HENRY HEWITT. TACOMA PIONEER. DEAD The Tacoma Times · 2017. 12. 20. · Jones and George Bmwne,...
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HENRY HEWITT. TACOMA PIONEER. DEADHAVE A OOOD LAUGH
Not far from the headquarters of the all highesta gigantic battle in being victoriously fought whichour enemies willfully provoked, misjudging ourunconquerable strength and Blighting our readi-ness for peace.- -Yon Uertling to Burlan. The Tacoma Times Night Edition
lc A COPY, 25c A MONTH IN CITY. VOL. XV. NO. 108. THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA. " TACOMA. WASHINGTON. THURSDAY. MAY2. 1918.
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FORGINGTURKS TOTHE 111By J. W. T. MasonI'nltod l*re»«s War Kxpert.
A separate peace with the re-luctant consent of Germany maybe forced on Turkey with the re-newal of new and highly import-ant operations, north and north-west of Bagdad by the British ex-peditionary forces In Nesopotamla.
North of Bagdad the British arewithin less than 100 miles of Mo-sul and northwest of Bagdad, asecond British column is followingthe Euphrates to Aleppo, which isless than ;:oO miles from the pres-ent resting place of the invading
. expedition. Both of these objec-tives are major Turkish bases.
The capture of Moaul would gl'.eto the British possession of themost important center of cumraunications in Northern Mesopo-tamia and a further advance o(125 miles westward would placethe British in possession of .Nisibin, the terminus of the completedpart of the Bugdad railway run-ning to Constantinople.
, . If at the same time Britishtroops were to occupy Aleppo, thewhole of lit.ii ii hi of the Bagdadrailway supplying N'prtheru Meso-potamia would fall apprize to theBritish.
Simultaneously the Turklrliarmies in Palestine would beforced to surrender because alltheir supplies are received by wayof Aleppo.
A catastrophe of this magnitudewould be the severest blow thatcould be inflicted on the pan-Her-mans.
Rather than see the total col-i lapse of the Turks and the cap-
ture of the Uagdad railway byGreat Britain the kaiser mUhtwell advise the sultan to surrenderso that a part at least of the ter-ritory could be saved for futureGerman commercial exploitation.
The British advance towardA Mosul and Aleppo is being made
principally by Sudanian troop3.These soldiers have not provudgood material for the nerve-rack-ing trench warfare. Their useagainst the Turks, therefore, doesnot decrease the strength of theallies along the west front.
"To the Finish!"J H ||X.,1 Prru 1 r.nr.l Wire.)
MELBOURNE, May 2.—"Aus-tralia fights to a finish!" declaredSenator Gardiner, labor leader,in a speech today.
"This is not a time for peace.The man asking peace i.s a mad-man and a traitor."
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(\u25a0m-«'I injts. Imve you launch-ed nny shJpH today?
The other night1 went to the theaterWith a low-browed friend,And the orchestra played"The Little Brown Jug."And he thoughtIt wm the national anthemAnd stood up,And I did, too.Darn him.
—Arkansas Gazette.
Willum has awarded theiron rrtr-s to ( /ci nin. Nodoubt l>f ipaw- the iron medalon account of the scarcityof leather. ..
\ » , KNOCKING ON HIS OWNDOOR
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. D. R.Stork, 261 W. 3rd street, Wedivesday, a son.—Cedar Rapids (la.)Gazette.
The Huns are growing, more rcMOHable. They didn't•\ auk the Dntota to move Into
the oeeML
Reputed toBe RichestTacoman!
Not many days ago Henry Hewitt, jr., met Sec-retary Qower of the park board on the street carnear the Feiiy^Museum.
"We old fellows still manage to keep in thegame," »aid Hewitt.
"1 guess we've had all that's coining to us,"Gower replied.
"Well, if we haven't, we've tried for it," "wasHewitt's come-back.
Today Henry Hewitt, jr., Tacoma pioneer andone of the unique character! iv the history of thecity, is dead. He passed away at 9 o'clock Thurs-day morning «»t the Taeoma General hospital at theage of 78, aficr failing to rally from an operationperformed a week ago Saturday.lie had been in ill health more
than a year, having undergone anoperation for kidney troubleabout two years ago.
The funeral will be held Fridayat 3 p. ni. from the Hewitt home,the Rev. Frank Dyer officiating.Interment will be at Taconia ceme-tery.
At tho time of his deathIf• »iii wus reputed to lie the-Wt'Hlthle«t man ill TaioiiiiiHe was president of the Hew-
itt I^and Co., president of theWilkeson Coal & Coke Co. anddirector of the St. Paul & Taco-mi Lumber Co., which he helpedto establish 30 years ago. Hiswealth was mostly in extensivetimber lands In many parts ofWashington and Oregon.
Hewitt came to Tacomawhen the city wns a merevillage. During the many
' year* of his activity here heImv been known ns one of thecity's greatest money getters.At the game of money making
he usually played a lone hand.He was not a mixer.
He joined few Tacoma organi-zations—the Union, Commercialand Country clubß.
During the latter years of hislife he took a keen Interest inthe State Historical society, ofwhich he was president at thetime of his death.
With Mr/. Robert McCormick,he built the new addition to theKerry museum.
Hewitt w;n- born at Gisborn,Yorkshire, England, Oct. 22,1840, the son of Henry and Maryl'roctor Hewitt. His father, whowas a farmer, came to Americain 1840, nun iir., to Racine, Wis.,and then moved to Chicago,where young Henry went to busi-ness college.
At Die age of 16 he began hisbusiness life, acting as timekeep-er for his father. Later he andhis father went into the bankingbusiness, in which he was engagedfor 10 years.
It wax in ihhh that Hewittcame to Washington with « «il-
' ('. \V. (•HkK'S Senator A. G.Fowter, ('. 11. Jones andGeorge Bmwne, nstabllMhing(In- St. I'iiul & Tacoma I inn-her Co. here, under contractwith a.si liner of AiInns, ininnull bya I ii'iirh c-riiisi-i- off iln- ilor-Ncy cohm early yesterdaymorninK.The City of Ateliens was en
route to Savannah, Oa. In athick fojr, the French warshipcrashed intot ii. Survivors heretoday declared the ship wentdown in seven minutes. Two life-boats were launched. Many per-sons leaped overboard.
The mis'.mn innludeH nine civil-ians, two women, one child, 14Kreoch sailors, eight I'uited.States marines and ;S4 officers and[crew of the steamer. There were
135 paHHenßcrs and crew aboard.Heroism the Hule
AUho the accident occurredabout 1 «. ni~, yesterday, no wordof it wan known hero until thearrival of survivors. They toldMM) stories of heroism.
Dr. K. h. Brooks, Atlanta, de-clared that one of the wireless"i"i .iion- Htuck to his post .milwent down with the ship.
Quick work on the part of thecruiser's officers, who rushed life-boats over the side and played»earchlißhts on the dark waterspre\ented an even heavier toll oflife.
Most of the City of Atehens'crew casualties were among thestewards, who were crushed todeath when the war vessel's seelprow cut into their t.Burning love letters and a 'canceled click for 10,0(10 Kisses
\u25a0Ml Miss Ruby Dean by Dr. l.eon 11. Qnitinnn, will figure in thedefense of the Rirl who is on trial in Chicane on a charge ofmurder.
Dr. Q lituian died In the ipiMBMM of Miss Dean, a Kinsrr,from a lnillt wound.
Mis».s Dean expects to hlhiw thai he was ac< identalb sliol; 1liathe wocuml her its a single man. \\liNpt"I HAVK IM.M It WITH KVKKYOff! WITH WHOM I CAMK IN CONTACTPROM OBlf, I'KHNHINCJ TO TIIK AMKKIC'AA' FHIVATK—IIiiiM I'M sllH \ I POIN-CAKK TO THK HIMIU,KBTI*OIM'S.
"1 approach my task of i.-IMmi; what 1 have seen and heard in great trepidation for Inm ronfrunted by scenew which I cannot