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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-12
ORGANIZE TO END
REIGN OF CANNON
HOUSE INSURGENTS HOLD
CONFERENCE ON MATTER
OF REVISING RULES.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, March IL. -
The insurgents in the house who
are determined to overthrow the
Dictatorship of Boss Cannon eau
cusel for three hours last night,
to devise plans of procedure.
A compromise with the machine
crowd was suggested by which a
committee shall be appointed to
revise the rules, the insurgents
agreeing to abide by the old rules
until the new are adopted.
This is not entirely agreeable
to all the insurgents. All agree
that Cannon shall not have the
of committees.
Poindexter of Washington,
Gardner and Lowering of Massa-
chusets, Murdoch and Madison of
Kansas, Hubbard of Iowa, Morse,
Cooper. Nelson, Kopp, Carey,
Lenroot, Hinshaw of Nebraska,
Gronna~ of North Dakota, were in
the conference and others have
signified that they are with the
insurgents. Et
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-12

S ms city council will next week
& = asked to call an election to Sc
~ . committee Of Is to draw up
now charter for the city to pro-
~ the commission form of gov
&knmont.
e tho council refuses. then q
X1[l Be forced to call the election
N the petition of the people.
This was the action decided on
~ eho City club at the Commercial
&lub rooms, last night. Charles
Dfury, y. D. Hodge, DR.. 8. M. LIE
ERone, William Crehan and @. l..
kcbbins were appointed q commit
- to see the council.
IN the meantime the petitions
1ogued by the South End club will
~ lndustriously circulated to-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-12

Spray pumps and spray. Taco
-ha Imp. 4 Seed Co., 18th and
Com. 80
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flame shoot from the garrett
down into the house. The fire is
in the Smith cottage.
Ella, screaming, is hurried to
the outside. She calls her six sis
tiers as she goes. Those who can
follow her hurry screaming out.
But the two smallest are sick in
bed.
The smoke is filling the down.
stairs now, and the garnet is a fur
mace. Jack dashes into the house
again, still barking. He finds the
two in bed. He takes Jessie the
baby, then. 4-year-old Mary 5Sand
drags them out to safety H
makes another trip to Iunnk6 sul<
that there are no more 1r1xhf6m66
little girls inside. then 1o1Gf1 =
take up his post besides - l1>(1
flock. q
Mrs. Smith reaches ht
as the fire gets under cori5to4. Her
frightened eyes run down the lit
tie human stairway. Ella, Is;
Katy, 10; Agnes, IL; Clara, s.
Emma, Mary, 4. and the baby.
All are safe. She catches each Of
them in her arms. smothefine
them In glad kiases. Then she
throws herself on her knees Ia
the mud and embraces the dog,
Jack thumps his thick tail, and
tries to lick her face In the fool
ish way that = dog has.
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And that's the reason that ev-
|eryone in Omaha is taking aboui
Jack today. It isn't the first
time he has been of value to the
family. He watches over the chill
|dren when they're playing. II
they get too near the railroad
track or the river. they'll find the
dog tugging at their skirts. II was
Jack who rushed home a year age
when the children's father was
killed. He guided Mrs. Smith t.
1.-THE scene.
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DIR. .A.W. HARRIS.
sV GiIy OF

r. A. w. Harris. president OF the
Northwestern university of Evans
ton, ILL.,, arrived in Tacoam this
morning and will be an ail-day
guest of the city.
A committee of Northwestern
alumni, including A. H. Denman,
L. L. Benbow, DR.. Scoville and
DR.. Alice Smith, met the college
president as he stepped from the
Seattle train this morning and
proceeded to show him royal
good time. He is scheduled to de-
liver addresses at several places
today.
His day in Tacoma will conclude
with a dinner at the University
club this evening.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-12

Sell Jack?" says Mrs. Smith
now. There isn't money enough
In the world to buy him."
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1ho NcAnafkaOtc OtOTy VI NOW
Jack, the Dog Member OF the
Family, Saved the Two Baby
! Daughters Of q Poor Widow.
| OMAHA, Neb., March 11.-Mrs.
Mary Smith, widow, has a family
consisting of seven little daugh-
tiers and one big bulldog. The
oldest daughter, Ella, is Is, and
Jack, the dog. has a big appetite.
Neighbors have urged Mrs. Smith
to sell the dog. But she says Jack
will always be a member of her
family.
"And when he dies" Mrs. Smith
adds. "he will all be real mourn
Iers."
Today Mrs. Smiths little cot
tage on Harvey st. is a charred
ruin, but she still has her seven
little daughters. If she had sold
Jack she would only have five
daughters. maybe four. Jack has
paid his board and lodging.
All over Omaha people are
singing the praises OF Jack the
dog who saved his little mattresses
from death by fire. They are also
collecting money for the homeless
family. Out Of the first money
INill come 3 new collar for Jack.
and 4 beefsteak dinner. He de-
Iseryes q Carnegie hero medal.
Fire broke out at 6:30 at
might, before Mrs. Smith had
come homo from her work as a
nurse. Mary, 4. and Jessie. the
1e-uiOnths-ojd baby, were both
sick 1T home. and needed their
mothers services. But times were
livery hard Ella is, was bravely
trying to get supper for the iittls
family.
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There Is an alarm of fire, with
noise and excitement on the street,
and furious changing OF gongs
Jack, the dog, dashes into the
house. barking loudly. catches
hold Of ELIAS dress and drags her
to the door. At the same minute
. cloud Of smoke and tongues of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-12
DEBS DOESN' 7
FANCY THE NEW
OFF|C |ALS
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
GIRARD, Kas., March IL. -
Eugene Debts, former candidate
for president on the socialist tick
ct, DIN an interview, declared 10
day that:
"The new administration Is
composed exclusively of wealth
and representatives of wealth.
Most of the cabinet are lawyers
and several have been openly
trust lawyers. They can be de-
pended upon to serve their GLASS
and their clients"
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QUADRUPLETS ARE
BORN TO MOTHER
sya OF II CHILDREN

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
HAVANA, March 2.@The wife
of a Havana cigarmaker yester-
day gave birth to bankruptcies,
two boys and two girls. All are
doing well. She was already the
mother of IA children.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-12
TIDELAND CASE
IS CLOSED

Argument in the Bedford tide
land case was finished yesterday
before Judge Hanford is federal
court and the judge took the case
under advisement. No intima-
ton was given when the decision
will be rendered.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-12
WILL REDlSTRICT
PIERCE COUNTY
(Times Special Service. }

OLYMPIA, March 12.-Senator|
Metcalf tried to kill the bill to re-
district the legislative districts of
Pierce county yesterday but hel
failed and it passed. The bill
was made necessary by the redis-
tricting of the precincts in Taco
ma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-12
A.-Y..P. FUND IS
STILL cLImBIkG

In the canvass for money for
the A.-Y.- P. fund yesterday $3.50
was added. The total has now
reached $11,760. An effort will
be made to push it over the $12,-
900 mork today.
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The Remarkable Story Of How
Jack, the Dog Member Of the
Family, Saved the Two Baby
Daughters of q Poor Widow.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10

4 FOU want ny history, Well. you
NJ shall have IT, though I am only a
has been" and there are many
who viii vouch for it's truthful
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beauty dumped me unceremonfouNly
into huge basket. where my identity
was entirely lost among the myriads
OF cotton punches around me-
Gaspingly cried. What is 10 become
Of us7' Ny neighbor. bedrabbled and
crushed by the heavy. black hands Of
the cotton picker answered family;
Il don't know. Some horrible fate
perhaps. but keep up your courage, we
shall not be kept long in suspense
The next few days were OF unspeak-
able torment Such wild, whirling,
rushing. plunging baths, hot, cold and
medicated. until thought that the end
had come. Life could stand no more.
Nevertheless worse tortures followed
The roaring machinery pulled and
twisted all that was left of my unfor-
tunate body until I was drawn out into
exceedingly fine threads. l was no
longer pure and white as when I first
saw the sunlight. for 1 had been igno-
miniously dipped into dye Fast black"
I heard a voice exciaim in exuItant
tones. Then, before l was accustomed
to this new environment, / was again
caught in the maze of machinery With
resignation 1 awaited my fate and in
a short time I realized that another
strange formulative process had over
taken me, and that I was possessed of
a dainty shape which I could not de-
scribe, and l longed for some means by
which could inspect my new form
with inenable peace / found myself
living in a long narrow home Not
alone. for several others. exactly like
me- in form and color, lay around me,
above and below.
During my tempestuous career / had
occasionally heard OF marvellous things
utterly unknown 10 me, such as "a life
partner" "a marriage "a mate and
I had somehow got the impression that
these all indicated imprisonment
Fancy, then. my dismay at finding my
self bound. hard and fast, to another.
1 realized that I. too. had a mate
This new phase of life bewi1dered
me- We lay undisturbed. only occa-
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able when was contempIuously
tossed into a .darning basket TO walt
until 1 should be "darned." 1 fancieG
this must be some frightful operation,
for 1 recalled with terror the voice OF
my mistress, who occasionally, under
great excitement, protested that she
would be- darned" I never seemed
quite myself again. I discovered soon
enough what a dishguring process
darning is under inexperienced fingers.
1 longed for quiet, even Oblivion.
IT shall spend my vacation at the
day, It'll pack my trunk and be off to
the seashore.p
No peace for the unfortunate stock
ing of a happy girll was forced to
accompany her to the seashore and to
participate in many gayeties. getting an
occasional rest when some other un-
fortunate stocking would take my
place.
Are you going in this morningg' q
Yes we are ALI going IN If the tide
is right" When discovered that "go-
ing In meant a plunge and frolic in
the waves, my CONSERVATION was in
describs BILE. was IL my fate to be
dragged into the sport, an unwilling
victim.
Amidst laughter and jokes that har-
monized little with my unhappy state Of
mind ] was whisked down to the water.
Such water, Cold does not express it,
Even the little foot I covered. per-
formed marvellous gyrations, trying 70
keep from freezing. As my lady would
Jump the v aves and dive through them
in her efforts to have "a good time I
chung to that little foot in desperation
Surely this agony can not last much
longer" I thought. when oh. horrors !.
1 felt something that had held me
tightly and given me courage-some-
thing to which I had clung in stark
dEspair-suddenIy let CO. With each
wave I felt myself slowly and surely
slipping from my rnoorings and into the
mighty ocean Only one thing could
save me, that nv lady should HE her
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sionaliy getting glimpse of sunlight
when our home was rudely jerked
from its foundation and strange voices
gave US slight clews as to what was
transpiring around u.s. The ominoua
words that seemed always TO portend
our disturbance were:
I'D like pair of black cotton hose.
No. g." Could this refer TO my matc
and me2 Had we at last discovered
our identity? Always. when we heard
these words, we were sure to be
dragged out from our secIusion. in
spected. mauled around. and always.
for some unaccountable reason, throwa
aside, until one day pair of soft.
white hands held Us longer than usual.
III take those. Send them to No.
- Fourth avenue, Sunset district -
Alas. what fate awaits us now? At
least, we were going together, but our
peace was OF short duration. Could it
be possible that the soft hands which
had held US so kindly few hours be-
fore could now so cruelty tear us
apart? 1 was stretched out of all sem
blance to symmetry and I longed to
know the fate of my companion
Look at my new stockings. Aren't
they inner"
Great. where did you get them p.
At the -
How much did they cost?.
Fifty cents only: very cheap,
Alas, how are the mighty falIent
After all our trials and tribulations. to
be worth only so cents. Ny conscious
ness became suddenly alert. for I real
lied that beside me was my mate.
That we were each surrounding a
dainty ankle. This much we discoy-
cred from a glance into full length
mirror in my lady's boudoir
Our former trials sank into fnsig-
mica heGfda vi
to be our lot We went on picnics
boating parties, dancing. shopping and
on hundreds of excursions until. by
some strange mishap. L found myself
afflicted with q tiny hole in my toe,
My shame and chagrin were unspeak-
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self to shore. But alas. a worse fate
befell nre. was cast of, left to perish
in the drifting sand which gradually
covered me until nothing was left OF
me to enjoy the light of day but that
unfortunate, ungainly darned toe.
As the II oon rose high over the sand
dunes and beach strewu with ropes OF
kelp and seaweeds and the waves rolled
placidly out upon the sands, almost
reaching my burial place, two figures
approached hand in hand Should I be
rescued or engrossed in their happi-
ness would they see only the moon
beams reflected in each others eyes2
No.
The young Adonis who approached
spied all that was left of me unburied.
STOPPING he deftly dragged me out
perhaps to peace, perhaps to new in
dignfties.
why. that is my stocking. lost it
in the surf this morning. said my
Iady,s familiar voice. which I recog-
nized with mingled hope and mIsgiv-
ing No. 1t is mine to keep as a pre-
cious souvenir of our summer at the
seashore 1t shall not be yours again
unless you give me your hand. Say,
what shall 1t be-a fair exchanger
NO" she snswered. put the stocking
in your pocket. and here's my hand.
I've loved you. been true to you, been
jealous OF you Wneh you nlrted Win
the other girls Now you are mine and
the stocking is yours" A peculiar.
smacking. cracking sound seemed to
seal the compact
Ny days OF anguish are over.
await humiliation under the most IA
vorable surroundings Quietly laid away
in a dainty box have for my constant
companion a sachet bag OF rare per-
fume. I am a favored guest in the
home of my lady. On each anniver-
sary of the day Of my rescue from the
sands of the beach, am always ten
derly shaken out and given a sun bath,
caressed and then laid away once more
in peace and quiet which I so often
1onged for
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nROPER placing OF the registers In
+ the rooms as regards the exterior
openings. such as windows and
doors. after taking into consideration
the direction of the prevailing winds IN
winter and also with some considers-
tion of the length OF pipe required
in the cellar TO reach the riser. is a
prime Consideration Badly placed and
too small registers account for more
than so per cent OF furnace troubles
Second. the furnace must be properly
placed In the cellar and the pipes lead
ing to the risers must not only be
proportioned TO the size OF the rooms
to be supplied. but also TO the length
OF run in the cellar and the amount OF
rise which can be given them; the
longer the run and lower the rise the
larger the. pipe.
: third item is that the opening
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stars and stripes were flung. Here
at a long table the missionaries, their
wives and babies. a number OF white
settlers and four of the Roosevelt
party held their feast. A snapshot was
taken OF the banquet; another Of the
group that had finished feasting, with
one of McKendrick's children on each
side of the former president; another
of Roosevelt and Director Hurlbut of
the Inland mission listening to the
native children singing, and. later,
fourth photo was taken of the hunter
alone, in front of his tent, from the
peak of which tapped an American
Gag.
Colonel Roosevelt saw something in
British East Africa besides big game,
and he gave thought to more matters
than the bagging OF specimens for
the Smithsonian Institution. He saw
a country of marvellous fertility and
great expanse = something different
from the accepted idea of jungIes and
deserts. A few white settlers are
striving for a foothoId and laying the
foundation of a future commonwealth.
A few missionaries are working earn
estly and with common sense to bring
the black natives into the fold of
Christianity and to make them useful
in the development of the country's
resources.
The former American president saw
something that reminded him of his
own west and his own life on the
frontier. Doubtless it gripped the
heart strings of him and at the same
moment it opened his larger vision to
the triumphs ahead of the settlers. At
any rate this is what he told the
whites in East Africa:
Il am immensely interested in the
country and its possibilities as an
abode for white men Very large
tracts are fit for fine population and
healthy and prosperous settlements,
and it would be calamity 10 neglect
hem. / am convinced that this coun-
Try has a great agricultural and in
dustrial future. and it is the most at
tractive playground in the world. 1t
most certainly presents excellent OPEN
ings for capitalists and ample induce
ments should be offered them to come
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Some POINTERS on Furnaces

which il 70 supply fresh air. whsther
taken from the basement or. what Is
preferable. from the outside. must %
OF at least thrse-auartsrs the capacity
OF all the pipes leading from the fur
mace. the othsr IS Per cent being a
rough allowance for the expansion OF
air brought in cold and raised 70 80
or 100 degrees The cold air duct.
preferably q galvanized iron pipe Of
heavy weight. should Do carried above
ground 20 a. TO avoid any shAncs OF
evaporating any ssspags water. but
not alongsids the Furnaces. whsrs Il
may become warm and set up q back
draft"
You viii readily apprsciats that fur
mace heating II an art. not q science,
and even the most succanakul scca-
sionally make mistaksS
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10
By Lola Davis

Z IoU want ny history Well, you
NJ shall have II, though I am only a
has been" and there are many
who viii vouch for its truthful
ness
nrst experienced conscious exist
ence under the warm sunny skies Of
Georgia, where seemed TO be impris-
oned by soft. green bands that could
almost burst asunder. I felt, though,
that the time for my liberation had
rot arrived I could not adjust my
thoughts sufficiently TO decide just
where or. what I was. I only knew
that ] lived. that warm, gentle breezes
famed ne and rocked my cradle I
waited, convinced that some mighty
power controlled my destiny, and that
IN good time I should develop into q
different condition OF existence. Then
one glorious morning IN August my
prison bars were riven by the suns
warm rays. under the benign influence
OF which my whole nature expanded. I
seemed 70 enlarge 50 rapidly that while
rejoicing IN my freedom. I deemed II
safer 70 cling little more securely to
ny parent stem
suddezly a voice was heard exclaim-
ing IN a loud tone and slarmingly near
70 ne.
Look here. Billy. did you ever see
4 finer blossom OF cottonz"
"Cottonl So I am q bunch OF cotton"
I soIiloouized. swelling. pufhng and ex-
psndtng Until felt thar I must take
Wings and fy away However. no such
happiness was in store for me. for had
only enjoyed my new existence a short
time. when suddenly a black shape cast
its onninous shadow over me for mo-
nent, and before I could cry out the
hand OF a negro cotton picker closed
over me, snatched me ruthlessly from
n1y flower cradle. and regardless OF my
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FIRST! 81! R!SII!PHoToSgR00SfyEITrA[m ARR
dow the Mighty Hunter
Visited the Inland Mission
Apd Failed to Avoid the Camera

r. ROM Nairobi and Mombasa, in
British East Africa, the cable has
brought brief news of the bully
time" that Theodore Roosevelt is
having in pursuit of big game New
York has chronicled the receipt of
baby antelope forwarded alive from
the camp of the mighty hunter. and the
Smithsonian Institution at Washington
has received numerous cases of pelts
and bones. relics OF the African beasts
that fell to the rifles of Colonel Roose-
welt and his son Kermit
But in the news and the trophies
there has been a singular absence of
photographs of the former presidents
progress through the dark continent
There is a reason. Kermit Roosevelt
is the official photographer of the ex-
pedition. There are no newspapermel
attached to the party. The pictures
taken are the property of the hunters
and are not for publication-not yet
The dearth of pictorial accompani-
ment TO the news of slain lions and
charging elephants makes more inter-
esting the receipt in San Francisco of
four Roosevelt snapshots taken in
Africa The pictures do not show him
in the act of confronting a lion. nor
drawing bead upon the least vulner-
able spot OF rhinoceros. but set him
forth in role less strenuous and
equally Characteristic -feted guest of
the common people and a friend of
children.
The snapshots were taken at Kijabe
by Frederick McKendrick. missionary
at the Inland African mission. Roose-
velt was en- route TO the Sotik district,
from Nairobi. after having broken all
shooting records on the Kapiti plains
McKendrick is the nephew of a we'll
known Californian lumberman and he
sent the pictures to his relative in
this city.
The day before reaching Kiiabe
Roosevelt and Major Mearns rode on
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the cowcatcheT of the train and had
an unusual opportunity TO view the
country It's possibilities impressed
the observant American and he told
the East African settlers what great
future they had before them
At Kijabe IA American missionaries
and their families welcomed the
hunter. They did more; they prepared
an al fresco spread under the leafless
trees Of a grove that might find its
counterpart in any of the wales of
Mill valley A board floor was laid,
canvas was stretched overhead on
ropes and poles, and at each end the
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here The home maker and actual
settler and not the specuIator should
be encouraged in making this a
white mans country. II Is natural
that | should have peculiar good
feeling for settlers. They remind me
of the men in our west with whom ]