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Friend husband soon will have to

roll out of bed an hour earlier to

boom the fire.

FUTURE MRS WILSON IS INDIAN

PRINCESS, OF POCOHANTAS LINE

FAVOR

MUNY

LINKS

The park board is willing and

* anxious to install a municipal gelt

course.

Hut It hasn't the slightest idea

where to find a suitable location.

This was the announcement to

day of (ieorge Lewis tiower, sec

retary of the board.

(lower said the only locatio.i

now owned by the park system

that would be suitable for a

course, was the Spanaway oark

property.

Hut this is on a 15-cent ttxeel

car route, and Gower does not be

lieve that patrons of a muny coif

course would care to travel so

far or to pay such a fare.

Might Buy Adjoining Tract.

"The Point Deflunce suggestion

for a golf course is entirely out

of the question," said Gower to

day. "First, we should have lo

cut long fairways through me

heavy timber, and even with fair

ways 300 feet in width, golfers

continually would be losing balls

In the woods alongside.

, Everyone in Tacoma would

protest If we attempted to cut

away part of that timber."

Secretary Gower is now consid

ering the possibility of a purchase

of that large tract of vacant land

south of Point Defiance park, ad

joining the trail, from Huston to

Olympus beach, as a golf course.

The land would not require ui"ch

clearing and is ideally situate.l

for a city-owned golf course.

. Rut It's < oiimig Sin.ii.

"Spanaway is (he splendid rite

for a municipal golf course," con

tinued Gower. "The park's p-op

erty there is ideal for golf. ;t

would not require hardly any

work to put It in condition. In

fact, I once drew plans for a golf

course there, when I was secre

tary of the old Country club and

We were contemplating purchase

* of a site.

"The park board is ready and

willing to put in a golf course, if

the public wants one. But we are

limited in financiii resources. We

can't go out and buy up any high

priced tract that looks good to

us. And we cant' afford to

spend too much money prepai

• lng a course. Nevertheless I think

the time is fast approaching when

Tacoma will have a municipal

course."

INVADE

SERBIA

BERLIN, Oct. 7.—The Ger

man war office today reported

that large forces of Austrians and

Germans had crossed the Drlna,

"Save and Danube, invading Ser

bia.

THK SUN SHINES ON

BUSINESS

Evidences of permanent

betterment in business are

multiplying so rapidly that

mere hope has given away

to a conviction that the next

twelve months will witness a

▼cry real prosperity.

Undeniably the general

business situation Is already

reflecting the influence of

good crops.

Other indications of the

soundness in fundamental

factors are found in the

building operations, and a

noticeable decrease In the

number of failures.

The Puget Sound State

Bank is keeping pace with

the conditions and offer the

very best modern banking

•ervlce.

H. N. TINKER,

President.

A malefactor is sometimes a femalefactor.

It certainly was more than a coincidence that President

Suzzallo of the D, of W., in answering Jimmie (Frantic) Davis'

bulldoziug letter, spoke disparagingly of "youthful impulses."

Cheap false hair, says a magazine writer, is

made in unsanitary shops and comes from

Chinese heads. Will the women take the cue?

"Fore!" Everybody's shouting it.

The Minnesota food department has ruled an

egg not stored over 30 days is fresh, after that,

old. Are there no middle aged eggs in Minne

sota?

Heaven help the consumer some more! Steps are being

taken to prevent this country Mag flooded with cheap foreign

goods, after the war.

If "all the world's a stage," what's to be done

for an audience?

Quiet Ceremony at

Bride's Home; Tm

_ So Happy/ She Says

WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 7.—

President Woodrow Wilson will

marry some time in December

Mrs. Norinaii Halt, a wealthy wid

ow of this city, who is muci in

terested in literature and charity.

The announcement came last

night, hut it had been anticipated

by the president's most intimate

friends.

The president has been a wid

ower 14 months. He is 59 years

old.

When Mrs. Gait becomes Mrs.

Woodrow Wilson, (he White

House will have as its first lidy

an American Indian princess by

descent, who can rightfully lay

claim to having "royal blood" In

her veins — the blood of Poca

hontas. The president's bride-to

be Is proud of the fact that she

is a descendant in the ninth gen

eration of the Indian heroine, who

wedded John Rolfe, .lameston.

Va., colonist, after she had savei

Captain John Smiht's life.

With this wedding rom?nce

records for the executive mansion

will be shattered, for the e>'ent

planned for early in December

will be tlie third nuptials there

since President Wilson's inaiiKur

ation.

Many Congratulations.

The White House was literally

swamped today with congratula

tory messages for the president.

High officials joined with obscure

citizens in felicitating the chief

executive. Cabinet heads and

others In intimate (ouch with the

president personally expressed

their good wishes.

"I'm very happy," was all Mrs.

Gait would say today.

For months after his wife's

death, the executive had be3o»a

man of solitude. His closest

friends observed this, and de

plored that, while he shouldered

the burdens of a nation passing

through a critical period, he wa'J

denied companionship. His cab-

inei heads talked business; his

other friends, for the most part,

politics. Then Airs. Gait, a wld

ow for the past eight years, wlii

no children, came suddenly inn

his life and his intimates noted a

change.

Honeymoon In the South.

For a honeymoon the president

and his bride will take a lirii" 1

voyage on the presidential yaciit

Mayflower, to Hot Springs, Va,

or to some other Southern resort.

They will decline invitations to

the California fairs.

President Wilson first met his

bride-to-be this summer when jhe

spent the season as the house

guest of his eldest daughter it

Cornish, N. H. With his wife

dead and two ot his daughters

married, she and Miss Bones, a

friend of Miss Margaret Wilson,

wore among a few companions

who cheered the president's soli

tude.

Since this time, she has been a

frequent guest at the White

House.

She is 38 years old, strikingly

boautiful, and noted for a natural

magnetism and capacity for com

panionship. She Is Interested In

charity and other humanitarian

labors. Before her marriage te

Gait, she was Miss' Edith Rolling

of Wytheville, Va. She Is owner

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of a jewelry store left her by her j

husband.

Here are the details of the ro-i

ma nee:

A year or so ago, Dr. Cary T. !

Grayson, the president's pin..

ciiin, met Miss Gertrude Gordon.

She introduced lilm to Mr* '

Norman Gait, her guardian.

Dr. Grayson introduced Mrs.

Gait to Miss Helen Woodrow i

Hones, the president's cousin.

Miss Hones Introduced her to

Miss Margaret Wilson, the presi

dent's daughter.

Miss Wilson Introduced Mn.

Gait to her father.

This all occurred in the fall of

1914.

LAVES FOR MOW YORK.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 7.

—President Wilson will leave to

morrow t6r New York accompan

ied by his fiancee, Mrs. Norman

Gait; his cousin, Miss Helen

Woodrow Bones; Dr. Grayson and

Secretary Tumulty, to attend a

house-party given by the presi

dent's friend, Colonel House.

This announcement was taken

to give the lie direct to the report

that Wilson and House had

broken.

PIONEERS (OXVKNB

RED WING, Minn., Oct. 7. —

Leading Norwegian pioneers of

America and their descendants

gathered here today for the an

nual convention of the Norwegian

American pioneers.

MUNY GOLF LINKS A

SUCCESS IN TOLEDO

TOLEDO, 0., Oct. 7.—Special.

—The success of Toledo's munici

pal golf courses, tennis courts,

and baseball diamonds is shown

hy the increasing number to take

advantage of them each season.

Recognizing this public inter

est, the city park board, having

much ground that Is usuable for

the purpose, has kept gradually

adding ball diamonds and tennis

courts until there are dozens of

them.

The first city golf course was

laid out many years ago in Otta

wa park, a great rolling stretch

of beautiful country with fine

natural hazards. Unlike many

city enterprises, It was kept up

to the highest pitch of efficiency.

That fact drew golfers.

Private grounds were deserted

for the public ronrse.

Finally, although there is a

public pavilion in which lockers

may be rented and a shower bath

taken, the players became so nu

merous that they banded together

and secured permission to erect

their own club house on the

grounds. This has been done.

Nine-II ile Course Increased

Now, the nine-hole course has

been Increased to an 18 hole

course; and a new golf course

laid out I nanother park aeveral

miles from the first.

It was so, too, with the baseball

diamonds and the lawn tennis

THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.

G. A. R. CARRIES BIGGEST FLAG IN U. S.

< ;<■■>. C. Itin liiigiune of

Cleveland was (he niost

talked-of tig hit in tlie pa

ii.ile of veterans in \Va«hlng

ton. Ile vtas dressed In the

clothes lie wore ut the review

of 18115.

Guncotton

Blows Up

EMPORII'M, Pa., Oct. 7.

—An explosion last night of

5,000 pounds of gmicotlon

in the Aetna Kxplotdve Co.'s

plant, which is filling a D*.'t.V

(MMl.noo order for the allies,

killed at least four men und

injured v dozen otliers.

The cause of the explosion

eniiiioi be learned.

V, S. agents are at work

oil the ei.se.

courts. The great success under

city management is at least par

tially due to the perfect mainten

ance by the city of the grounds,

and the very orderly way in which

all are conducted.

(ilve Ordinary Man Exercise

Continuing the general idea of

encouraging athletics, this fall a

football field will be opened in

one of the city parks. Theae free

playgrounds give the ordinary

man, young man ar.d young wo

man, an opportunity for exercise

that- they could not hope to se

cure on privately .owned grounds.

The Idea here has spread for a

dozen years.

The people have endorsed It

each time they have been called

upon for funds. The city's ath

letic fields flourish.

Relative tp tennis courts, the

experience has been that owing to

the growing popularity of munic

ipal tennis courts In our Ani^rl

can cities, a city can hardly have

too many. There Is 10 in our

various public parks and 10 more

could easily be used.

The cost of a complete concrete

base asphalt wearing surface ten

nis court Is $560, at tbe present

price of labor and material. The

coat of tbe construction of a 9

hole golf course Is about $1500.

This Is of course on land practi

cally ready for laying out or the

course.

Smiles

Become

Glooms

Mike Viiii* faco beamed and

he laughed out in .1 this morn

ing when be heard Judge Curd

sentence him to the penitentiary

for (be rest of his natural life

for the murder of John Paddock.

To Mike, life meant his liberty,

and ho smiled for the first time

■since he was arrested. He did

not understand the rest of the

judge's words.

H. B. LaMontt, his attorney,

led him into the hall and ex

plained tlie Judge had not given

him his freedom, but bad sen

tenced him to spend the rest of

his days in jail.

Vlto grew excited, and partly In

his own tongue and partly in Eng

lish, said he was 11 good man in

Italy, having a brothsr who was

a judge: another who was an nd

visor to the king, and he himself

was a' descendant of Garibaldi.

He said he had lots of money and

property in die old country; hla

wife and children are waiting for

him.

Judge. Card denied a motion!

for a new trial, following La-

Montc's motion, citing affida

vits of Juror William Crane and

others to the efect that Ruth

Mlllef had understood the inter

preter's question, thus giving the

defendant an unfair trial.

1 What's Doing |

Today

Preebyierian synod; business

session; 9 a. ra.; Immanuel Prcs

bytertan church.

Pierce county affiliated com

mercial dubs; first annual ban

quet;* Co inme re in i club rooms,

tt:3o p. m.

Convict ship Success; Municipal

dtoek, 9 a. ra. to 10 p. m.

Tomorrow

World's series begins; Phila

delphia vs. Boston; at Philadel

phia.

"Tjie Calling of Dan Matthews"

opens, engagement at Tacoma 'he

ater, j

WAmen golfers, Lakeside *nri

Ijochhurn clubs; play for oity club

cbaui'fionsiiip.

;, Jefferson and, Washington

schools; joint industrial exhibit;

Washington school; evening.

Convict ship Success; Municipal

docki 9 a. m. to 10 p. m.

National Association for Al

vancement of Colored People; re

ception for Wesley L. Jones; Val

halla temple; 1:30 p, m.

KINO COUNTY TO

INSTALL A FERRY

King county rommtsaioo^rs

yesterday granted a $3*5,000 ap

propriation for a ferry service o

#ashon Island.

Till*. 100-ft. banner, carried I" Ihe pataAa by William McKinley

|MiSt, Canton, 0., «aw so big It could only he unfurled In I Vim-. Uiuiiii

nveiuie! It Is the largest flag in tlie I'nited States.

Miracle Box Work By

Alexander Only Thing

That Can Save Phils

HERE'S SIZE UP IN A NUTSHELL

Tlie series ought to go seveu gaiuea, with the Boston Red

Sox winning four nnd the IMiIIh three.

Alexander figures to win the Hires Phil victories.

Dutch Leonard figures as the one Boston pitcher who

can beat Alexander.

Hobllt/el, of Boston, figures to be the series hero outside

of th 1 pitchers.

HY HROWN HOLMES,

Times special sport writer «li-i

viNited the world series con

tenders to get the "Inside"

do|ie.

When it .nines to picking a

winner In tlie world series about

to start, the whole thing has to

bo figured differently from any

other series ever played.

It is not a hard matter to dope,

a series when there are Just plam

human beings to deal with, hut

when there is a fellow like Grov

er Alexander in the way. It's dif

ferent.

I In- series is the first in

which one team luis ono

pitcher who stands out like a

house afire compared to the

rest.

This big Alexander may go In

i there and win the series all by

himself. To do so means for 'llm

to win four games, something a

world series pKcIMM lias never

done.

Alexander Is at the heightli of

his career, having won more than

30 games this season, but I suit

figure him to beat the Sox more

than three times. He Is the 0n1.,'

Phil chucker who can beat the

American leuguer3, so 1 pick tlie

Sox to cop.

As to other reasons, there* the

lack of a good lefthand pitch?;' on

the Phil team to properly handle

the Sox. whose hitting strength is

lefthanded.

The Phils will have to depend

on righthaud pitching and the

j Sox can shoot seven lefthand hit

ters Into the fray. It's all Bos

ton on that score.

Another reason Is that the

Phils are weakest against fast

ball pitching and the Sox pitch

ers are fast ball workers.

The Phils murder curve

ball pitching, hut they will

not face ibut style of delivery

from the Boston heavers.

The Phils, especially Cravath, 1

Luderus, Bancroft, Nlehoff and I

Killefer, are long-fly hit' ts.

They are most dangerous on fholr

own field where these long flies

pass Into the left field bleachers,

which are close to tin plate, and

over the short right field fence for

home runs.

The Sox can combat this fea

ture by using Rube Shore in the

games played on the small Phil

park. Shore's fast ball is differ

ent from other fast balls, because

It Is a "sinker." Tho Phils will

be hitting on top of it and sending

it into tbe dirt, instead of getting

under It and racing It into the

air.

To combat the driving ability

of the Phils away from their

home grounds, the Sox have three

outfielders who ere the grea'en

ground coverera in the business.

i On a big field they will have room

to operate.

The only thing the Phils

have on the Red Sox in this

series la Grovtr Alexander.

HOME

EDITION

ALEXANDER.

HUTCH LEONARD

I'll, her who will oppose Alex.

He may lie able to perform

the miracle of winning four

games, but chances mra

against It.

SEATTLE TIMES

IS STUNO AOAIN

SEATTLE, Oct. 7.—Thirty

thousand-dollar libel soit brought

by Attorney Will H. Thompson

against the Seattle Tlmea was

dismissed In superior court late

yesterday afternoon hy agree

ment. The order recittd that a

compromise had besn effected.

Mr. Thompson said last night

that the terms were secret, by

agreement, but admitted they

were very satisfactory to him.

/ WEATHER

Tacoma. Fair tonight and Frl

day.

Washington: Same; frost east

portion tonight; warmer east por

tion Friday.

TICKET

WATCH

BEGINS

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 7.

—When dawn broke over (he

(Junker illy this morning it

found n weary line of base

hull tuns grimly determined

U> imop niits!,i.. tlie liillllev

park mull they could get

Men. her puitte.HiiirdH for tho

world's aeries.

Fred Wagner, a fan, was the

first in.in In the line.

Behind him was a long .«trln*

of bedraggled fans squatting ol

soap boxes and every Imaginable

substitute for comfort.

They snatched bits of sleei>

through the long night on their

precarious perches, but always

with one eye open lest aomebod/

would cheat on them and force

(heir wuy into the line.

WHAT IS

PARK TO

BECOME?

By A. J. Eldred

What protection would he given

the public and Mr. Ordinary Man

under the proposed agreement

between Uncle Sam and big Ta

coma and Soattle Interests which

are to get a monopoly of park

concessions, remained unknown

today.

Whether the park would he

made into a rich man _ resort, the

central feature of which would

he a palatial hotel with palatial

prices, without accommodations

for the every-day citizen, remain

ed the big secret.

Prices to He Higher.

George H. Stone, one of the

directors of the new concession

monopoly, was confident that the

general public interests would be

fully protected.

He said that prices at the new

hotel must be higher than at

Reese's camp, and he knew of no

project under way by the company

which would give cheap accommo

dations.

No announcement had come

from S. T. Mather, assistant sec

retary of the Interior, who sup

posedly has represented the gen

eral public in the negotiations.

Tv liuiiil Log Hotel.

The effect of these la that a

corporation of wealthy Seattle and

Tacoma men—comprising bank

ing, hotel, transportation and

publicity interests particularly—■

are to handle all the concessions

In the park, except those already

established near Longmire

Springs. These are to be taken

over at the expiration of their

present leases, or they may by

agreement become members of

the new corporation.

In Paradise valley, near the

present Reese camp, will he erect

ed a $75,000 hotel, built of "sil

ver" logs. It will be one of the

finest In any U. S. park.

Bus or touring-car passenger

service to the park will be stop

ped save for the new company's

own machines.

The men interested in the new

corporation, which must turn a

part of ita profits into the cot

eminent for park Improvements,

are:

Cheater Thome, William Jones,

Judge George T. Reid, Charles

Rlchardaon, S. A. Perkins, George

S. Long, Maj. Everett O. Griggs.

W. E. Hacker, Ralph 8. Stacy.

George H. Stone, Frederic Heatb,

J. B. Ternes. Charles H. Hyde,

Arthur G. Prlchard, J. Frank

Hlckey, A. M. Ingersoll, Judge W.

H. Snell, Frank M. Jacobs, H. A.

Rhodes, Ernest C- Cornell, George

Milton Savage, D. I. Cornell.

TO KEEP SUGAR DUTtT

WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 7 —

Secretary McAdoo announced last

night tbat the present duty on

sugar would be retained antU the

war In Europe had been eettiel

and condltons la the D. 1, bue—H

more stable