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MORE SNOW. PREDICTS WEATHER MAN

A tax on babies' names is one of

the curious provisions of the Dutch

budget. If taxing names will stop

the use of certain varieties which

flourish it, we're for it.

SCIENTISTS SAY *JA DCD!! C

U. S. IS FACING £03 rUULiJ

TRAFFIC

HALTED

Only Desultory

Car Service Is

. In Evidence-

Telegraph Off

Kven the weather man was all

disconcerted today.

" I buried my forecast with

the groundhog," he said. "1 give

up."

So it's up to the Indians and

, Taconians to make their own

weather predictions.

There was enough yesterday to

befuddle even the calmest weath

er man. But the last straw

which broke the back of his cal

culations this morning was the

fact that nearly every wire is

' down and Tacoma Is practically'

Isolated. And how can you tell

what the weather has up its

sleeve when you can't catch It on

its way?

It'» More Snow!

, But the weather man was

game. He was willing to risk

a guesM.

"I think it looks like inure

•now," he said.

And he smiled when he said It.

A steady drop in the barome

ter here is the basis for his off

hand prediction. Since yesterday

this weather indicator has drop

» ped .08 and is still on the de

cline.

Kven Old Sol was thrown out

of kilter by the record storm

which hit Tacoma. By the irony

of fate, Just as he was making a

brave effort to send down a few

warm rays, along came an eclipse

and smothered him.

•. Yet in spite of all this, every

one cays things are looking bet

ter, for this is the year of prom

ise.

• 'in-- at Standstill.

Although street car service

was absolutely at a standstill this

morning, it Is expected the tracks

will be clear and all cars run

■ ning by afternoon if the weather

stays bright. The last few cars

which were still trying to navi

gate gave up the Job si 8 o'clock

last night and the freeze which

came with a 27 degree tempera

ture put any hope of car service

this morning out of the question.

At IU o'clock the Cables, Port

land avenue, Pacific j avenue and

McKinley cars were under way,

while strenuous efforts wer_* be

ing made to clear the Point De

fiance line.

May Break Through.

If the clear weal her. keeps up

all cars probably will be running

by this afternoon, according to

announcement of the T. R. & P.

Taconia still Is completely shut

off from all communication from

the east. The Northern Pacific,

Great Northern and Milwaukee

have been unable to get any of

their trains across the Cascades,

while the Union Pacific trains

have been tied up by way of

Joining

A connection with a

bank is for mutual

advantage, the same

as when you join any

organization.

You carefully choose

an organization that

is congenial, that is

most fitted to your

needs.

Because this Bank is

congenial and fitted

to the needs of many

is the reason it has

had such great suc

cess.

Puget Sound

Btate Bank

1115 Pacific Avenue

GIVE THESE MEN THAT

BIG SNOW JOB, MR. IVSIN

Pshaw, folks, this isn't half bad! We aren't really suffering, you know; it's simply a case of incon

venience. A few of us have had to walk to work, and we've had to forego a few concerts and entertain

ments and a little curtailed business. But as soon as it's over business will be better than ever and the

I conveniences of everyday life will seem twice as valuable.

* ■ * *

Besides, the bother caused hy the snow can be mostly done away with if we each one does his part.

What we need today is a little co-operative community effort. Which brings us to our pomt —

Let's dig in tonight and tomorrow and clear every sidewalk in town, scrape the crossings clean and

put our town to rights. Don't say, Mr. Householder, that you can't clean your walk because you have

the grip, or are afraid you are going to have, or don't own a shovel, or aren't strong enough, or haven't

time enough, because—

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There are hundreds of men temporarily out of work who can do it for you. The mills, many of

them, have been obliged to close down and many lines of employment are blocked. So put one of these

men at shoveling snow. He won't charge much. You won't miss the change. It will help him tide over

a hard spell. And it will make our town ten times as convenient a place to get about in.

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Don i know just where ft) lay your hand on a mnii. Well, we just fancied that fa Rood many of you

WOttld make that remark. But we do. Or, at least, we will as soon gi ihis edition liak been on tile streets

■ few minutes. For, The Times hereby volunteers to serve as a clearing house. We are going to help

mobilise the snow-shovel army and put it at your disposal, Mr. and .Mrs. Tacpman,

It's this way: You just call Main 12 (The Times' number) and give your name and address. Say

that you want one man or two men or however many men you can use. We'll put you on our list of folks

who want shovelers. Or, if you need a job and can shovel, call Main 12 and say so. You'll go down on

the other list. And the man who wants a shoveler will get him just as soon as we can tell Mr. Shoveler

so, and vice versa. We anticipate that Main 12 will be about the busiest phone in town for some hours,

and we hope it will. We hope it will be busy with about an equal number of the two kinds of calls.

Then watch the snow fly. With the city mobilizing another army to clear crossings and streets, a day or

so ought to see everything in apple pie order once more.

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And one more thing, Mr. Householder. If the man does a good job on your walk and there is a vacant

lot next to you, have him tackle that, too. It will cost only the price of a cigar or two, and it will giv«

you a comfortable feeling to see all that walk bare.

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NOW TELEPHONE MAIN 12!

Portland.

At noon today the Northern

Pacific office here received word

that the terrific gale which has

been drifting the snow to a depth

of 3"i feet In some places In the

mountains, subsided at 5 o'clock

this morning.

Illi//:n-'l Subsides.

Four rotary plows are hard at

work trying to get the track clear

In the vicinity of the Cascade

tunnel, and officials expect the

road will be open for train, by

this evening it clear weather con

tinues.

Trains which had been held up

on various sections of the line

may be moved this afternoon.

The North Coast Limited which

left here Tuesday was the last

train which got through the

mountains to the east. And it

was taken through in sections,

each section being hauled by sev

eral ldcomotlves.

Trudge to Work.

Telegraph communication with

the outside world is still at a

standstill. Wires are down in

all parts of the state.

Telephone communication with

Seattle has been established.

No cars are running on the in

terurban.

All streets leading to the heart

of Tacoma at an early hour this

morning resembled a retreat

from Moscow. Business men

and women bent on being on the

Job at any cost, trudging along

the car tracks In one thin single

file, plowing through snowdrifts,

slipping on the Ice and hoping to

get there some way.

The first tie-up of street cars

in Tacoma occurred at 3:50

yesterday atfernoon, when South

Tacoma car No. 134 suddenly

"went dead on the Delin street

hill opposite 28th street. A north

wind had chilled the snow and

formed a coating of ice on the

rails.

Cable Not Affected.

While street car men worked

frantically to make the wheels

grip the rails, other southbound

cars came up and stopped behind

the stranded car. Passengers

alighted and began "hiking."

The Tacoma Times

25c a

Month

VOL. XIII. NO. 38. TACOMA, WASH., tTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916,

From Recent

T. R. & P. Ads

These outlying districts have grown up, depending upon ottc car

lines for a reliable, continuous service, irrespective of seasons or,

weather.

And we ask the public to remember, next summer, how the "Old

Reliable" stuck by the guns and how the little bounce buggy drivers

forgot their dear patrons and stayed home and toasted their shanks

In front of their respective fireplaces.

The public demands that this company run its cars regularly

and continuously; they hold it accountable for a satisfactory, con

tinuous and adequate transportation service at all times, no matter

what the weather.

We have bent every effort during the last few wekes to maintain

our schedules and "The Old Reliable" street car has not broken

faith with the people.

We're Proud of

Times Carriers

We take our hats oft today to

the red-blooded youngsters who

trudged along their routes in the

cold through the heavy snow last

night so that none .of their cus

tomers should miss his copy of

The Times.

These small men, some of them

not more than 10 years old, are

dead game sports.

While grownups were afraid

their grownup toes might possi

bly get damp and were fearing a

deterioration In their health, The '

Times boy carriers were plowing

along without a whimper, bring

ing these grownups their evening

papers.

Youngsters Substitute

Out in the near-wilderness at

6th and Proctor, one of the car

riers was ill in bed. But he hap

pened to have a little brother and

a little sister. The little brother

was eight years old; the little

sister was younger.

Do you think The Times read

THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.

ers on that route wer disappoint

ed? No s'ree!

All unbeknownst. to anyone

the little brother clasped the lit

tle sister by the hand nnd togeth

er they trudged off through the

snow with a bundle of newspa

pers.

Only Six Complaint*.

The houses were far apart, It

grew dark and the parents be

came frantic. They telephoned

The Times and a taxi went to the

rescue. The tiny news-carriers

arrived back home safely. .

This is hut one instance of tile

way the boys who carry Tho

Times stuck to their Job.

The result was that complaints

came in from cnly six subscrib

ers who had not received their

papers.

TODAY'S CUBA RINGS

Clearings .* $J17,_40.11

Balances 21.6111.98

Transactions 919,391.09

TUMBLES

THROUGH

SKYLIGHT

John Welch. Mil North :iuth

at-, prominent horse dealer of Ta

coui". today is paralyzed and

seriously injured as a consequence

of falling through the skylight of

his stables yesterday afternoon

and striking the floor two stories!

below.

Mr. Welch had been notified by

city authorities that the snow of

yesterday was imposing a danger

ous weight on the roof of bis

stable, 1582 Commerce street.

He was Inspecting the snow

When a misstep sent him through

the glass.

.' He suffered a very severe fall,

and was taken to his home, where

he is reported today to be In a

serious condition. His back and

shoulders are badly injured.

Welch is a pioneer Taconian,

and Li widely known among horse

men.

[What's Doing!

Today

Trade and Commerce and Re

tail Merchants' bureaus to nom

inate directors, 8 p. m . Com

mercial club.

'Religious and social exposi

tion, (Hide rink, evening; an

nouficed program will be given.

Tomorrow

Concert by Young Men's Chris

tian association orchestra of 25

pieces; 8 p. m.; association audi

torium.

Hural Development and Legis

lation and Taxation bureaus to

nominate, 7:80 p. m.; Commer

cial club; Traffic and Publicity

bureaus, 8:80 p. a.

Home

Edition

Is America Degenerating?

Leading Experts Issue a

Warning That Vitality of

Nation Is Waning

(< <>p.Hah. into.)

NEW YORK, Feb. .!.—Am.r

ica faces 10 perils which m.iy

block its roail to permanent

supremacy!

Such is the warning of the

most eminent scientists in the

country, 1 1 of whom today pre

sent to the people of the I'nited

States their written opinions Sfl

this subject.

The warning of these men of

learning makes direct reply lo

the declarations of James A.

Kurrell. Willarcl Straight, .lanes

.1 Hill, Ocorge W. I'crklns and

other chief American business

men who recently told the read

ers of The Times that America

stood on the very threshold of

supremacy an ong all the nalious

of the earth, if the people would

only grasp the opportunity lliat

the European upheaval has tossed

upon our doorstep.

To this enthusiasm of business

IYPiCAL SCENE OF

FEB. 3 IN TACOMA

j FLASHES|

CHICAGO —The supreme court

sustained the convictions of

Mayor I). M. Roberts and 10 oth

ers for connection with Indiana

election frauds.

LONDON—The British steamer

Bell of France was sunk today

with a loss of 19 lives.

LONDON--Fourteen towns re

port damage and a casualty list

from recent Zeppelin raid over

England.

WASHINGTON—A senate com

mittee began the 'nvestigatlon to

day of Louis BrandeiH' fitness to

sit on the supreme bench.

EL PASO—Carranza officials

issued warnings today advising

American citizens against return

ing lo Mexico.

HOQUIAM—NearIy 200 cattle

have been frozen lo death In this

vicinity.

SALONIKA—A monstrous Zep

pelin Hew over this city Tuesday

dropplu- several bombs which

killed X persons and destroyed

i oiihhlit .c property.

SAN lAN'CIfICO —Lieut H.

A. Jones, commander of the coast

reserve torpedo flotilla, must

stand court martial trial as a re

sult of the mysterious disappear

ance, of the naval secret code.

WEATHER

No Tacoma forecast made, be

cause of cessation of wire service.

science now replies:

"Beware!"

ARK THESE .0

WHAT

PERILS?

The full list- just read before

the .'.merlciin Association for the

Advancement of Science, Ihe

greatest scientific body in the

I'nited States -here appears. II

Includes not only dteeeaeo, but .-ill

the other danger signals of race

deterioration which science de

clares can be seen In every part

of the country.

President Rimer B. Rltte.

house of the Life Extension In

stitule has brought this matte.

before the American Assoclal ion,

presenting a startling array of

facts and figures.

In the language of every da.v,

President Rittnehouse thus chal

lenges its:

"Are we husky cm.ugh aa

n i ■« ..ile iiicni.ili. nuil | .iji-.1-

I'ally ever to bold world mi-

■TTalko' the Times •}*

(■reelings, were you in the

retreat from HmM this

morning.

THE SILVER LINING

Nobody Is pestering us with

tales about the first or last rose

of the season, unyhow.

Is there no end to the

horrors of this war? Xow

i.ci mam is in the throes of

a sauerkraut \ famine.

Scientists say we had an eclipse

of the sun early this morning.

We may also have had a street

car service, but personally we

didn't notice either.

Our sporting'editor hereby

challenges all comers for

Alaska hiking nmii- .s. He

hat qualified by walking last

night to South Tnrouia and

thin morning In front that

suburb.

Ralph Plnkerton, manager of

The Tahoma out at Lincoln Park

high school, is Indignant because

prenmcy or must ive degen

erate into v second i.id- na

tionality bccMiise we allow

these lit) penis to overtake

and rob us of our Mrengili'.'

Head Thin lint.

Here is the list of national

perils:

I. — Seventeen million unmar

ried men and women.

I,- Increase in divorces.

I,—Ueclining birth rate due to

birth restrict lon by parents.

4, - Excessive Infant lift

waste.

Large number of defec

tives in schools.

i; Increasing Idiocy and In

sanity.

7. - Enormous number of i!mg

and alcohol victims.

I, America leads all nations

in murders,

!'. Economic waste from

needless sickness and prematuM

death. fJ.no.uuo.OOO a year.

10, High and lncrc-ing

nervous tension.

ii. Extraordinary laereese la

sedentary work-.

IS.—Hearty eating without ex

ercise.

13.—Increasing; obsity, weak

limbs, soft muscles.

14. — Noticeably low reslstenco

to disease.

I".— Increase In early break

ing down or organs.

j 16. — Increase in deaths from

; organic diseases.

1 7.---Excessive life waste from

Kern diseases.

is.- Remarkable cancer nior

| talily increase.

11l Marked Increase In dis

eased teeth and poor vision.

liO. —Increase In suicides—total

j of H.QOO a year.

we intimated that the 11. '

the-) esr round boys ha

worsted by Old Man

Ralph says he still weai

vi.d ban all the time. H da

trat he owns two pairs o t

1 csvies at that.

Mr. T. H. Martin d,

I minted us again. Hup <*•*•

he'll make tlte disapp. i

ment permanent?

Suitable sign for many

' Eree snow; see the owne.

'PHONES kRZ

OUT OF ORDER

Several bad breaks In the il'.T

telephone Hues have partially dls»

rupted looal communication. Sev

eral extra crews and all of tho

trouble men are busily repairing

breaks in the long distance iinsd.

It Is believed It wffl bo several

hours before normal oommunlea*

tlon Is restored sgala.