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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-13
NO MORE INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA
OR SOUR, Classy, UPSET STOMACH

Every year regularly more
than a million stomach sufferers
In the United States, England
and Canada take Pape's Diapepsin
and realize not only immediate but
lasting relief.
This harmless preparation will
digest anything you eat and over
come a sour, gassy or out-of-order
stomach five minutes afterwards.
II your meals don't fit COM
fortably, or what you eat lays like
lump of lead In your stomach,
or If you have heartburn, that is
a sign of Indigestion.
Get from your Pharmacist a
50-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin
and take dose just as soon as
you can. There will be no sour
mixed with acid. no stomach gas
or heartburn. fullness or heavy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-13
Common People Of
Holland to Strike

The petition was a prayer for
revision of the electoral laws
and for general suffrage. So lit
tie attention was paid 1t by the
government that the deputation
which delivered 1t were received
by the porter.
The people plan a general strike
to take effect If the petition is fg-
nored.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-13
National Compensation
LaU Will Be Framed

which will frame a national law
embracing. workingmen's compen-
sation and employers liability.
This legislation has been recon-
mended by the president and II
was at his request that COM
mission was named to draft a
bill
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-13

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Oct. 13.-Accom-
panied by his family, United
States Senator George Chamber
lain of Oregon is en- route to Chi
cago to attend meetings of a spe-
cial congressional committee
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-13

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
THE HAGUE, Oct. 13.-For the
purpose of organizing a general
strike in Holland, movement is
Afoot today by the common peo-
pie. A petition signed by 317,-
900 men and women of the work.
ing classes was ignored when pre-
scented at the palace.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-13
A Little
Reflection
w | L L

Convince most any one with a
reasonable mind that a little
money spent on their teeth,
once in a while is The money
spent to the greatest advant-
age.
Watch for the small cavities,
it is much cheaper and better
to have a cavity filled When
they are small than when they
get to aching and too large TO
hold a filling properly. By
neglecting the small cavities
they soon have to he capped
with gold crowns, costing in
the long run five TO six times
as much 20 save the tooth.
SO reflect a little and get
busy with those small Filings
1t will pay you in the long run.
Consult dentist you have
confidence In at once.
Our prices are as low as Is
consistent with first class work.
TACOMA DENTAL P!ARLORS
Ridpath Hotel Bldg.
LAG N Pac. av. Phone M. 42S2
Lady Attendants.
Opposite White Lunch.
Drs. o. v. Norris end d. l..
McCaw, Props.
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Apples-$1.5O@2.25 q box.
Pears-$1.00@ 1.50 box.
Peaches--50075c a box.
Oranges-$2 25 AIS a box.
Lemons-$5.00 600 a box.
Plums-50c box.
CranberTies-8 % 10e a lb.
Potatoes-$1.25 a sack.
Sweet Potatoes-$2.25 2.35.
Corn--15c a doz.
Beams 40 &c a lb.
Turnips-20c doz.
Pumpkins NJ lb.
Tomatoes-10c a Id.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-13
BY. Norman.
"a Criticism of John Drew, by
the Junior Office Boy.)

n. y. wensdy-not having nuth-
ing to. do the luther mite, thot i
would drop in at the umpire
theayter and have a look at John
drew and his new show.
befoar 1 go any further, | will
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-13
TIL E M A r K EFT S
PRICES PAID PRODUCER.

Lettuce-20c a doz.
Cabbage-2c a lib.
Onions-$1.25 a sack.
Fish and Oysters
OYSTERS 1sc a lib.
Clams-2c a Id.
Crabs-$1.00 a 1oz.
Butter
Washington Creamery - 32 q
33c a lib.
Eastern-30c a lb.
Eggs.
Eastern-28 a soc a doz.
Washington-3S % 42c a doz.
The Washington times., 1911-04-30
UNEQUAL ARRANGEMENT
OF STREET CAR SERVICE
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor of THE TINES:
passing Lincoln Park cars via Union
Station and Capital cars via Indiana
avenue. Railroad theories suggest car
rying loaded cars 10 destination by
shortest route. Soon, the overcrowded
morning westbound and evening east
bound cars of the East Capt. oil
line are also to carry the Union Station
crowds, while the many "Capitols'' now
almost empty between Ninth and F and
Capitol amble to the Capitol md back
Perhaps, politically, it is preferable to
shorten the Connecticut avenue Capitol
schedule and lengtheR the other. Per-
haps IL is desirable to make the tray
elers'' walk. Perhaps to give the long
haul more ride for the money on the
nice side-seat cars.
However, the change has an advan-
tage. Morning straphangers can trans
seat, and be downtown several minutes
sooner, and in the evening Cvertake the
crowded Lincoln Park cars they miss
at Ninth and F, by taking a Connect
cut avenue car to the Capitol. Mean
while the company can wear out its
equipment on the curves of the plaza
and prepare extra transfers. Moreover.
one can get to the Government Printing
Office without going downtown and
company will devise some way of en-
abling one to travel from Third and
East Capitol to Third and II streets
northeast. without paying two fares. the
Washington car service will be abso-
lutely perfect (??0. PATRON.
The Washington times., 1911-04-30
A FABLE TO ILLUSTRATE
WASTEFUL WAR EXPENSES

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
To the muddled persons who hug the
delusion that enormous war expendi-
lures are not onerous to the people be-
cause the money is expended within the
country:
A FABLE.
Once upon time king of Jingoland
began to build palaces. Didn't he build .
He built two each year, and at the end
of ten years he burned the first two;
at the end. of eleven years he burned
the next two he had built, and so on.
He kept on burning and building until
finally his people began to hint that the
taxes were getting rather high. Even
that didn't stop his mania for building
and burning. All this time the price OF
corn was rising. and the people were
becoming restless.
One day the king said 10 the chief OF
his army: Go to the people ana say
unto those you find banqueting and feel
ing well disposed, oh. people. why do
YOU kicko The king has done even as
the mighty rulers of Yankeeland. They
build two warships each year and de-
stroy them in the tenth year after their
launching. Our king builds palaces and
burns them. What matters 1t? In
either case the money goes to the handi-
craftsmen
The chief of the army did as directed
He found men banqueting and spoke
even as the king had counseled him 20.
When he had finished, the guests gave
him the ha, ha! and smote him with
wine Jars. 1T Is ~ LAONl'
The Washington times., 1911-04-30
PRINCE OF WALES LEARN
ING WELSH.

Those of our friends who are pre-
pairing to attend the coronation will
take a special interest in the an
nouncement that the young Prince Of
Wales is busy studying the Welsh
language. When he has his own
little investiture in the honors and
titles of his ancient principality he will
be able to do what no Prince of Wales
for many long year has done: Ad-
dress the people in their own tongue.
Why, in the name of Cadwallader
and all his goats, an innocent and in
offensive young chap should be con-
demned to shorten his life and lengthen
his sorrows by wrestling with Gaelic
gutterals is more than the mere ruck
and welter of humanity can under
stand. Trouble enough awaits him
when he shall have come to mans
estate and in the course Of nature has
to devote his time and attention to
the business of kingcraft. The very
nicknames in Wales are long enough
to reach from the peak of Snowden to
the valley below. An infant christened
for his father and grandfather is old
enough to stand alone before the cere
mony is over. The average maps of
the principality are not large enough to
permit the printing of the names of
the towns, where some sleepy hamlet
has a cognomen which might have
served for the Roman empire.
This mastery of the difficult tongue
will make the young prince solid with
his constituents so TO speak, and the
position pays good round sum for
a young man just starting out in life.
But those who have been perplexed by
the mysteries of shorthand or kept
awake by the cost mark in a Depart
ment store will not envy him the price
he is to pay for his title. The land
of leaks has its charms, but its
language is not one of them.
The Washington times., 1911-04-30
A Plea for the Sparrow
nv N @ EerriS \

tBy NJ. 4. FefTlS.D
Dear little sparrows that come to my
door,
Every cold winter day 10 partake of my
store,
OF tidbits and crumbs. that so freely ]
fling,
Till each little beggar may feast like a
king.
The trees seem astir with the rustic OF
leaves
AS you fit through their branches OF
sway in the breeze;
Your little ulsters in shadings Of grey,
Are fairer to me than the verdure OF
May.
Your chirpinss and rwitters are sweet
Though the skies be ever so cloudy and
drear,
You never give way to a fit of the blues
But courage and comfort and gladness
diffuse.
You joy in the tempest and chatter with
glee, -
When the whirlwind sweeps fiercest o'er
meadow and lea,
You join in the chorus till white wings
Have mustered their. forces and captur-
ed the town.
Oh. wise little prophets, all feathers
How giibiy the weather reports you
discuss ,
OF the storms that have passed and the
storm that will come,
That blizzard will shortly make every
thing hum.
They say you're a bold and unscrupu-
lous band.
That you're driving the songtbirds all
out of the land,
That question was settled a long time
That It was not so easy our birds to
oerthrow.
The eagle still screams from his perch
And when on occasion his wings will
outspread. -.
And warn all invaders that come to our
shore
evermore.
The robin and blue bird will come
in the spring
As sweetly as ever their songs they will
Refreshed and renewed by their sojourn
abroad.
Their anthems like incense will watt
unto God.
They say there's a price on each little
DrOWn H6dus
That the only good sparrows are those
that are dead.
II we search through the Scriptures,
these words will be found:
l never saw a sparrow fall to the ground.
BY a law universal, the J''fttest sur
vive,"
The weaklings die out, while the
healthy ones thrive;
The Inland that upholds them is high
over all:
To preserve and protect, nor permit
them to fall.
And now, to their enemies all l would
say:
The sparrows are here and they've come
here TO stay;
You cannot blot out such a brave,
hardy race, S
And for each one you kill, ten will come
In its place.
The Washington times., 1911-04-30

Representative Prince of Illinois,
standpat Republican, in speech on
reciprocity and the free list bill, said:
What is the history of the American
people? Americans went into Texas,
Americanized. il, and ii was annexed.
ame5Ganf canfaeG it. went amd inaG snnexed It.
Speaker Clark said he is in favor OF
taking Canada, and that this reciprocity
arrangement is the first step towaru
annexation. ! say to my neighbors on
the North, BE not deceived. When We
get into a country and get control Of
it, we take II; that is our history. and
Il is right we should take 1t IL we want
1t, and we might as we'll understand it
There is the sort of argument best
calculated to kill reciprocity. To kill
it, not in our Congress, which will ap-
praise such silly talk at its true value,
but to kill it in the Dominion parlia-
ment, which cannot be expected to sift
out demagogy and insincerity of this
kind from the expressions which state
the real sentiment of the American
people toward Canada.
Such a declaration as that of Mr..
Prince can be intended only for Ca
madam consumption. 1t can have only
one purpose: to arouse prejudice and
unwarranted fears in Canada. 1t rep
resents the cheapest, the most dis
honest, the most insincere and coward
ly method of meeting an issue. 1t does
not meet the issue; it sets UP a bogie
demon of straw, and invites Canada
to contemplate its prospect of being
devoured by the monster. And Canada
is far enough away to be unable to
discern the difference between a prop
erty monster of the political stage and
a real one running wild in search of
whatsoever it may devour.
However earnestly men like Mr..
Prince may believe reciprocity a bad
thing for both countries, they will gain
nothing by resort to such buncombe
as this. The people of both countries
are too intelligent to be misled.
The political faction to which Mr..
Prince belongs is right now in a period.
of observation, chiefly because it has
too long relied upon the conviction that
the people can be fooled all the time.
They cannot; and they will find occa
sion to rebuke such cheap and nasty
politics as this Prince speech.
The Washington times., 1911-04-30
ANTI-RELIGIOUS BASIS
OF SOCIALIST DOCTRINE

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Referring to an article in recent is
sue of The Washington Times under
the caption, Socialist Doctrine in Par
tvs Politics." and signed Socialist l
will say TO my esteemed critic that I
have no desire to reply to that portion
of his article which is personal, mas
much as the many intelligent readers of
your excellent paper are aware of the
fact that those who in debate indulge
in personalities have little or no prem
ises upon which to base their argu-
ment. / do wish. however, to say
few words in rebuttal of his statement
when he says: The doctrines of mod
ern Socialism are in the national plat
form of the Socialist party" Il
am not aware that Socialism deals with
religion Substantially one way or an
other AS 1t is evident that Socialist"
in conjunction with a. large number of
honest but deluded Socialists, is not fa-
miliar with the lying tactics and de-
liberations of the las: Socialist conver-
ton, and also with the anti-Christian
character of the Socialist literature
and party organs, It may not be amiss
to cite a few facts in connection there
with That party doctrines, as outlined
in party platforms, are usually a neg
ugible- Quanuty Is eVluenCeO Dy the re-
cent municipal election in Milwaukee,
where Socialists contrary to their par
tvs PLATFORM made religious principles
their chief campaign issue. During the
progress of that campaign. which re-
suited in their defeat, the Socialist par
ty distributed throughout the city of
Milwaukee thousands of copies of CAM
paign paper teeming with anti-Catholic
sentiment, some of which was written
by Representative Victor Berger. The
Milwaukee Social Democrat Herald.
which is the Socialist party organ and
which ought to be a fair exponent of
Socialist doctrine, under date of March
25 1911, said, among other drastic
things:
"The Jcsuits have shown their hand
in the present election. But let them
have a care. They may force another
Reformation which will do a more thor
oush job; because II will have a vein
of the French Revolution running
through It."
Suffice it to say no party could au-
thorize or put out such literature or
such an appeal to religious prejudices
unless that party we're committed to
policy of religious prescription, the So
cialists' statements to the contrary not
withstanding.
Reverting to the national platform
The Washington times., 1911-04-30
CRITICAL PERIOD IN TRADE
BODY MERGER.

Before the close of the week which
began today it is altogether likely the
uncertainty over the merger of the
Board of Trade and the Chamber of
Commerce will have been. ended. 1t
looks today as if within the next few
days the movement will either gain
an impetus which promises immediate
consolidation of the two bodies or will
be abandoned for the time being.
The board of directors of the Board
of Trade will meet tomorrow after
noon. The board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce will meet We'd
nesday afternoon. Each will consider
the poll on consolidation conducted
among the individual members of both
associations. In great measure the fate
of the proposed merger will depend
upon the action taken by the respec
tive boards. If the boards approve it
there is good reason to hope that con-
solidation will be speedily effected. If
one or the other opposes it, consol-
dation will again be postponed.
1t can be stated positively that the
board of directors of the Chamber of
Commerce favors consolidation. The
Chamber itself, at a meeting of its
individual members, recently went on
record as favoring a merger. The board
of directors will do all in its power
to put into operation this expressed
will of the membership.
1t can be stated with equal posi-
tiveness that the board of directors of
the Board of Trade is divided on the
merger question. President George H.
Harries and two or three other in
1uential members are known to be un-
alterably opposed to consolidating the
two trade bodies. Whether a majority
of the board is against it, however, is
doubtful. 1t is believed a majority
fayors it.
Consolidation, then. at this time
hinges upon the attitude of the direc-
tors of the Board of Trade. If they
vote for it, consolidation is almost
certain to follow. 1t is therefore ap-
parent that the Board of Trade direc
tors occupy a peculiarly important
position. If those who oppose the
merger succeed in preventing the board
from declaring for it, they will have
assumed a serious obligation and will
have put themselves in the position of
opposing the will of the rank and file
of both associations. That they are
ready to go to such an extreme seems
incredible. The wiser, broader, more
patriotic course would be to yield to
the demands of the majority.
The Washington times., 1911-04-30

of the Socialist party, David Goldstein,
formerly one of the Socialists leaders,
in commenting upon the anti-relig1ous
character of modern Socialism, recently
said. in a lecture in Philadelphia:
The Socialist party is an atheistic
party. because it's founders, Marx and
Engels. set up the movement on ath-
eistic principles. and because its lead
ers ever since have propagated these
anti-Christian principles as it's bed
rock doctrine
True. the national platform affirms
that the Socialist party is primarily
an economic and political movement
1t is not concerned with matters of re-
ligious belief But the fact of the
words is the lie of the convention.
And the proof that the fact of the
words is the lie of the convention is
set down in black on white in their
official records of 1908. For the So
cialists in this country at their last
deliberately set down a false declara-
ton in their party platform as a mat
ter of good tactics.
ITO the least thoughtful ii must
seem strange indeed that. as the So
cialist party is not concerned with
ligious plank $50 the Chicago Daily
Socialist, May IS. 1908, says) .preci-
tated a storm before which all other
contests made in the convention sank
INTO ana was the
storm created because some stood for
and some against religion? 1t was not
The storm broke over the convention
at the proposal which carried. mark
you, to deny that anti-religious prin-
ciples lie at the base of the Socialist
movement.
Delegate Lewis said: know that
the Socialist position on the question
CT religion does not make a good
campaign subject. but II We must
speak | propose that we shall go be-
fore this country with the truth and
not with a lie.
"But bad faith proved 10 be good
tactics. The plank which reads, The
Socialist party is-primarily an eco
rlomic and political movement. 1t is
not concerned with matters of re-
igious belief, was incorporated in
the Socialist platform against over
whelming opposition.
What more do you want?
What If irreligion does lie as the
foundation of the movement? What
If all the great international leaders
from all over. the world. way back to
the days of Marx and Engels. are
atheists2 Here is the declaration OF
Socialist PRINCIPLES adopted at their
last national convention. Surely the
answer of everv candid mind must be:
Nothing. nothing more to show the
duplicity of Socialist tacticians upon
the question of religion"
JOHN A. CROWLEY.
The Washington times., 1911-04-30
DISTRICT TO VOTE ON PUB.
LIC QUESTIONS.

The Washington Times is today
launching a movement which it hopes
and believes will render a threefold
public service. 1t is publishing, on the
first page of this issue, blank form
with which the citizens of the District
of Columbia may express their desire
for legislation requiring the street rail-
ways to issue universal interchangeable
transfers and to transport school chill
dren at half rates.
The service which The Times hopes
and believes it can render by throwing
The Washington times., 1911-04-30

open its columns to an expression Of
public opinion on these questions is as
follows:
1t gives the citizens of Washington
chance to be heard-an opportunity
which they would not otherwise enjoy
1t gives Congress the benefit of the
public opinion of the District, which it
believes Congress sincerely wants.
1t brings nearer the day when the
citizens of the District will enjoy the
benefits of universal interchangeable
transfers and half-fare tickets fol
school children. .
Whether this service is to be of real
value depends almost wholly upon the
public. The Times offers the facilities
for public expression. If the express
sion is forthcoming, The Times will
see that it is recorded in Congress. II
can do no more. Without the prompt
widespread cooperation of the public
it can do nothing. .....
This movement is in no sense in
tended to intimidate or coerce Congress,
It's purpose is to furnish the public
with a chance to speak and Congress
with a chance to learn the public's de-
sires. The Times merely sets up a
channel of communication between the
people and their legislature. 1t feels
confident both will appreciate its
efforts and will benefit from its under
taking
The Washington times., 1911-04-30
GRATEFUL SPARROWS
ARE HIS COMPANIONS
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES: .,.
VIII you pardon a comparative
stranger for addressing you and telling
you how 1 enjoyed the able and COM
prehensive article written by L. r.
Wild in defense of the sparrows that
appeared in the Saturdays issue OF
The Times? 1t is one of the best /
have ever read on the subject. | am
lover of the sparrows and have always
contended that they are more of bene-
fit than detriment to this or any other
city or country and am pretty well ac-
quainted with them, having fed and en-
tertained them for years. And how well
they have repaid me! I have been
"shut-in'' nearly all the past winter from
grip, and only the all wise Father knows
what a comfort they have been to me,
and / was never too i'll not to have
their breakfast of crumbs ready for
them. If the weather was moderate /
threw their food on nearby roof gar
den at bedtime. II raining or showing
The Washington times., 1911-04-30

arose about daybreak (for they are
early risers) so that it would not be
buried in snow or washed off by rain.
was most always at the window when
they arrived for they never came with
hard-luck stories, but pounced down on
THEN roof tree with CHEEKY Good
morning." bowling and tipping their
heads more like merry picnickers to
entertain and be entertained. They
didn't obtrude themselves onto us.
They were imported here to help rid
this country of a terrible menace to our
forest and city shade and fruit trees.
and how faithfully they have performed
their mission as far as was in their
power. I sometimes pity the poor mis-
taken defamer of the blessed little crea-
lures. They miss so much joy and hap
piness, but some people are never happy
unless they are miserable. NJ. c. F.