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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-01
BUCKBD THE TIGER.

Allie Jalethe, John Kayas and
Harry Cobas were arretsed last
night by Patrolmen Gerberg and
kincaid charged with gambling.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-01
POWERS SEND
TROOPS To
CHINA
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WASHINGTON, Dec. L.
Chinese rebels captured
and blew up the imperial
magazine at Marking, fol-
lowing battle wherein
many Manchus were slain,
according to navy depart
ment adyices today.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec.
1.-Russia, England, France
and Germany are each to
rush 1000 troops to Shang-
hal next week, but the United
States is to take no steps, ac-
eOrding to state, war and the
navy departments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
Homeseekers in the South

The time has at last come when the large holdings of land in the south are to be picked up and broken up. Whether this is due to the ad- vertising schemes of some Florida schemers, or whether it is due to the long winters of the northern states or to the high prices at which lands are held in those states, cannot be accurately determined. Possibly all these things have operated to bring about a desire to secure small farms in the usoth.
 Every large farm-every tract ex- tending to thousands of acres-is eagerly sought for by men who have access to either New Englanders or to men in the middle west who desire to secure permanent homes on new and small farms in the south. The movement covers every state in the
 
 cotton belt, and is especially active in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. The big farms have run their course and they are to be broken up and white settlers are to make new homes on them. The extent of the move ment is surprising. Every county is traversed by scouts looking for large tracts that can be cut up into small farms for the use of actual settlers.
 There is, however, no boom in agri- cultural lands. A steady upward movement has set in and it has come to stay. It simply means that men of good sense are preferring the south to the distant fields and prairies beyond Winnipeg where win ter comes early and stays late. The influx of new corners in the south has long been predicted, and the won- der now is that it did not come twen- ty-five years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
WORLDS NAKED MILLIONS

From Leslies Weekly.
 It is estimated that there are now on the earth $500, GOO persons, of whom 500, GOO GOO are completely clothed, while 75o,o00oO0 are only partly clothed and 25o,- OO0,000 practically do not possess any clothing at all. It is further estimated that to clothe the whole of humanity would require 42,OOO,OO0 bales of cotton each year, instead of about 100000 the last years production of the world. With the increases of machinery which have been made it is evident that the consump- tion of the mills of the world on full time would not be less than 20,000,000 bales. The query thus arises: Where will the ad- ditional amount of cotton needed for the world and its increasing population come from? I think I am not too optimistic to believe that from the present acreage the American production could be doubled if proper methods were used and 1t is along such lines that our friends in the south must work to secure the best re- suits for themselves and the spinners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11

national election shall be held on the first Tuesday of April. One benefit to be derived from the proposed change would be length ening of the short session of Con- gress nearly two month, and this in itself is very desirable.
 The last inauguration day was very stormy, and as a rule the great quadrennial spectacle which has be- come a custom of the country is held in inclement weather. It should be changed, and the last Thursday in April is generally mild in Washing ton.
 The proposed change in the date of the national election is more com plex proposition. This would natur- ally lead to changes in the dates of state elections, and all these things cannot be speedily accomplished. Per haps it would be better at present to seek a change in the inauguration date without change in the election day date.
 A constitutional amendment be- comes necessary because the inau- puration date is fixed by that instru- ment. Congress itself can change the date of the election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
No mind that's honest Int in 1t shares some woe.
 Macbeth.
Civil War in Mexico

The fighting at Juarez and at va- rious other points in Mexico simply shows that the resignation promise of President Diaz is altogether too vague to be valuable or at all effec- tive in this crisis of the republic. The aged president has outlived his use- fitness. He has never been a note worthy keeper of promises, and no one will accept as at all final a promise dependent upon conditions to be judged by himself. So far as the present struggle is concerned his vague promise to resign in certain contingencies may as well be elimi- mated. It is not considered a real promise in Mexico where Diaz is well known.
 The civil struggle will no doubt go on to a military ending and the con- dition of affairs will go on from bad to worse. Railroad and telegraphs are cut in many places, factories are shut down, and some of the mining camps are full of armed men. Dis content and unrest and strife prevail in all but three of the thirty-four states of the republic. The number of armed insurrectos would be very large if there were rifles and ammu milton enough to go round. Int rebels have no machine guns, tha deadly adjacent of modern warfare One machine gun well handled is a good as a regiment of infantry.
 The present state of affairs in Mex leo imperils the lives of American and their investments, not to mention those of other countries. This in vites intervention, but Congress is il session, and no Roosevelt movement is feasible. There will be no inter. vention unless circumstances impera. lively demand it, and this is not probable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
PARIS AN ovERRATED CITY

From the Washington Herald.
 Fred F. Bryden of San Francisco. who is at the Raliegh, has recently toured France on business and pleasure. Paris, : said MT. Bryden, last night, lis not what It is cracked up to be. The streets, with one exception. are dirty, in keeping, as IL were. with the color of the buildings. The parks and public squares are In neg lected condition. Hardly a piece of lawn can he discovered in all Paris that shows any signs of care Paris is neither antique nor modern in appearance, and the lm- pression it gives the visitor is one or great neglect and dilapidation. Even the great public buildings, of wrich the Parl- sians are so proud, show hardly any at tention. Conspicuous in the dirty, grayish. hIack eyApanse of these structures are large white spots caused by the rain drip ping from the caves.
 "A word about the Louvre-the gallery that the whole world Is talking about with its endless art collections, These are contained in galleries that have long fallen behind modern art requirements, the mode of lighting them being so made ouate that many of the pictures cannot be properly seen. But the worst feature about the Louvre is the lack of ventila- ton. Sometimes there Is absolutely none at all, the temperature being insufferable, and the air close and suffocatlng, as in a
 damp, hot room. No wonder that some
 of the pictures have suffered much in
 quality. It is to be hoped that efforts will ere long be made to replace the Louvre with a more suitable structure. No doubt such a move would be followed rapidly | throughout the city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
PLENTY OF PROTECTION

From the Youths Companion.
 "One of the characteristics of my old comrade, Amos Stillman, was bravery in actual fighting service,'' the old soldier said. Another characteristic was a sense of humor which stood him in good stead even in the face of danger and contributed not a little to the gayety of his com rades.
 "At the battle of Cold Harbor, just be- fore making the charge and while under the Confederate fire, our corporal, who was over six feet tall and scarcely bigger around than gun barrel became excited as the enemy's bullets plowed up the earth about him.
 r' What kind of place is this to keep a man in?' he demanded. Absolutely with out protection!
 He had no more than spoken when Private Stillman stuck his ramrod in the ground.
 \ Here, corporal said he, get behind this :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
Today's Viaduct Controversy

Today Commissioner Lane is to hear and determine the long-standing viaduct controversy in which a few property holders will contend with a condition that daily threatens life or limb to thousands of incoming or out going citizens. The money needed by the city is provided for The rail roads will advance the sum required without interest.
 There seems to be but one ques- tion in the case-shall the owners of a dozen or so lots prevail against the security of twenty thousand people going to or returning from days toll in the central city?
 How far the property owners of a section should be controlling when the safety of thousands is imperilled on half a dozen grade crossing is a question that is to come before Com missioner Lane and no one wishes it in other hands. The official who stands first and always for the public good is just the man to decide once for all the viaduct controversy. It is in good hands, and the case will be heard and decided on its broad as- poets, and no one can reasonably ask more.
 A city cut into and sliced up by deadly railroad tracks is not city at all It is a community afflicted with rustic conditions, all inconvenient and some of them dangerous to life and limb. Surely beginning should be made here in overcoming these severe obstacles in the streets of tn, people. Memphis and Atlanta hay, practically solved the problem, and ; start toward solution of it in thi city should be made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
Inauguration Date

A change in the inauguration date Is actively urged once more. Con- gressman Henry's resolution will soon be called up in the House, and the chances are that it will be sent to the Senate.
 The objection to change to the last Thursday in April is opposed be- cause it would lengthen the time be- tween an election and an inaugu-a a. tion, but MT. Henry meets this by asking Congress to provide that tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
Presidential Candidates

"Woodrow Wilson is gaining rapidly In popularity as presidential candidate, said P. J. Hammerling of Philadelphia. Six months ago Governor Harmon or Ohio was regarded as the leading demo- cratic candidate. but I think Governor Wilson of New Jersey has the lead today.
 'I have been a voter since 1880. l al- ways vote the democratic ticket. when cast my bollot for General Hancock I felt that there was no possible chance of his winning, and when l voted for Grover Cleveland In 1884 I didn't much think the democrats would win. Since 1884, however, I have been. honefni bet con siderable money on democratic victory Tn 1892, and, of course. won. I bet money on Bryan in 1896 and lost. I have not made an election bet since, but I will be ready to put up few hundred dollars on dem ocratic victory in 1912-proyided Wilson is the standard-hearer."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
B. M. Allen and His Pocketbook

This is an honest world after all-cer- tainly an honest Birmingham district" said B. M. Allen, the well-known and after in Gadsden last Monday I went from here in my auto-car Sunday after noon so as to get a good nights sleep and be ready for work early in the morn ing. On reaching Gadsden I felt in my clothes for my pocketbook, but it was change in my trousers, but that was all. had put sufficient currency in my pock- etbook to pay my way for several days,
 but much to my chagrin it was missing. Friends whom I had taken to Gadsden with me for company came to the rescue with money, but the loss of my roll wor- ried me no little I long distanced my comrade, D. F. Turnbull, and asked him to have the servants at my house look around to see if l had left the pocket
 book in my bedroom. Turnbull reported that my wad was nowhere to be found
 telephone message from a farmer whe lives near Springvilie saying that he had found my money on the bridge and would hand it to me when he came to Birming
 ham within the next few days. My poclS
 etbook had evidently worked out of m, clothes and bounced overboard. Int pocketbook had nAy card in 1t. which en
 labled the finder to trace the ownel
 readily. And all this makes me thinl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
Arizona and New Mexico

The Free List bill is out of the House, and the revision of the wool schedule is not ready. In the mean while the House is working on other than tariff bills, and the committee on territories has reported favorably the joint resolution for the admission of New Mexico and Arizona. This resolution provides for their admis- sion after they shall have voted on certain constitutional amendments. Arizona is to be asked to resubmit the recall provision of it's constitu- ton by voting on an amendment rela- tive to judges. New Mexico is to be asked to vote on an amendment making its constitution more easily amended.
 It is believed the joint resolution will be called up before this week is ended, and the belief prevails that the two territories will speedily be put in way to become states. When this takes place there will be no more territories on the mainland, and the Union will consist of forty-eight states. Some of the provinces may, however, demand statehood, notably Alaska and Hawaii, and after long tuition Porto Rico. None of these will be admitted very soon, however.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
BeauttfuI Scenery

T am always glad to visit Blrming- ham," said Mat Mahorner, prominent young lawyer of Mobile. for the land- scape effects here always enchant me. Mo- bile is an historic city, and has many interesting features. but when it comes to scenery, Birmingham leads all the cities of Alabama, and perhaps all the cities of the south.
 Every time l come to Birmingham remark large improvements Within the past 10 years this city has made wonder full strides, and 1t will keep on striding' Industrially it is the great city or the south, and it is as charming socially ana as beautiful in a picturesque way as It is strong commercially and financially
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
THE BLACK vULTURE

By George Sterling. k. Aloof upon the days immeasured dome. He holds unshSred the silence of the sky
 Far down. his bleak, relentless eyes descry The eagles empire and the falcons home Far down. the galleons of sunset roam; His hazards on the sea of morning lie; Serene. he. hears the broken tempest sigh
 foam And least of all he holds the human Unwilling now that envious men prepare To make their dream and its fulflment one, When. poised above the caldrons of the storm,
 Their hearts. contemptuous of death. shall dare His roads between the thunder and the sun. 4 ll.a, i.,..-.
 .'Ti:o Holsc of Orchids"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
FIsHED WITH HIS NOSE

From the New York Sun.
 "As often as the lake trout fishing comes round or Harry Morse comes out of the west for visit to his boyhood home in the Lake Keuka country" said Packy Grswold of Hammondsport, the repository and dispenser of the fishing. hunting and legendary lore of that fruit ful region, fit harnesses us up again to the duty of telling to newcomers up there how Harry Morse caught that five-pound lake trout with his nose.
 Harry Morse was then years old He was boat riding on the lake down there one day. His mother was rowing the boat. while he lay on his stomach on the stern seat, peering down into the water Suddenly his mother heard a splash, a scream and a scramble The next instant a fair-sized trout lay laundering on the bottom of the boat. Her boy Harry sat upright near it, while blood and tears mingled together as they flowed down his cheeks.
 Maternal investigation showed Harry's nose torn, punctured, lacerated, we'll up and down both sides of it. Between yells the young proprietor of the nose man aged to explain to dhis bewildered parent that the trout had jumped out of the lake and seized him by the nose, and had only released the nose after the boy had thrown himself backward in the boat and yanked the voracious trout out of the water and landed 1t alongside of him.
 'Harrys mother rowed ashore and hurried home with Harry and the trout The news of the unprecedented catch spread like a bush fire. All Penn Yan f1ocked to see the trout and Harry Morse's nose. Some far-seeing citizen, knowing the proneness of humanity to cry down the narrative of the odd, the queer, the unique, and wishing to arm Lake Keuka country posterity with unrebutta- ble evidence, suggested the photographns at once of the boy and the trout and it was done. And this photograph, all though somewhat worn and weary-look ing now from the frequency with which it has been subpoenaed as a witness, is ever at hand to testify in our favor
 ~The trout svas eaten. The nose got we'll But in the scars left by the fish's 8 teeth it retains to this day a remnis- cence of its narrow escape"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
CABBBY's TRICK OF THE PURSE

From the Washington Post.
 'T do not see many hansome cabs in our American cities" remarked Reginald Arthur Barring of London, at the Arling- ton. When I was here few years ago the hansoms were popular but the auto- mobiles seem to have displaced them everywhere save In New York. There they continue fairly popular, and we Englishmen take them possibly as a mat ter of habf. don't you know. There is something of comfort in lolllng over the front doors, you know, that is equal to the lying back in cushioned wagon of the more modern sort.
 q heard good story of hansome cab driver just as I was leaving dear old London. A cab driver with a regular stand along a busy part of Piccadilly was perched on his seat and. you know, he cannot see the floor Of his cab from that elevation. A citizen was passing and called the cabbys attention to the fact that purse was lying on the floor of the cab, where every passerby could see it or take it. for that matter. The cabby winked as he told that he had put the purse there himself, as a decoy. Many pedestrians would see the purse and sud- denly decide to take a ride for a few blocks. Then they would stop the cab and pay up and depart, rather depressed in appearance. The purse would remain on the floor of the cab.
 "The cabby remarked that it was a good promoter of business in dull times, and that the purse was always just where he put it when his passenger got out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
The Music Festival

"There has been a steady sale of seats for the music festival all this week." said President J. H. Holcombe of the Festival association. ''The biggest sale has been for the opening night, May p, but there has been a fine demand for both matinees and Tuesday and Wednesday nights. While practically all the balcony seats have been sold for Monday night, there are some good seats left on the main floor. These will be taken, however, within the next few days.
 "There has been gratifying inquiry for seats from out-of-town music lovers Large parties will come from nearly every town in Alabama, and we sold six tickets the other day to party at Summit Miss The festival programmes are very popu- lar. Schumann-Heink sings Monday and Tuesday nights, and other great vocal artists will be heard on those nights and at the matinees. Never has Birmingham had such galaxy of vocal celebrities as Victor Herbert brings for this festival.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Law is nothing but a hollow mockery when pianos can be banged the way they are in flats.
 The best of mothers has to lie inces- sanity to her children to preserve their belief fin their father
 A iong row 10 hoe is when you are mak- you are unmaking 1t.
 The man who can't make money wants to make 1t to spend: the man who can make it wants to do it to make more with
 1t takes only three hearsay conversa- tons for rumor to become gossip, the gossip scanda. and the scandal slander
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
SAYINGS OF FAMOUS MEN

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Prodiga Son-Shucks!
 General Braddock-I ought to have let George do 1t!
 Ponce de Leon-Dash this Florida eli mate! It hasn't any. spring.
 Samson-I'll show 'em whether I can come back or not!
 Fernando de Soto--I don't know what it is. but it looks like Gage park
 Diogenes-What's the use
 Lord Elgin-They' my marbles. I'm playing keeps,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
CuIImnn Hospitality

"'rhe people of Cullman, and especially the Knights of Columbus. are looking forward with great pleasure to a visit from the Birmingham Knights next Sun day." said Henry Van der Putte. prom inent citizen of Cullman and an active member of the young Knights of Colum- bus council there. "A special train will leave Birmingham early next Sunday morning, and the general public as well as the Knight of Columbus will be able to buy round trip tickets. We have nearly 50 candidates to be initiated into the order next Sunday and this class will be made up of representative citizens of our town and county.
 ''Cullman is very prosperous. The truck farmers made good strawberry crops and got good prices"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11

many packages of tooth powder have been distributed in the Philadelphia pub lie schools, and every one receiving these things has been requested not to pick his teeth in pubic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11

Diaz has been a strong man, but never a popular man. He has not outllved his popularity, for he never had any. No an- toerat isepopular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
THE EXCUSE HE oFFERED.

THE EXCUSE HE OFFERED.
 A Birmingham ball player, who let it be understood that he was going to New Orleans after his laundry, went down to the Crescent City and took unto himself g. wife. While of course 1t Is none of our affair, 1t seems to us that 1t wuold have been more gallant on his part had he merely stated that he was going on inn portant and particular business. After the honeymoon some wives give fellow as much trouble as his laundry gives bachelor and they may eventually be looked upon as excess baggage, but are seldom so considered just prior to the wedding day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11

Another American coloratufa soprano has been discovered in Miss Electra Parks Brownrigg of Indiana. She re- fused to seize a ren in order to study music.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11

Governor Woodrow Wilson was once opposed to the initiative, referendum and recall, but he says he has investigated them and he finds that his opposition to them was not well founded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11

Carter Harrison is ever harboring q presidential bee in his bonnet, but his friends think he had better stick to hls speciality in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11

that the world Is made up of honest people,"
 s Mir. Turnbuil laughingly remarked yes terday. when he heard MT. Allen relat- ing his pocketbook experience, that the distinguished lawyer should have guard ian for his money as this is the sec ond time that he has lost a pocketbook within the last three months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11

Several democrats voted for Senator Stephenson, a Wisconsin republican and lumber king but he did not ask any 'big people, to help him foot the bi,ls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11

The trains that caterpillars stopped in Oklahoma must have been pretty clum- sy affair. No caterpillar could stop a red-hot modern train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11

No subluvial Assure has been found under the Hudson river. The river is safe, all reports to the contrary. not withstanding.