I What sort of a man this Lloyd- ]1 George is may be inferred from an !% article on page two today.

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The Tacoma TimesTHE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA. lc A COPY. |

TACQMA, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY. ])K(IKMW''U IH. 1016. ! VOL. XIII. NO. 'Ml).

jpwunwHlCHT EPlTlOWmnm^i'\ WEATHER

Tacoma: Fair tonight and! Thursday, colder tonight.

Washington: Same, cold waveeast portion.

Tacoma to Celebrate Good Fortune With Feast of CandlesHon. A. V. Fawoett, Mayor: Is rebuked, the feeling of universal A stalwart, faithful ever growing I read that prophecy. Then canie '03 set. The Mountain, under the direction h. .v i the true CfcfMaMU -pirit, the fort-

Last Christmastide, In my native city, brotherhood is fostered. A wholesome band. and the cataclysm; starvation, suicide, of a fedora I official with vision and *»X of universal brotherhood.Proridence, I found windows In the and Joyous current of religious feellnc The story of whose progress rings ruin. genius, with the. co-operation of men of Will you not. the head of the city gOT-lioiim-s ablaze with rows of candles. flows through the entire season to tern- throughout the land. There were many good people whose mean- ainon X our own citizens, that is eminent, in connection with the com-Koger Williams' descendants had revert- per Its extravagance and regulate it*

Aonly real meal for months came from real and moans millions to our city. nuinity Christmas tree, proclaim the

ed to the custom of three centuries ago. mirth. And this city, proud queen of Oie west- your boimty, A. V. The spirit of Tacoma lient ot \u0084|i, factional fends and 'leal- Feast of the Candle*, roqueat the sameThis they told me: When I came to Tacoma B7 years ago, erring wave, : : was broken, that brave forward-looking ousies are ended. Thin much of that old capable committee to take charge and

"There is a legend that on every nothing so impressed me as the spirit of In her safest of harbors, what hold confidence, shattered, crushed. It never prophecy of mine is alrea.lv realized we advise the people through the newspa-Christmas eve the little Christ-Child wan- optimism; It Inspired everybody. she? revived until now; now It lives again. alv t,,K,.ther, "cloho kuit, shoulder to P*-rs, and then let Tacoma now and forders all over the world, bearing on His Here on the finest harbor on the coast. Ships whose hulls all the ocean* lave, We dreamed dream* in those days, saw shoulder brothers all sincere" in lov- all timeshoulders a bundle of evergreens. where the rails first meet the sails, Hearing their cargoes from uttermost roseate visions; they faded Into luipalpa. ulty to our cltv \m"w>l>""ii All this isThrough city streels and country lanes, manifest destiny was building a city sea; Me haifc \u0084,>„!. And it is'the beglnnlm;. Ami we "King out the old. ring In the new.up and down 1.111, to proudest castle and that should bo the metropolis of the Japan and Russia and Britain's flags Todi|y <he visionN m r< ,a , armj

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M>, |s H*r<|KS (he Nnow .SfX» trfir5* CSS were all forward-looking, .v- Florin the breexe a- the anchors *« £ mFXEfSfSXZ tr«.

Tluwe who would invlto Him and long teen \ears Hence," I penned and pub- And China, for whom dawns a glori-tradesmen. £'""/'.„'"_ ,'' ".lIV", ,"„*',!«„.«V i •', tl.-.se that r«,W »o more;

for His coming set a lighted candle In Ifehed these lines: ous day^ a jn_ g'- ftj^Jf «*• «'»<«"" 'f^Jf* **L^/^the window to guide Him on the way

a hM bwnFor the^ world se*hs

dustry , t(, employ several thousand men. beautiful 0u5t,,,,, they have borrowed '""« '» »^- '" »" »»»'Mnd."

And so candles shone in the windows here • ' And the world's entrepot is Com- l*2L'*Jfcirsl2; 125! *^,1,,,^ S "^2 \u0084 „ , , . P» a better, bi^or. braver, once more„....arnl, t^% th« ( p,i isiiniis ilKirlsii is Antl half a million people, close knit, mencement Bay." *** some or mo oiner snip diuiiiiiik 0,, (iiriMtmas eve, let the vv ndotvs of

ml»uTi™n>Um»oto\M™y^ S stand, plants real. They launched a ship Tues- Tacomu hon,e« 1.1a.e with can.ll.s, and if n'"l<d »"" "•»"«>'>". foruard-looklng

enrols Shoulder to shoulder, brothers all, sin- Perhaps you will remember the ban- <lay- the Clirist-Chlld come not in bodily form Taoonm. Sincerely,

It Is a beautiful custom. Selfishness cere, quet of the Chanibel" of Commerce when The development of our greatest as- to see it, It will at least warm in every RALPH MI'.TCALF.

BY THE EDITORFilled with enthusiasm over the heaped-

up prosperity that is coining to Tacoma,The Times a'few days ago suggested an old-time ixwn celebration <« some sort.

Well, Taooma is going to have an old-timecelebration.

It is going to be a little different fromwhat I had in mind at the time. I hadthought of a torchlight parade —ifthere arestill any torches in the world—of a greatbooster mass meeting such as Louis Prattused to organize here, or of some other moreor less noisy and vociferous form of jubila-tion.

Itremained for Ralph Metealf, state sen-ator, yesterday to propose a more seasonablekind of celebration. Perhaps we can havethe other one later.

Senator Mctcalf's idea is embodied in theabove letter and is there too well expressedto need repeating or summarizing.

This form of celebration, he urged, is high-lyfitting and might well be made part of theCommunity Christmas Tree observance.

Would t, he asked, present the letter toihe mayv.H Of course, Iwould.

Mayor Fawcett was pleased with the sug-gestion and agreed at once to proclaim theFeast of Candles. This he probably will dotomorrow.

So Tacoma, "better, bigger, braver, oncemore united and confident, forward-lookingTacoma," is going to celebrate this wonder-ful Christmas of the Year of Promise in abeautiful old-world fashion.

LOUDER! LOUDER!

THERE IS A VERY GOODREASON WHY WE CALL

THIS VALLEYBULL ROYBy Fred L. Boalt'

Perhaps you know the story of

the FlUroy family.

A king of England, long*go, !had an affair with a lady whowasn't any better than she ought

to be, and Bhe bore him a son out

of wedlock.Because the child was the son

Of a king, albeit illegitimate, theking named him "Fitzroy"—Bon

of the king—and made him "no-ble."

And the Fitzroys have been bigguns in England from that dayto this. They are a stupid, uselesslot. • • •

Finderne Mutual Fayne Val-dessa is an awful name to hangon to a bull.

I am going to call him Roy, be-cause it's short and means king.For Roy is a king among bulls.

Roy sold, at auction, at the\u25a0lxth Pacific International Live-stock show at Portland, for $21,---500, the highest price ever paidon the coast for beef.

He had belonged to BernhardMeyer of Finderne, N. J. Now heIs the property of John yon Her-berg, owner of a valley stockfarm. • • •-

In the Old World men are made"noble" for a variety of reasons.

Sometimes, as in the case ofthe son of the lady of question-able morals, a noble line springsfrom the illegitimate offspring ofroyalty.

More often men buy their titlesby contributing to campaignfunds. Sometimes they are en-nobled because they have beenuseful courtiers snobs.

Sometime* a man is given atitle because he is a great gen-

eral.Sometimes —but rarely—he Is

given a handle to his name be-cause he has performed somegreat and useful work.

The trouble is that, when you

meet Lord So-and-So, you don'tknow whether he Is descendedfrom the son of a wanton, or froma grafting politician, or from agreat general, or from a man ofscience.

A king may be clever, or adunce. A lord may be a sinner ora saint. There isn't any rule togo by.

• • •Cattle manage these things bet-

ter.Tako Roy, this $21,500 bull

that yon T'erberg bought.Yon Herbert; owns 90 head of

aristocratic Holstelns which hesupports in luxury on a ranch atKent, Wash.

The thing that yon Herberg'sherd lucks la a king. It has noblesaplenty, and fine ladles.

Now, why is Roy a king amongMills"

1b it because a maternal ances-tor of his had an affair with aking? Is it because a paternalancestor contributed to a cam-paign fund or grafted his way towealth and power?

It is because of none of thesethings that Roy Is king.

Roy is king because his grand-sire, Spring Farm Pontias Cornu-copia, known as the "$15,000bull," had daughters that gavemore and better milk than othercows.

He is king because his royalmother, Finderne Mutual Fayne.lat the age of 2 years, produced1250 pounds of butter in 12months.

He is king because all of hisancestors have been record-break-ing PRODUCERS!

That is why Roy is a kingamong bulls.

I feel sure the yon Herbergherd will be Inspired to greaterusefulness and productiveness byhis kingly presence.

PETROQRAD—RepuIsed withgreat enemy losses of Teutonic at-tacks in the wooded Carpathiansis announced in today's officialstatement.

"I AM BETTER OFF DEAD""John said to me, 'You're

raising chickens, but you'reraising me no children.' IfI can't raise any children forJohn I am better off deadthan alive!"Judge Clifford's courtroom,

crowded with spectators who hadexpected to hear John Plerwszatestify In his own defense In thecase In which he is charged withhaving killed his wife, StellaPlerwsza, at Wilkenon, Oct. 30,was deathly silent as Joseph Mc-Caskey, former mayor of Wilke-som, repeated this cry of Mrs.Pierwsza Wednesday morning.

The woman, he said, had cometo him about two years and ahalf ago, "thinking, as most ofthese foreigners do, that themayor can do everything," andhad asked him to arrest her hus-band for striking her. She hadexhibited a red mark on her,shoulder where she said he hadstruck her.

Her story was that she hadallowed a hen and 16 chickens tocome into her kitchen becausethere was no suitable henhouse

[for them, and John, cominghome and finding the kitchendirty, had struck her and re-proached her for her childless-ness.

Contradicts Doctors.Aside from his family troubles,

however, McCaskey said, he hadnever heard any harm of Pler-wsza.

McCaskey was the undertakerwho cared for the woman's bodyafter her death .and he testifiedthat powder marks were distinct-ly visible around the bullet-holein her head.

This Is contrary to the testi-mony of physicians earlier in thecase.

K. L. Sherlll, an attorney, told

of having taken a revolver fromMrs. Pierwsza's hands in Sep-tember, 1913, as she stood withit pressed against her breast.

Takes Gnn Away."John told me," he said, "that

he was going to leave his wife,as he could not get along withher, and get a divorce. He hadtried to take away his clothesand she wouldn't let him. I wentthere and found her crying. Johnhad a suitcase on a chair, butwhen he tried to put his clothesin It she would take them away.He told me on the way to thehouse that she was kind ofcrazy and he didn't want to fightwith her. I told her she had bet-ter let htm have his clothes andhave no trouble. She seemed toquiet down for a moment, andthen she went into another roomand came out with the revolverpressed against her breast.

"John cried out, 'She'sgoing to shoot! She's goingto shoot!'

"She Mid, 'I can't standthis; I'm going to kill my-self!' I took the revolverand told her not to act thatway, and she grew quietagain."Pierwsza wiped his eyes quietly

several times during this andother parts of the testimony. Hewill take the stand Wednesdayafternoon, it is understood.

Many Exhibits.Many of the surroundings of

the tragedy have been transferredto the courtroom.

Besides the model of the kitch-en range and the corner of theroom, the range itself nowstands Inside the railing, and to-day a portion of the kitchenwainscoting, which had been re-moved bodily, was brought in,

together with a strip of carpetfrom the kitchen floor.

These unwieldy exhibits crowdthe attorneys aha witnesses, andadd a touch of grotesqueness tothe formality of the proceedings.

Several witnesses testifiedWednesday morning to Plerwsza'sgood reputation In Wilkeson.

Peter Peet, a miner, who hadstayed In the Plerwsza housethe night after Mrs. Pierwsza'sdeath, at the request of thesheriff, told of having heard thealarm clock go off at five min-utes of four.

IFLASHES I< I nlif.l Prrm* I.enard Wire.)

NEW YORK—The stock mar-ket is still uncertain as the resultof peace proposals.

OTTAWA—The Canadian scoutboat and submarine chaser Orilße,which sent out S. O. S. calls lastnight, is believed to have sunk.No trace of the distressed vesselcould be found today.

SPOKANE —Spokane ranks sec-ond in the Pacific Coast Hockeyleague today, having defeatedPortland in a 7 to 6 battle.

HOUSTON, Tex. — Followingselturo of 100,000 rounds of rifleammunition in Galveston late yes-terday, It. Mler, Mexican, aon ofQen. Mler, former Diaz minister,was arrested here for violation ofneutrality.

TODAY'S CIiEAWNGSClearing $ 413,893,47Balance 64,118.89Transactions 1,826,885.44

Where U. 5. Stands(l'nMcd I'n-.. \u25a0.••ii-'.i Wire.)

WAHHIXGTON, I>. IX, Dec.18.—What part the I . 8. willplay in furthering (;<m ninny's

suggestion for peace l« unde-lerniiiird Imlii). But tIiCNOtliree big l(l<-ns toward it arein official minds:

Tluit Knglnud and her '•!-lien siicmiii at leant cllmimthe offer.

That any settlement, e»-peciaJly in (iciiiinni h presentframe of mind, would huveto be backed by a world guar-anty of peace.

That the I . s. «ill not be>iiiiii|ii-il«il In the peacemovement.On the whole, the sentiment

here 1b that at present the U. S.ought merely to act as messengerfor Germauy and pass on herproposals.

While the administration feelscertain that England will not nowaccept Germany's proposals asoutlined. It attaches great Import-ance to the fact that these pro-posals may form the "enteringwedge" for peace or peace par-leys.

Food For Thought.A state department official

pointed out that whatever mayhappen, the proposals will give

| food for thought and a basis uponwhich to liase later proposals orterms of settlement.

Inasmuch as this officiallystarts the hall rolling, It Is con-sidered a vital proposition, thoughapparently destined to fail for themoment.

Colonel House, the president'spersonal adviser, is with htm to-day, helping him with his knowl-edge, concerning peace thoughtsin Europe, gleaned from journey-ingii as Wilson's private envoy.He will play a large part in thefinal discussion.

Meanwhile others close to thepresident are anxious that he takea big, firm stand for peace, back-ing Germany's idea—not as Ger-many'n idea—but as a means tostop a monstrous slaughter

President Wilson la undecided;he has not eren told hie cabinetwhat he thinks. But hla closestfollowers believe that this nationought to know what the alliesthink of the offer before makingany move.

U. H. Moat Be Cautions.Furthermore, they say frankly

• they believe England will scornIthe offer, especially If based on

the terms announced by a Ger-man embassy official.

In these circumstances, Ameri-ca's course, must bo cautious, of-ficials hold.

On the question of a worldguaranty of peace, officials thinkthat Germany's terms an revealedby a German embassy official aresuch that only an internationalagreement could make them"stick."

The reason for desiring a worldguaranty are the.ae:

Germany would be well pleadedto return to the Rtatus she hadterritorially before the wnr. ButIn addition, she wants a way IntoAsia Minor. Her terms imposea hardship upon Russia becauseshe wants a buffer between thatgreat nation and her Msterflboundary. But such terms couldnot be attained, probably.

No RentttnUon.Belgium would be restored, but

at a terrible sacrifice. Therewould be no restitution for theravages of war, unless, perhaps,Germany should buy at an enorm-

(.i<<iiiiK">, how do you betpeare or more war?

The lady next door remarks:"Most men stopped bein' Inde-

pendent after they wuz big enoughto be upanked.

A Mil.ii THUKATIfthe perHon who took the

detachable handle umbrellafrom the Presbyterian rhurrhlast Hunday will return thesame to where he got it,there will be no further «n---IMHTii»-miMit. — Ft. Madison(la.) l)<mu>rra t.

THEY'RE SHORTERThe days.Tourist rates to N. w.Potatoes.

Roosevelt and Rundayknow it pays to advert Ur,

but neither one of them paysto advertise.

"Oliver Osorne" say* tbat withan $11 suit of elothss and a pairof gray spats he could win any

Iheir lerms(United Press Leased 11'ire.)

LONDON, Doc. 13.—Terms which arc believed to constitute the only b«asiiupon which the entente powers are willing to enter upon peace negotationoiwere ascertained this afternoon frooin various sources by the United Press.

One of the provisions would be for full indemnity by Germany for devasta-tion to the nations which she has invaded.

These terms, although unofficial, are believed to represent the eoncessioniwhich Germany must make to obtain peace, They are as follows:

The evacuation and restoration of all occupied territory, including Belgium,Northern France, Poland, Berbia and Rumania —with full indemnity for th«devastation which German occupancy of those territories has entailed.

Restoration of Alsace-Lorraine to France.Cession of the Constantinople Straits to Russia.Indemnity ship for ship and ton for ton, for all destroyed snipping.Adequate punishment for those responsible for atrocities committed by,

German forces.It was emphasized in all quarters that the only questions of a possible, ne-

gotiable character in the peace proceedings might be as to the disposition ofcertain captured German colonies and the character and limitation of Ger-many's future armament.

ous rate, the Delglan Congo Ma restitution measure.

Belgium's fnte. in the presentwar, official)) think, makes theidea of a world guaranty of peaceeven nioro essential tnan perhapsdo the questions of a possiblethreat oi lUisala overrunning theGorman empire.

Germany has aspirations inAsia Minor. That is why sheleaves tl.e settlement of Balkanproblems to the pence conference.

All her terms suggest the needof a world guaranty, Bald theI'nlted Press*! Informant, and hedoubted tliat this will be possibleat thin time.

WASH INOTON, D. O. — The ar-rest of Ricardo Soils, America*citizen, by Carranza officers, andhis imprisonment for no spedfloreasons, has caused an inve»tiga-tinn by tlie state department.

PORTLAND, Ore—Three ban-dits attacked B. C. Collins, aaOregon trapper, on a downtownstreet early today, l>eat him se-verely and escaped with $300.

f Talk o' the Times)woman. But why Is so expensivea suit necessary if he has thespats?

The iivora«e optimlitt Is min in who v.|f < -;i« while hisnl.ii in dock is ringing.

Rapidly GettingSo That NobodyLoves A LawyerMorn and more folks are

Ratting wine to the lawyers.Mayor Fawcett ralU Urn

Taroma attorneys' organi-zation a trust, and asks Urngovernment to bout It.

Tin- Lewis County \V. O.T. I*, in resolutions cosydemnti lawyers who defendbootlegger* im won* thanthe I><><>t lender* tiienißelres.

This U Uie Year of ProwIse.