for the country to which they come. When he had saved money enough, he sent a ticket back to the old country, and his wife joined him. They lived in New York for some time; and then he came west, leaving her to wait again until he should find work. He found it in the little mining towns of Washington. In Carbonado he sent for her again, and she came. Later they went to Wilkeson. He could neither read nor write. She could not even count beyond the first seven numerals. Neither of them ever learned to speak well the language of the new country. But they worked hard, and he had a certain shrewdness, and by and by they owned their home—a house with a parlor and a bedroom and a dining room with portieres, and a kitchen with a fine range, and a sep- arate summer kitchen. They owned other property, too. John and his wife were close together may have been < r l«ii"n-ii.'il by i his at with a closeness that easier lives do not first, but it Ik mire Hint by and by he know. shrugged his -!\u25a0• >.tl-i<-*—- and told her "My wife know all what I know?" he he had heard (lint h,fore. Raid on the witness stand yesterday, in The neighbors heard of their trou- Rimple surprise at a question. "Hure hies. They both talked about them Nile she know where the gun is she know went once to the mayor to have John ererything I know. I buy one of my lots arrested. He went in un attorney to In my wife name—the one in Tacoma." see about getting n divorce BIT WITH ALL THIS THKY WERE AND THKN ONE NIGHT IT HAP NOT HAI'PY. PKXKI). THKV HAI> NO CHII.DItKX. WHAT IT WIN NO n\V urn John always knew what he wanted. KNOW rvTii xvi.- \u0084'\u25a0,,:„„ .„ He knew when he cut loose from the old HRNIIKIIL'h M»»UT 18 country; he knew when he left New „„ . .' \u0084 _ York and came west; he knew when he erliaps she finally found courage to tolled and saved and Ixmght his prop- <*"-y out her threat, so Uiat John erty. And what he wanted, he had got. *S| "^ *}" ""••»* "• mostly. ertiai* the smouldering anger of ibe Dnt what he wanted most of any- '""" le*|MMl ml" flalne ln M>"" > Priml- thiug In the world hw. children. live moment nnd he hilled her. "I wanted to have children in the , , ," f "'* stor> r ls le«»y Ou> house to play with when I came home," *? m „" rtlh/T ra*e for ller. » W«ve la lie said In answer to a lawyer's question. {,„? "'"" nilnln X «<•"" »" the new, un. He spoke with the quiet confidence of !.T hJi >; '"'' "'" Mr«nK«>. one who has no doubt that everyltody , ,', , .!*." J°° m- **>« lawyers who will understand. It was not conceivable ' 'h'n«" "•'••••"' not understand, iimi anybody should not w«nt children """'K» "J* [«ie <lc|ien<]a on them, the most of all. J" lep \u25a0\u25a0* *«> «*"• And no children came. A" <lay n<" "lt« dumb, with «irainl.ig He and his wife were too close to- *yeB < and nervous fingers tracing cinles gether not to Irritate each other when around his mouth. He does whatever he they were unhappy. « *oW to do, promptly and docilely, with They quarreled. Their quarrel* were unresentful obedience of the RuHsian not restrained by social conventions. soldier—holds out his hands for the When John felt like swearing at her, Jur>' "*"n»lne the stubby nails, htundx he swore. She said he struck her. They "•'• "118 *'«». walks quietly beside the quarreled about big tilings and little oherlfr. tilings; and always he had the unan- JOHN* I'll i;\\s/ \ AND ins WIFH swerable taunt—she gave him no chll- WKKK IN THK HANDS OK lATK- dren. ANO THKIK STORY HAD A TRAOIO She threatened to kUI herself. He ENDING. NEAR-PANIC ON WALL STREET $35,000 AWARD IN LIBEL SUIT <<-\u25a0\u25a0<*« Prnu I«ik| Win.) NEW YORK, Ooc. 14—Ma trate Joseph C. Corrlgan «m awarded 955.000 In fata lIBO.H libel mi it against the Bokl Merrill Publlghlnf Co. today.

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(From the Detroit Free Press.)BATTL.B CREEK, Mich.—Although • city

cat-tag* wigon, carrying 3,000 povnds ofoenicat, ran ovct Asa, BrMtueyer's head to-dXy, the only result was a headache.

25c A MONTH.TACOMA, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, DKCEMHKR 14, 1916.

The TacomaTimesTHE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA. lc A COPY. {

VOL. XIII. NO. 311.

WEATHER :Tacoma: Fair tonight and Fri-

day, continued cold.Washington: Same, continued ;

cold.

iitinLiLiuuLiLinuLiniiniLinLHH;

U.S. DIVER IN PERIL OFF EUREKAH-3 GOES

AGROUNDIN A FO6

(United Press I/eased Wire.)EUREKA, Cal., Dec. 14.—

Within a short distance ofthe shore, the IT.lT. 8. subma-rine H-8 today whh badlydamaged in the berukers op-posite Kurrka, having be«nrolled over at a heavy nnnli-by the seas.

After an alarm had beensounded and the coast guardcrew In cntter* had hurriedto the rescne, the xnbmarlnesignalled that all on boardwere safe.The coast guard crew arranged

to bring a gun up the beach atooce and to shoot a line over thediver.

Exactly what happened to thesubmarine has not yet been ascer-tained.

The vessel was discovered indistress shortly before 10 o'clockthis morning by a little girl whowas walking on the shore.

A shoal runs out into the bayat this point, with deep water oneither side.

Girl Report* Accident.The girl reported the situation

to the Samoa offices of the Ham-mond Lumber Co. and the tug Re-lief was started out.

Simultaneously the submarinetender Cheyenne wirelessed thatthe vessel was in distress.

The Relief and the Cheyenneare standing off shore away fromthe spot where the submarine islocated.

A great crowd gathered towatch the work of rescue.

At 11:40 rog, which had liftedtemporarily, dropped down againand the submarine was lost to\u25a0view.

Itattinged on Kitrr Bar.The mother ship Cheyenne at 11

o'clock made a daring attempt toreach the submarine, but soonwithdrew to sea.

The submarines H-t, H-2 andH-3, with the U. 8. monitor Chey-enne, stopped at Astoria Tuesdaywhile Commander Howe inspect-ed the port as a possible navalbase.

While crossing the olumbia riv-•r bar, Inbound, the H-S's engineswere damaged.

It was necessary for the Chey-enne to tow the H-3 Into the river.

The flotilla put out Tuesdaynight.

GERMANS ADVANCEIN RUMANIA FRONT

((\u25a0lte<l I'rf,. I .rased Hlrf.i

BERLIN, rla Sayville wireless,Dec. 14.—"Favorable progresson the whole front, despite heavydifficulties caused by conditionof the roads," was reported fromField Marshal yon Mackensen'sfront in Rumania in today's offi-cial statement.

C. P. R. SECRETARYON RETIRED LIST

(Special to The Times.)MONTREAL, Dec. 14.—W. R.

Baker, secretary of the CanadianPacific Railway Co., and assistantto tha presildent, has at his ownrequest been placed on the retiredlilt. Baker has been succeededby Ernest Alexander.

U. P. BUYS 200 CARS(United Press I^eased Wire.)PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 14.—

Contracts for 200 Union Pacificfreight cars have been awardedTwohey Brothers of Portland.

NeedingAssistance

This company givesparticular attention tothe business of thosewho, through lack ofexperience, need ad-vice or assistance inthe management oftheir investments.

fc'qsiSmmißsnh

Cutting Him Free!

Mayor ProclaimsFeast of Candles

BY A. V. FAWOKTT, MAYOK"Tacoma again approaches the

annual Christmas festival."Interpretations of philosophy

may clash but all humanity unitesto glorify the golden rule Chrinttaught and lived, and all theworld longs for the time when hismemorial of "Pence on Karth;good will toward man" shall findits perfect consummation.

"Itla fitting, therefore, that allshould celebrate the Christmastime and cultivate the law of lovehe taught and lived so splendidly.

"My sentiments respond heart-ily to the suggestion of SenatorKalph Metcalf to revive in Tacomathe beautiful Puritan custom ofplacing a lighted candle in thewindow Christmas night as a Blgnof welcome to the Christ spirit.

"Our city is apparently enter-Ing upon a new era. Just in pro-portion as we now forget the pastand live the Christ Idea of all forone and one for all will we climbhigh upon the ladder of success.

"It Is a fitting time to dedicateourselves to common welfare andthe principles of unity and broth-erhood that made Christ's life

I Talk o' the Times \———™—\u25a0 —^ i

Greeting", have you bouuliiyour Christmas candles?

No, Suzanne, emphatically no,Senator Metcalf's Feast of Can-dles is not that kind of a feast;you may with propriety servegoose as usual.

King George tried to pulla Bonar, but found a Lawagainst it.

After Investigation (Old EnFlißh for "probe") our Researchdepartment reports that the bal-ance of evidence is against theuso of the hyphen in the nameDavid Lloyd George.

The English "Who's Who," theAmerican Congressional librarycatalogue, and the London librarycatalogue list the Welshman un-der the L's and give him a coup-ling pin; but the official Ist of thePrivy Council, all English news-papers and periodicals, and evena published volume of LloydQeorge's speeches, omit the pin.The valued proofroom would besafe, we believe, in following theseexamples, but we presume it won'tdo It.

That Idea of having thewhole Northwest pay for ad-vertising British Columbiais another Million-DollarIdea—for British Columbia,

THE KINO OF RUMANIA TOHIS GOVERNMENT

We move today to Jasty,Where the Jail bands play,

worth glorifying through all thesecenturies.

"As a mark of our apprecia-tion of these principles and as apledgo that we will henceforth tryto take our place and do our parttoward consummation of alltilings that make for progress andfor Kenernl good, I call upon ourcitlztms of every creed and raceand . ...in' of thought to place onChristmas night a lighted candlein the window of their home orstore or shop to typify the lightwithin our hearts and give us alla part in honoring Christmas."

250,000 BALLOTSCAST FOR PROHIS.

CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—The pro-hibition vote at the Novemberelection, It is Bald at prohibitionnational headquarters, was inround numbers 250,000 for presi-dent and 600,000 for state offi-cers.

Socialistic headquarters saythey are etlll short the returnsfrom a number of states, but es-timate the presidential vote at750,000 to 800,000.

To drink our demy-tassyFar from the madding fray.Of courso 'twould he more classyIn Bucharest to stay,But the Teutons ate so sassy,So pushing, so outre,That we move today to Jassy,Lord a'massy!Dear old Jassy, far away.

D. E. J.

<in.ni fr« it;! 11 rales, neread, have ciiuxcd an increasein the price of bananas. It'sa very complicated situationbut it's like this: The cum-puny owning the bananasowns the boat*, mid Itis com-pelled to charge itaelf higherrate*, henco the higher priceof the Immunis.

"She rolled her eyes from thesick couch across the room."—Chicago Post.

Commercial frankness fromthe Kinjf Motor company:"You can't ride in one with-out being sold."

This kind of a December Is anuisance. One has to meet adozen or more men or womendally who insist upon telling youthat the climate is changing.

BE A HPCGWhy not buy something useful

for mother? Frinstance—•A teakettle.A waffle iron.A book of milk coupons.A griddle.

A kitchen spoon.

NEWS FREAKSOFF THE WIRE

(United Prm I.ea#ed Wire.)

NEWARK, N. J.—The NewYear's greeting Sergeant Bonnet'swife mailed him on a pogu&rdDec. 30. ISUft, was Just deliveredtoday. It had been resting at thepostofflce.

A $16,250 DINNERNEW YORK—Manager Charles

Gehring of the Biltmore will sitdown to a simple little $16,250dinner tonight. But he won't eatIt all; there will be 649 otherhotel men to honor and help him.At $25 a plate.

BLAMES WOMENAURORA, 111.—Dr. A. R.

Reeder blames grip on women."They dress for a hothouse andrun out on the street. Theywon't cover up and the mencatch it from the women," hesaid.

DEATH BEATS THEMCHICAGO— Mrs. Joseph Brown

swore to a warrant against herhusband and returned home witha policeman, but death beat them.Brown was dead from asphyxia-tion.

WE'D RATHER BE FATCHICAGO—She's getting fat

and fears Bhe will lose her jobas a clothing model, so Miss Hal-lle Piper goes bathing in the lakeeach day despite near-zeroweather.

HOPE SHE MARRIESSAN FRANCISCO—Miss Gud-

run Bodrarsdottir Orderedson ofReykholtsdal, Borgarfjardarsisla,is the first native Iceland womanto seek American citizenship. Shetook out her first papers here.

VESTLESS WILLIAMGRASS VALLEY, Cal.—Be-

cause he would have had to weara coat and vest, Trustee WilliamMann refused to attend the fu-neral of Mayor Hosktng. Exceptfor a few minutes when he wasmarried, he has never worn acoat.

By Lord Northcliffe(Copyright, 1910, By the United

Press.)(Copyrighted in Great Britain.)LONDON, Dec. 14.—Germany's

peace proposals are due to thefact which interned neutral cor-respondents In Berlin have notbeen allowed to Indicate, that dur-ing the last few weeks, grave in-ternal dissensions have arisen,owing to the food shortage and areign of terror.

Moreover, relations have beengreatly strained between the vari-ous German and Austrian statesand also with Turkey.

MEDICALEXPERTS

OK STANDJohn Plerwsza's Sunday

suit waa added to the ex-traordinary collection of cx-

hlbita in Judge Clifford'scourtroom Thursday morn-Ing, in the case in which Pler-WK/ii 1m charged with h*vlngmurdered his wife at Wllke-son, Oct. 80.Testimony in rebuttal began at

noon.Thursday morning was occu-

pied by medical testimony.Drs. H. A. Wall, Q. O. R. Kunz

and T. F. Smith all testified thatthe wound received by Mrs. Pier-wsza would not necessarily haveprevented her leaving the spotwhere the defense claims she w:isshot, an dwalking around thestove to the place where she wasfound.

Dispute Assertions.They also agreed that the gun

probably was held close to herhead when fired, thus furtherweakening the state's contentionof murder.

The point on which the statehas laid stress, the difference !>e-aween velnoua and arterial blood,wa sfshaken by the testimony oftwo of the doctors that the differ-ence would not be perceptibleafter an hour or so of exposure tothe air.

Quarrel at Supper.On the stand in his own defense

Wednesday afternoon Pierwszatold, partly in broken Englishand partly through *n interpreter,his story of his wife's death.

They had had a quarrel at thesupper table that evening, he•aid.

"I says, 'Why don't you saynothing to me?'" he narrated,"and she says, 'To a husband likeyou It don't pay to talk.'

"She says, 'I see you go to Mrs.Tumchuck's house this mornlirc.'and I says, 'Yes, I'm go there butI'm not do nothing bad, only callfor Charley Tumcnuck.'

Confides In Neighbor"Then she start to chew the

rag with me some more and cry,and she take a knife from thedrawer and says she will stabherself right before my eyea. AndI says, 'Many times you promise

(Continued on Page Eight.)

BerkeleyitesPlan War OnFood Combine

(United Prewi l.rnmt-a Wire.)

BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 14. —Citizens of Berkeley took thefight against the high cost of liv-ing Into their own hands today,and plans are being made to im-port a huge shipment of potatoesIn oar load lots from Canada.

A meeting will be held today toconsider placing the consignmentunder municipal jurlsUc'tloii

Potatoes from Canada, it wassaid, could be sold for less thanhalf the price of local spuds.

The matter of building a mu-nicipal flour mill here will betaken up before the city council.

Are furnishing a lot oftalk just now.

The high price of them,however, doesn 't makeany difference to DawnO'Hara.

She took egg-nogg No.426 and flopped back,again on the pillow.

Read about it in the newnovel-a-week, beginningMonday, in The Times.

ItEeds Saturday

CALLS IT BLUFFThe Prussian government also

has learned that tbe British em-pire will, during 1917, put forthan effort equal, at least, to thatof Germany In 1914, and fromthe point of view of guns andshells, three times that of Ger-many at any period of the war.

The proposals have beenreceived here with contempt.

We are gratified that theAmerican senses of humorand Justice have seen throughthis Muff.

France, Russia, Italy andlittle Belgium an firm •*

Plymouth Rock>

(CBlted Vrrmm l.<-»«<-<l Win.)

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—A

stock market break this afternoonwas more serious than that which

came on Tuesday after the an-nouncement of Germany's peaceproposals. It extended to thecurb, where breaks of 1 to 6

points were made by munitionstocks.

The break was the nearest topanic proportions seen on thestock exchange in years. At 3:26the official stock exchange tickerhad not yet caught up with clos-ing sales, ho great was the dump-ing of stock*.

GRIM, SIMPLETRAGEDY THIS

BY MABEL ABBOTTIt is a grim, simple tragedy that has been

unrolling itself in Judge Clifford's courtroomthis week-a story that Gorky or Turgenieffmight have written.

Just the story of a Russian-Po'ish immigrantand his wife, like millions of others in all butits ending.

The man, John Pierwsza, is an insignificantfigure as he sits behind his attorneys all daylong in the crowded courtroom, his stumpylegs swinging clear of the fioor, his headresting heavily on his hand, or craned for-ward to catch the meaning of the things thatare going on around him.

He has the broad face and high cheekbones of his race, palewith the unhealthy pallor of the coal mine. His hands are muti-lated and the nails worn to the quick with a lifetime of toil.

The habit of obedience shows itself in every motion, and thereis a sort of a dumb, animal-like endurance in the very set of hisshoulders.

John Pierwsza was only 26 years old when he came to Ameri-ca. He had served four years in the Russian army before hecame.

He had courage and initiative, for he did not settle down tothe dull, hopeless life of the peasant, but struck out in the boldhopefulness of youth for a free country.

He was married. He left his wife behind, to wait until hecould send for her.

His first job in the new world was "in a tunnel, under thewater," in New York—the hard, dangerous work that he and hiskind do for the country to which they come.

When he had saved money enough, he sent a ticket back to theold country, and his wife joined him. They lived in New Yorkfor some time; and then he came west, leaving her to wait againuntil he should find work.

He found it in the little mining towns of Washington. InCarbonado he sent for her again, and she came. Later they wentto Wilkeson.

He could neither read nor write. She could not even countbeyond the first seven numerals. Neither of them ever learnedto speak well the language of the new country. But they workedhard, and he had a certain shrewdness, and by and by they ownedtheir home—a house with a parlor and a bedroom and a diningroom with portieres, and a kitchen with a fine range, and a sep-arate summer kitchen. They owned other property, too.

John and his wifewere close together may have been < r l«ii"n-ii.'ilby i his atwith a closeness that easier lives do not first, but it Ik mire Hint by and by heknow. shrugged his -!\u25a0• >.tl-i<-*—- and told her"My wife know all what I know?" he he had heard (lint h,fore.Raid on the witness stand yesterday, in The neighbors heard of their trou-Rimple surprise at a question. "Hure hies. They both talked about them Nileshe know where the gun is — she know went once to the mayor to have Johnererything Iknow. I buy one of my lots arrested. He went in un attorney toIn my wife name—the one in Tacoma." see about getting n divorce

BIT WITH ALL THIS THKY WERE AND THKN ONE NIGHT IT HAPNOT HAI'PY. PKXKI).THKV HAI> NO CHII.DItKX. WHAT IT WIN NO n\V urnJohn always knew what he wanted. KNOW rvTii xvi.- \u0084'\u25a0,,:„„ .„

He knew when he cut loose from the old HRNIIKIIL'h M»»UT 18country; he knew when he left New „„. .' \u0084

_York and came west; he knew when he erliaps she finally found courage totolled and saved and Ixmght his prop- <*"-y out her threat, so Uiat Johnerty. And what he wanted, he had got. *S| "^ *}"""••»* "•mostly. ertiai* the smouldering anger of ibe

Dnt what he wanted most of any- '""" le*|MMl ml" flalne ln M>""> Priml-thiug In the world hw. children. live moment nnd he hilled her.

"I wanted to have children in the , , ,"f "'*stor> r ls le«»y Ou>house to play with when I came home," *?m „"rtlh/T ra*e for ller. » W«ve lalie said In answer to a lawyer's question. {,„? "'"" nilnlnX «<•"" »" the new, un.He spoke with the quiet confidence of !.T hJi >; '"'' "'" Mr«nK«>.one who has no doubt that everyltody , ,', , .!*." J°°m- **>« lawyers whowill understand. Itwas not conceivable „ ' 'h'n«" "•'••••"' not understand,iimi anybody should not w«nt children """'K» "J* [«ie <lc|ien<]a on them, themost of all. J"lep \u25a0\u25a0*

*«> «*"•And no children came. A" <lay n<" "lt« dumb, with «irainl.igHe and his wife were too close to- *yeB< and nervous fingers tracing cinles

gether not to Irritate each other when around his mouth. He does whatever hethey were unhappy. « *oW to do, promptly and docilely, with

They quarreled. Their quarrel* were unresentful obedience of the RuHsiannot restrained by social conventions. soldier—holds out his hands for theWhen John felt like swearing at her, Jur>' *° "*"n»lne the stubby nails, htundxhe swore. She said he struck her. They "•'• "118 *'«». walks quietly beside thequarreled about big tilings and little oherlfr.tilings; and always he had the unan- JOHN* I'll i;\\s/ \ AND ins WIFHswerable taunt—she gave him no chll- WKKK IN THK HANDS OK lATK-dren. ANO THKIK STORY HAD A TRAOIOShe threatened to kUI herself. He ENDING.

NEAR-PANIC ON WALL STREET$35,000 AWARD

IN LIBEL SUIT<<-\u25a0\u25a0<*« Prnu I«ik| Win.)

NEW YORK, Ooc. 14—Matrate Joseph C. Corrlgan «mawarded 955.000 In fata lIBO.Hlibel miit against the BoklMerrill Publlghlnf Co. today.