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WEATHERFORECAST The Tacoma Times Cent

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TAUOAIA. WASIiLSOTON. .FRIDAY. NOVEMBER M, \»\l. VOL. XIB. NO. If:'..

HOYT PLEADS GUILTYJUDGE REARDS DRUGGIST A STINGING LECTURE

PRINCEFIGHTSGRIMLYm wmuAM naur rims(I. I' Htaff <'<>rr<firon<UMit.)

WITH THK BKITISHA.RMUM IN KKA.M'K. Nov..'.<> — Ar.'-u li.i'Hi ground inthe < anililHi fijtliliiittdevelop-ed today.

(hi the e-xtrenip Hou'liei-nflank, MM Cionneliwi, theIMHH «.irl> tliis inoriiinK<i|KiK<l a \inlrni attack.

At UM time this In tiiMcd,they have a|»|mreiitl,v beennn;il'l<- to make heiuhvay.The enemy assault was one of

\u25a0the heaviest attempts to check theBlowly closing jawa of Bynn's viseaponn<l Oaiiilwal that CrownPrince Pe]>i)recht has delivered.

It was characterized by lavishartMelry preparation and barragefire f:om guns lately galloped upthe line

Thruout last *ilglit the Prus-sians deluged Bourlon wood andvicinity with shell fire, which con-tinued heavily today.

Prisoners lately taken declarethey have been practically withoutsleep since Nov. 20—and theirhaggard appearance an<l utter ex-haustion bears thin out.

German officers, they declared,are fearful that the British wedgeat Bourlon will force a withdraw-al south of Scarpe.

Aviators reported evidences thatthe enemy Is destroying Cambreland neighboring towns.

NOTONGHOLIDAY

LEAVES!(Special In Tbe Itntca.)

WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 30.—There will be no general Chriat-mas furlough for the boys at CampLewis and the other cantonments.

Parents and soldiers should ad-just their Christmas plans on thisbasis.

A story, the source of whichthe war department has been uli-able to locate, has been widely |circulated to the effect that thecamps would be virtually vacatedduring the holidays.

The story said that both officersand men would be given generalfurlough over Christmas week.

It is believed thle story Is partof deliberate pro-German propa-ganda, circulated to boost hopesof both soldier boys and their re-latives and friends, with the ideathat discontent and dissatisfactionwould follow when it developedthere would be no Christmas fur-lough.

The war department will gothe limit In attempting to makethe Christmas holidays a brightperiod in training camp life.

Transportation is in Itself a bar-rier to any general furlough plan.

Then to attempt a generalc-'hrisitiiwis furlough would disruptthe entire schedule of training andof movements of troops to Francefor at least two weeks, at a timewhen every day is valuable.

Commanders, however, 'willhave authority to grant the great-est possible freedom to the menduring the hoillday period to en-toy entertainments and Christmasfestivities that may be offered bythe nearby communities.

Want Libraryat City Jail

Literature is needed at the cityJail.

Men and women prisoners haveexhausted all available magazines'and books donated by friendlyTacomans, and Matron Todd madean appeal today for more readingmatter.

"The prisoners appreciate mag-azines and good books," said thematron. "If we could get a fewbooks, it would be nucleus for alibrary at the city Jail, some-thing that has never been estab-lished."

£fine BillionFrancs Needed

Coming to U. S.;That Is—Maybe

TATIAWAShe's a princess, rather—she

WAS until her daddy .Nicky Ro-manoff, lost out.

Then she became a prisoner,forbidden to leave Russia.

But she got away, she did, sotbe news dispatches say, and nowshe's coming to America to givelectures to aid a Russian reliefworkk. IF the vaudevlMers don'twave b'.g bills in'her face and per-suade her to change her mind, andIF it isn't all a grand press agentyarn.

The picture shows her in thepalmy dayß in the uniform of theFourteenth Regiment of Lancers.

MILITIANOW IN

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AMERICAN FIELD HEAD-Q IARTERS, Krance, Nov. 30. —American national guard unitsrepresenting every state In theunion are now in France.

They arrived some weeks ago,but it. was not until today thatpermission was granted to an-nounce that fact.

The new Sammies were given aheart-thrilling welcome by France.They were quartered in towns\u25a0which heretofore has seen only afew of the American fighting men.

Blaring French bands, tryingtheir best to rattle off Americanragtime, gave a home flavor to areception which otherwise musthave impressed the militia boys asunlike anything else in the world.

The Americans were welcomedlike heroes.

The French population, dressadin its gayest clothes, marched sideby side wlth'the detachment, fes-itooned the soldiers with garlandsof flowers and decked them out intiny American flags.

The first national guard arriv-als, it was stated at headquarterstoday, have made encouraging pro-gress In their training. Gen. Per-shing has already Inspected cer-tain of the units.

New Arrivals Unitsof Rainbow Division

WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov. 80.—While the war department madeno announcement upon receipt ofdispatohee telling of the part\u25a0units' arrival, the army oensorsaid it wee permissible to referto the rainbow division au that wasobviously meant.

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MIXKOIjA,L, L, Nov. 80.—AnNWwbiK » 20,000-wordhypothetical question, IH-. J.Sherman Wright, defense»li«iii-.(, <l,« l.ir.-cl today MintMm. Btanca de S;.nlirs wm"not reKlNMiHible" when ?hekilled hfr divorcwl husiuuifl,John h. <1e Similes.Under New York laws, a person

who "lacks responsibility" at thetime of committing a crime can-not be pun'shed for it.

In his reply to the long ques-

tion. Dr. Wright declared thatMrs. de Saulles "did not know thenature ami quality of the act com-mitted" and that she was not men-tally sound the night of Aug. 3when she shot de Saulles.

Jurors on llecord.Every juror in the box has said

lie will acquit Mrs. de Sauilles ifhe has a "reasonable doubt" ofher sanity on that night.

The 20,000-word question wasread only once, all alienists beingin the room and listening at thesame time.

Mrs. de Saulles who had enter-ed cheerily, looked downcast andthe slight color faded from hercheeks as Defense Counsel Smithread the lengthy query whichmade mention of all the sadnessand tragedy In her life. One ofthe Jurors dozed. He was awak-ened by his neighbor.

District Attorney Weeks madeseveral objections, but all wereoverruled.

He attacked Dr. Wright's rightto testify as an alienist. Wrightasserted he was a qualified ex-aminer for the state lunacy com-mission.

Sums Ip Wlioli Case.He added that Mrs. de Saullcs

suffered from pressure on thebrain, that she had sustained a se-ries of psychic shocks and thatshe was aftillcted with nypothy-roldism.

The hypothetical question,which, took up tbe entire historyof Mr?, de Saulles' life from fietime she fell and 'hurt her head,when eight years old, concluded:

"Assume, doctor, that In addi-tion to all the foregoing, that uponvarious dates mentioned in thepeople's exhibits, she wrote theseexhib'ts (love letters to de Saiil-IM).

If l< ;s to ICxamina'lon."Asciiming all the foregoing

facts and having In mind your per-sonal examinations of them. Inyour opinion was the defendantmentally sound at the time of theshooting on Aug. 3, 1917?

<S|ir.-iai to The Times.)HAN I ICW) isro, CM.,

Nov. BO.— "Take a Job or goto Jail!"

That Is I "ile Ham's ulti-matum to siren* of the under-world here in connection 'withprotective barriers erected•boot sokllen) 1b training.

And Uncle Bam, In oom«o-Uon with locul anthorittes,often to MM (He Jobs.Derelicts from the noterton

\u25a0>m "Barbery Coast" and b«w re-mlts) of Twe, arrested ejl vieMore, have learned thai the gor-•rnment meau enwUr w*at itNTs.

RIGHT UP FRONT!That's Where Washington Is In

Smash=the=U=!b>oat FightOn Saturday Grays Harbor is to launch the first wooden ship of

the great new U. S. fleet. Afew days ago a Seattle yard sent downthe ways the first steel steamer of the many ordered by the govern-ment.

Tacoma already has produced a number of wooden vessels for pri-vate owners and has on the ways many more for both governmentaland private use. Furthermore, she has a steel ship building, and isto furnish officers to man Seattle's.steel vessel, graduates of the localU. S. shipping school.

While Admiral Sims and his destroyers are helping signally de-feat the U boat by destructive measures, the nation is well started onthe great constructive campaign that will sound the kaiser's knelleventually.

And Puget Sound is right in the forefront of the battle.

Alienist Says Mrs. de Saulles WasIrresponsible at Time of Killing

Judge David r. Manning is pre-siding at the murder trial of Mrs.tin Saulles,

"Assuming all these forego'ngfacts and having in mind your per-sonal examination of the defend-ant, In your opinion did the de-fendant know the nature and qual-ity of the act committed?

"Assuming all the foregoingfacts, did the defendant know thoact was wrong?"

Sticks to < '(inclusion

Dr. Wight was cross examinedsharply but stuck to the conclu-sion he had drawn.

He declared that hypothyrlod-ism would have caused mentalblankness and said that a historyof Mrs. de Saulles' case showedshe had suffered other lapses.

Weeks asked if Wight wouldcite some authority that wouldsay mlxode-ina was sudden. Thephysician replied in the negative,but pointed out that lapiie ofmemory is often caused by shellshock.

Shows X-Hay PlatesIn response to a question,

Wight says he did no* think thata .serious mental shock mightcause another lapse of mind onthe part of Mrs. de Saulles.

Hypothyroidlsm is not presentnow, he said.

When reference to shel lshockwas made. Major Gregory Cole ofthe IT. S. army medical corps wascalled to the counsel table byWeeks.

He carried several X-ray plates.

BARBARY COAST WOMENARE MADE TO GO TO WORK

Courts to whom these cases areassigned are acting on the as-sumption that many women un-der the ban are victims of mis-fortune, and that they will wel-come the chance to win back todecency.

The government's guarantee of• Job cwrid «Wi h assaraneethe* Urn wobm shall -not be

When one of Cole's plates was|jm-m:iic(l to Wight and be wasasked whether it showed a de-pression or fracture, Wight saidsomething was wrong but hewould not attempt to nay what,as it was a poor plate.

The Htate then played one of Itsstrongest cards agataist Mrs. deHaul leg whon Dr. Kcwlk GregoryCole took the stum) and sworothat X-ray photographs of Mrs. deSimiles' head showed no evidencesof a fractured skull.

Heavy ArtilleryingNear Cambrai Reported

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LONDON, Nov. 30. —Active ar-tlllerying southwest and west ofCambrai and east of Ypres atvarious points was reported byField Marshal Haig today. Hedid not mention infantry actions.

In the neighborhood of Gavrellehostile raiding detachments weredriven off yesterday morning.

Clei ks for Draft BoardsGov. Lister has granted author-

ity to local draft boards to employclerks to serve during the seconddraft call. All boards handling1,000 or more registration will beentitled to hire chief clerks.

A person does not realize howtlhe population of Tacoma has in-creased lately untU he reads howmany liquor prescriptions some ofour w. k. doctors have issued.

We trust that none of ourreaders npent a thanklessThankMgivinK day.

Says the lady next door:"One reason th' bull dog's re-

spected is th't there ain't muchbull in him."

TKI.IJN(i NO TALKSThe youth refused to tell who

had killed him.- Madison (Wis.)Journal.

Th« express companieswhich, as yon will recall,were wrecked by the parcel|»o«(', have been reportlßffearning!* much heavier thantiiose of 1916. Tills, we be-lieve, U their principal rea-son for aMkin^ for a 10 pareeat Increase In rates.

"It waa apparent from th*start," says a dispatch describingthe de Sallies' trial, "that DistrictAttorney W«eka hoped to Oil theJwt box with men not to torwwyed by emotion, mm Unnar-rtoui to basutttml eyes, awn whooaoaldar tMts ttthar tku atowji.itaaMa."

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Puts Off DebutUntil War Ends

Washington society lias had togive up lots of things bMftHM ofthe war. For instance, the formalpresentation of this young womenwho is one of the most beautifulof the capital's younger set.

She is Miss Enid Sims, daugh-ter of Congressman and Mm.'l'hriiis Sims of Tennessee, andhas postpoaed her debut on ac-count of the Wai"'. '

Elwell H. Hoyt, president of the Crown Drug Co.,and also of the Tacoma school board, appeared in su-perior court Friday pleading guilty to a violation ofthe prohibition law, only to be read a stinging rebukeby Judge C. M. Easterday.

At the conclusion of the lecture, the company wasgiven the maximum punishment a fine of $250, thejudge explaining that a corporation could not be im-prisoned, but that if it had been an individual homight have imposed a jail sentence.

Judge Easterday accused Hoyt of being unworthyof the trust imposed on him as head of the schoolboard.

CROWN MANSAYS IT WASALL MISTAKE

ARRESTCOLONY

CITIZEN!Charles Greenlough, 40, was !>e-

ing held by naval lat*HISMC4agents Friday following his secretarrest al Seattle while on the wayfrom Home Colony, near Taeoma,to the Puget Sound navy yard atBremerton to apply for a job asa molder.

He had been trailed the nightbefore to the home of Kiissianfriends of Louise OMvereau, whoat the opening of her trial In fed-eral court here this week on thecharge of obstructing the selectiveservice law, startled the judge )>yannouncing that she wan an anar-chist. ,

Newspaper clippings found inGreenlough's possession told ofdyn-iintlTigF in Cleveland, in 101 1.

Home Colony 1b where DavidCaplan, wanted in connection withthe bos Angeles Times dynamiting,was captured two years ago.

ART EXHIBITHAS NO HOME

Members of Hie Tacorma: PineArts association are having dif-ficulty in bringing ah art exhibitto Taeoma. The exhU>it. ueludeshand-painted postcards fromFrance, prepared 1 • t>y tetmoinFrench artists who. are serving inthe trenches ami who are paint-ing during their leisure time inorder to provide sustenance fortheir families.

It was to have been In id inFerry museum, but the museumviinis $100 for heat and lights.Former Mayor Seymour and Mm.E. L. Hlberly appeared beforethe council Friday and askej thatthe city furnish free heat amilight.

The council couldn't, legally doIt, but offered the council roomsas a site (or the exhibit. Thecommittee went back to report tothe art association.

Sammies Hearthe Band Play

IVriMPtw lit—\u25a0 WlMklAMERICAN FJBLJ) HEAD-

QUARTERS, Frano*. Not. 30. —

"It is a worse OffeßM for aman In your position to violate tlielaw than it is for the unthinMii\u25a0;.wayward and untrained youth,"declared the Judge.

"A man who presides over tli-school lioard of the city of Tu-coma presMei over the dest'nlehof the city of Tacoma.

M;mli- I/o<n of Money.

"I think it was ttMfeellM whoonce said tliat no (TMtMf VMMis done than to elevate to a posi-tion of iMMf the unworthy.

"It thereby leads the young tothink that the way to eminence Is•thru the walks of unworthiness."

To the plea of Judge Shacklc-ford. representing Hoyt, that th«violation wiih only a technical one

- -"a matter of Inndvertanoe rath-er than wilful Intent," Judge Kast-erday MM back with a stingingreply. a.sswtinK he had good rea-son to believe the drug store luidmade "lots of easy money" andcould well afford to pay the maxi-mum fine.

"In this case the charge is ofselling a quart of intoxicating

liquor where a pint was prescrib-ed," said the judge.

R<t-«lls Van Huron <'n»e."This company has made lots

of easy money out of what I thinkwas U»e illegal sale of such large

quantities of alcoholic liquor pre-

scribed in so short a time, thatit can he no hardship upon thincompany to pay the fine of $'2."«0,and that will be the fine. If itwere an indivldua' there might beimposed ajail sentence. In thliiinstance there cannot lie a jail

sentcaee and the fine will lie $">O."The judge recalled the recent

trial of ivr. If. F. Van Hnren, inwhich it was shown that morethan ">OO prescriptions written byhim had been filled by the CrownDrug Co.

(Miier Offense*."The suggestion lias bee.i made

by the deputy prosecuting attor-ney that there are otlier offenseij

ot like nature that may be shownhere.

"I cannot but recall that a fewdays ago there was brought In thiscourt a care wherein tnere wnssomething l'ke ."iOO prescriptionsfiVed by the Crown Drug Co.,Issued by one practitioner in thecourse of 29 daj'B, the prescrip-tions showing that they were Is-sued for quarts largely, which in-dicates that the Crown Drug Co.has been doing a very extensivebusiness in the sale of liquor.

Can't Blame Training."Some men are so unfortunate

In life, .in their training, thatthey are brought before the courtiharged- with some violation of 'hellaw they can claim that theirtraining Is responsible.

"In. this instance the CrownDrug Co., a corporation. Is inform-ed against. It 1« one of the lead-Ing drug companies and drug dis-pensers in the city.

"The plee cannot be enteredhere, and is not entered, thatsometimes Is entered by defend-ants in criminal cases, that theirtraining In life has been such thatthey have l>een brought into th.cproceeding."

Oiaifte Altered.The particular charge to which

the Crown pleaded guilty was thatof giving' A. A. Rlggs a quart ofwhisky on Sept. 29, when the pre-scription Issued by Dr. Van Burencalled for only one pint.

The original complaint chargedwas that of keeping intoxicatingliquor with unlawful intent to sell,and It was on this charge that thaOewn trial was to hays started at10 o'oftotik FYfcUy morning.

iict in other cases, where qunrtswcit* given at the \u25a0! on pint|ir<Sr|||ll|(ll|M.

lie also asserted Unit the rate)was read) lo show other violationsill the art besides thnt of finnish-Ing more liquor than prescription*culled for.

A1111>11:• other evidence the state»BH ready to produce :ih a wit*nt*B a former eierk In the stora,Iaccording to Thompson, whowould have testified he left theemploy of the More rather thaatake part in violations of tha l»\V'*

"I take notice of the fact thattin' itate ii.i' luid a great deal tocontend with In the en forcemeatof this law," said Judge Kantcr-day In imposing sentence.

"In various places varloua de-vices have been resorted to froi \hili- the law and to distribute)among alcoliol users of the statelarge quantities of liquor."

Iloyt'N l-.\|.-iiii.-iti<«n.

"I want to say for the benefitof my patrons and the public gen-erally thatr I have never knowing-ly or Intentionally furnished inureliquor on this prescription llTqnetftion or any otlier prescription thatI have ever filled In tlilh store."was the statement of Klwell K.Hoyt Friday.

"Ihave never countenanced norpermitted thlK procedure on thepart of any of my employes In thinstore. «I have always Insisted onstrict observance In handling ourliquor prescriptions) according toJaw.

liuwlver'i'iit."Personally, I am opposed to the

liquor business in any form byprescription or any other form,even for medieval use, and Ithink it can he eliminated and oth-er preparations substituted In itsplace.

"On this particular occasion,when the prescript'on w«q prewnW<'il to me, it was one of the busiestdays the store ever had.

"We had over 1,200 customers,which necessarily came in thespace of a few hours, and we werethree men short of our usual fore*In hie store.

"And when the prescription waipresented to me with a suggestionthat I give him a quart. I inad-vertantly and hurriedly filled theprescription as suggested withouta check on the amounts.

it.-ui-H* It All."I regret very much the whole

Incident and the publicity, and Ihave faith and confidence enough.In my friends to believe that th*y,will not wish to condemn me or;my store on the evidence of thisone inadvertant act."

Seattle FindsBalm for HerWounded Pride

(United Prfm l,cmnr« Wlr*.|

SEATTLE, Nov. 30.—While 8e»attile Is sustaining a commercialloss estimated at $50,000 weekly,as a result of Maj. Gen. Greene'gorder prohibiting Camp Lewis soWdiers from visiting Seattle, U»ecivic humiliation caused by thissituation today was somewhatrelieved by the news, aonoußeeeVthru the chamber of commercthat a comparative surrey of 3*leading American cities just <*ple'ed by the economical sad so-ciological departments of Hostcollege ot Portland, Or., gsvs fattle first plaoe as apprflMlrta*n««rest the cond H toas aad tniK,