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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-20
Oddities II, the NeaO.s
from Eyerysvbere

stallion while Barney Kent horseman Of
attending him in box STALL and attacked him
Kens unable
he heard the camor and rushed out with
When he Kent powreleso with the
maddened beast he scattered the nezng through the
Immediately attacked tremendous
while his attention diverted
dragged badly bruised but seriously
hur
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-20
Chicken Saver

If thief should touch door window at the memories
living Ewing N j.
power searchgt 1000 candle light would
protection after
All the
underground
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-20
Obliging Conductor

Herman Howenghrn motorman ON the Bloomfield and Caa
church and heard the doxoogI
waited the congregation
suspended.
wa all mi as he packed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-20
MARINE NEWS.
TIDES FOR TUESDAY.

The Oanfa leaves for the ORR
ent today with cargo of copper,
herring and wheat valued al
L$600.OO0.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-20
Filled With Tacks

blacksmith, of Summit, N j. is looking for
getting his of tacks
while household job
when called him. swallowed most of the tacks
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-20
500 Dogs Must Die

Perryvie that street fight
ordered the 500 doks
village killed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-20
City Briefs

o. M. Pierce, secretary of the
Minot Grocery company of Minot,
N. D., is visiting with his broth
er, who is with the st. Paul Lum-
Der company.
The Fraterna1 Aid association
will entertain its friends tomor-
row night at Fraternity hall.
Mike Barrett was arrested yes
terday at noon and booked at the
police station as a common drunk.
He Is UP before Judge Arntson
this afternoon.
John jackson was arrested yes
terday for causing a disturbance
at Eleventh and K streets, but
was released on S15 bail.
Joe Rossi appears before Judge
Arntson this afternoon charged
with insulting a minor female
child. James OLIVIA is the accusing
witness.
While endeavoring to find
where some drunken Indians were
securing their liquor, City Detec-
tives Barrett and Harkins STUN
bled upon a blind pig in the Jap
anese restaurant at 1851 South
c street yesterday. The liquor
was confisoated and the proprie-
tor is in the police court this az
ternoon.
George Gregory, alias George
Grey, who deserted his wife
and six children ten months
ago, appeared in town yesterday
and was arrested. He is in the
police court this afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-20

The Fraternal Aid association
will entertain its friends tomor-
row night at Fraternity hall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-20

We make speciality of waffles
and hot cakes with good maple
syrup and coffee. loo. on break
last and supper bill of fare.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-20
Good Carrier Service;

II Times Is not delivered promptly, kick, {
and kick hard, to the Times office. You are
entitled TO best service In the city. Demand
IL Of tho circulation office.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-20

John jackson was arrested yes
terday for causing a disturbance
at Eleventh and K streets, but
was released on S15 bail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-02-20

1S-inch; splendid article M
2 day special at. lUC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
New Building of the Y. ". C. 4

.> The extension of the building of the Young Women's Christian asso- citation, situated on West Twentieth street, facing Capitol park, to Nine teenth street, is a fact that enters into the building of the city. When the new building is completed it will be able to furnish homes to 110 girls, who are engaged in earning their own living in the city, and these girls thus securely housed will be provided with modern comforts and sanitation. The location is an ad- mirable one. It is out of the city's whirl and yet is within walking dis tance of it. When the present build ing is remodelled the association will have a spacious and modern building adapted to the wants of young wo- men in business. A gymnasium, swimming pool and roof garden will afford possibilities for relief from the heat and for the promotion of physi- cal strength.
 In recent annual report of the associated less than $10,000 was re- i ported in the building fund, but nc statement was made as to unpaic subscriptions. These unpaid sub scriptions could not be treated a, funds in hand, and yet they are prov ing just as good. The payments ol those subscriptions are coming il steadily and regularly, and plenty 0 money will be in hand with which t pay for the extension, although i will cost $35,000. The truth is, tn association is in excellent condition The generosity of the people of Bil mingham has done this, and the ne1 building will prove great credit t and great help in growing city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
LADY DECrEs IN EGYPT

From the New 1ork sun.
 Lady Deces gave continental society a surprise when she was in Egypt and Paris by the absence of jewels as access sories to her trousseau gowns. To be sure, she sometimes wore a string of pearls or a diamond pin, but the ropes of precious stones, the gltterng taras of wonderful gems and the jeweled col- lars always expected of rich American brides were not in evidence at all, to the disappointment of those who have come to believe that every daughter of wealthy father in the United States is always declxed out in jewels of rare value
 However, since her arrival in London, Lady Decies has fulfilled expectations and worn some beautiful diamond and pearl ornaments and her exquisitely de- signed tiara. The explanation is that all her jewels were shipped directly to London to avoid the responsibility and anxiety of looking after them on a long trip, and they were placed in bank in the city till Lady Decies came back to claim them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
DangaIx and Ills Hotel Project

W. J. Dangaix, who has been living in France since the autumn of 1908,
 spent this spring in Birmingham. but
 left last night for the east and will sail
 for Europe about June 12 MT Dan
 gaix has important business interests
 here. He owns the property at the northeast corner of Fourth avenue and Nineteenth street. and on this site he hopes in the near future to build handsome hotel.
 "I am going abroad but will return to Birmingham by the first of October" said Mir. Dangaix. T have been work ing out a plan to build a skyscraper hotel, but I will attempt to carry out my plan only in the event that the peo- pie of Jefferson county vote back sa- looms when the wet or dry election Is held in October If hotels are allowed to have bars I will be glad to go ahead with my hotel project On the other hand, should the people vote against saloons under no circumstances could l be induced to put money in hotel. The bar privilege in a fine hotel is worth to the leasee not less than $25,000 a year. Thus it Is seen that the ques- tion of saloon or no saloon is sim pie business matter when it comes to an investment of the sort that l refer to. The sentiment hereabouts seems to be strongly in favor of saloons, but am not going to take any chances. will wait until after the election"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 A booklover who reads in public H. braries addresses a communication eo the Now York Tribune in which he pro tests against a rule that prevailed in tbe old Astor library and hopes that 1t will not be enforced in the new pubic library building. He says that althousn there Is a section reserved for women who shrink from propinquity with male readers. men are not allowed 10 remove their coats no matter how warm the weather may be. One result is that DOCKS are damaged by precipitation Another Is that readers are made miserable when they might be comfortable.
 Women have advanced in many dlrec- tions in recent years, but only small proportion of them have moved forward from the position that the coat Is pri- marily a garment worn to show respect 10 women and that the removal or the coat is an affront and should be so construed. Ii was due largely to the tyranny or woman that the movement started several wears ago for the abolition of the coat as an obligatory garment in summer failed. In restaurants, and Tn TaiIIOdu u idHiS and elsewhere, women rose and protested that they were being insulted by coat less men. AS a rule the coatless man was a mild and inoffensive per son, full of respect for women and guilty of no crime greater than that of harbor- ing a human desire to be as comfortable as possible. But he was nearly always sat upon by the conductor, or the head waiter and forced to resume his coat and reflect, overloaded and humiliated, upon woman's inhumanity to man.
 | Il is not disrespectful to remove a
 coat to read a book in a public library
 The fact is recognized in the greatest
 and most dignified public library In Amer | ica-the Congressional Library In Wash Iington-and coatless and comfortable read
 CTS neither destroy the dignity oi the reading room nor insult those who make use of it. Since the example is set in Washington, where sticklers for the ob- servance of strict rules of dress sickle with greater vigor than elsewhere in America, it might well be followed in New York and in all other cities man may be as chivalrous in Madras shirt as in a tweed coat, in a library or upon the street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
Tobacco Case Decision

The decision of the supreme court in the tobacco case does not greatly differ from the basic principles pre- sented in the Standard Oil case. "The rule of reason" was predominant throughout both. Like the Standard Oil, the tobacco trust is declared to be a combination in restraint of trade and a monopoly in violation of the second section of the antitrust act.
 The chief difference between the two decisions relates to the execution thereof. The Standard Oil people were given six months in which to conform to the decision of dissolution, but nothing was said in the opinion of the court delivered by Chief Jus tice White concerning the steps to be taken if the Standard Oil fails to bring itself at the end of six months within the law. In the tobacco case this matter is discussed. After eight months of disobedience a receivership and dissolution by court decree would follow. The subject is freely and fully discussed by the Chief Justice.
 The Standard Oil did not, however, move for a rehearing. It therefore accepts the decree of the court as to dissolution in six months as final. The tobacco company on the other hand did ask for leave to present petition and to stay the issuance of the mandate for thirty days. The request was granted and the court then adjourned until next October. This means that the tobacco people may gain an additional year of delay,
 but present indications are that they
 will proceed to readjust their busi-
 ness without waiting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31

ings the Age-Herald is not able to state. It is, however, comfort to know that the purchased Sable house is full, both of furnishings and ap- pointments.
 It is, too, the very heart of the residential section of the Capital City and it's cost was 46,5OO, leaving $3500 of the original appropriation available for more appointments. !" It is located on South Perry street. The name of the street is not per SC aristocratic in sound, but the people of Alabama are assured that the new home of the governor is located where it should be. It is certainly better located than was the home that the first and only president of the Confederacy occupied when his off cial residence was Montgomery.
 The governor will soon move into the new home furnished by the state the new executive mansion, so to then one state problem will be finally disposed of, and the people can turn their attention to crops and the states rapidly increas- ing deficit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
The rostoffice Department

'The office of Postmaster General has been filled by many men of affairs, and some of them have been statesmen, but MT Hitchcock is. perhaps, the first to be at the head of the postoffice department who has shown marked capacity as a business man." said an ex-officeholder, who formerly lived in Washington.
 MT Hitchcock had the reputation of being a politician first, last and all the time-only a politician in the machine sense of the term; but he is much more than politician and has proved to be a great success in administering the post office department. During his incum- bency many reforms have been intro duced and many economies praeticed. The department is now able to meet Its en- tire expenses without aid from the fed eral treasury, and has returned to the treasury department sS,0Ooo0o which was set aside from the public fund to meet possible deficits in the current fiscal year. The Washington correspondent of the New York Sun says:
 '' The wiping out of the postal deficit within two years is regarded by President Taft as one of the most satisfactory ac- complshments of his administration. When the Taft administration entered upon it's life it inherited a deficit of more than s17,5O0.0Oo. the largest in the history of the postal service.
 The Postmaster General contends that the big deficit has been wiped out not by curtailing postal facilities, as some of his critics have contended, but by in- troducing business methods in the de- pertinent and extending the service along profitable lines. The percentage of in- crease in expenditures in the current year has been somewhat compared with the average annual increase in the last decade. At the same time the increase in revenue has fallen considerably be- low the normal record. ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
Street should Be widened

''The citizens residing on Pawnee avenue. which >is Twenty ninth street. and those having homes over In the valley are very desirous for the city to widen and lower the Twenty ninth street road grade at the crest of the mountain" said Dr. F. F. Snedecor, who has a summer home over in the valley.
 Twenty street Is the only mountain crossing for that section of the city and naturally the traffic is extremely heavy. The road has never been surveyed-is an old country road but has been cherted and patched up from time to time. It is funnel shaped death-trap, the traffic from both valleys coming together at this narrow and dangerous road no wider than city alley.
 "A number of citizens from that vi- cinlty went before the county commits sioners and secured a considerable ap- propriation to improve Twenty ninth street road, but before work was be- gun Greater Birmingham was consum- mated, embracing that territory, and naturally the county appropriation was withdrawn.
 This is a most important street and I, along with numbers of others, am anxious to see the commissioners widen and lower this dangerous grade"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
Heaven give you many, many merry days.
 Merry Wives of Windsor.
Mosquitoes and Malaria

Dr. Coester of Brunswick, who has studied carefully the mosquito, thus explains the situation at Brunswick. q believe" he said, that Brunswick Is the only town along the Atlantic sea coast that is not troubled by mosquitoes. It is an unknown thing for the residents of Brunswick to be troubled by mosquitoes and this has been brought about by fighting them in winter as we'll as in summer. Aft CT two years of hard fighting we sue ceeded in practically exterminating mosquitoes at Brunswick"
 If mosquitoes can be exterminated at Brunswick they certainly can be in Jones Valley, but Dr. Coester says the mosquito must in the south be fought in the winter as well as the summer months. It is the mosquito that lives through the winter that DreeQS unIOIu HuIlpSIS III Ihc hNU months. It goes without the saying that the mosquito killed in the winter will not reproduce pests in the follow ing summer. This is why pr. Coes- ter says that the only way to fight the mosquito is to kill the last one of them, if possible, in the winter. That is the secret of success at Brunswick, and possibly, too, at Panama.
 So long as we carry through win ter a gsodly number of mosquitoes, so long will we be plagued with them ;n <the summer time. One town after another is getting rid of the insects. Tbeir flight is short, and when To- cality is once relieved of them no con- siderable number comes in from out side districts.
 Once rid this valley of mosquitoes and all complaint about malaria would disappear, for there can be no case of malaria without the interven- ton of the misunderstanding mosquito. The physicians of the old school may dispute this, but the scientists of to- day are ready to upset their state ments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
REST SELLING BOOkS

From the above list the six best-selling books Ciction) which have sold best in the order of demand during the month are:
 f1'he Prodigal Judge. Kester. (Bobbs- MerrllD. S1 .25-279 points.
 "The Broad Highway" Farnol. Q4ittle, Brown. s1.35-2lo points
 "rhe Grain of Dust" Phillips Apple tom. sl .3c-170 points
 "The Golden Silence" Williamson 0Dbubieday, Page). H.35-147 points.
 Molly Make Believe" Abbott Century Co.,. Sl-f09 points.
 Marie Claire" Audoux Doran). sl.20- S5 points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
New Era of Prosperity

'sIn travelling over the country during the last three or four weeks, have met few pessimists, but the majority of people with whom I have come In con- tact have been reasonably optimistic, - said Johnson F. Wardel of New York.
 General trade was not as active in the first part of the year as usual, but on the whole 1t has not been so bad. have seen it, at any rate much worse.
 "The past two weeks have been partic- ularly dull in the industrial world, but believe June will mark the beginning of healthy revival in an departments of business. Croakers may say that we cannot expect solid prosperity until after the next presidential election, but l feel confident that the last half of 1911 will find everybody at work and everybody satisfied. If big crops make good busi- ness-and all our wealth comes out of the ground-we will have the best fall trade in many years.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31

the hospital work outgrew their tenn porary quarters and the splendid hos pital which stands on the hill at Twenty-seventh street was erected.
 The new wing which has just been added will greatly increase the capacity of the hospital. No city in the south has an institution of this sort so large or so elegantly appointed The hospital as it originally stood cost upwards of $200,Qo0. All that the citizens of Bir- mingham were asked to do was to con tribute s10,O00 to furnish the building. The new wing has cost upwards of s5o,00o. Of this amount the Sisters pro- vided s25,00 and the citizens subscribed the balance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
DEFIANCE OF A GORILLA.

Du Chaillu: Equatorial Africa QS61)
 Suddenly, as we were creeping along, in a silence which made a heavy breath seem loud and distinct, the woods were at once filled with the tremendous bark swayed rapidly just ahead, and present ly before us stood an immense male gorilla. He had gone through the jun gle on his all-fours; but when he saw our party he erected himself and looked us boldly in the face. He stood about a dozen yards from us and was a sight I think never to forget. Nearly six feet high with immense body, huge chest and great muscular arms, with f1ercely glaring large deep gray eyes and a he'll ish expression of face, which seemed to me like nightmare vision; thus stood before us this king of the African for ests He was not afraid of us. He stood there and beat his breast with his huge fists until 1t resounded like an immense bass drum-which is their mode of offer ing defiance-meantime giving vent to roar after roar So deep is this roar that it seems to proceed less from the mouth and throat than from the deep chest and vast paunch. His eyes began to flash fiercer fire as we stood motionless on the defensive; and the crest of short hair which stands on his forehead began to twitch rapidly up and down, while his powerful fangs weer shown as he again sent forth a thunderous roar He ad- |Svanced a, few steps; then stopped to ut- ter that lideous roar again; advanced again, and finally stopped at a distance of
 about six yards from us. And here, as he began another of his roars and beating his breast in rage, we fired. With groan which had something terrible in it. and yet was full of brutishness. he fell for ward on his face.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
QUEEN PLAYS MANDOLIN.

From the New York Sun
 Few people outside her family and her most intimate friends knew until the other day that Queen Alexandra is an ex- pert mandolinist. Her tutor, Signor Leo pold Francia, has now told how he first met his royal pupil in 1895. when he was appointed director of the Ladies' Mandolin and Guitar Band orchestra.
 This organization consisted of 60 of the most highly born women in England, iin-' cluding Queen Alexandra, then Princess of Wales. For three or four years in succession Signor Francia used to go every summer to Kensington palace or to Bridgewater house, Lady Elsemere's house in St. James. Queen Margherita of Italy, an expert mandoinist, had set the fashion for this instrument, and from Rome, Naples and Milan the fashion spread to this country.
 Queen Alexandra" says Signor Fran cia 'had rare musical attainments. She played both piano and guitar with great skill and feeling and her knowledge of harmony and counterpoint was remark able. She has written several composi- tions of real beauty. One of these "A Wedding March," for piano and mando. lin, was played at the marriage of Lady Beatrice Egerton and MT. Kemp"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
MARK TwAIN,s DOUBLE
From Publishers Notes.

F IOITI FUUIISItfS INUltS,
 Mark Twain had numerous doubles" scattered about the world; and about once month he received letter from some new double" inclosng a photograph, says Archibald Henderson in his new book. Mark Twain" To one these doubles, Mark wrote:
 My Dear Sir:
 Many thanks for your letter, with in- closed photograph. Your resemblance to me is remarkable. Tn fact, to be perfect ly honest. you look more like me than do myself. l was so much impressed by the resemblance that I have had your picture framed, and am now using it reg ularly in place of mirror. to shave by. Yours gratefully, S. l.. CLEMENS"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
THE THREE FISHERS.

By Charles Kingsley. Three fishers went sailing away to the
 west, Away to the west as the sun went down.. Each thought of the woman who loved
 him best, And the children stood watching them
 out of the town. For the men must work and women must
 weep. And there's little to earn and many to
 keep, Though the harbor bar be moaning. Three wives sat up in the lighthouse
 tower, And they trimmed the lambs as the sun
 went down. They looked at the squall, and they
 looked at the shower, And the night rack came rolling up
 ragged and brown. But men must work and women must
 weep, Though storms be sudden and waters And the harbor bar be moaning Three corpses lay out on the shining
 sands
 In the morning gleap as the tide went
 down, And the women are weeping and wiring.
 ing their hands For those who will never come home to
 the town, For men must work, and women must
 weep, And the sooner it's over the sooner to
 sleep.
 And gcod-by to the bar and It's moaninx..