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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15
"On Board the Good Ship Earth
The Kind Of Passengers That Multiply
XVIII.

XVIII.
Father Noah, on the Ark, for
tunately had a voyage so short
that the tendency of his livestock
human and brute-tO swarm
and increase In numbers, probably
gave him no trouble.
But we ON board the Good Ship
Earth are doomed to a voyage of
indefinite length. IL Is an awful
truth that every living thing on
board tends to multiply, and that
plants and animals all do multi
ply until their further increase Is
stopped by lack of food-which Is
famine, by encroachments on their
increasing numbers - which is
war, or by parasites and pests
which is pestilence
We know, too, that man tends
to multiply-the Noah family al
ready numbers thirty-two people
to every square mile of land on
our old Ark, Earth, counting in
desert, swamp, rock and sand, as
well as arabic.
And this human swarm is
growing faster than ever. There
are great authorities who de-
clare that War, Pestilence and
Famine are as inherent in the
frame of human society, as in
that of wolves. rabbits, worms
and fishes.
All We can say is that If this is
not true, Man is the only living
thing of which it is not true.
But If 1t is true, what shall
we say of a God who placed us
here, with the urge upon us to
multiply so coercive that it has
filled the Orient with three
thousand people to the square
mile?
Two of the most willie minds
I'm the world are Theodore Roose-
welt and Rudyard Kipling. In
many ways they are alike. Both
are something i'm the Berserker
Iine-stark, savage men, each
with a bushel of brains. Each
has his ideas on this matter OF
population-and they seem to be
opposite ideas. In recent story
Kipling prophesying of the year
1000 sees the population Of the
world decreasing to six hundred
million, five hundred, and then
to four hundred and fifty. "Tht
planet" says one of his charac'
tiers, "has taken all precautions
against crowds for the past hun
bred years." "Anyhow," says an
other, .'men live century apiece
on the average, now" 1--WE are
all rich and happy" says anoth-
err, because we are SO few and
live so long" In this story Kip
ling sees human powers so far
Increased that girl runs cui-
tivators by means of a switch In
the house. So, IL l have got his
meaning, prophesies Rudyard Kip
ling.
Roosevelt, on the other hand,
seems to fear evil from de-
creasing birth-rate. He cries out
against what he calls race sui
eide. do not think he has ut
tered his full thought in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15
AT THE PANTAGES

Undoubtedly one of the biggest
headliners yet to come over the
Pantages circuit is Billy Reeves,
who will make his first appear
ance in Tacoma on the new bill
beginning Monday afternoon.
Billy Reeves originated the role
of the inebriated swell with "A
Night in an English Music Hall"
when 1t was first produced in New
York.
On his present tour Reeves is
appearing in TOO Full for
Words" or a Lesson in Tenn
perance." 1t is a comic panto-
mime, and from all accounts 1t
begins with a broad smile and
ends In a scream.
Another exceptional feature of
the new bill will be the motion
picture Of Pope Plus X. Thes,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

premises. perhaps for reasons of
policy. suspect that there be
people whom he would like to see
having fewer children, and
those whom he would fain see
rear more.
This brings us Passengers on
the Good Ship Earth to a consid-
Grafton of the kind of passengers
who do multiply, and the sort, IL
any, who do not. IL there is a
sort which do not, are they bet
ter or worse Passengers than
those who do? If we are to stay
on this spinning air-ship as 1t
shoots through space-if we can
not get off save by death, and If
our descendants are to sail on
after we have been absorbed back
into the Decks from which we
rose, the question must be of in
terest. If we really think. must
it not be one most interesting of
all questions?
The Chinese have an annual
birth rate of between fifty and
sixty to the thousand. In Rus
STA IL is 40. In French Canada
IL is probably equal to the Rus
sian rate. In Japan 1t is only a
little il any less. In Germany IL
is 35. In German Austria and
Spain it is 81. In Italy, Holland
and Finland il is about 33. In
Norway, Denmark, England,
Scotland and Belgium it is about
30. In the United States IL is
about the same. In Australia
and New Zealand it is about %.
In Ireland 1t is 23. In France il
is Fl.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15
By
Herbert
Quick

The Russian peasants. degrad-
ed, ignorant, besotted, illiterate,
and poverty stricken, are almost
as prolific as the Chinese. The
Hungarians belong to the Cen
trail European group of oppress-
ed peasantries whose high birth
rate helps to keep them in bond
age.
The Colonials OF New Zealand
and Australia are among the
most intellectual and prosperous
people embarked ON the Good Ship
Earth, and their babies scarcely
suffice to keep their numbers
good, though they have a CONT
nent to occupy. .
After one of Colonel ROose-
velt's outbursts against ''race
suicide" MIR. DooIey observed
that trace suicide" like the tariff,
is a local question. They might
be troubled by it on the Lake
Shore Drive, but 1t was the least
of their troubles on tho Archey
Road. So it is all over the
world. The poo" and the uned-
ucated multiply. The weIl-to-dO
and the intellectual do not. China
and Russia, French Canada and
Japan are the Archcy Roads of
the world. Australia. Great
Britain, France, the United States,
and the nations of Europe gen
orally are its Lake Shore Drives.
One of the deepest truths in hui
man thought Is i'm the old saying
"a poor man for children"
See Monday Times for an
nouncement of the next article
i'm this great series.
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IL is OF importance, too, TO
every passenger on the Good Ship
Earth to take notice of the fact
that while we are animals, the
conditions which are favorable to
the multiplication of all other
animals do not seem to affect
the human race just in the same
way. This is something which
we are only just beginning to
realize. Herbert Spencer denied
1t. But the facts show that Man
in the conditions surrounding his
tendency to multiply is different
in some respects from all other
animals.
All other animals multiply
faster when they have plenty of
food. and adequate shelter-in
other words, when they are in
vigorous condition physically, and
when life is easy. But look at
the facts as to man.
There are some special rea-
sons for the low Irish birth-rate,
but the principal ones are the
high comparative intelligence and
prosperity of the island.
The poorest people in North
America north of the Spanish
nations are the French Cana
dams, and the most illiterate-
and their birth rate is the high
est. The thrifty and intellectual
Yankees of New England have
the lowest birth-rate on this con-
tinent.
The Beers of South Africa have
a very high birth-rate and are
very prosperous-but they are
extremely ignorant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15
D|APEPS|n
REGULATES STOMACH
TIME 1T! IN FIVE MINUTES
GAS, SOURNESS AND INDI
GESTION is GONE.

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Most remedies give you relief
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sure. Diapepsin is quick, positive
and puts your stomach in q
healthy condition SO the misery
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You feel different as soon as
Diapepsin comes In contact with
the stomach-distress Just van
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no gases, no belching, no eructa-
tions of undigested food, your
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Go now, make the best invest
ment you ever made by getting a
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realize in five minutes how need
less it's to suffer from indiges-
ton, dyspepsia or any stomach
disorder.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15
CELEBRATE WASHINGTON'S
BIRTHDAY AT SCHOOL

The ceremony will take place
in the Washington school. An
elaborate program typical of the
day, has been arranged. Tree
planting will take place early in
the afternoon, after which the
school will adjourn to the school
room where a literary program
will be given.
The evenings entertainment
will be devoted to speech maxing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

The presentation of four trees,
two oaks and two tulips, from Nit.
Vernon, the home of General
Washington, by the Alexander
Hamilton, chapter OF Tacoma, of
the Washington State Society of
the Sons of the American Revolu-
ton, to the Washington school,
will be one of the features of the
entertainment in honor of the
first president, February 81.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

The doctors say, that Grip rs
unusually prevalent and great care
should be used to avoid taking
Cold.
We say, IL you will take "Sev-
enty-seven" at the first feeling of
lassitude you will escape the Grip.
Don't wait till your bones begin
to ache, and you begin to cough
and sneeze. or 1t may take longer
to break up.
1t pays to keep "Seventy-seven"
handy, 1t is a small vial of pleas
ant pellets. fits the vest pocket
At your Druggist, csc, or mailed.
Humphrey Homeo. Medicine Co,
1b6 William street, New York.
ADV ertisement-"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15
u. S. AS MINER

SEATTLE, Feb. 15.-The Unit
ed States is going into the coal
business in Alaska in earnest.
Navy yard employees at Bremen
ton are today working on four
coal barges for use by the gov
In transporting fuel
from the mines to tidewater.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15
AT THE EMPRESS

A double headline attraction
will be seen again at the Empress
with the new bill which opens at
the local Sullivan & Considine
house Monday afternoon. Closely
following upon the heels of Cor
bett, will be Pop" Arson, the
grand old man of baseball" In
his thrice daily appearance dur
ing the coming week, Arson will
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15
MARINE

:. Schr. Commerce shifted from De-
Rance to Tacoma Mill company's
wharf to continue loading lumber
cargo yesterday.
Steam schr. Bee arrived yester-
day morning with general cargo.
Str. Mariposa finished discharg-
ing ore cargo at smeiter yesterday
and shifted to Seattle to load for
Alaska.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15
3 o o o % o 900 Q .

, The Tacoma Times prints
daily the news of the moving
) picture world. Programs in
all the picture houses change
, on Tuesdays, Fridays and
) Sundays. Keep in touch
with the people you know in
the movies" by watching
special feature stories in the
, movies" column.
) 6 o o o O O o q o @ @ o o o
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15
AT THE TACOMA
ID

While theatergoers in New
York are raving over Geo. M.
Cohan's latest success, Broad
way" Jones, the play will be seen
at the Tacoma Sunday night.
Never has play come to us so
highly endorsed by the critics.
The praise of the press was uni
versal. When Broadway" Jones
was presented in New York, the
Tribune said: Some people can
live on Broadway all their lives
and never know what the place
really is until they go and see
Broadway Jones"
The cast presenting the play
here includes John Webster,
Ralph Morgan, Caroline Lii,
George c. Staley, Daniel Burns,
Jack Pierce, Marie a Taylor, Fred
Maynard, Grace Morrissey, Edith
Lucket, George X. Henry, Charles
II. Henderson, Dore Rodgers and
others.
From r. A. Mitchell, advance
representative for Charles Froh-
mans presentation of Donald
Brian in THE Siren"
Delightfully."- intoxicating dance
numbers, alluring and lifting
tunes, combined with a romantic
little love story of unusual CO.
herency and logic, go to make
Charles Frohman's production of
THE Siren" This piece comes to
the Tacoma theater next Friday
and Saturday.
"A Night Out" will be present
ed here at the Tacoma soon with
May Robson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15
T HE A T Err S u
THEATRICAL

700 y y q . y . y
b THEATRICAL 4
, Tacoma-Sunday, Broad 4
; way Jones'" e
, Prineess-Beginning Sum 9
day NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." &
D Empress = Vaudeville all 9
, week, afternoon and even .
, ing. .
, Pantages--Vaudeville, af- .
ternoon and evening. .
D q q o o @ o @ o @ . o @ = . .
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

THE LYRIC - 1.-THE Cowgirl
and Her Knight" ANNEX West
ern drama; "Pecos Pete in Search
of Wife," Playing A comedy de-
plotting the clean humor OF the
plains; can Elephant Sleuth, F."
Gaumont; Some Fools There
Were" Thanhouser comedy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

@ o
9 One of the largest aud @
I: fences ever gathered in the g
Q armory turned out to the @
o firemen's ball last night, 9
@ about 5000 people being in @
@ attendance. 1t is estimated @
o that over $500 will be net @
o ted for the Tacoma firemen's 9
. pension and relief fund. @
o o o @ o o Q @ @ @ @ o 9 . d .
Now is the time to plant Rose
Bushes. Don't wait until they
are blooming-plant them now.
We have an extra large stock of
rose bushes this year, come and
see them. HIM. Florist. So. 7th
and K st. Advertisement"
South Bend is to have a Ma
sonic temple.
Since the legislature is in ses-
sion the water bill of the capitoi
has jumped from $50 to $109.lO.
New shipment Milwaukee Sau-
sage now i'm. Duenwald's, 313 nth
Advertisement"
Mrs. j. NJ. Dennison caught
thieves saving into Cosmopolis
postoffice and frightened them
away.
Ruberoid and Universal Roofing
$40 SO. up. Get samples. Eve
ing's Hardware. I'LL So @.
Advertisement. "
Ellensburg chamber of COM
merce has declared in favor OF
the Snoqualmie Pass road and
wants Tacoma to get In line.
Artistic floral decorations al
Watson's. Advertisement"
City Sealer Turnbull says scales
OF Tacoma merchants that are IN
correct generally favor the pur-
chaser rather than the merchant.
Henry Lusthoff, formerly a
Tacoma hotel keeper, died at
Providence hospital, Seattle, with
heart failure, aged II.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15
!, PALACE

Dan," Kay-Bee drama; I'm a Gar
den," Thanhouser drama featur-
ing the Thanhouser Kid; Her
Birthday Present" and "Mabel's
Heroes" keystone split reel COM
edies with Mabel Normand at her
best.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

THE SCENIC-"The Laird OF
McGillicuddy." Essanay drama,
featuring Augustus Carney; "Who
Is the Savage?" Lubin drama;
THE Beech Combers," Pathe
drama; 1.-The Part Played By Aid
In Respiration"
THE BIJOU-"One On Aun-
tie," Nestor; 1.-THE Sealed En-
velope," featuring Florence BaK-
err and Glen White; THE Cross
Roads," Victor; "In the Web"
THE DREAM-"What Katie
Did," Edison drama; 1.-TWO Wom-
en- and Two Men," Vitagraph
drama; 1.-THE Blind Cattle King, I"
Lubin; "A Leap Year Proposal"
Vitagraph comedy.
THE SHELI-"Sue Simptan's
Ambition" Vitagraph comedy
drama; 1.-THE Lorelei," Edison
drama; "a Mothers Strategy -
Lubin drama; Saved by his
Horse" featuring Buffalo Bill;
The Suffragette,' Selig comedy;
"Ainus of Japan"
THE CIRCUI T-"Buried
Alive" a three-reel heart-grip-
ping romance of the mines; 1.-THE
Eyes of Satan," Solax comedy;
James the Hungry One, comedy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

The Angelus Study club will
meet next Thursday afternoon at
2 o'clock with Mrs. Charles Scott,
North 30th and Cedar streets.
The study subject will be I'm the
reign of King George ILL.,"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15
YOU'LL FIND IT HERE

The Pierce County Bar associa-
tion met this morning in depart
ment No. 1 of the superior court
to hear resolutions on the death
of the late F. s. Blattner.
In addition to 100000 feet
of lum Der, cargo of miscellane-
GUS freight VIII be taken from
this port when the Kosmos liner
Uarda leaves here next week for
the West Coast and Hamburg.
ASK Graham, Lawyer, late
]. p. He knows. 800 Tacoma
Bldg" Advertisement"
The Blue Funnel liner Antiio-
chus is due to reach port tonight
with a cargo of silk. The Antiio-
chus comes from Liverpool and
the Orient. The Cyclops of the
same line leaves here next week
with a capacity cargo OF general
freight.
About furs. See Mueller, s2l
South G. Advertisement"
Alleging that a defective wharf
at Gig Harbor caused her a fall
and severe injuries, Mrs. Ella
Kendall, with her husband, Will
lam p. Kendall. has brought suit
against Pierce county for $3.50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

g g. o o o o o o @ @ @ O 8 g. o q
O. Tacoma led all ports on .
@ Puget Sound in January 9
@ commerce, according to the 9
% report of Customs Inspector 9
9 Harper. The exports here 9
@ were s1,976,S61 and the i'm o
@ ports 1,743, 304, making a 9
@ total of $3,720,165. This is 9
@ about half a million ahead @
@ of Seattle. o
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

Perfect fitted glasses $1.5O up.
Pfaff, JeweIer and Optician, 1147
& st. Advertisement
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

Fern auxiliary, o. E. s., will
meet February FL at the residence
of Mrs. Minor Brother, I'll South
Sth street. Mrs. Georgina BeaIs
and Mrs. Swindells will assist the
hostess.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

"a Night Out" will be present
ed here at the Tacoma soon with
May Robson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

South Bend is to have a Ma
sonic temple.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

Sec'y.
I'll send you the Drafts the same
day / get your coupon-fresh from
the laboratory, ready to begin their
work the minute you put them on.
They are relieving every stage and
condition of this cruel disease,
whether chronic or acute-muscuIar
Sciatfc, LumbagO or GOut--no mat
ter where located or how severe.
They are bringing comfort to old
men and women who have suffered
all their lives. as well as all the
milder stages. Don't neglect rheu-
horrible torture and deformity IL
so often leads to- Send today for
the Drafts. / send them on free
trial because 1 know what they are
doing for many thousands and I
have faith that they can cure you
likewise. x...
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with the benefit received, send me
One Dollar. II not, they cost you
nothing. ! take your word. Ad-
dress Magic Foot Draft Co. F'K7
oliver Bldg. Jackson. Michigan.
Send me no money--just the cou-
pom. Write today--nOvv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

ASK Graham, Lawyer, late
]. p. He knows. 800 Tacoma
Bldg" Advertisement"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

Since the legislature is in ses-
sion the water bill of the capitoi
has jumped from $25 to $1O9.lo.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

About furs. See Mueller, 92l
South G. Advertisement"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

New shipment Milwaukee Sau-
sage now in. Duenwald's, 313 nth
Advertisement"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

Henry Lusthoff, formerly a
Tacoma hotel keeper, died at
Providence hospital. Seattle, with
heart failure, aged II.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-02-15

City Sealer Turnbull says scales
of Tacoma merchants that are In
correct generally favor the pur-
chaser rather than the merchant.
The Chitina leader., 1913-09-23

VALDEZ, Sept 19.-Judge F. M. Brown has appointed Anthony J. Diamond United States commissioner and recorder for the White River precinct which includes the Chsana gold country Mr. Diamond has accepted position and states that he will leave this fall for his labor
 He resident of Valdez although he spent time mining
 the Nizina country In returning from that section he accidentally shot himself and for nearly year confined the hospital at Cordova After he returned Valdez he entered the law office of Donohoe Orander last spring admitted to the bar While floating was in session this to the westward Mr. Diamond represented the defendants having been appointed by Judge Jennings the place.
 U S Marshal F. R. Brenneman fully realizes the import ance o sending deputy into the gold dggngs He has applied to the attorney general for permission make appointment for the Chsana Up to this afternoon how eVer he had received instructions the It is reported that given authorization that the marshal will name Al Hoffman deputy marshal At present he supposed be engaged in mining at of the camps tributary Nlzlna He formerly chief of police of Valdez and is generally reputed to be a capable man.
 Judge Brown has announced the appointment Attorney George Love to be U S. Commissioner Valdez He will succeed Thomas R. Shepard who appointed by Judge Cuslman about year and half ago.
The Chitina leader., 1913-09-23

A miners meeting was held at the new gold diggings on September g, which was presided over by O. A. Tucker, with J. R. Fisher as secre- tary. A copy of the proceedings were sent us for publication, as fol- lows:
 The chairman stated the purpose of the meeting to be the considera- tion of the situation in regard to the books and records of the office of Commissioner H. E. Morgan, who had left J. J. Finnigan as deputy recorder in charge of the books. l. Costello, Bert Bollinger and several others spoke to the effect that they were anxious to leave for the outside but were unable to get their papers recorded, having been told by MT. Finnigan that nothing had been re- corded since the 23rd day of August, 1915, and It would be impossible for him to do any recording until record books came from Valdez. Talks were made by various others to the same effect.
 It was moved and carried that the meeting proceed to the election of a recorder. The name of George E. Hill was placed before the meeting and he was unanimously elected.
 It was also moved and carried that a committee of three be selected by the chair to notify MT. Finnigan Of the action of the meeting. The fol- lowing were appointed: Messrs. Malone, Spencer and Bell.
 , A motion carried that a committee of three be appointed by the chair to draw up resolutions regarding the situation in the Chathenda Mining District and to send copy of the