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[<<Tl^T>TWr TTCT n^TTT? TD A XKT " a smashin 2 novel b^ WiUiam MacLeod Raine, will begin in the Times Monday. I lfll-f ll 111 L JLT J_V X\.JE_L W % It's too good to miss; that's why we tip you off this early. Six big installments. I m r- - \u25a0) i ' * ImmmmmmOHE CENT********* When you know a thing, to hold I that you know it; and when you do 1 not know a thing, to allow that you 1 do not know it: this is knowledge. 1 -Confucius. 1 { 25c A MONTH. VOL. XIIL. NO. 801. The Tacoma Times M¥WWMMW>WWWW>MI_WMWWWW>Wiy><M><<>W^ *~*r*^s***-*^S>^*^*r**r**V^e~*e-^v -v%_r^vVvv^sn^vv>_^^^^VVvv^n_-^^AA^A^^v THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA. TACOMA, WASH., SATURDAY. DECEMBER 2, 1936. lc A COPY. J \u25a0 -AttmommmAmfmmmmammmomommmm 25c A MONTH. jj»wit»«JIIGIIT EDlTlON****** WEATHER I Tacoma: Rain tonight and Sun- 1 day. % Washington: Same, warmer \ east portion. 8 WHEELER WILL GO SUNDAY TO HEAR DR. SHAW By Edgar C. Wheeler "Well, here I am, folks, still alive and kicking with a wbole skin at the end of the week, and with church staring me In the face again tomorrow! However, It goln£ to church holds out the promise of more weeks as full of enlightenment as this last one I won't ever kick at going again. It has been a great week. I learned one thing: If anyone Is afraid the people of Tacoma have lost Interest In their religion he has another guess coining. Just let somebody light the torch and I predict you'll have a conflagration. Just let a pastor unite the dis- coveries of science with the big religious and moral truths that we ordinary folks would pin our faltb In and It looks to me as if he would never have to worry •bout the empty seats. I have been consigned to darkneas by more than one really res|>cet«blc member of the First Baptist rhiirrb, hut If I've been traveling tbe crowded road to destruction, It has Ikiii rather pleasant jogging along. I hope you didn't miss the In- teresting •come-back" of the Key. James West, especially where he quoted a piece of scripture to the effect that "by the disobedience of one man sin entered the world and death by sin and so death passed upon all men." You'll have to hand it to Rev. West. He's a game Bport. When a little out-and-out reporting hit him in the theological midribs, he didn't keep the white flag up long. He was for sticking it out to the finish. And he knew ex- actly where in the Good Book to run for ammunition. Every man to his taste, say I. If he wants, to load himself down with a batch of sin right at the starting line, let hlni go to it, and the devil take the hindmost. Tomorrow morning I'm going to journey over to the east side to hear the rod-blooded Rev. Shaw at the East Congregational church. I say red-blooded, because tbe Rev. Shaw lias felt of his miiHcle In my preneiice and has told me how red-blood- hc Is. That was laxt spring when lie was thinking of running for city commis- sioner. He lias also descill>ed to me all the things he would do if he bnd a million dollars. I am interested in Rev. Shaw. I feel sure that I will be Interested in his congrega- tion. TACOMA FOOD BOARD BEGINS H.C.L. ATTACK The People of Tacoma, vs. Mr. High <_-st of Living. SIMMONS, to all Tacoma food dealers. You and each of you are hereby summoned to appear before Mayor Fawcett's food commission and give your reasons. If any, why you should not be publicly expos- ed for Increasing tho price of foods In this city to a pro- hibitive figure. Punishment for failure to appear will be inflicted by the bailiff of this court, Mr. Public Opinion. • a a Armed with the power to In- vestigate the increasing cost of all food products in Tacoma, Tae- nia's food commission met in Mayor Fawcett's office at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon and laid out plans for a vigorous campaign. i Food dealers will be summoned before the board, to explain why the prices of flour and sugar and bread and potatoes and all other food commodities have been ad- vanced so unusually during the past few months. It the dealers do not wish to appear, they cannot be forced to. They Will Come. "But they will appear, all right,'' Dr. E. A. Rich, health commissioner and chairman of the food commission, told the mem- bers. "Because we have the greatest weapon in the world. Public opinion will force them to appear before us, whether they want to or not." The food commission is enthus- iastic over Its outlined work. The first meeting was devotetl to a general discussion of ways and means of accomplishing a re- duction in food prices. Tho second meeting will be held (Continued on Page Eight.) This Is the Day! Today is Non-partisan day. In Tacoma and throughout the state believers in political freedom from party machines are making a big, concerted effort to obtain signatures for the Nonpartisan and Home Rule hills. Reports from Tacoma and from headquarters in Seattle Indicate that fully enough Strong Protection Our large burglar- proof vault, with its massive doors, its heavy walls of steel, protected with mod- ern locks, afford the greatest possible pro- tection for your valu- ables. Paget Sound Bank & Trust Co* names will be attached to the petitions to put the two bills up to the next legislature. Oliver T. Erirkson, who drew up tbe nonpartisan bill, declares that returns are bet- ter right now tliun at the cor- responding stage of the whirl- wind referendum campulgn two years ago, when a decis- ive protest went to Olympla in time to halt vicious legisla- tion. But although things look encouraging, men and wom- en who have some moments to spare today have been urged to get busy gathering in new names. What Is wanted ts not merely the number of names necessary to comitel legisla- tive action, but enough to roll up such a tremendous show, lng of the people's desire for nonpartlsanship that the leg- islature will see the hand- writing and be quick to pass the bills. 80 far, about .1,000 names have been o \u25a0(allied in Taco- ma. The «i I) thing needed Is more hustlers to get out and give every voter a chance to sign. The petitions have met with unusual amount of fa- vor wherever they have gone. Sign initiatives 27 and 28 today. TODAY'B CLEARINGS Clearings S 464,705.77 Balances 117,554.27 Transactions 1,670,088.06 \<<-.»|ili|,rr Enterprise Aaaoclatlo LONDON, Dec. 2. —Kather- ine Mary Davies is beralded throughout England today as the greatest heroine ln the European war! France is proud of Eme- inne Morcau, Belgium of Edith t'avell, Austria-Hun- gary of "Sister Stephanie," Russia of Zoya Smirnov, women who, they say, dis- tinguished themselves more than any man in the inter- est of their countries. But the heroine whose name will go down In Eu- ropean history as the name of Molly Pitcher is recorded in American history is Mary Davies,- who risked her life not on the battlefield, but in the little Ris-Orangeis hos- pital in France. Miss Davies has won her place in history by saving life, not destroying It. Two acts stand out ln her life. She perfected a system of sterilizing the dirt-stained, germ-filled soldiers' uni- forms to prevent Infection of wounds. This has saved thousands of lives. Then she risked her life to test a newly-invented antidote for the deadly gan- grene poisoning that resulted from Germun gas bombs. Edith Cavell was martyred. Who Is Greatest War Heroine? England Names Hospital Nurse Two heroines of the world war! Miss Davies, a Welsh I girl, called a heroine as great in Euro|iean history as Molly I Pitcher of American history—Molly Pitcher who manned a gun II at which her husband was shot In the war of '7(1 and fought I off the British. II shot by tho Germans on a . charge of being a spy. Emelenne Moreau, 17-year- old "heroine of Loos," killed five Germans single-handed. Zoya Smlrnov of Russia served in the trenches. "Sister Stephanie," Count- ess Stephanie Lonyay, spent a fortune for war widows and orphans. And Molly Pitcher of revo- lutionary war fame, manned a gun, Rt which her husband had been shot, to keep off the British. But no heroine, until Miss Davies came along, did any- thing directly to SAVE the lives of the soldiers at the front. Sterilizing soldiers' uniforms was big enough. Now comes what is called the biggest thing a woman has ever done in the war. Dr. Taylor of the American hospital ln France, had been working on an antidote for the deadly gangrene poison- tpg that entered the body of soldiers exposed to the fire Of Germun gas bombs. He had tested it on rats and other small animals, but he had to have a human volun- teer to be sure of the anti- dote's effect on a person. Miss Davies heard of Dr. Taylor's want. Without tell- ing anyone about her plans, she Inoculated herself with the deadly poison and called for Dr. Taylor. She was his first human subject and she voluntarily staked her life on an experi- ment. Dr. Taylor injected his antidote, a solution of hydro- chloride of quinine. Twenty-four hours later. Miss Davies arose from a stupor, positive evidence that Dr. Taylor's antidote will save thousands of soldiers who will be sent in the future to inhale the deadly gas of the Germans. DOBIE—STATE ASSET BY THE EDITOR. Gilmour Dobie, master football coach, is leaving the University of Wash- ington after nine years during which time his teams never have been beaten. There are certain citizens, I /im aware, who are glad to see his departure. In their opinion too much emphasis has come to be laid on the WINNING of games and of championships. With Dohie gone, they reason, the honors will be more evenly divided, and the game, the sport itself, will receive more attention. And then there are still others who would like to see all professional coach- ing abolished. In this matter I confess to being a little old fashioned. I recall the year at the University of Washington before D.ibie arrived. That season Washington was beaten "by every team in the Northwest. Previous seasons had been much the same. The students were disspirited, the players game, but whipped. The whole institution felt whipped. The fall Dobie arrived he had pretty much the same set of players. Jarvis, Bantz, Babcock and Tegtmeir were the backbone of his line. All of them had been there in the years of defeat. It is history how that year the U. of W. completely turned the tables, how it won every game, and how it has gone on doing it ever since. It is history, too, how, during these same years the U. of W. has advanced and expanded in a mar- velous fashion in every branch. The difference between the losing and the winning in football was—Dobie. Now I know Dobie fairly well, and I always admired him because he plays the game fair, and teaches his men to play it hard but clean. To my mind the presence on the campus of a man who stands superlatively high in his vocation, who succeeds always by sheer intelligence, will power and energy, is a factor that is bound to be an inspiration to every student even if h*' never goes near the gridiron. I hope that some way willbe deviseed of inducing Dobie to stay. He is ;i "pep" asset to the whole state. MILLION-DOLLAR SHIPYARD READY TO START HERE Detailed announcement regarding the Ashtou shipyards was made Satur- day. The company will be known as the Todd Shipbuilding 4 Drydock Co., cap- italized at $1,000,000. One hundred acres of the Ashton tideland holdings will be utilized as a site. John S. Hnker and Chester Thome, bankers, have been in New York for two weeks making final financial arrangements, and word came from them to- day of their success in raising the capital. The plans include the construction of the largest drydock on the coast. The Todd concern is one of the largest ship building companies in the coun- try. Many leading Tacoma moneyed men are interested in the project. Both steel and wooden vessels will be built. MANIAC WITH KNIFE HUNTS FOR WILSON (I'nited Press Leased Wire.) PIIILADKLPHIA, Dec. 2. —CMMi by drink mid flash- ing ii large carving knife with which he said be would kill President Wilson lie passed through here this afternoon, a pedestrian in Bending term- inal, sent hundreds of trav- elers fleeing lo safety and en- guged three policemen liefore he was overpowered «nd ar- rested. He gave his name as Jonathan Kraus, no home, when finally overpowered. The man appeared before the president's train arrived here at 1:30 o'clock, but made a mistake in stations. Matted hairs flowed over his shoulders and he continually mut- tered to himself. 1441 'HIT THE TRAIL' TOGETHER BOSTON, Dec. 2.—Hilly Sunday's campaign in Boston is breaking all previous rec- ords of that evangelist. He is having bigger crowds, bigger collections, more trail hitters and more enthusiasm than he ever liad before. The newspapers pri'it pages about htm every day, including his sermons in full, and descriptions of his preaching which hail him as the greatest evangelist the world has ever had. Even the staid old Boston Tran- script gives him a page a day un- der a headline across the top of the page: "Billy Sunday's Bos- ton Campaign." The crowds that go to hear Sun- day are so large that as many as 20,000 have failed to get in, and the disappointed ones did some- thing that has never been done before, hundreds climbed upon the tarred paper roof of the Tab- ernacle in the hope of listening at the skylights. But so many got up there that the police fear- ed the roof might fall in and made them come down. Suddenly he drew the knife, leaped upon a man leaving the station and shouted: "You're the president. I shall kill you." When Billy made his first call for trail hitters 1,4 40 came. In Bill Sunday's vernacular it was a "stampede to God." Dropping baggage m.cl hut the stranger went down the steps three at a time, bis as- sailant close behind. Women and children rush- Ed in all directions, sciVant- iiill for help. Three policemen leaped upon the man but he fought for 10 ininiites before handcuffs could be adjusted. "I prayed on the steps of this city hall," be said, 'before I start- ed out on my mission—to kill Wilson.'' Physicians will examine him. "I'll get him yet," shouted Kraus. as he was led to a cell, "and J. P. Morgan, ltockefeller and all of those fellows. They'ra keeping the cost of living high and the war going." GRAND JURY TO PROBE H.C. OF L. A special federal grand jury in Tnromn to make v thorough Investigation of alleged conspiracies to boowt food prices, apiieared prob- able Hat unlay when orders were sent out from Wash- ington, |i. V., to Assistant V. H. Attorney Kisbburne here to give all possible aid to George W. Anderson in his nation-wide investigation. Definite plans for the gov- ernment's probe have not been ods of artificially boosting ths prices of foodstuffs. The department of justice, ac- cording to Fishbume, Is drawing up a plan of campaign whioh will be followed ln all parts of tha country. Orders from the department, outlining the plan, are expeoted In Tacoma in a few days. The Investigation probably will be centered in Tacoma, Spokana and Seattle. Our old friend Flynn Flam Flynn, ln his Kansas City meet- ings, now has arrived at that stage "The procedure Is out of tha ordinary," declared Fishburn. decided on, but it is understood that the cities of the state will be gone over with a fine tooth comb by special agents of the de- partment of justice to run down persons and concerns responsible for combinations or other meth- "Agents of the department of Justice will probably be put to work immediately, but it Is likely that a special grand jury will be necessary to make the investiga- tion a thorough one. t Talk o' the Times J Greetings, have you signed far as we have observed, the the nonpartisan bill? And new ruling doesn't seem to voted? leave much for the poor girls to do except type letters. "BLIND PIOS," ATTENTION! This Is election day. We hope that in Monday's write-up of the East Congrega- tional church service, Edgar 0. Wheeler won't Btart off with any highly original pun such as, "Oh, Shaw!" Is a discharged stenograph- er necessarily a canned chick- en? ENGLAND RAISES WAGES OF MINERS ilnllfil Pro I _•«__<-,l 'Wire.) | LONDON, Dec. t. —The govern- ' ment today granted demands of ' South Wales miners for a 15 per cent Increase in wages. The de- cision follows announcement of • operation by a government com- ' mission. LONDON —The armistice re- ported to have been arranged in Athens in settlement of- the .reek-Ally controversy has failed, t is reported. TARRYTOWN, N. V.—John D. vrchbold, Standard Oil president, s holding his own, say physicians. where the sale of his booktf is re- ceiving first attention. A Ruston young woman says \u25a0he doesn't intend to marry until after she's 30. Very unusual. Most women do not Intend to be 30 until after they're warned. The kissed stenographer seems doomed. Eastern movie .censorship has barred her from the films in some states. And as the film world was about the only one In which employers kissed their stenog- raphers in modern times, so CLOTHES The little Ksklmoses, Whose home among the snows la, Must wrap up warm For fear a storm Should nip their ears and toeses. While tiny Japaneseg Don't dream of furs and friezes; Their native spot Is much too hot For even light chemises. But small I'nited Staters May wear the furs of skaters, Or flannel suits And tramping boots. Or overcoats and gaiters. —Arthur Gulterman ln Life. Suggestion to clgaret ad- vertisers: Why not use this line, "The aroma your wife likes to have in the lace cur- tains"? , *\u25a0 Evidently Rudy Examined His Car When He Arrived Home. Lost—On St. Joseph's Ridge, bind wheel of Ford automohtla. Finder please notify Rudy Wer- ner.—Advertisement in La Cross* I Wis.) Tribune.
