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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-03
SPORT CHIPS
praise undeserved is scandal
i'm disguise"

''Praise undeserved is scandal
i'm disguise"
ANTICIPATION.
With the baseball season coming
And the winter on the wing,
All the Fan Flock hive is humming
With a noise that sounds like
spring.
Now the Bugs begin to wonder
/ Whether Cobb will pound the
pill;
If Hal Chase will make a blunder
And if Hans can wallop still.
TOM AKERS.
Jimmy Callahan, the original
/ Independent baseball magnate,
says he and C. Murphy come from
the same county. Wonder was it
Kerry?
Many a sad thing has been re-
lated of Chubby Charlie Murphy,
the Chicago magnate, but the I'M
kindest is that Murphy and Bath
house John Coughlin are little
pals together in semi-pro base
ball venture.
With IA Cinnamon at Michigan
| boning in track and field lit, the
summaries are apt to read along
this line: 100 yards dash, Who
Won, first; Who Ran, second;
Who Raw, third. Time, IL
seconds.
Bill Luckey, one of Portland's
| fastest semi-professional ball play
ers, will guard the initial base for
the Boise team in the new Union
Association league. Bill is a
great fielder and is a fair hitter.
Leach Cross and Young Sammy
Smith will meet. tonight in a box
ing contest in New York.
Philadelphia pugilists must
wear dress suits if they wish to
attend Anthony ]. Drexel Biddle's
Saturday evening boxing shows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
POETRY THAT PAYS

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 James Whitcomb Riley is a poet and also an optimist. Whatever begins in gloom, he ends in good cheer. His latest lyric on dry weather in the west begins thus in gloom: Its curious like. said the tree toad. I've twittered for rain all day; And I got up soon. And hol- tered till noon, But the sun, hit blazed away, Till just clumb down in craw- fish hole, weary at heart and sick of soul"
 The moral is optimism. After dozing for an hour, the discouraged prophet of wet weather, came out of the hole and kind CT set with one eye shet," prophesying rain until he felt. it pattering on his back.
 This is only one moral. The other is that when an optimst can write poetry as good as this, 1t pays in Indiana. James Whitcomb Riley can now afford to pro- mote the cause of education and civiliza- tion as philanthropist in his own right He has just given Indianapolis $l00,- GOO site for public library. It is an- nounced that the gift is '"unconditional Hence Indianapolis has ceased saying | that the best poetry does not pay. It is l, full of optimistic hopes that Its bes l poet will live to write at least $1OO,ou worth more in his best Indiana style.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

From the New York World.
 There is sound sense in Herbelt l.. Towle's suggestion of summer dress re- form for men. He urges the recognition of the shirt waist as a suitable gar ment for luncheon or dinner and for pub lie places. Hes denounces the wooden uniforms of policemen and postmen. In hot weather the woolen coat Is an abomination. It is the chief infiiction of the city summer man. Swathed in it's folds man suffers and swelters. He .,is a pitiable victim of foolish custom. Dis comfort makes him irritable and as fit for companionship.
 The neat, clean neglgee shirt Is cool, comfortable and attractive. With light trousers and belt the shirt waist man is more completely clothed than the woman with an open-neck gown or peekaboo waist He is more becomingly dressed than man in. coat If he Is an ath- ete or has a good figure he appears at his every best
 The general adoption of the mans shirt waist and it's admission to restaurants and DODllc pldCeS WOulu cOHtTlDute tO tnt health of city men. Clothing that in- creases the. effect of heat is unwhole- some. Comfort induces the serene mind, and the serene mind is the condi- ton of efficiency.
 For policemen, postmen, @messengers. bellboys, porters. the tight-fitting, high collared, buttoned woolen coat is a bar parity in summer Postmen who must walk long distances with heavy mailsacks should wear loose, light blouses. Police men should have summer uniforms of l khaki, or, better still, beted khaki | trousers and bouses and loose soft col lars. Both appearance and service would be bettered by light uniforms.
 Health, comfort, taste humanity, unite in support of the mems dress reform | movement. The only obstacles are tradi-
 tion and prejudice-"that monster, cus-
 tom, who all sense doth eat.'
 Let us throw down the bars against
 cool summer attire. of with the woolen
 coat On with the official blouse and
 the social shirt-waist,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
SUN COOKS EGGS ON DESERT

From the Washington Post
 q have noticed Washingtonians gather about the kiosk and increase their viz orous mopping of brows when they see the official register indicate the tempera- ture at 100 degrees or more. You who have not been out on the desert tracts of the west do not know what hot weather is,'' remarked NJ. M. Mason of Helena, Mont, at the Raleigh.
 "A few miles north of Helena we have a town called Havre, that is the hottest in summer and the coldest in winter in the United States About this time of the year the usual thermometer has not a tube long enough for the full rise of the mercury In the shade, and there Is mighty little shade in Havre, 1t will reg ister from 116 to 12O degrees. In the sun it will run from 14O to 160, on ordinarily cool days In the winter the drop takes the mercury down to anywhere from 30 to 45 degrees below zero with full, clean sweep of bitter-cold winds over the desert lands that surround the town.
 You can place an egg on the ground, cover 1t with thin layer of sand, and in about 10 minutes it will be baked as thoroughly as if cooked in an oven.
 '"rhere is less suffering there at 120 de- for we have practically no register of humidity. After all, it Is that which makes heat unbearable''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
IGNORANCE OF NATURE

From the St. Louis POSt-Dispatch.
 Wearied by the storm, a big bird of prey fell in a St. Louis yard the other day It was made captive, hundreds of people zsaw it, and the strange story of the wild eagle which had fallen in the great city was bowling along merrly when MT. Baskett, the ornithologist, tum- bed the whole romance to the earth in turn. by identifying the bird as hawk.
 Hamlet said he knew hawk from a handsaw, which is as creditable boast now as it was then. Very few of us know a hawk from a handsaw. our ig- norance of nature is appalling. Trees, which are one of the most beautiful of natural studies, are to the most of us nameless. We can all consider the lilies of the field, but just which are the lilies would perplex us, indeed. The common barn owl persists as the strange monkey faced creature which no one can identify. The blue heron of the sandbars is the riverman's crane, and the cormorant which the Chinaman rings with collar and robs of it's catch is the fisherman s loon.
 MT. Roosevelt. delighting in nature and knowing her as few laymen do, sought to remedy this national deficiency, and' thanks to his wrath the nature faker Is no longer with us. The way. however, lies through the schools, and 1t is gratify- ing to observe more and more school children given the -ppportunity in youth to learn something of that which is said to make the whole world kin. Subse- quently we can add such helps as label ing the trees in the parks in the manner Suggested by the city forester of Brook lyn, identifying creatures in the zoos
 placa rding the plants and the flowers in public places, and with such organized ln- struction as that given the Boy scouts but the school offers the greater ana the more immediate opportunity.
 | A hawk falling into this otherwise cru
 dite city ought not to be able to sho" us up like that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
BONDAGE OF OLD BOOKS

From the Chicago News
 ',rhe bondage of books is the sweetest bondage-and probably the most expen- sive-in the world!'A
 Collectors of old and rare volumes, or even of the more modern works of living writers, doubtless will agree with this statement made by F. T. J. Nunan( repre- sentative of an eastern publishing house. MT. Nunan dares them to dispute 1t. For many years he has lived in the bondage of which he speaks.
 "The extent to which book lovers will allow their literary tastes to carry them is amazing" Mir. Nunan said. i've been buying books ever since I can remember and I'm not through yet ] presume the amount of money I have spent on vol umes I desired to add to my collection would furnish big palace-but l don't think I'd be any happier. Sometimes, though, 1t makes me consider earnestly when see the butcher or the grocer reach into his trousers pocket and drag forth a roll of bills big enough to choke bull pup, while I-well, I usually pull out one solitary, folded bill, hoping 1t may be two and most often finding 1t a one
 q know a poor old women down in Kentucky who sold flowers on the street and who spent her hard-earned pennies on books-just because she couldn't help it. The poor soul saved for many months once to possess set of Eliot-and l have no doubt that she needed other things more than she did Adam Bede.' But it's an overwhelming passion and, apparently, it cannot be quenched.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
Cholera in New York

The cholera scare in New York is not creditable to New York intelG
 gence The cholera germ is as well known to physicians as is the typhoid fever germ. Both must go down the throat. Neither is communicable in the sense that smallpox or scarlet fever is. The cholera germ is not versed in aviation. It does not float about, and no one can get it who knows what goes down his throat.
 To say that such disease can be- come epidemic in the germ stage of medicine and science is ridiculous. It cannot do it. People that lodge and eat with those afflicted with cholera can acquire the disease, but the mere passer-by cannot. Many cases of the disease may be brought to New York in the steerage of ships sailing from Italy, but Dr. Doty, health officer of the port, has had much experience in enforcing quarantine regulations, and he will no doubt be able to pre- vent any extended visitation of the disease in this country. He is a state officer. New York has never consid- cred a transfer of the quarantine ser vice to the federal government. The latter is, however, cooperating with the state of New York in the present emergency, and no one need fear a cholera epidemic in this country this year or any other year. It is no more possible here than it is in England, France or Germany. Progressive and enlightened countries do not now-a- days have cholera epidemics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
Five More States Needed

When New York ratified the in- come tax amendment the number of ratifying states was increased to 31. leaving four more to be secured thereafter. The New York democrats tardily redeemed their pledge to the people. If they had acted early in the year no doubt the amendment would have secured this year the B states needed to give it approval in three fourths of the 46 states of the Union. Should New Mexico and Arizona be admitted 36 votes will be needed, or five more than have already been se- cured It is safer to reckon on. that basis.
 The five lacking notifications must be sought in Connecticut, Delaware Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Utah, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, West Vir. ginia, Wyoming, New Mexico ant Arizona-seventeen in all.
 It should be remembered that { state which has rejected the proposi .tion may reconsider it's action any humber of times, while a ratification sticks. The legislatures of next win ter may put the income tax proposi, ton into the constitution, and if they do not the legislatures that will fol low the elections of next year surely will. The ratification of the propo- sition is fully assured, and New
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
Prohibition in Various States

Now that Alabama has local option laws again I am glad the Anti Saloon league forces which captured the leg islature in 1909 went to extremes" said prominent democrat. Had they been as wise as they were aggressive and intolerant they would have acted with some moderation. As Solomon in the Good Book says. The thing that hath been is that which shall be, and the thing that hath been done is that which shall be done.' Human experience has changed little since the beginning. Sol omon knew something of the past, and with prophetic vision he saw the future. He felt that prin ciples affecting human ity would be the same in all genera tions
 q was always in favor of strict regu- lation of the liquor traffic, but being opposed to prohibition l was glad the extremists had rope enough to hang themselves, so to speak. The pendulum
 was sure to swing back, and 1t has swung back. Not only have Mobile and Montgomery voted for return of the saloons, but a surprisingly large vote in the rural precincts of Colbert and Russell was cast for saloons. The elections already held have been sig nificant They have been protests against sumptuary laws.
 l "The Georgia Legislature, which passed statutory prohibition laws In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
Dr. Wiley's Case

The manufacturers of impure food kept the pure food law from passage sixteen years, and now, acting in con- junction with Secretary of Agricul- ture Wilson and Attorney General Wickersham, they are endeavoring to nullify the law to some extent by having the courageous and efficient Wiley dismissed from the bureau of chemistry.
 Dr. Wiley has long been the chief food expert of the government and he has stood firmly in favor of a strict enforcement of the pure food law. He has fought for pure food, pure drugs and pure feedstuffs. This has cut down the profits of some manufac- turers and they are endeavoring to have him removed. <
 To accomplish this they are plead ing a technical matter that is no of fcnse at all. Dr. Wiley needed the services of Dr. Rusby of Columbia university, and he did not stop to consider an amendment tackled on the agricuIturaI) bill forbidding the pay ment of more than $4000 year to any expert. Dr. Rusby could not af-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

ford to give his entire time to the
 government for $4000 year. It was
 therefore arranged that he should re-
 ceive $20 a day for not exceeding 100
 days in the year, and $50 day when
 ever he was required to appear in
 court as an expert witness. Under
 this plan Dr. Rusby's pay has never
 exceeded $500 year. But the man
 ufacturers and the Wilson-Wicker-
 sham combine say that the amend
 ment in question limited the pay of
 experts to $11 a day, because it
 named S4000 as the maximum annual pay. They are straining the amend ment to effect the dismissal of the man they cannot control.
 Against the technical offense stand pr. Wiley's great services, and the press from one end of the country to the other is demanding his retention rather than his dismissal. A square deal for Dr. Wiley is demanded with out regard to party lines. The man who framed the pure food law and who has fearlessly enforced it should not be dismissed, and the suggestion of congressional inquiry is widely The career of Secretary Wilson and Attorney General Wisk- ersham should be looked into at the same time. The man who has pro- tected the people from doped canned goods, adulterated candies and fraud ulent patent medicines deserves pro- lection from the ring that has been formed to oust him. He has been in office since 1883, and he has never in all that time done a dishonest act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
Important DeyeIopment Work

'The Pennsylvania Railroad company announced recently that to follow up the agricultural work which it has been carrying on so actively during the past few years, it will participate In the American Land and Irrigation exposition to be held in Madison Square Garden, New York, next November said a traf- flee official 'The Pennsylvania will ex- hibit models of transportation convey ances from the first Conestoga wagons used in Pennsylvania to the modern elec- tric trains at present operating out of Pennsylvania station in New York city; bas-relief typographical models of the AL legheny mountain district, showing the relief typographical models of the New York improvement and tunnel extension and the Cumberland valley fruit growing and farming districts.
 There will also be exhibited a model of the railroads standard steel under frame live stock car which has been pro- nounced by societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals a most admirable car for the transportation of live stock.' hc NoAiPohy WI n III eiO ihtCicot oI public rodAs will be given attention, and full size 'split-log drag will occupy space in the exhibit. In addition, there will be shown by graphic charts pictorial and statistical exhibits, the agricultural snd forestry conservation work being carried on by tine company
 'The Long Island railroad will present an exhibit consisting of different varie- ties of fruit. vegetables and dairy prod ucts, and show in a practical way that the poorest kind of land can be made to yield the finest crops. A section of the exhibit will show the various kinds of soil on Lond Island, as well as plots es- pecially taken from the experimental farms which will be in full bloom The methods of marketing employed at the company's experimental farms at Wading river and Huntington, Long Island, will also be demonstrated.
 | "The Pennsylvania railroad and it's subsidiary lines for a number of years
 have been carrying on an active cam paign in the interests of advanced agri- culture, with the view of increasing the | crops per acre. thereby resulting in an | increased freight traffic. It's example is being followed by several of the lines traversnig the south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
Corn and Cotton in the South


 The entire country is cheered and encouraged by the favorable reports from the cotton fields. The recent rains throughout the cotton belt have rendered a good crop of cotton cer- tainty and the effect of big crop of the great staple on international trade is a matter that all business men appreciate.
 In the south all are cheerful over the news coming in from both the cotton and the corn fields. Good yeilds from both are now expected. The two crops in the south will make good all losses of fruits and truck cut short by frosts, drouth and hot weather in May.
 The indications are that cotton picking will be begun unusually early this year and large August move ment is probable. In Texas picking is said to be two weeks early, and this means that the market will soon be filled with new cotton. The sum- mer is slipping away and every sum- mer day brings nearer the opening of cotton and the ripening of a great and valuable corn crop in the south. Alabama alone has nearly four mil lion of corn-bearing acres, and the entire south will have nearly enough to supply it's own needs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18
Montgomery Votes for, Saloons

As was expected, Montgomery has followed Mobiles lead in voting for saloons rather than the dispensary system. In yesterdays election the '.dries" boiled only small vote.
 Had the prohibition leaders in the Conner legislature been less radical and agreed to a few reasonable ex- captions in their statewide measure the reaction might have been less pronounced. The Carmichael and Fuller bills were the most drastic ever adopted and the advocates of statutory prohibition boasted vehem- ently of the severity of the provisions which had been written in the stat ute books.
 Local option had always been the democratic doctrine, and prior to the entrance of the Anti-Saloon league into Alabama 85 0r 90 per cent of the state was dry Ehe democratic plat form adopted 1906 contained local optiopsf fianlS, but democrats in the legisl5 e Were swept off their feet by pf pf0illSftion hysteria and the party deliverance regarding the liquor question was ignored. The democratic convention of 1910 adopted a local option plank again, and the present legislature governed itself accordingly when it enacted the Parks and Smith bills into law.
 Statewide prohibition has been a miserable failure. In the larger cities the blind tiger has been ram pant and the people are rising up against the lawlessness that has re- suited from ultra prohibition. Under our new local option laws the saloon license is high and provisions are made for very strict regulation of the liquor business.
 In Jefferson county advocates of the dispensary are organizing for a strong fight, but it looks now as if there would be repetition here of Mobiles and Montgomery's decision in favor of the saloon. With the over. whelming defeat of prohibition ir Mobile on July 6, business conditions there are said to have materially i'm proved, and among the property owners and business men of Mont. gomery there will be a great feeling of relief over the outcome of yester- days election.
 The business interests of Birming- ham have been hurt by the prohibi- tion turmoil, and the people wilI'have reason to rejoice when it is ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-18

1907, acted wisely when it left loop hole for the sale of near-beer. The very fact that beer can be bought le- gally in Georgia has kept down an or ganized movement to have the state wide prohibition laws repealed. These laws will give place to local option leg islation some day, but the present ar engagement may last several years longer.
 Tennessee is another prohibition state but the hotels conduct liquor buffets open and above board Ten nessee's prohibition enactments may read something like prohibition laws in other states, but if so little heed is paid to them.
 "The best way to promote temper ance would be a campaign of educa- ton. Mora% suasion has accomplished great deal in times past, and if the total. abstinence, societies would start up a crusade such as I recall of my early days some permanent good would surely result.
 But coming back to the local option situation, the Mobile vote and the Montgomery vote have certainly thrown wet blankets on the prohibitionists in this county of Jefferson"