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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-20
SPEAKER HOWARD TAYLOR.

learned to feed the pIaner at
night, and engaged himself I'm
every other way to master the
business from soup to nuts. After
six years of this, he was taken
into the company, when it was
reorganized, and he's piled up a
nifty fortune since.
Now, getting back to the point
where Taylor's face projected him
into politics, the Northern Pacific
owned the only piece of ground
in several blocks or acres near
the company's land. While Taylor
is by no means an ant1-saIoon
man, as the local optionists will
tell you, he didn't care a hang
about a booze shop where his 200
employees could have too easy ac-
cess. When it was rumored that
the county commissioners were
getting ready to license one on
the N. p. land, Taylor appeared
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-20
This Tacoma Cop
Has a Fixed Post

The steel curbstone rim at 18TH
and C street gave Patrolman Kin
caid a rude shock today-a rude
shock that just about scared the
tar out of that doughty copper.
And Patrolman Kincaid hur-
ried to a telephone and reported
to his superiors at police head
quarters.
Its all charged with electric
ity, Sarge" he said, "and it orter
be fixed"
Twill be fixed" said the
sergeant.
II hope so," responded Patrol
man Kincaid, because l stand on
that thing and it hurts my feet
when the juice is turned on like
that"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-20

-
AFTERNOON-SEARCH SUN.
DAY UNSUCCESSFUI-BODY
MAY NEVER BE RECOVERED
Search for the body of Attor-
ney T.. $. Blattner of Tacoma,
who was drowned in Commence
ment bay late Saturday, is being
continued today although with
abated vigOr as a thorough comb
ing of the beaches failed to dis
cover the body Sunday.
Attorney Blattner who was one
of the most prominent of the Ia
coma bar, tumbled into the bay
Saturday when he leaned over to
dip up pail of water to extin-
guish a fire that had broken into
flames aboard his launch La
Kumango.
He had hardly left the boat
house at the foot of 18th street
when ]. M. LaVergne of the Ia
coma Lumber & Single COM
pany, and Captain T. Torgerson
of the tug Elf, saw the flames
burst from Blattner's craft. The
tug hurried with all speed to the
scene and extinguished the fire
When search was made for the
attorney, he could not be found
He could not swim and drowned
in the bay trying to save his boat.
Club Searches for Body.
All day yesterday the Tacoma
Yacht club patroled the beaches
for miles about the bay, the
search availing nothing. A re-
ward of $3.50 for the recovery
of the body has been posted to
stimulate other search parties to
action.
A. M. Walstad of the yacht
club who was one of the leaders
in yesterdays search, is of the
belief that Blattner's body will
never be recovered owing to the
extreme coldness of the water
into which it fell.
The unfortunate attorney had
practiced law here for nearly 25
years and was widely and promi-
nently known. He leaves a widow
and daughter, Dorothy, at the
Blattner home on Orchard road
Prospect Hill. Blattner was 4f
years old.
Blattner carried 100000 worth
of life insurance, 5000 OF
which he took out about a year
ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-20
BY WOODROW WILSON.
President Elect of the United States

In the early of the twentieth century again
assuming the attitude which assumed in the beginning of
the nineteenth century. The nineteenth century, with all
its associations of the setting up of free in
America looked forward to in which humanity the
rank and file Of should be served by the institutions OF
government
But had set up this happy experiment in country
so abundantly furnished with wealth, extraordinarily
provided with opportunity for all sorts and conditions of
men, that suddenly got drunk with the wine of
prosperity and for little while forgot that mission
not to pile up great wealth. but to serve mankind with
humanity and iustce
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-20
BONDS ARE
TURNED DOWN

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CHICAGO, Jan. 20.-AdditIonal
bonds offered here for f. NJ. Ryan
and e. II. Houlihan and William
Shoupe, serving sentences in Leav-
enworth prison were turned down
as still unsatisfactory here today
by United States District Attorney
Charles w, Miller.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-20
MATTHEWS MAY
QUIT SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, Jan. 20.-Promises of a
new church and strong arguments
that ho is needed by the Emanuel
Angeles. are causing DR.. NJ. A.
Mathews, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church, to seriously con-
slider q call from the south.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-20

For Tacoma and vi
cinity: Rain tonight
and Tuesday.
FOR Washington:
Rain, west, rain or
snow east portion to-
night and Tuesday;
warmer tonight, ex-
cept near the coast;
w ar m e + northeast
portion Tuesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-20

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3 CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan.
> 20.-A violent fistfight oc-
. Cured on the floor of the
3 house of representatives
3 here today between Speaker
3 Pratt and Speaker Pro Tenn
3 Wood of the Wyoming legis-
3 lature, both of whom claim
. ed the right to preside.
Q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-20
GRANT INCREASE

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BOSTON, Jan. 20.-A strike of
$4,000 mechanics and shopmen on
the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad was averted here today
by the men accepting a seven per
cent increase.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-20
e MUST KEEP FAITH WITH THE PEOPLE
WOODROW WILSON
.SIDENT-ELECT WRITES FOR
TIMES ON DEMOCRACY'S DUTY

EDITOR TIIsIn for Te Outlook
compiled i par nm tst forth hm views on IA dr
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-20
TTNER LEFT
100000 IN
INSURANCE

FRIENDS HUNT IN VAIN FOR
VICTIM OF UNFORTUNATE
ACCIDENT LAST SATURDAY
AFTERNOON-SEARCH SUM-
MAY NEVER BE RECOVERED
The Washington herald., 1913-03-11
Sympathy for Witnesses.

Surprise is probably the emotion up-
permost in the attitude of "our" Mai.
Sylvester as result of his encounter
with the suffragists Things have gone
along so very smoothly for so many
years that it was scarcely to be be-
lieved people would get so worked I'D
over the parade episode. 1t was bad
enough for the major to have the suf-
fragists against him, but when not only
all Washington, but practically the
whole country, expresses its opinion
with such extreme frankness it begins
to look as though the ladies would
gain considerable for their cause, and
perhaps the major will lose something.
But the majo has got over being too
tired to discuss the matter, and now
feels quite strongly that every police
man-below the rank of superintend-
ent-should be brought TO trial and
punished, if guilty. Those familiar
with the majors trial board feel deep
sympathy-not SO much for the police
men to be tried, however, as for the
complainants who appear before the
board
The Washington herald., 1913-03-11
Our Women Teachers,

Motherhood and childhood have such
palpablc bearing upon each other tha,
it cannot be disputed. Hence the
formative schoolwork best Gan be done
by the sex that has an innate aptitude
for such task. As consequence
women's fitness for primary teaching
in the public schools has long been
recognized, and as the law of nature
begets evolution. the women, by slow
but sure process, have conquered their
place for more advanced work in our
school system. such as administration,
superintendency, and even membership
on boards.
1t is not surprising to be told by the
Federal Bureau of Education that there
are now in the United States four
women State school superintendents,
and almost 500 who hold similar po-
sitions in counties. In some of the
Western States, according to the Of
fetal statistics sent out by the Federal
Bureau OF Education. women have the
monopoly of the higher positions as
teachers. Montana, with its thirty
counties. has only one male county su-
perintendcnt. Wyoming has a female
State superintendent So is the dep
uty woman. and thirteen out of the
fourteen counties are directed BY men,
bers of that sex.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-11
Canada a Good Neishbor.

Canada and the United States are
separate governmental entities on the
northern half of this continent. De-
spite occasional bursts of annexation
sentiment. first on one side and then
on the other, they have remained in.
dependent of each other. Canada has
sent the United States a couple of
million hardy citizens, and the best
development of Western Canada is due
10 the skill OF American farmers.
Citizens OF the United States do not
begrudge Canada her share of the ter
ritory and opportunities of life in the
Western Hemisphere. Canadians pre-
fer national existence under the Union
Jack 10 allegiance to the Star Spanglcd
Banner
The Dominion is far better off than
if her neighbor were Germany. France.
or Russia, or even England herself (if
Canada were OF another nationality.
The United States is to be congratu-
lated that Canada is an orderly neigh
Dor giving no such anxiety as the re-
publlcS OF Latin America to the guard
ian OF the Monroe doctrine.
All this being true, why need .Amcri-
can and Canadian publicsts ever harp
on it when thrown together on a
speech-making occasion? The self
evident facts repetition is as unncces-
sary as this editorial criticism of it
should he
The Washington herald., 1913-03-11
The Vanquishing South.

According to the Manufacturers
Record, the value of merchandise ex-
ported from this country in the pas!
thirty-three years (since ISSo) was
greater by So,I62, ,4oe.o45 than the value
of imports, but that this tremendous
sum was s5a3,4sI,67o less than the
South's raw cotton export amount
ed to.
In no year since 1880 has the COM
bined output of all the gold mines and
silver mines of the world equaled in
value the South's cotton crop, and in
only FIVE OF the thirty-three years was
the output of all the gold mines in the
world sufficient to pay for the cotton
exported from the United States.
The Records article on cotton is
very interesting, as it demonstrates
facts of international Importance rcla-
tive TO cotton and its value to the
world There were in this country
2Q+.IS.oOc acres devoted to twelve of
the leading crops in 1912, and of this
total of 100000 acres were given
over to the production of cotton. In
that year the aggregate value of the
twelve crops was S4.ooo,449,ooo, of
which SI,ooo.ooo.ooo was for cotton. In
the last year OF official census figures
G9oq) the value of all factory prod
ucts in the United States was S2o,672,-
o52.ooo and of this sum SoI5,o7oooo
was for cotton products, including
hosiery and knit goods and cotton-sce
manufactures.
Thus cotton fields now represented
in so per cent of export merchandise
values are shown to be an essentially
important factor, not only in the ag
riculture of this country, or in the
manufacturing industries and COM
mcrce of the entire world, but as be-
ing the basis of exchange of money in
the leading financial centers.
Southern cotton mills now are con-
iliOiS NolbcI ltdli tliS
entire South produced in 1868, and
more than all the mills of the country
consumed annually as late as 1896, and
more than half the amount consumed
now by all the mills. In the South,
now embracing sixteen States, there
were $4,000 Spindles in 1880. which
used II4.777,T76 pounds of cotton. that
is, almost Is per cent OF all the cot
ton used by all the mills in the coun-
try. Last year the II,S5S,eoo active
>pIndlcs there used I.3Io7o7,8I3 pounds
"f cotton, or more than 50 per cent of
the total quantity consumed.
These figures suggest the wonder
iul growth of the South's textile &C
tivity nowadays and bear out the
prophecy that it is the coming sec
ton of the country industrially as
well a. agriculturally.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-11
POISONING A LOST ART.
Duke LItta Bemoans the Decadence
of . Once Noble Profession.

From the Boston Transcript.
Speaking on the art of the roisoner and
famous poisoncrs of history Duke Litta
the Prince OF Montespertoli, appealed for
the recognition of the science OF poison
ing as one OF the fine arts. He declared
that there WAS no longer "art' in poison.
ing. not because peoplo are any better,
hut because the secret ot the preparation
Of the most subtle pcisCns has been lost
and the use of modern poisons Is too
easily detected.
The speaker referred 10 the ecent sug-
gestion Of the Governor of South Carolina
that condemned criminals be allowed the
privilege of choosing 10 he moculatel
with germs of pclla.ra instead of going
TO the electric chair, and huEiorously ap-
proved 1t.
Nowadays they poison by using such
awful things as arsenic and the tips Of
lucifer Matches he declared cOntemptu-
cusly THAT Is The absolute negstion Of
art. There is 10 art in putting poison
int" glass OF wine-anybody can d.
that The minute you deal with 70 Vi
and Irrk art disappears from the r2eth-
DDS of the poisoner.''
He spoke adnirinsly of Catherine and
her agent. Benato di Tlorentino. who
kept Il little perfume shop on the Pont-
Neuf, but characterized the Borgias
With the exception of Lucrezia, as i'm
measurablr below the art of Catherine Iii
Medicis. for they were gross in their
methods
TIL" Duke is the head of enc of the
oides. families Of the feudal uristocracy
~ Europe He spoke at the home of DR..
W. G Chase.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-11
Wherefore of the washermen.

From the Chicago Post
The shirtband buttonhole is the rea,
reason why the Y. NJ. c. A., of Pbilade,-
phia, is encouraged to start a course of
instruction for men in the art of wash
ing clothes. 1t better might be said that
it is the back shirtband buttonhole that
is responsible for the Introduction into
the classroom OF the tub, the bluinr hot
tic. the starch box. and the ironing
board.
There Is one washcrwoman for every
-W OF TINS country's inhabitants, and
there is laundry for every 1000 there
OF. Neither woman nor laundry ever has
been able to learn that a man has to slip
collar button through the rear hole of
the shirtband. The washerwoman thinks
that a man pins his collar on. and that
IL he doesn't he should be forced to. The
laundry knows all about the buttonhole,
but 1t is at outs with II, and seeks NAL
evidently to destroy its identity.
An inside band to protect the male
neck from the chafing against the base
of the back button. is sewed on shirts by
all self-respecting shirtmakers For
years 1t has been the unbreakable habit
OF washerwomen and laundrymen to
starch this band into close. boardlike
union with the band back of it. 1t takes
knife to effect the divorce, and IL is
not complete until several unstitched
buttonholes have been made by the blade
of it, The shirt that comes back once
from the wash is done for after the first
surgical operation The washladies and
the lauDdries can save ther Jobs and
discourage the higher education of males
IL they viii spare their starch and save
the shirts.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-11
HATS OF FRUIT AND POSIES.
Spring Creations for Women Will
BE n Riot of Bright COlors.

From the New York Journal.
Every man has heard his wife oil
sister. or maybe his aunt. remark, as She
glanced out of the window:
"Will you just look at the hat on that
colors OF top of my head. l wouldn't
mind if you refused to recognize me on
the street il | was diked out that way"
Well. the woman of your household
will change her mind pretty soon and
wear the Colors of the rainbow on her
hair. The Futurist painters OF Paris
have inspired the new fashion. These
painters arc weird in their ideas of form
and simply mad as to color.
Therefore. Nine. New Yorker will wear
hats Of 10 particular shape or form and
in color combinations almost too daring
made of picot straw. leghorn or horse
digo and emerald combined with Span
ish yellow. One creation shows red,
violet. green and yellow.
Among the favorite shades will he
bishops purple" bright yellow and
'lettcrbox red"
Fruit and flowers will come back 10
favor as trimmings and the apple, in
all shades OF green. red and yellow. will
be held in special honor chic spring
model is a black hat with two apples,
one green and the other yellow. Plums.
cherries and peaches will also be used by
milIiners.
Ribbons, which were banned in women's
hats last year at the same time az fiow-
ers, will come into their own again for
decorative purposes.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-11
PLEDGES MADE
BY RETAILERS
Association Adopts Slogan,
200 Members in 80
Days"
MEETING IS A SUCCESS
Chairman Cans Brings Members To,
gether at Dinner and Enthusiastic
Work Is Planned.

TWO hundred new members for the
Retail Merchants Association in ninety
days"
The above is the motion that nrevs;I.5
unanimously at meeting OF the men,
bership committee of the a,ocj,t;on
| heid last night in the gold room OF the
| Gale Republique. The occasion was a
/ notable one in the life OF the Rets II
| Merchants' Association. and was brought
about through the medium of a dinner
rendered the membership committee by
| lts chairman. Isaac Cans. Mr.. Cans has
! nad a very wide experience in the direc-
| non or membership committees and he
mas gathered together a company of will
| ing workers, who last night pledged
| themselves to labor earnestly in and our
| or season to achieve the mark thew have
set
! The Retail Merchants Association IL
an ldealty of retailer that has proved
that our method is the logical means
oy which concrete. cumulative results
are to be accomplished for the lettering
OF retall merchandising in WASHINGTON. :"
e'areo VI. a. Leese. an active member
o, o, the new membership committee and
likewise the treasurer of the organiz,-
ton. Mr.. Leese was among the n,r,hnr
present that pledged themselves to bring
III the applications of from five to twenty
members each. Jacob Eisenmann set a
good example for his fellow committee
men by presenting to Chairman Cans
the applications of ten retailers.
Ross +. Andrews, the first president
of the organization. was the first man
or the membership committee to make
pledge to secure virgin timber for the
retailers organization. and he was fol-
lowed by number of others
we are working for a splendid DUP.
pose" declared Chairman Cans. Never
In the history of merchandising in
Washington was there greater need of
live. verile association of merchants
such as our organization affords. am
gratified at your presence here to-
night. and greatly appreciate your
evidences of determination to make the
formal motion that was passed here
this evening a reality-200 new mem.
bers in ninety days"
Chairman Cans read letters from
members of the committee, who wee
unavoidably absent by reason Of alb
sence from the city or previous
brought news of acceptance of the
committee assignment and of a deter
mination to get out and. work for the
upbuilding of the association.
Among those present were Isaac
Cans, chairman: r. P. Andrews. NJ A.
Leese. William ID. West. Roe Fulker-
son, Thomas f. Ogram. ]. Eisenmann.
c. Eugene Edwards. p. j. Nee, Meyer
Fellheimer. Claude Miller. Lee Lau-
man. Isaac b. Nordlinger, Allen III.
Rogers. Sidney West. NJ. Stein, Ellie
Sheetz. George Topham, Charles G.
Stott. Robert Pluym, Harry Franc, L.
+. Burdine. George F. Page, Frank
Killian. and Charles ]. Columbus, Sec
retary of the Retail Merchants Assoc
citation.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-11
Bryan, Cuba, and Santo Domingo.

The action OF President Gomez of
Cuba pertaining to the amnesty law.
which has become the subject of
diplomatic correspondence, and, fol-
lowing it. the news from Santo Do
mingo that the Archbishop President
has resigned, indicate that the new
administration will have to show its
hands sooner than expected in respect
TO its policy toward our Latin-Anerican
sister republics. 1t is we'll that there
should be showdown thus carly in
the Wilson administration which will
disclose to the Latin Americans the
stand WHICH the Democrats mean to
take toward them, if they persist in
taxing the patience of our government
as they did in Mr. Tafts time. Per-
haps Mr.. Gomez, under present changed
conditions here, will not be so hot
headed and will listen to reason in the
hope of better concessions under the
Wilson rule.
EtHd1TS DIT SdNtO DOHlltlSO are nor
encouraging. Under the plea that he
went there in the discharge of his min
istcrial duties as Archbishop, the tenn
porary President of Santo Domingo,
Adolfo Adcljano Nouel, after going to
Porto Rico, did not see fit to return
10 his native land or high Office, which
augurs badly for the continuance of
the policy adopted by the United
States on behalf of the little republic
This country being in charge of the
customs collection, promised that soon
after the Archbishop had taken tempo
rary charge of the administration, he
would caN a constitutional election to
choose his successor. AS time went
by it became clear that Mgr. Nouel
had no idea of doing so. He had
tasted the power of being at the head
of affairs, and, most likely, being i'll
advised, declined TO act
The result is not surprising. He had
The Washington herald., 1913-03-11

to fee his native country to save his
life, and was shrewd enough to make
use of his official trip as chief of the
combined diocese to get away in safe
ty, after hearing that coup detat was
planned against him.
Santo Domingo is one of the Latin
republics where the Knox dollar di-
plomacy has been in force for several
years past. We assumed control over
the revenue in order to straightcn out
the little country's obligations in Eu-
rope. We collected the customs and
had gunboat ever on hand to see to
it that things were conducted as per
programme mapped out by the chief
OF the Latin division of Our State De-
partment, Mr.. w. T. Doyle.
This gentleman, thus far having been
retained in charge of his department,
it remains to be seen what steps Mr..
Bryan means TO take to set things to
rights in Santo Domingo, where appar-
emily the leaders are trying hard to
break away from our guardianship,
and insist upon a constitutional cleo
ton. which this country as good as
guaranteed when urging the placing
of the Archbishop in temporary con-
troll.
The situation in Cuba and Santo
Domingo will be watched with a great
deal of interest 1t is the straw that
will indicate where the wind blows as
far as the Knox vs. the Bryan foreign
policy is concerned.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-11
Captain and Crew Saved,

Baltimore, March l0.-A thrilling res.
cue of the schooner James A Garfield,
her captain. and crew of seven, at the
mouth of the Severn River Saturday
morning by Capt. G. F. Curlett. of the
steamer Texas. was reported in Balti-
more to-day.
The schooner when picked up by the
Texas was completely dismasted, the
sails and rigging being entirely carried
away by the blasts. The sails were
swept away by the chilly winds late
Friday night. Captains of boats arriving
in Baltimore Saturday told Of the loss
of the Garfield,
The Washington herald., 1913-03-11
suRragist Defends Chinaman.

New York, March 10.-The spectacle Of
a beautiful society girl appearing in
court as associate counsel for a slant
eyed Chinaman, was presented to-day
when Miss Inez Milholland. famous suf-
fragist. pleaded the cause of Roy Young.
charged with having committed murder
during a recent Tong war.
MY client is as innocent as I am Of
the crime" declared Miss Milholland
He Is respectable laundryman and
merchant, and he knows absolutely
nothing of the shooting
Miss Mfiholland Prepared the defense
for the Oriental, and will sit beside him
during the progress of the trial.