davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-05
Exchange

furnished apartments, North
End, for ranch or city property.
Best proposition on market. Edo
care Times.
10 acres near Kingston, Wash, 25c
boat fare to Seattle: acres
cleared, barn and house 16x20.
chicken house 1880, garden fenced,
come strawberries. Owner wants
Tacoma bungalow for $1100 equity,
balance due $3.50 payable 40 per
month. Address Owner. Ell. care
Times.
WILL trade two good residence lots
free of incumbrance, for 2 good
ruilch cows or COW and ranch horse.
Box E-3, care Times.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-05
WANTED

Lo3 South Ninth st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-05
For Rent---Flats

FOR RENT-Flats, 4 rooms, mod
err, first class condition, rent
reasonable, close in. 4 blocks from
depot. Call 1716 Tacoma av.
sI0.00-4-r. flat, furnished, gas and
bath. See Mrs, Cole, 1893 So. c.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-05

WANT to buy piles and piling tim
Der, water shipment. logs in
water; cedar poles, water or rail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-05
Furnished Houses

FOR RENT-Furnished house of Q
rooms. Call 1914 So. G st. after
y. m. Rent $500.
The sun., 1912-07-17
NEITHER ARMY NOR LOAN.
The Mexican Ambassador Denies Ger.
tain Reports About Madero.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: TIE
SuN OF July ~ under the title "Madero
Raises Loan OF sc. 900, 900 Here" publishes
report given by person purporting to be
interested In Mexican Affairs. This report
"a confined TO the following statement That
Mr Francisco Madero, father Of President
Madero. is on his way back to Mexico after
having spent several days working out q
scheme for the organization Of a standing
army OF 10000 men for which Mr.. Madero.
Sr.. had negotiated O loan Of &c, ,OOO. .OOO.
The suns informant adds that MIR. Madero
journeyed to Washington for tho purpose
OF giving guarantees to the United States
Government that the Mexican Government
Is about to take effective means to prevent
further revolutionary disturbances"
In my capacity OF Ambassador of MEXICO
accredited to the Government Of the United
States l beg to inform you that the reports
given TO THE Sun to which l have re-
ferred are mass OF inaccuracies Presi-
dent Madero's father came to New York to
settle certain matters Of a purely personal
nature: while his stay in Washington lin.
tied to very few hour. was tho result Of
an invitation from me to be my guest. Mr..
Madero. Sr.. has no connection whatever
with tho Mexican army. nor docs he inter.
vene In any form in matters relating thereto,
which are under the immediate and sole
control Of the War Department.
The story Of the so. 900 900 loan 10 equally
false. since Mexico neither needs at present
new loans nor has the Gov vernment been au-
thorized by Congress to contract such; nor
again would the President have to resort to
his father for the arranging Of matters de-
pending on the Treasury Department Of my
country. MANUEL CALERo.
wAsHINoToN. d. c.. July 10.
The sun., 1912-07-17
4 FORTUNATE ALBANIAN.
Has Always Been Treated COurteOusly
by the Express Companies.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Re-
ferrlng to the leading article in to-day 4
SCN. Reforming the Express Companies,
beg to quote in part from It as follows:
Everybody knows the overcharges. double
charges. delays. confusions OF the companies. the
misce llAneous sour unreasonableness Of too many
Of their employees. how difflcult II has been &c
get any satisfaction out Of them. what a naughty
swsgge nng. take II or leave. 90 to the devil dir
accompanied frequently with an impene trable
ntellectual density. has pervaGed the admins
tratiOn.
l have lived In Albany some sixteen years
and previously lived in New York city for
long period. have had no experience
in the matter Of constant or frequent ship
m"nts through the express companies. nor
have ! been frequently in .'ecsipt Of mer-
chandiss or other matter coming to me
In that way. Your criticism as applying Il
rates ! know nothing about. but my expe-
rence and that Of my family In respect Of
courtesy. the taking Of trouble where II
was not required. the politeness and appar-
cnt desire to do much more than could
he expected. has been shown by every EN-
ployee OF the express companies here. nc
matter whether his position was high
one or otherwise. and 1t is my belief tha,
the above statement will be concurred 10
by q very large ma jority Of the citizens OF
this city.
Again you say. their exactions. their
stupidities and their brutalities knock a,
every door" My own experience with them
Is directly the contrary. and there Ia nc
reason under the sun why they should treat
me differently from any other ordinary citi.
zer. HENRY ". Dun.
ALBANY July iO
The sun., 1912-07-17

Even in the way of murder it seems to
be the Manhattan fashion to be expen-
sive and snobbish. The SLATE colored
touring car wherein the assassins of
HERMAN ROsENTIIAL came and went
insures them a certain respect from an
>enlightencd public Manhattan must
be as modern as possible even in these
little ecccntricities, private vengeances,
cases of gamblers law or whatever you
choose to call this notably cowardly six
to-one assassination.
And those of us who were brought
up on BRET HARTE's gamblers, on JonN
OAKHrRsT and JACK HANIIN. must be
especially sick Of the Manhattan race
Of gamblers" in recent years. Their
houses, their games and their methods
are reported crooked, They skin the
public when they get chance, and each
other all the time. Where would per-
son aleatory in his habits find a straight
roulette wheel in this town of sin? We
hear mighty little good of gamblers in
their professional hours nowadays, and
altogether too much of their public
ARRAYS.
1t has sometimes seemed to the cynical
locker on that more time and fury were
usually given by the police to gambling
houses and poolrooms and such enormi-
ties than to any other enemy. Here
perhaps has been custom of advertis-
ing; in the case Of some members Of the
police in the past the suspicion of COL
lusion, OF the warning "shakedown' has
not been wanting
Into these hooks and corners OF sur
mise it skills not to enter. It is certain
that under RHINELANpER WALDO every
thing will be done that can be done to
keep the police straight, prevent black
mail and detect crime of all sorts
But neither the morals OF the public nor
OF the police are more than subsidiary
questions for the moment The main
thing is to catch and punish the authors
Of che butchery in front of the Hote
Metropole. The character of HERMAN
ROsENTHAL doesn't matter. What mat.
ters infinitely is that a pack of cut.
throats has executed man in a public
street,
The sun., 1912-07-17
Come Down, Fair Love, From YOn.
der Mountain Height"

Suppose yesterday some philosophic
Paracelsian Rosicrucian spirit of the air,
some sylph from a bank Of cloud, famed
and sprayed by mists. squeezing a
handful of rain at need, andsthrough
all those vapors gazing subtly upon this
living COAL this burning mari, this heart
OF Sheol, this incandescent and intoler-
able town. He. for some sylphs OF the
air are permitted not to be of the sex SUI
preme below, he sees thermometer on
top of the Whitehall Building, he reads
on Brother SCARR's instrument, say, %.
Does the sylph get an accurate record
of the temperature in Sylphland and
Cloudland?
So the tribes OF New York. roasted in
steepdown CULTS of liquid fire. look to
see the measure of this immeas,lrable
flame. They can bear the worst with
heroic, with stole pride; they have a
certain pleasure in their torment, as
men fond of records" And when they
consult Mercury, their god. where is
he2 Up among the sylphs (mascuine)
and the stars; cold equable, raised be-
yond the needs and sufferings of men.
They know that on the surface of this
part of the planet it must be 5000 in the
shade; and in the deepest dungeon be-
meath the castle moat and with a first
class ammonia plant. LII in the shade,
But in the heaven of Mercury it is 80 OF
o3 or o5 or some such disappointing, de-
lusive, dishonest, maddening and dam
nable false return.
Bring down the temperature to the
people, Sky gods and Scarr gods; have
pity on the humble race of the streets
and squares! II We must suffer let IN
get proper credit and marks" for that
suffering.
The sun., 1912-07-17
THE PERFECT RROWNINGTTE
His God stands ''in Content" with
Shake kespearc, Leonardo, Beethoven.

To TIE EDITOR OF 1HE SUS-Sir: Mrs.
Browning was not three years older than
her husband. as Is stated in the leading 8rti-
Gle in THE sun to-day. but six years older.
Elizabeth Moulton. or Elizabeth Barrett a.
she eventually called herself was born in
March. 1905: Robert Browning. in May. 1912.
Your appreciation of Browning's poetry
should be allowed to pass without comment
we're 1t not your appreciation. upon lit
erary matters. If not upon political. THE
Sun is wont to speak with authority. 1t Is
therefore depressing to find THE SUN Civ
Ing important place to the old and familiar
criticisms Of Browning. No one denies that
there are rough lines in Browning or that
at times he worked too rapidly. But these
facts are of minor importance; the main
fact Is that there Ia more poetry in him than
in-well. Will say. than In any of his con-
temporaries. Persons whose sense OF poetry
Is very uncertain beyond the Maud Null
Ter and May Queen stage are tireless in
telling OF Browning's unmelodious lines. Of
Browning's "obscurities There is no use
trying to disa bnse them Of these notions.
because to some extent the notions are true
and because the real thing in browning
these persons couldn't understand lin Z
understand any more than the young lady
who in tho next apartment has been play
U
Now could understand or enjoy the Pa
thetic symphony" or the "Eroica."
Browning's "obscurities" are greatly
exaggerated and arc usually due tallow
me to except the case OF "Sordell0", to the
same cause as are the "obscurities" of Mere
dith and Henry James-not obscurity In
the writer. but lack Of vision, OF pene-
tration. Of poetic consciousness in the
reader. But why should THE Sun adopt
the common. Philistine. distorted estimate
OF Browning and back IL UP with Tennyson's .
thyme and marjoram are not vet honey?
Don't cite Tennyson In criticism OF his
contemporaries. He called his "Ode on
the Death Of the Duke OF Wellington" (truly
q noble poeml the greatest ode In the
English language" forgetting, though we
DO not forget. Wortsworth's "Intimations. =
There isn't much OF Tcnnyson that we
really must keep there are parts OF In
Memoriam." parts of those school pieces
the ldylls. the Shalott lady. Break, break,
break; and besides few others what?
On the one hand he was too professional
a poet. on the other too Glrlish. hardly, in
any wise. man to pass fair, discerning,
well rounded Judgment on Browning.
In content through an art informed with
human passion and purpose Browning stands
with Shakespeare. with Beethoven. with
Leonardo. Why not accept gratefully what
he has for ue. or let him alone? l..E.
SPRINOFIELp. Mass, July H.
The sun., 1912-07-17

military genius or achievements or linn
itations of General MCCLELLAN He and
hundreds of thousands Of other Demo-
Gratis fought gallantly, just as hum
dreds of thousands of other Democrats
in civil life held up ABRAHAM LINCOLN 8
hands in the long struggle. 1t was "A
Union movement, combination of
loyal men of all parties, that carried on
the war and saved the Union. II was
as a Union party that it appealed to the
country in 1854. The word Republican
is not found in the Union platform of
that year. This is the spirit Of that
platform and it is only Just to the Union
Democracy of that time and of this to
record il:
Resolved. That 1t Is the highest duty of
every American citizen to maintain against
all their enemies the integrity Of the Union
and the paramount authority Of the Con-
stitution and laws of tho United States; and
that. laying aside all differences of political
opinion, we pledge oMseires as Union men, ami
mated by a common sentiment and aiming
at a common object. to do everything in our
power to aid tho Government in auelling by
force OF arms the rebellion now raging
against its authority.
1t was not Republican party but
Union party that saved the Union;
and yet the Republican party has, and
for years has lived, on the credit of saw
ing the Union; and whose fault? We
won't hurt our correspondent feelings
by quoting more than we can help Of
the Democratic platform Of 1854: after
four years of failure to restore the
Union demand that immediate
efforts be made for a cessation Of hos
tilities.' Let these utilities slumbcr.
though the nomination of General
MCCLELLAN on that -four years Of fail
ure" platform must always look conf
cal. We have done. we hope, justice
to the patriotism and the valor Of Demo-
Gratis in the civil war; but since the Ad-
ministration was Republican, since the
Democrats Joined the Republicans and
not tho Republicans the Democrats, is
not the Republican party AZ a party,
and no matter with what indispensable
Democratic help. justified technically in
boasting, as it has boasted for 80 many
years, that it saved the Union? Sup
pose that DOUGLAS had been elected in
1850 and that the course OF events
had been the same except that the
Republican minority had oooperated
with the Union Democrats. Would not
the saving Of the Union have been set
down as a Democratic achievement?
But we will be absolutely fair The
party which saved the life of the
Union was the Union party
The sun., 1912-07-17

TUVS FF' W VfV-VVF
4 shock will he 6 Ven TO lovers OF antiuuIty nv
the suggestion made In the Rsrur drs Reour Avs
that the Parthcnon Is In serious danger OF col
lapse Within the last twenty years the columns
.eem 10 have lost their rlgidl,y. and unless the
work OF strengthening the foundations is taken
In hand disaster may follow. The cause OF Inc
threatened collapse Is the removal by archwolo
gists OF sculpturcd ruins OF an earlier tcmple on
the Acropos which served as foundations for
the par,hcnon and which have been taken To
various museums for display and preservation
No effective precautions were taken to rrpIacc
thcsc relies by fresh masonry. Modern Greece
ha~ no money 10 spare TOR the necessary work of
rosiora,on but It should not be dlilcul, for those
countries which have bcncntcd from the spolja
ton of the treasures OF Athens to raise funds TO
prevent the destruction OF one Of the wonders q,
the world.
The sun., 1912-07-17
The Onion Party.

Even in these heats the generous and
perhaps slightly whimsical heart Of
this letter has charm:
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. In
the humble estimation OF tho undersigned,
the underlying foundation OF Q political
party IL the expression OF the views Of the
individuals OF which II Is composed
Under the heading. Tho Third Party
Precedent The SUN says, - would
have the millions believe he 10 like ABRAHAM
LINCOLN and his party like that which saved
the life OF the Union
Taking II that you refer to tho Republi-
can party. tho writer wishes 20 state that he.
an intermittently constant reader for twenty '
years. Ia tho son. tho grandson and the
cousin Of Union private. all Democratic
always-as he Is himself.
Leaving tho soldiers OF the ranks. Incl
dentally the family. permit mo to refer you
10 DR.. HARRY THURsToN PRcx's Twenty
Years OF the Republic for a scholarly. ana
IyticaI. carefully stated appreciation Of the
work OF the late General GEORGE b Nc
CLELLAN. together with a defence OF his
"H''h 'iat kIcut nun, BOluleF and
Democrat did not need Many Southerners
and many from the North believe RoBEsI
Z. LEE should have been the greatest Oen.
eral in the worlds greatest struygle md
il has been said that General LIE upon
heing asked, Who In your opinion was ,he
greatest Northern Generalf' replied. Nc
'LELLAN by all odds
What Ia the foundation for tho bo,i.,
that the Republican party which wo.
spckled hy II not born to- and has thriycr
upon and possibly now IL approaching IL.
demise through, .he sinister agency of VI,
Favor seeking Influence saved tho uf,
OF the MON
Tins 's not a timely topic. your state
men' ia w"nrlsome 10 me and uu-~ihly I.
other l'cin""ra'~. and from the mgL ,ouro,
OF IHf Srs IT ~ o"rnslte submit thu,
We who ar" Democrat, and Sl.> rnldnr
are not the latter horar,-e YOU pen,r,,lr
hore VS. NAltfrJ Sl.tS. : of
BniDniroRl. tnnu it, w.
Surely our friend T. tuu iuaguaininoIr
tOdriyc us into lhus" pr' knu pages now
nor il il for other than progressed m,ll
tary critics " give an oplnlon ON TN
The sun., 1912-07-17
New Record for Ocean DeDths.

The German survey ship Planet sends
word from the Pacific that she has made
the deepest sounding thus far taken.
About forty sea miles of the north coast
Of Mindanao, the largest and the most
southerly Of the important islands of
the Philippines, the Planet found a
depth of 32,O7s feet. In other words,
the Pacific where the sounding was
taken has depth of 6.O7 miles, exceed
ing by 4s2 feet the greatest depth hith-
erto known.
In 1901 the United States survey shin
Nero, while studying out route for
a cable line to the Philippines, made a
sounding some distance to the south
east of the island of Guam of 81 ,59G feet
which beat the worlds record for sea
depths up to that time, This is "A dcpth
of 5.9s miles and now known as the
Nero Deep. The surprising sea depth
now discovered may appropriately b.
named the Planet Deep
This is TN" second surprise that III,
Planet has given IN the ncighborhooo
of the Philippines. 4 few years ago
sh" traced "A deep trough extending NOR,
than two hundred WlIcs along the cas-,
coast of l.u2ou and only Twenty-Five tc
/ thirty miles from II She found tina,
the ocean floor d"sr"uds uul,. stc,nly
from the island to the ,r,u,.h ,r,
, fac, aud ~" present discovery uu,..,,.
. that III" -uhmariu" platform mn uh,,l
titu Archipelago stands crl. ,,,b.,
abruptly ON the ia",i" front nr ,h,
leiaud,
The Challenger expedition originated
The sun., 1912-07-17
The Two Greatest Mistakes Man
Ever Made.

EVcf M3ue.
To hold by the peoples suffrage the
Office Of President of the United States
10. with single exception here worth
noting, the highest honor that this earth
has to offer to ambition. The ono su-
perior glory and honor conceivable is to
he an ex-President Of the United States
possessing the admiration and affection
Of the American people and passing
with dignity into history carrying the
respect Of the whole world.
We had thought that when THEODORE
ROOSEVELT rejected this higher honor
for no other real reason than to feed an
Unsuitable personal craving he made the
greatest mistake possible to a man Of
his discernment
But he seems bent on proving his
capacity for worse mischief to his own
fame and future. His first purpose
was to gain for himself third term
fourth term. perhaps, and fifth
by means of the Republican organiza-
ton. Failing in that he devoted HIM
self to the destruction of Mr.. TAFT by
means of an independent political organ
ization, running separate tickets for
Electors wherever he does not think
he can steal the votes Of the regular
Republican Electors. Now in the mania
of his progressive recklessncss he has
undertaken TO destroy the Republican
organization in detail; in all the States,
in all the Congress districts. in the field
of lesser politics down to the minutest
division. He is plotting the death of
the Republican party, to which he owes
everything that he has gained in the
course of his remarkable career.
How far is this folly Of wanton disrup-
tion to 60? Is the Republican vote to
be split with regard to every candidate
who runs for minor Office this fall?
Himself self-ended by one stupendous
blunder, has he now made up his mind
to 60 into history as the man who
wrecked the party Of ABRAHAM LIN
COLIN? It looks as II that were Mr.
RoosEvE1r's intention. 1t looks de.
cidedly as II he meant in his blindness
and madness to put his arms around
the columns and pull the structure
down around him, burying Bill Finn
and all the rest.
The sun., 1912-07-17
STEPPING BACKWARD.
Even n They DO II Aut dramatically. WOmc en-
Can Afford TO DO II.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-SG. Al
though woman leads in the aesthetic
branches of physical motion she Is still be-
hind man in economic agility. His active
part through the centuries has been teach
ing him the advantages of safe and sane
mo des Of movement. She. having to play
the passive side. has missed the practice
which makes perfect.
Even before the advent OF mechanical
locomotion the man had his plough. his
horse. his wagon. and was an adept In the
art Of mounting and dismounting. The
woman's experience in independent travel
was little Therefore she still is hampercd
in public by the instructive awkwardness
which marks her slower physical evolu-
ton along practical lines. And why doesnt I
she overcome this instinct more quickly
by voluntary attention to signs an a sug-
gestiOn! Because she den ca tho matter
the strength Of attention necessary to con-
vert a rooted instinct into safer abit.
She attends SUBJ consciously. The sign Ia
scarcely moro than an ordinary advertise
ment. And she can afford TO do this because
the number Of accidents resulting II in
hnitely less than her general carelessness
seems to deserve. In nincty-seven cases
out Of a hundred they step OF backward
and get away with it." A newspaper
account Of an accident to two or three is
scarcely a practical enough lesson for a
million women. And a child Is usually
burned before II learns to shun fire.
Now. Mr.. Conway. don't confuse tho
question Of sufrragsm wi III imperfect
gymnastics. Woman has advanced more
rapidly mentally because she has been
enabled to take her brain exercise indoors.
Is II fair to question her right TO do some
thing she can do well. just because she
fails to do another thing perfectly? And.
after all. the street car route isn't the main
line into the heart of the ideal national de-
velopment. CONSERVATIVE SCfFRAOIsT
New YORK. July 10.
The sun., 1912-07-17
Railroad station Gardening.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: 1t Is YER:
gratifying to persons living In the suburbs of
New York TO notice the increased interest being
manifested by the railroad authorities in beautify-
Ing the grounds around the stations particu-
larry has this been observed In the flower beds
at Pelham and In the planting OF roses along the
banks near the Mount Vernon station.
understand that the New York. Wcstchcstci
and Boston Railroad Is going to plant roses
around the stations on It's new road. and II seems
only hitting that the companies should know tina,
the people appreciate their Efforts which will nc
doubt increase the value OF the ad accent property
MAI T.. FRYER,
Corresponding Secvetary OF the Garden Club o
New Rochelle.
LABCHMOkT, July 10.
The sun., 1912-07-17

Tho Canadian reciprocity agreement
turned many Republican farmers from
TAFT to ROOSEVELT To whom will they
turn nowp Bolting is not in the farmers
line. They were for ROOSEVELT as a
Republican who promised to approve
under no circumstances" comic for
mula now-thnt reciprocity which he had
previously warmly and publicly approved
more than once. ROOSEVELT being a
bolter. their choice now must he between
TAFT and WILSON Since they showed
the unabating ardor OF their protection
ism In kicking against reciprocity. are
they likely to vote for tariff for revenue
candilates
The sun., 1912-07-17
Soul Longing.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE Sun Sir: A new po.m
ny the author OF Bullets OF Truth" and "Brlckbat
and Bouquets:
Under the soaring and spreading beech
Ny soul Is resting to-day
Far away In that blucgrass land
Where the boys and girls al play
Are laughing aloud as waters run
And the grsin tops flash and now
Where HE was young and beautiful
More than sixty years ago.
feel the breath OF tho new mown hay
Across the meadows afar.
And hear the song OF forcs, birds
Sound aver the sunset bar
Win shouts of the toillng rcapcrs
ind plash of the rushing rlls
il~,ounding In hall, ~ mcujoiy
That circle the Wales AMI hills,
Rui now In the noise of the city
Nnd the glare ~ It's streets and walls
gaze IN tn" poor and pity
here tharitN cries aud calls
Nnd hchrtlcss nlhlrc ani uammou
Are deaf Ia her constant W,h
VITA glii'cring eoi the dcmon
That riics IN the torrhi ealr
JoRN A. JOIcs.
WASHINGTON. y G. July a.