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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-11
London Strike
May Be Broken


dustrial peace. Il In likely that q
great parade planned as a protest
against the uso OF troops by the
government. will be abandoned.
SO great 10 the power of tho
strike leaders, that the govern
ment was today compelled to ask
the permission of their chief. Ben
Tillett, to bring in forage for the
horses of the cavalry on duty In
the city. II was granted.
Workmen Arc Starving.
Famine and impending financial
ruin for the strikers and their en-
ployers, respectively. have been
the principal means OF forcing
peace. OF the workers thousands
are literally starving.
Every industry in the city Is af-
fected by the labor war and tho
are being brought to
terms by the Beard OF Trade,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-11

which forsees general ruin for its
members unless peace comes.
Along the waterfront the situa~
ton 10 unprecedented. Every
dock IL piled high with food. for
which the city IL suffering: the
Thames ia simply blocked with
laden ships, and until the employ
ers settle. virtually not a pound ia
being moved or a blow struck by
the workmen who have grimiy re-
solved that II they starve, others
shall share their sufferings.
Among the cargoes held up by
the strike are scores of fruit ship
ments. one OF which In n giant con-
signment of California fruit, which
is rotting on the steamer Minne-
haha.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-11
AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUN-
ITY FOR THE HOMESEEKER

On August 18th and every first
and third Tuesday of each month
thereafter, there will be personally
conducted Homeseeker's excursions
at very low fares, to many points
located on the new line in the
state of Montana. where home
steads may be had, or land can be
bought at prices where one years
crop will pay for the land. For
further information call on or ad-
dress Col. M. H. Welton, Travel
ing immigration Agent, Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound Rail-
way, 1901 Pacific avenue, Taco
ma, Wash, or Second avenue and
Cherry street, Seattle, Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-11
LASS|ES
COMING HERE

Rev. Michael O'Flanagan, rep
resenting the Gaelic movement In
Ireland, which is working to bring
back the pure. Gaelic tongue IN
the Emerald Isle and to improve
its industrial condition, visited
Tacoma yesterday.
Father O'Flanagan will be here
all next week. With him come
three real Irish lacemakers, who
will give an exhibition of making
lace embroidery and rugs at the
Peoples Store.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-11
xNations
In Air Meet

CHICAGO, Aug. 11.-Six ma
lions are represented in the big
international aviation meet which
opens here tomorrow at Grant
park, continuing until August 90.
Prizes aggregating $4,000 will
be distributed among the bird
men, for duration, speed, altitude,
cross-country and over-water fly
ing, passenger carrying. climbing,
alighting, starting and the throw
ing of bombs at fixed targets.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-11

Nby uniteu I-ress Leased Nlre.b
LONDON. Aug. 11.--Fears Of
bloodshed in London were allayed
early today when 1t was announc-
ed that the Garments strike. which
has caused most of the rioting In
the present labor war, had been
settled. Cavalry from Aldershot
detrained in the CITY soon after
dawn.
During the early hours of the
day the outlook for settlement
of the strike constantly grew
brighter.
The employing federation an
nounced its acceptance of the de-
mands of the teamsters. The
strikers will not return to work.
however, until pending settle
ment with the striking lightermen
Is complete.
In view of the prospect of in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-11

'spectors Bolles and Buyer, and
the cases against the accused Of
ficers will be taken up Monday
morning in San Francisco.
The charges of the inspectors
came as the result Of their ex-
haustive preliminary examfna-
lions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-11
HOLD CAPTAIN
RESPONSIBLE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Ii
Responsibility for the wreck of
the steamer Santa Rosa today was
laid at the doors of Captain ]. O.
Faria and Third officer Thomas,
formal charges Of negligence hav-
ing been made by Federal In
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-11
wife Got TIP Top Advice

my wife wanted me to take
our boy to the doctor TO cure an
ugly boil" writes ID. Frankei,S of
Stroud. Okla. 81 said, Put Buck.
lens Arnica Saive on IT, She did
SO, and IL cured the boil In a short
time" Quickest healer OF Burns.
Scalds, Cuts. Corns Bruises.
|Sprains, Swellings. Best Pile cure
on earth. Try II. Only 25o at
Ryner Malstrom Drug Co., 93s
Pacific ave.
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And Although I'm IL Months, they
Put n 100000 Deal Loss Crimp
in Business of Drug Runners,
They Are just as Busy, and the
Jobs are just as Difficult and
Hazardous as Ever.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-11
LOST BOYS BODY
FOUND in THE BAY

The body of little Danny Piper became of his playmate The
at ls23 south
aft afte OF
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27
London Specialist Says st.42s he
Small Sum to Spend for Toilet 40
eesorles-Men Pay Well.

London.-Foreign visitors TO Eng
land are sometimes heard to remark
upon the bloom OF the Engiishwomans
cheeks, and to inquire II 1t 10 derived
SO entirely from an open air life as II
Is frequently said to be.
The beauty specialists OF London
are able to throw some light on the
subject They say the London woman
may be as beautiful as she may wish
for $500 year, but that $500 to
$4,000 may be spent for more luxuri
Gus treatment and more expensive &C
cessories.
The revived interest In this subject
il due to a Chicago woman. who Is
quoted as having said that her bill OF
S1.875 year for beauty culture is a
modest expenditure.
THE average Englishwoman spends
considerably less on making herself
beautiful than the American. French
or viennese." said a Lord street
beauty specialist. who has clients from
both sides of the Atlantic. because
she uses more hygienic means and dis
penses with artificial helps. such as
rouges. chin straps. face masks and
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27
SPELL HOLDING WIFE

had never drunk any. but he told
me the rice wine was harmless l
drank two tiny cups ! could scarcely
see the table. the wine went to my
head 80. Then he said. I love you. |
will never let you go away now. You
marry me. We go to China, be mis-
sionaries together
I'VE went to the home of Rev
George Dowkart at 80 Madison ave
nue., and he married us. Then we went
right home, to my home and Charlie
to his. Next day, when realized
what / had done, 1t seemed to me that
would die with shame That has
been my hell ever since-to be
ashamed, to be cut off from my people.
to have everybody think | am an out
cast, som ething unspeakable. the wife
of a Chinaman.
Finally we went to living together
The first few months he was won
derful lover. Then he changed.
II have been praying and praying
this last year that some way would
open for me to get away have tried
to leave, but there is something, a
sort of hypnotism that draws woman
back. A Chinaman never loses his In
huence over a woman when he has
once had 1t. You have no idea how
many white women are here In New
ark living with Chinese Some are
girls In their early teens"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27
Woman's Heart is Breaking Be-
cause Friends ForSake Her.
Mrs. Charlie Song Endures Seven
Years of Torture, but Cannot Break
OrIentai's Charm-Was His SUN
day School Teacher.

New York.-A contrast OF religion
and hideous vice, of the utmost COM
mon place and the fantastic was the
story told by Mrs. Charlie Song, who
had been seized in Newark, N. j., in
glers in her rooms in the Newark
Chinatown the other afternoon.
Mrs. Song is an American woman
and graduated to her present position
as wife of Chinese from being his
preceptor in a Sunday school.
Seven years Of hell" Is the way
she characterizes her so1ourn among
the yellow men. She says her life
there has been one long fight against
slavery for herself, yet she has been
unable to leave because of some subtle
spell that her association with them
has cast over her. She is not an opium
user nor a drinking woman, she says.
and in spite Of her troubles she has
kept her religious enthusiasm. At first
she was afraid to admit a reporter to
vengeance OF the Chinese whose Be-
crets she holds and who may be i'm
plicated at the hearing. She propabfy
will be called as a witness.
Il was a country girl" she said. Il
married and moved to Newark. My
husband and my two children died
and for two years I was very lonely.
had always been religious and inter
ested in missionary work. so to bury
my trouble began to teach a class in
the Chinese Sunday school OF the Cen
tsnary Methodist Episcopal church
Charlie Song being among my pupils.
"on New Years in 1908. he asked
me to go to New York with him and
see the time celebrated among his
own people. Other teachers went on
such excursions with their pupils, SO
] saw nothing wrong in it
81 refused to have any wine. because
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27
HHF WZZlh4ZE E4ZF ar Z7zE M.IJES "OF
a H4LLOHEEH %lIh2h2V

In the event that is necessary to Feat any hasty
retreats on the eventful night
The up-to-date Halloween hostess depends
more upon the pumpkin than she does upon ice
creams. the popcorn. the fudge any of the
other necessities of the froics at the end OF In
dian summer substitute might be found for
any of the eatibles, but there is substitute for
the pumpkin a Halloween decoration. Most
of the pumpkins that thus go to add the jollity
OF the occasion are the bona-fde products of the
farm but of late years make-believe pumpkins
have made their appearance at many enter
tainment. 1t is that they I'LL a special niche In
the scheme OF things rather than that they have
been required by any shortage OF the real pump
kin crop. The situation may be explained by an
example Your ingenious hostess employees the
real pumpkins-halved with opening at the
top, or slashed with the outlines of a Jacks Wis
age as shades for the candles that deemed
to give sufficient illumination for such a spooky
occasion. but she has miniature pumpkins fash.
Toned from colored cardboard as place cards at
the supper table. and the favors for the guests
are candy boxes In the form of pumpkins filled
with pumpkin-colored candy.
II might be supposed that jack-o'-lantern is a
JACKIE lantern and that there is very little diff
ference between the rencarnated pumpkins. but
any student of this class of sculpture assure
you that there wide differences that distin-
guish the different schools" The boys whose
sole thought is of the impression to be made
by the flaming countenance looking out from the
pumpkin bestow all their thought upon the facial
features that to be thrown into relief by the
candleight from inside of the pumpkin. whereas
the hostess whose pumpkin sentries posted In
well-lighted rooms is wont to embeilish plain
countenance with black white eyebrows and
mustaches and other supposedly lifelike touches
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27

Apothecaries' hall was first built In
1888 on the site OF Lady Howard of
Efingham's town house. This build
ing was destroyed in the great fire OF
London and the present hall was erect
ed In 1870 1t doesn't amount to much
intellectually, but 1t is packed full of
fine carvings. splendid old furniture
and interesting relics of the develop
ment Of medicine.
The Apothecartes company Is one of
the great London companies whose
members elect the alderman and, the
lord mayor 1t is the only one that
has retained control of the trade
whose name 1t bears. Originally the
apothecaries belonged to the Growers
company, but In 1917 they obtained q
separate charter from King James 1.
on the ground that "the ignorance and
rashness of promiscuous empires and
inexpert men may be restrained.
whereby many accommodates, incon-
veniences and perils do arise to the
rude and credulous people," This char
ter gave the members OF the company
the sole right OF exercising the art
faculty or mystery of an apothecary
within the city OF London oil radius
of seven miles" Among other priv
ileges 1t granted the company the
right to burn before the offenders
door all impure drugs.
Even in those days the prescribing
druggist was problem, and in 1887
the College of Physicians denounced
the Apothecaries company for selling
advice as we'll as medicine. The com.
pany retaliated by setting up a medi.
cal school. and in 1871 the house OF
lords confirmed the right of it's mem.
bers to prescribe as well as to sell
drugs. Many father OF medicine in
the American colonies undoubtedly
learned his profession in this school
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27
MAKE CHEAP LUMBER PAPER
Manufacturers Can Turn Out Fiber
Board, Largely From Waste Mate
rails, conservatlonIst Says.

Kansas City. Mo.-So nearly perfect
is artificial lumber made from paper
there is no longer cause for great
worry over forest conservation. said J
B. White, chairman of the executive
committee OF the National Conserva
ton congress. here the other night.
He had just returned from trip
through the eastern states. Much OF
his time there was spent investigating
the manufacture Of lumber" from pa
per.
"A superior quality OF artificial ium
Der can be manufactured cheaper than
natural lumber can be grown" he
said. Taking 81 per cent waste paper
% per cent straw. per cent jute and
is per cent wood fiber. ton of fiber
board, one-fourth inch thick. or LOO
feet OF inch lumber can be produced.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27
No Walters, Only Dummies TO Serve
Enthusiastically Used TO Per
form All Domestic Service.

Partisan electric hotel is to be
erected in Paris very shortly. in
which the domestic service will be
performed by electricity. The guest
requiring breakfast or his mornings
mail, for instance. just calls for IL
from bed or chair-no telephone is re-
CURED, his voice being transmitted
by reeonators to the central office
and whatever is asked for is deliv.
cred at once without the agency of
walters.
In the dining-rooms the walters will
be replaced by mechanical devices
which will act, declares the inventor
with far greater promptness and skill
than the mere human attendant can
be expected to show. The air of the
hotel will be heated in winter and In
summer will be chilled by electricity.
down to freezing point II required. A
winter garden attached to the hotel
viii be flled all tho year Eound LIE
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27
H4HlNC READY rae AAzLoNxEW

1t is all very we'll to talk about the advantages
of the modern quiet and decorous Halloween IN
contrast to the rather more boisterous ones that
were formerly the rule-and are yet in In some
localties-but whatever the form OF celebration
It would assuredly lose all its zest for juvenile
America without the grinning jack-o-lanterns made
possible by We plump pumpkins. Moreover with
out the vivid-hued orbs the Halloween hostess
would be at loss for decorative effects at dinner
and party And finally, without the wealth OF the
pumpkins mellow interior we should one and all
be deprived of that supreme delicacy-the pump
kin pe-which is our bounden right on Halloween
even II some grabbed old doctor does deny 1t to
us all the rest Of the year.
No one probably. has the imagination to pre-
dict how we could get along without the pumpkin
at this prankish time. because not within the
memory of the Oldest inhabitant have We been
without these harbingers of the waning year. We
can imagine Christmas without tree Illuminated
by the tiny electric lamps or conceive st. Val.
.entine's day without those convenient and eco
nomical post card valentines because 1t was not
so many years ago that we knew not these holi-
day adjuncts But Halloween without pumpkfnst
why. 1t is too preposterous to give credence even
for a moment As we'll try to imagine Christ
mas without mstletoe mince pie; Memorial
day without flags; Fourth Of July without
fireworks.
Yet for all that 1t is the pumpkin and Its con-
tents that gives go" to the Halloween celebration;
~SNS~
been accorded much formal notice by an unre-
sponsive world To be sure some homely poet
putting into the look OF things In the period
known as the afternoon Of the year. does make
some passing reference to the frost on the pump
kin" or something of that sort, but what kind
of recognition is that for a vegetable the very
sight of which is enough to make ones mouth
water It ought to have a monument or be the
subject Of commentator by congress- says the
enthusiast on Halloween Instead of such COM
mendaton whisper the fact in shame) the
United States government. which gets out count
less books on all sorts Of fruits and flowers and
vegetables and bugs has never devoted 30 much
as a pamphlet to the rotund delicacy-hasn't,
indeed deigned to notice his majesty Of Haliow-
cen except to give few hints to housewives who
may desire to can pumpkins, as though that were
a at fate for SO useful holiday adjunct.
But for all that there Is so little lore relative to
the history and antecedants of the pumpkin-and
perhaps this is. after all. in keeping with Hallow
cen steath-it is known that the pumpkin Is
distinctively American delicacy The aborigines
of North America planted 1t among their corn
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27

long before the first white man set foot on the
continent (if tradition is to be believed), and we
have followed much the same custom to this day.
OF course, pumpkins raised In other environ
ment than in corn field, but other surround
ings seem appropriate for the heralds of the
fall festivals
Every true friend OF the pumpkin is forced to
admit that the name 1t bears is pleban one for
SO royal fruit. Its name has not only proven
disadvantage in some respects. but has resulted
In the pumpkin being confused with certain
other products of the farm. AS every person who
goes In quest of pumpkin for Halloween plots
well attest. there is only one form OF pumpkin
that 10 worthy the name and occasion--that
glossy surface tinted a vivid orange than
who confuse the only and original simon-pure
pumpkin with its numerous cousins. none OF
which have its traditions or claims to distinction.
Just because the pumpkin belongs to the same
family the summer and crookneck squashes
and the common. inedible gourds Is no reason
why anybody should confuse them one and
the same thing Why. even the squashes that
approach most nearly to the pumpkin in color
lack Its symmetry of form.
The uses of the pumpkin are certainly as varied
as of any fruit vegetable, but whatever its
mission 1t comes into its own along about Hal
lowe'en. For one thing that Is the height of the
harvest season for the pumpkin and the people
who canning the delicacy stocking the
cellar are busy now. are likewise those house
wives who utilizing the feshy layer. that is
found just beneath the rind of the pumpkin, for
"stufing' for the most famous of pies-the kind.
you know. that the little boy objected to because
they unused up his ears And, finally, there
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27

Good morning." interrupted a soft
voice with an unmistakable japanese
accent.
The girl opened her eyes to behold
a short, wiry, smiling-faced little jap
anese dressed in American fashion.
Il think you're the incest lady !
ever met" continued the oriental
suavely before there was time for
reply.
You speak English very well,' re-
marked the girl irrelevantly with an
amused smile at his precocity.
Not SO good" was the reply with
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27

the use of paper has been carried far
beyond the limits that excited his adj
miration. Who could then have fore
seen that the poiiceman's club would
be made OF It?
It isHas hard to set the limits to the
possibilities OF paper as to those OF
rubber We have paper wheels and
rubber tires Already there is talk
of paving streets with rubber surfaces
and perhaps the foundation may be Of
papier-mache. We are soon to be
required to carry paper drinking cups
along with handkerchiefs as a part
Of the necessary equipment of dress.
BY and by the whole dress may be pa
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27

the boy who has not in the halcyon days of his
youth openly or surreptiously carved the grinnlng
teeth staring eyes, strong nose and expansive
ears that vested the placid pumpkin with sud
den ferocity worthy of the most desperate cause.
Perhaps 1t not well In all cases either to in.
qure too closely to Just how the pumpkin was
acquired But whatever be the means whereby
1t was apportioned to Its present purpose. 1t is
safe guess that its selection represents much
care and thought and time spent in canvassing
the possibilities and qualifications of candidates.
For be it known the sphere of vegetable gold that
is to be toted around with candle inside to
brighten maiden ladies and youngsters in the first
or second reader and the hapless passer by. must
come close to certain rigid standards Of form and
outline And then, too. it is not advisable to have
the pumpkin head too big. although that is
temptation, but when he is prone to pick 40
pound pumpkin, the far-sighted sculptor will re-
call that 2O-pounder may be much more handy
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27
Two Queer Fish.

Boston.-A goldfish which chewed
tobacco and an electric skate which
smoked are among the fish landed at
T wharf. called by Bostonians the
worlds greatest fish market
The schooner Oliver r. Hutchins
captured the eccentric Goldfish. When
its cook opened a ten-pound cod for
dinner. he found a cigar and a quid
of tobacco.
The electric skate was brought In
by power dory. The skipper related
that when he opened the skate he
found bone.stemmed corncob pipe
filed with half-burned tobacco that
still smoked
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27
ANOTHER LONDON RELIC LOST
ApotheearIes' Hall, Quaint Old Build.
Ing, to Be suppIanted by More
Modern Structure.

London.-Old London. which is dis.
appearing rapidly before the march OF
improvement. is about to lost one OF
its most interesting buildings. the
Apothecaries company having an,
nounced that 1t is about to let on
building lease the greater part of its
land In Water Lane. just round the
corner from Printing House square.
where the London Times is published
This land is the site of Apothecaries'
hall, quaint old building now almost
hidden from sight by the tall business
structures that surround It.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-27
ELECTRIC HOTEL FOR PARIS

giant flowers and plants artificially
raised by electric intensive culture.
Brilliant moonlight and sunlight eff
fects will be produced when the sun
and moon are out of sight
In small arbors round the garden
teas and supper will be served auto
matically. intimate tete-a-tetes thus
being able to proceed without any an
noying interruptions. One of the fea.
lures of the hotel will be an electric
orchestra. in which all kinds of
stringed instruments will apparently
play of their own accord.
The inventor. a Frenchman named
Georgia KNAPP. who has spent years
experimenting with the various de-
vices. asserts that they are now all
absolutely perfect and has formed a
company under the name "Societe des
Hotels Electriques" for the purpose
of building electric hotels in every
big city throughout the world.