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WATER FAMINE THREATENED

The yon Tirpitz "starve Eng

land" submarine policy was start

ed one year ago today with the

sinking of three British merchant

vessels in the Irish sea.

SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLIC AT WAR WITH GERMANY

ARMY IN

FRANCE!

Tiny Neighbor of

Brazil, Led By

President, Now

With Allies

THK FLAG OF COUNANI.

WASHINGTON. 0. C, Jan. 2!).

—An American republic has de

clared war on Germany?

its president and its army are

fighting ln France!

This astounding, information

has Just been received ln Wash

ington, although the declaration

of war was Issued in September,

1114, and many of the repub

lic's soldiers are already dead

on the Held of battle.

Coiiiiiini; Kver Hear of It?

The republic is Counani, and

it Is a real republic, on the bor

der between Brazil and the

French section of Guiana, about

15 miles back from the sea.

Its Independence dates from

1886, when title to the country

was officially relinquished by

the republic of Brazil.

The Counriiitr.il>-. then expected

to be annexed to French Guiana,

but France wouldn't annex them,

so they elected a president—and

Counani has been Independent

ever since.

Sends Army of 300.

• The present president is

Adolph Bresaet Beaufort, a

French colonel banished to

Guiana many years ago for a po

litical crime. When war broke

out. Beaufort announced he was

going back to fight for France.

"We'll go, too," said the Cou

nanian army.

And they did.

'Twas a motley army of 300

that sailed for France under the

blood-red flag wtlh the great sil

ver star —emblem of Counani.

But they participated with hon

or in the famous charge of the

foreign legion at Bols Sabot.

POSTOFFICE MAY

GET SOME TREES

's WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 29.

—Bids were advertised yester

day by the treasury department

for planting trees on the postof

flco grounds of Tacoma, Olympia,

North Yakima, Wnlla Walla and

Bellingham.

Whom Do You

Advertise?

When you pay bills

in currency Uncle

Sam possibly gets a

little advertising.

But wben you pay by

check, every one wbo

handles that slip of

paper reads your

name as that of a

businesslike person.

And it's good evi

dence, too.

Puget Sound

State Bank

1113 Pacific Avenue

SERVICE, NOW

A BUSY MAN IS REYNOLDS

NOT ROBBERY

Thla Is to Introduce you,

Tacoma folks, lo the busiest

man in the Htate today.

lie If Charles A. Rey

nolds, the man who put

public service Into the pub

lic service commission. He

Is chairman of the body of

three men whose duty It Is

to see that the.corporations

who sell you esrvice do not

take one cent more from

your purses than they are

entitled to, that special priv

ilege is given to none, and

that no corporal ion which

deals squarely shall be

gauged unjustly.

You may not be very well

acquainted with. Mr. Rey

nolds. His home is in Se

attle. He is an old-lime at

torney there.

Not until this week have

I'mol ii;ins had a first class

chance to see him in action.

Leading Rate Fight

Reynolds in about five

feet 1 1 inches high, broad

of shoulder, erect of sta

ture with a keen eye and a

fighting chin. His hair is

slightly gray.

We said he is busy. Here

are v few of the things that

are on his mind at this mo

ment—bitter lights that

must be waged to get justice

for the people of the state

of Washington, questions vi

tally affecting the public

which must he decided hon

estly without unfair advant

age to anyone.

He is up to his neck in

the bin scrap to wipe out un

fair |Mtssenger rate* by

ivhlch Ihe allied southern

railroads have been .ill..wed

lo roll -the Northwest of Its

right fill amount of summer

tourist travel.

While men and organiza

tions, supposed to look out

for such holdups, were sleep

ing or had their hands tied

with railroad money, Rey

nolds woke them up with a

Counani! Ever of It?

Where the republic of Couna ni nestles on the boundary be

i.\-r**i'ii Hra/.1l and French Guiana.

I What's Doing!

Today

Read Senator Burton's state

ment of the republican party's out

look, page 3, and look at page

for the disclosure or the soul-a

srrun mystery

Tomorrow

lleg'sliation begins for local

The Tacoma Times

25c a

Month

VOL. XIII. NO. :*. r>. TACOMA, WASH., SATURDAY, JANUABY 29, 191 ft

C. A. Reynolds

start by personally taking

liold of the fight and curry

ing it direct to the Interstate

commerce com mission at

Washington -for the people

of Tacoma and her sister

cities.

"We're going to win it,

and don't you forget it," he

says.

Hearing Phone Case

This means work, but

Reynolds is a worker.

In the midst of this bat

tle, he is sitting throughout

every day In the Tacoma

federal court room hearing

the telephone company of

fer an appraisal of Us prop

etry and watching to see

that the big corporation

does not get one cent more

ln rates than It is entitled

to from the people of Ta

coma.

Vet. this Is not all.

Wltile these thing*, vitnl

ly effecting; our «'lty, are be

ing attended to, he lias be

fore him the complaints of

delegates to Laymen's Mission-1

ary Movement.

Address on "Power Under

Control," by Rev. Dr. Philip K.

Bauer; Y. M. C. A..; .2 30.

ON GUNMAN'S TRAIL

ALBANY—PoIice are hunting

for a gunman who shot four peo

ple last night, three or them

through the back. He used a

silencer.

THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.

Tacoma and Seattle asking

for heat on their city street

cars.

He, with the other com

missioners, must decide on

tbe justice of this com

plaint.

Still another of his activ

ities at present is an inves

tigation of the Corea snow

slide disaster on the Great

Northern.

When Reynolds was ap

pointod chairman of the

public service commission

more than a year ago

he threw a surprise Into

some of the special inter

ests in the state right off

the jump.

For he proved himself to

be one of the first men ln

the history of that commis

sion who was out for service

of the public first and last.

I

Service That Serves

Up to that time tho body

of men crrlled the "public

service" commission had

been used as a bumper for

the corporations, a clearing

house of special privilege.

He made It a public service

commission.

For Instance he issued an

order to his engineers which

ran something like this:

"The corporations will get

what's coming to them—no

more and no leas. If you

are out to allow them any

advantages or privileges you

lose your job. And If you

take a cent from them which

Is rightfully theirs, you will

bo fired."

The engineers have acted

accordingly.

A hlg corporation suj-h It

lias Ml.(MM.mm ii i worth of

property It can't find. Rey

nolds and his engineers go

out ou n hot search to find

it. They will not he satis

fled until they either have

located it or have determin

ed that it never existed.

Brandeis

Fight Is

Started

WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 29.

—The senate will approve the

appointment of Louis D. Bran

deis to the supreme court bench

-by the closest vole ever recorded

i in approving a Justice, tt was ln

jdicated from reliable sources to-

I day.

The approval will come after

a long fight. Involving sectional

and race feeling, with sensation

al traditions and party politics

Involved.

Weeks Might Object.

It is practice ny certain that

the Judiciary committee will

hold hearings on the qualifica

tions of Brandels. if he Is prov

en to be fit to hold the office,

Senator Weeks of Massachusetts

is expected to:object to bis con

firmation under the right of a

senator to veto the appointment

of any man from his atate who

may be personally offensive to

him.

President -Wilson Is prepared

to fight to sustain the appoint

ment, if necessary, he will en

force . the senatorial courtesy

privilege.

Kaiial Issue Arises.

Senator T-aFolletle^ is known

to favor Brandels, while Weeks,

Sherman and Smith oppose him.

It Is reported the question of

presidential aspirations enters

Into the consideration of these

iren.

The racial issue Is bouad to

Intrude because Brandels la mt

Jewish extraction.

ONE OF THE PLEASURES OF ALASKA SEA TRAVEL NOW

This photograph shows the - t«-n ■ Northwestern, now on Ihe Sound, as she appeared on her arrival last Sunday, after s trip

ni r,_ hours from Cordova. It gives a vivid Idea of the vicissitudes of Alaskan travel during a stormy whiter. It tins '2 below

zero when she left Cordova. It was 4 below ..hen she armed at .lihh-hii. after making her way iv a gale that blew 8.1 miles an

hour. The steamer was blanketed with ice from hull to the top of its flugpost. While it did not -.iioh or hull, the water con

gealed rapidly, as the waves vvasneil against the ship. The force of the wind broke (he deck rslliug and damaged the rompan

lonways and the bridge. The .« Ih»v«* photograph Is reproduced hy The Time-s through the courtesy of 11. Mlinonson, oae uf ihe

BaaMMMMM. I

■freeze May Wreck

Green River System

A jam of ice, pounding against the intake end of the 26-mile Green river pipe line, is hourly threat

ening to plug up the pipe and cause a vacuum that would force the huge tube to collapse.

A similar accident occurred to the Seattle water system at Cedar river during the present cold

spell, and shut the city completely off from water for several days.

City workmen at the little mountainside station where Tacoma taps its water supply from the

Green river, are frantically fighting the ice demon that threatens the Tacoma system. Assistant Water

Supt. Kunigk will hurry to the intake station tonight with a quantity of dynamite, to blast away the

rapidly forming ice and attempt to clear the channel. •

Green river is frozen worse than at any former time in 22 years. There is now six inches of ice, and

the thickness is increasing daily. Below zero weather has prevailed continuously, with blizzards of slush

and snow every few days since Jan. 1, and bitterly cold winds have blown every night.

S^ish ice, rather than cake

ice, ;is the menace. This is

caused by slush plunging against

the l«-rr "tied opening at the upper

end of the long pipe, freezing in

stant 1... and threatening to spread

over the entire pipe. Several

crews of workmen, . armed will)

picks and axea, have worked con

stantly day and night during the

last two days' hacking away the

ice aa tupldly as It formed.

City Workmen Heroes.

These men, although unknown

to the people of Tacoma. who they

are '.working for, are heroes ln

disguise.

Tley have heen subjected to a

most bitter onslaught of the ele

ments. At tines their clothing,

saturated with ley spray, has fro

zen solid.

They have faced a 75-mlle

bllsjqard with the mercury below

zero, The Intake, where the dan

ger Jies, is in an exposed place,

and {here is no chance tor shelter.

So long as the pipe end is kept

opeif, there is no danger to the

city, according to Stipt. Kunlgk.

But the minute tbe slush ice

gain* In Its fight With the city

workmen, Tacoma" will be shut off

from water, and, under present

weather conditions, it may take

an Indefinite time to make re

paint.

• Would Mean Collapse.

TJse Green river pipeline Is

equipped at frequent intervals

with air-valves, which allow air

to pAss slowly Into tbe pipe when

ever the tube Is being drained.

But the valves are so small, that

under normal conditions 'a shut

off of water must take place dur

ing a period of at least eight

houi-B.

Should ii- c pack against the In

take; shutting off water Instantly,

seconding to Supt. Kunlgk, the

val vis would be utterly unable te

adroit air into the pple as fast aa

the Wter Inside flowed towards

racdrn* A vacuum would form,

and large sections of the pine

would collapse.

Admits Peril is Great.

I do not believe that Tacoma

need feel badly worried over the

situation," said Kunlgk today.

"We have never faced such a

danger before, because the river

has never frozen anything like

it is now. 1 believe that we can

as* dynamite effectively to clear

the river of tot at the intake and

teps it clear. Tk-t cold weather

Home

Edition

cannot last much longer.

"We have learned a lesson from

Seattle's calamity, and I feel con

fident that the city will be able

to prevent a break in the line.

Nevertheless, the danger exists,

and it is a very grave one."

|FLASHES|

NEW TORK—Predictions made

today at the headquarters of the

Jewish relief fund placed the

amount which would be sent to

Europe at $3,000,000*

PARlS—Fortified positions at

Avalon In conjunction with the

Italian forces near there are be

ing nifcde In an effort to stop the

oncoming Austrians.

DKNVKR —Several deaths are

thought to have resulted from the

terrific blizzard which swept the

southwestern part of tbe state last

night.

PORTLAND—-Several kegs of

ginger ale stored in the court

house today are said to have a ter

rible kick. The booze was gained

in a raid on tbe Perkins hotel last

night.

SAN FRANCISCO—The will of

Mrs. Margaret Fuller, widow of

William Fuller, California paint

magnate, who has a branch store

In Tacoma, was filed today, dis

posing of $1,000,000.

PITTSBURG —Police are guard

ing the thoroughfares leading to

the Memorial temple where the

president will make his address

today on preparedness. Thousands

lined the route of march.

ATHENS—Several thousand

soldiers of all the entente powers

landed today at Karabar over the

protests of tbe Greek commander.

SEWARD—Four men supposed

to have been lost on Fire Island

ln Cooks inlet arrived today at

Anchorage. The men have, been,

missing for several days.

SEATTLE—Seven persons were

injured last night when two hob

sleds ran Into an automobile and

a telephone pole.

WEATHER

Tacoma: Generally fair tonight

and Sunday, continued cold.

Washington: Same.

Kaiser Kisses One

Cheek of Denmark;

England the Other

LONDON, Jan. 29. — W*r I

rumblings may disturb Sweden,

but Denmark almost certainly

will keep out of the war. She

wauls to keep out, and Germany

and England second the desire.

Thif must Is gleaned from re

cent conversation with Copen

hagen officials and with others

here today.

If Denmark fights she will

join the allies because of the an

cient hatred resulting from the

German capture of Schleswlg-

Holsteln. Germany could over

-Talk o' the Times r

Greetings, did yon write

that letter concerning cold

street cars to Chairman

Reynolds. of the public

service commission?

How amazing! The T. R. t_

P. Co. "accepts" the franchise

the council passed a few weeks

ago.

We don't think It was

very polite In tliat Mr. Wti

mer, on the N. Y. end of the

long (distance wire last

night, to bang up so quick

ly after Zilpha Phillips

brought np the subject, of

leap year.

And speaking 'of the phone

company, did you ever hear of

it's Insisting that the assessor

charge It up with $1,«K>8,715

worth of property that It Is sure

It possesses, though it doesn't

know what it can be and can't

guess where?

Amyhtnv Utefa- long Aim*

run Denmark rapidly, but is not

anxious for an Invasion. He

spite (he English blockade, she

gets considerable supplies

through the Usiilhli ports.

Germany is not anxious to un

dertake a defense along the

Danish coastline against allied

landings. It is understood there

Is a tacit agreement by which

Denmark divides her footstuffs

between England and Germany

without the objection of either.

This Is believed to be the rea

son why no Danish food ships

have been torpedoed.

tance show was good stuff,

and ive rnjoyml It immense-

I). We apologise to Mana

ger H<hlarli for our c Mtor't

trying to get that Mr. Wit

mer all balled up trying Iv

prove that he was in N. V.,

and not down In the base

ment of the iuromti thea

ter. That was a mean

trick.

I'ATKXT APPLIKH FOB

Louie Bean, the Inventive man

ager and genius of ths T. 11. A

P. Co., is at' work oa a pan t

foot-wsrmer for epeu, aui.i-._i d

street cars.

It is a square box, e>u > p d

with two openings in ♦ ♦><■ lop.

one for each foot

The feet are warm*. l.«/_we

you leave tbe house In the '

morning and placed I^^^^^H

box. • "

Then your wife carrle* you na%_■_

and places you ou the car.'-' ri?.'*i

'ports the bright Mr. fliaan "£','