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WATCH FOR "THE CITY OF NUMBERED DAYS" IN MONDAY'S TIMES&«T«*wffffffONE CENT nwwwwww,i I For tho ninth season, (luaoh l>oble of the, ' I'niveii.ll;D of \\ ii-lilinit.>u has bern I it \u25a0

- : out a < liaiiiploiishin football team. Yet n<> '•one nsks Mlu-lhar lie's v republican, democrat ;

1 \ or socialist. Why not elect our county offl- .I ' rials iho same way—on whether they're fit,i I rathe* than which party they I < hn.__ to?, | Sign Initiative '2H.

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The Tacoma Times1 25c A MONTH. THEONLY INDEPENpENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA. lc A 00PY.J

VOL. XIII. NO. _>.);->. TACOMA, WASH., KATFhMUV, NOVKMHKU ST I!>lii. 25c A MONTH.

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Washington: Same west portion; Irain or snow east. *

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HOLY SMOKE!EDGAR GOING

TO SERVICES!BY EDGAR C. WHEELER

I'm going to church tumorrow IH's not became my next door neighbor lias been trying to

get me to go to chttreh ever since I landed next door to him.(James A. J lavs is his name —perhaps he's been after you to

take out some everlasting life insurance, too.)To be a truth-telling reporter. I'll have to admit, too, that

it's in* liecause of any particular hankering I have for the

alarm dock, I stiff collar and «'i boiled shirt on the day of rest,

Sunday newspapers and the big arm chair.It's because I have to go. The editor said I had to, and

that's all there is to it.(But before 1 go any further I feel it my duty to make it

plain again that 1 am not the Rev. Edgar C. Wheeler of Tao-ma-and Sylvan. I lis middle name is Couch and mine isn't,though I admire the name yery much, especially 00 a Sundaymorning. The poor man has heen blamed fur enough lowbrow stuff without slinging this on him too.)

/ HE USED TO HAVE TO GOFunny, isn't it, the first recollection 1 have of going to

church is that I had to go!It's strange also, that it brings a lump in my throat to re-

member those bright Sunday mornings when they scrubbedmy neck and put on my best lUit and led me by the hand andlanded me safely, before the old cracked bell stopped tolling,intu the i>e.v, there to wriggle and nibble licorice drops.

I remember times later on, though, when I didn't always goto church just because I had to.

Particularly do I remember a face over beyond the otheraisle, which had the habit of turning away and gazing out ofthe window whenever I I.Hiked at it.

1 remember it was a face that was always sandwiched inbetween dark curls and a freshly ironed fluffy white dress.

Then there was the road to her house, over which shecouldn't possibly have walked alone in safety, even though themoon might be bright.

WILL HEAR A BAPTIST FIRSTI remember later there was a man in a certain pulpit, a reg-

ular feller, too, who could put into words things I felt butcouldn't express, and who could give directions on where tofind some of the things 1 was hunting for.

I think I'll go to the First Baptist church tomorrow. I usedto lie a Baptist once, and Mr. Charles Evans Hughes is one.

Not tbat I have anything against the Presbyterians. I usedto lie a Presbyterian once, too—my folks were the bluest kindof Presbyterians, and President Wilson is one.

I confess I don't know who the preacher of the First Baptistchurch is. All I hope is that he won't be too hard on me andtell me what a lost soul I am, or give any too vivid picture ofhell burning.

And I do hope all the elders and deacons won't gather inthe vestibule to grip me by the hand and welcome me back intothe fold. I can stand having a few bones broken, but theother gets my goat.

So when the church bells ring tomorrow, if you look, you'llsee little Edgar in his best bib and tucker, starting out on thestraight and narrow.

CHINKS REFUSEILLICIT BOOZE

Fifteen Chinamen living inthree squalid upstairs rooms of a

. frame dwelling at 310 South 15thstreet, were the proud possessors

Of 60 quarts of imported whiskyand 18 earthen Jugs filled withChinesp liquor direct from PekingSaturday morning.

But they had possession of thestuff less than five minutes.

A police "dry squad" walked Inupon the excited Chinese, calmlypicked up the two trunks filledwith liquor, and carted the stuffto police headquarters. The boozeis valued at $300.

No arrests were made becausethe Chinese all disclaimed owner-ship.

Discovery of the booze wasmade at the Union station Fridaywhen a baggage clerk saw whiskytrickling from the corner of atrunk.

Detectives were notified, anda "death watch" was placed onthe two trunks.

Saturday morning a Japanese

express man produced baggagechecks and claimed the trunks.The officers seized him, and hedeclared that he had orders to de-liver the trunks to the 1 6th streetaddress.

A "dry squad"' followed theexpress wagon and saw tho trunksenter the house.

"Not ours!" explained 15 Chi-nese In unison, pointing at thetrunks.

"We no send! We no want!Them not for us! You takemway!"

One trunk contained six spe-cially built square cans, contain-ing two and a half gallons eachof whisky. One of the cans hadburst when the trunk was bump-ed in the baggage room.

The other trunk contained 18Jugs of Chinese whisky. Each fugwas placed in the center of a size7 grocery paper sack, and the aa.-kfilled with fine sawdust. Bothtrunks were packed tightly withstraw. They came from SanFrancisco.

SOUTH TACOMASALOON PULLED

Frank J. O'Leary, proprietor of,the Red Front soft drink parlor In,

South Tacoma, formerly the RedFront saloon, was arrested for the Isecond time in a month by the po-lice "dry squad" late Friday after-noon, charged with illegal owner-1ship of liquor.

A raid on O'Leary saloon failedto bring forth any liquor except asmall flask of whisky in the pocketof a bartender's coat.

The dry squad proceeded toO'Leary's home, 5542 Birmingham Istreet, where they had learned Ithrough previous Investigation, >they say, that the former saloon tman was keeping a cache.

Armed with shovels, Detectives <

Blames Robbery OnTroubles With Wife

Kinraid. Osborne and Anderson at-tacked the earthen floor ofO'l.eary'M woodshed. They remov-ed a half cord of wood from onecorner of the shed, and finding asoft place, began digging.

Their efforts resulted in the dis-covery of a five-gallon demijohnfilled with whisky and a two-gal-lon jug half full.

A 4 o'clock Saturday morningPatrolman Miller, who had beenleft on watch at the O'l.cary sa-loon, discovered hidden in a backroom 10 bottles, all containingliquids. Part of the stuff was al-cohol. The rest, labeled "celerytonic," will be analyzed.

O'Leary put up $750 bail in adouble charge.

All Sorts Rub Elbows at 1Funeral of Jack London

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SANTA ROSA, Cal., Nov. 25.—The ashes of Jack London weretaken today to Glen Ellen, wheretomorrow they will be scatteredto the winds, to find their lastresting place in "The Valley ofthe Moon."

Simple serviies, memorial rath-er thin religious in character,will be conducted by Mrs. Char-mian London, the author's widow,and a few close friends.- With London's body Was cre-mated th* farewell of Tochigl.his Japanese valet. Just before|he casket was closed. Tochigl•loowtd through the crowd and

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placed in his dead master'spocket a small writing pad."It Is my good bye. Please

don't take it away," said theJapanese.

On the pad the valet had writ-ten:"Your words were silver;

Your silence now Is gold."The small crowd which attend-

ed London's fiineral yesterdaywag probably tho most cosmopoli-tan ever assembled at a funeral.Waterfront characters, amongwhom London, passed his earlylife, robbed elbows with authors,businessmen and ranch hands.

MemIters of the Rusk In clubstood with bared head* besidedark-skinned Orientals.

"I had trouble with my wife;I was broke and I had no way ofgetting to Seattle to patch up ourdifficulties," was the plea of it.B. Rupery, the 23-year-old Taco-ma robber, Saturday when he ad-mitted to Judge Card that he wasguilty of breaking into the SymanJewelry Co. store, 1132 Broad-way, early Monday morning.

The police declare Rupery Is the"Transom Burglar" who last Sun-day night committed four boldrobberies In the downtown dis-trict and who was Involved in arevolver battle with a patrolmanat Dickson Bros. Pacific aye.store.

Judge Card sentenced him to1 to 15 years in Monroe reforma-tory.

Rupery declared the Symanjewelry robbery was the first

crime he had ever committed. Heflatly denied any part in the oth-er robberies.

He showed the Judge that liehad been honorably dischargedfrom the U. 8. navy last July, hav-ing bought his way out of theservice at San Francisco.

He was married in August, nndbegan working as a railroadbrakeman. Then came difficul-ties with his young wife.

When asked why he had a gunon him at the time of his arrestby the Seattle police, he said itwas "customary for railroad mento carry revolvers."

William Malre, age 17, whobroke into a fruit stand at the11th st. bridge Nov. 19, alsopleaded guilty to a charge of sec-ond degree burglary and was rflv-en a similar sentence.

RAINS SPUDSAT COLONIALFor more than an hour it

fairly rained pottaoes at the Co-lonial this morning. Tubers ofall sizes and description pouredin upon Doorkeepers R. H. Hos-kln and Herbert Anderson, whowere almost swamped by thedeluge.

When the "Potato Matinee"was over there were "spuds" bythe basket, sack and barrel inthe lobby, on the sidewalk andpacking the closets of the thea-ter.

The theater was Jammed withchildren, many of them accom-panied by their parents. 15 min-utes after the theater opened itsdoors.

Every ceat downstairs and upin the loges was taken, the aislesand lobby were crammed, and lit-tle shaver* were hanging onwherever tho» could get a handor foothold. ..

A special program for the "Po-tato Matinee" was given by Man-ager Moots, on which severalcomedies and a funny Paramountfeature, With Sam Bernardstwrred, had a place.

The committee in chare* of theColonial Thanksgiving fufid saidthe "Potato Matinee" was a bigsuoeess. It was annoui*;gA; thatfar more than enough *^iri to]go around bad been i«fl[i

CITYEMPLOYESGET TOGETHER

For better co-operation andharmony among city hall clerks,a number of city employes metat Rosin's hall Friday night andmade arrangements to organize aMunicipal Employes' association.

More than 40 employes attend-ed. Max Garretson was namedtemporary chairman, J. H. Gon-yea secretary, and S. G. Hutchin-son treasurer.

A permanent association willbeformed at a meeting Dec. 7.

DUSCtrSS WAY TOLIFT THE CURSE

"Justice to the Mountain" wasto be the chief topic at s meetingof the Pierce county delegation tothe legislature at 2 p. ni. Satur-day In the Commercial club.

GLEE CLUB GIVESMINSTREL NIGHT

The St. Patrick's Glee clubgave "A Night in Minstrel Land,"Including songs and danoes, in theSt. Patrick's auditorium Fridaynight.

TODAY'S CLEARINGSClearings t 333,835.75

AFTER KELLY'S SCALPA Gay Old Dog

Yale Takes a!6-3 RevengeOn Harvard

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<YALE BOWL. New Haven,Nov. 25.—After a perOrt dropkick by Norween from the 28---yard line had given Harvard alead of H in the first period, Hurryhe Gore, the big Yule mainstay,came to the front for the Blue,ripped up the great Crimson de-fense until Neville was pushedover for the first touchdown forYale over a Harvard team in ninoyears.

Yale's football standard, drag-ged in the dust for years by Har-vard, was thus pulled back to avictorious crest.

Yale's score was obtained bysmashing line plungeß by Le Gore.The Harvard forwards appearedunable to hold him. Horween hadpunted to Vales' 4 7 yard line,where Yale by trick plays beganto go through the Harvard line.

Five yards were gained on thefirst smash. The ball was onHarvard's 41 yard line.

he Gore then ran 30 yards toHarvard's 11 yard line. AgainL<e Gore was given the ball anddashed through for four moreyards. A third smash netted htmstill another four.

The Blue pennants .vaved andthe Harvard team went Into aconference.

His Foes CallHim Faker andSay They WillDefeat Him.tiny I. Kelly, Tacoina leg-

islator, on s.iiin il.i\ sustained,i kick in his poliilcal mid-ribs.

He thought—or at leasthad he<ii telling us all—thathe had votes enough of icgls-lalors-rleel to make himspeaker.

Now there uprise numer-ous legislators who declareKelly Is a plain fu'.er, thatlie has pledged ihHlut the7(1 votes he claims nor the (i.'tneeded to put hill, across.

Anil tliey thereupon startafter the sculp of rncuniu'sfamous census enumerator.

F. 11. (itile, of Seattle, alsowants to be speaker, but heunnounced Saturday that he'dwithdraw, if necessary, iir fa-vor of K. 1,. Ilalsey, Asotincounty member, who alsowants to be it.

The progressixes all areforiiinsl Kell> because of no-torious election hills • nil gen- 'oral reactionary record.

The dry are against him.The IN democrat members

are solid against him.And—most cruel blow of

all—the coalition forces as-sert witli nun b certainly (bat

lii' Tacoma members alsoure opposed to Kelly.

All in all, his enemies as-sert, (hey have enough votesill sight to heat him.

DECLAREWAR ON

BULGARIA(I nllt'd rr.'xK l.i'iiMr.l Wire.)

ATIIKXH, Nov. a."..—Tho(•reek provision novriiiiiiciit,UraUe<l by former PremierYenly.elos, today formally de-clared war again.*! HtilKaria.

Vonizelos established a revolu-tionary, or "provisional," govern-ment of Greece on the island ofCrete some weeks ago. The form-er premier first clashed with KingConstantino because of Venizelos'vigorous pro-ally war views andhis insistence that Greece cast iierlot against Germany.

At the Greek elections Venlze-los apparently obtained support inhis position from the people, buthe failed to move the Greek mon-arch to any change in his attitudeof neutrality.

HOME ROBBEDA daylight burglar en'.ered the

home of W. S. EI well, .1418 SouthG street, Friday afternoon, com-pletely ransacked the dwelling,and escaped witli a gold watch,chain, diamond lavallier, cameoring, silver meat fork and $10 ingold.

| FLASHES|It II1f.,1 l'r.»« I .H.rll WITT.)

WASHINGTON, D. C.^-Theamount of gold in circulation atthe end of the fiscal year wassuch that there was $39.28 forevery man, woman and child?DJya have yours?

NEW YORK—John D. Arch-bold's better today.

LOS ANGELES—Inez Milhol-land Bolssevain's better, too.

NEW YORK—William Harris,father Of Hanry 8., theatrical pro-ducer, falls dead.

SAN FRANClßCO—Enthusias-tic native sons want Wilson ioestablish home here in recogni-tion of California's vote for him.

Then Neville smashed throughcenter for the touchdown.

Yale's touchdown closely fol-lowed what looked like a suretouchdown for Harvard at the be-ginning of the second period.

On a kick formation Casey wasgiven the ball and he got awayfor a 70-yard run, crossing thegoal line. But the officials re-fused to allow it, claiming a Har-vard player was holding.

Although fighting to the lastditch in the last two periods,neither side could get near enoughto the goal posts for anotherscore and the game ended withthe fighting Yale eleven the win-ner, 6 to 0.

STRONG NAVYTEAM BEATEN

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POLO CROUNDS, New York,Nov. 25.—Scoring consistently onstraight football plays, the Armyfootball team defeated the strongNavy eleven here this afternoon.

FFlnal score, Army If; Navy 7.A touchdown was scored with-

in two minutes after play began,after Oltphant, Army star, hadmade a remarkable run down theentire length of the field. Olt-phant also booted the ball fromplacement.

A long forward pass iv the sec-ond quarter sent the ball fromGerbardt to Vldal for anothertouchdown. This gave Army thebest end of a 15-0 score.

It was a hard fought ;ame, withthe Navy showing weaker in of-fensive than was expected.

The Dreadof CharityEvery man who doesnot save is in dangerof depending on char-ity in old age.Only those who saveare safe.

PugetSoundSEES CHANCE OF

COAL FAMINE HEREJ. F. Torience, Tacoma coal

dealer, sees the possibility of acoal f' ~t in Tacoma. Whiletheji se with him or, rhe

WOMAN IN THECASE PROTESTSHER INNOCENCE

tWomoaaaee HMmvHw keeeeteMemiST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. ..;.—"The woman in the case"-

the woman thrnst into the McDaniel case by the charges </

my character to pie.es; they say cruel things about me. One

innocent woman has been murdered; another woman's life isbeing ruined by suspicion and slander.

Xn one fills mure deeply than 1 ab'.ut this terrible tragedy.I knew flattie Muss—Mrs. McDaniel —since our high school

days. We were chums then and confidants. We were chumsand confidants at the time of her death last July.

After we both married we were neighbors; our childrenplayed together. My little Margaret and her daughter Helenshare the same seats in school today. Our husbands arefriend:-, and brother h'.lks and brother Shriners.

We were together almost every daw We belonged to thd .same clubs; we shared the same pleasure.

Ilattie Moss was the most straight forward, courageouswoman I ever knew. She would not pretend friendship formeif she was not my friend.

Now they say she was jealous of me that I had wreckedher home; they link my name everyday with this tragedy.

I am innocent!In the name of my baby girl, I am innocent of wronging my

friend!

McDaniels prosecutors — as-set is slit* is entirely innocent;just as McDaniel himself, thepio-ecnting attorney mi trialfur the numlcr of his wife,inaiiitains his guiltlessnessand denies that Mrs. McDanielever threatenetl divorce proceo liii^s.

Tlie .vonian is Mrs. 1 JaguarKruckt r. divorced wife of asmall -alaried clerk, herself astatuesque, handsome woman,will dressed, and the mother ofa i 3 year old girl in school.

\i her father's home Mrs.kmikcr dictated this statement,that readers nii^ht know herside nf the tangled tale of trag-edy:By Mrs. Dagmar Krucker

I have lived all my life herein St. Joseph. I'.veryoneknowlme. K.ervi.nc knows my lifeas il was lied ill childhood, ingirlh I. in womanhood. Mylife speaks for itself.

There are no hidden chaptersin my hie. < ii'^sips are tearing. . i \u25a0 i . _/*-\

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Boy SmotheredUnder Avalanche

of Mill SawdustTons of sawdust coining down

in an avalanche, buried IS-year-old Paul Weckstrom, smotheringhim to death, while working atthe St. Paul & Tacoma LumberCo. mill at 3 o'clock Saturdaymorning.

Weckstrom lives at 0418 SouthMason street. He was employedas a tender of the fuel conveyerwhich carries sawdust, from a 50---foot bin to the boilers.

In some way the sawdust \>e-came jammed in flowing from thetrap door of the bin, and Weck-strom climbed Into the receptacleto remedy the trouble.

In trying to loosen the Jam hestarted the tons of sawdust piledIn the bin. It came pouringdown upon him.

His fate was not discovered bythe other workmen until nearlyhalf an hour later. They missedhim and failing to find him theyopened the trap door of the Ma.

His body fell through with thesawdust.

Police worked over tffe boy,with the aid of a pulmotor, formany minutes, but failed to bringback any signs of life.

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The boy was a son of Mr. andMrs. Isaac Weckstrom, 0418 SouthMason aye. Besides his parents, lhe leaves two sisters und five !

brothers. The remains are at thaBuckley-King Co.'s.

ATTACKED BYSTRANGE MAN

While picking up wood In harback yard Friday evening, Mrs,Fred Hehert, 5222 Warnerstieet, South Tacoma, was at-tacked from behind by a Strang*man, according to a report re-ceived by the police.

Mrs. Hebert says that alt*fouglit the man, finally escaping

* from his clutches, and climbedover a fence and into a neighbor'syard to escape him. The strangerdisappeared when he saw Mrs,Hehert enter the neighboringdwelling.

Police officers, armed with »description of the man, are con-ducting a search.

Greetings, have you a con-tract to build five steam-ships?

We note that an Olympla paperheadlines, "Man of 73 Gets De-cree of Divorce From Judge."Why he married the Judge Is be-yond us.

Did you know thai Rev.Shaw's middle name is Des-mond? Wonder what thofirst initial, A, stands for.

United States —marriage andcopartnership.

Some men never make mis-takes. The}' speak of than,aa "experieiuo."

"A Reader" postcards in tho

For if could shoot, I'd shoot ti |kill." I

Our idea of the electoral 1college yell Is: "Racoul "IFraud! Raw, raw, rawt" 1

Texas reports a scarcity af 1small coins. Why not use oc\ Jseed? I

"Visiters to CullforaU flshould not rains *eets_^ Hin jJflJohnson"—UrmmmrsMof C. E. Huglios.

FAIH.HOnce upon a tyme a follow ba^Hrowed an umbrella f^^H frM^|

and returned it yo noj^^H wßj