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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28

Pale" she observed. II could even
wish--Hush! What was THAR
Again we heard the eerie whis-
coming human. Mon Dieut They
are abusing a child--no. two chill
dren. Listen. Distinguish the
voices-a boy's-and a girfs-s
Find Children Batting Earth.
There could be no doubt of the
tious tones OF concentrated anger
husband and wife were attempting
to terrify two little ones! A min
ute and we were down the ladder.
listening. The house was utterly
lonely. Around 1t lay the grim.
lifeless steppe; above, the wonder
full, luminous nishvs about us. the
absolute silence of Russia.
Then we opened the door.
Piete Pietroff and his wife faced
about in dumb despair, the chill
dren with duh curiosity.
Shock-headed, dark-eyed, not no.
ticeably thin. both were almost de-
formed by the shockingly swollen
abdomens that some sort of wrong
eating produces. BUT OF FEAR OR
ILL USAGE THEY SHOWED NO
SIGN.
Whose are these children?" de-
manded Mile. vesparini. Instinc-
lively my fingers loosed their hold
on the revolver in my ulster pocket.
Humbly, as one who confesses,
the woman gave way to broken
hearted tears.
ours. your nobility, ours. though
We tried to protect them. You see
them-it was the famine-last year.
Over 16 Of our Russian govern
ments were stricken-village on
village suffered.
me, I made bread to the last
cinnamon bread. nobility. When
our flour failed. what could we do?
Only miv what remained WITH
GROUND WOOD-even with fod-
der.
Every one did it--hundreds, aye
housands-hungered!
Public relief?
"Nu, there was nonei
'It went to the tchinn (officials)
AS always!
Men Observation-Disclosures died.
Ours--ours were spared as you see
"a disgrace to themselves forever.
I take oath we have tried to cure
them. Often We make them handle
clean food-green things. even
poultry. But 1t does no good. Their
sick stomachs crave-and crave the
otherP
what 10 it?"
"Ah-h. Barina. how can tell the
shame?
"They-Our poor children-starv-
| ed until nOw-until no~s-they are
earth-eaters!"
And that, l find, Is the condition
| Of many of the children In the Pale
famine drove them Mt last to eat
ing the dirt, and now their dying
stomachs refmse food!
They VIII go on eating dirt until
! they die!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28

ing up against his just retribu-
ton. He had caused q parsnip
famine to stalk IN the streets,
and had the infants OF the poor
crying pitifully for nourishing
parsnips when said delicacy was
entirely out of their reach. But
goodness grief!--when will
ever draw down 80 plunks a week
again? That's what hurts me.
Mr.. Mockorange waa PLEASANT
ly debating letter directing the
price of parsnips to be boosted 3
cents a pound all along the line,
when, just then. in steps U. s.
marshal announcing q pinch.
Likewise the government seizes
All my notebooks and summons
me as a witness.
(Contfnued.)
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I Before our second glass of tea the
man entered.
"Piete Pietroff. at your SER
vice, nobility. The horses can
not 10 farther. Tomorrow, per-
ha ps"-emphatic snadders end
ed the sentence.
Laws of Land Keep Them
STARVING
"This is a famine government,
Batinshka (little father ?" /
asked.
Last year was famine. Now
we do not starve-but we go hun
gry," he said.
Explain asked. "You are
not Jew"
1t appeared he was glad to hold
our attention.
| 'sKnOw, then, nobility,
that the driven people of the
Pale are not all Zhida
| (Jews). Where ten men
seek one job, nine must fall.
With us farm worker earns
80 kOpeck (15 centsl q day.
Ten million roam the roads,
seeking such work. Russia is
starving. Ask the starOst
(vilIage idler). He will tell
you our fields yield 10 kilOs
of grain the acre-land in
Europe yields 500 kilOs. We
have nothing to put back on
the land. Before the free
| dom was serfage. Now free
Russians must pay taxes.
The land laws keep us mou-
jiks, Jews and all, STARV-
| ING!
Across the sudden silence drifted
the uncanny, rustling sound as of
one who, hiding, stirs.
The woihan's eyes grew furtive
with alarm.
I'VE wish rest. Show us to our
ROOM" I ordered. Eager and re-
lieved, she obeyed.
Safely upstairs, the business-like
little revolver on her knee, Mile.
: vesparini drew long breath.
There are limits to my interest
in the conditions of the Russian
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28

III MARI by lAE OhE1LlxI.
Copyrighted. 1913, by the News
paper Enterprise Associafion.)
RESARABIA,
SOUTHERN RUSSIA, Oct. 10.
Intuition warned us that some
thing was wrong--horribly, ver-
lily wrong-with the house!
hut what were we 20 do?
The horses, weary beyond ef-
fort-ourseIves all but exhaust
ed--nO other INN for miles.
Let us chance it," said /.
"Remember. we have the reyol-
yerv'
In defiance Of protest, remon-
STRANGE and common sense, we
two, Madelaine vesparini, q
Russian woman and myself, had
set out to investigate the living
conditions of the Russian Pale
that borderland stretching from
the Baltic to the black sea into
which the ruthless, terrible Rus
sian government has driven the
Jews, the chosen peOple-'schO1p
en-" alas, for new sucerings;
drives them to sicken and to
starve as helpless ''rec0ncentra-
dos'' Of industry!
Speaking of the moated
grange" observed Mile. vespa-
RIM, in her quantity precise
English, as her riding whip in
Dictated the strange looking hos
elry.
The shack was built of logs
stuffed with reindeer moss,
widowed, leprous with lichens,
a gallows-like sign standard pro-
jecting below the caves, the
solitary attic guestroom entered
by an outside ladder! 1t looked
assuredly an unpromising house
of entertainment.
Spend Night in Peasants Home.
Our host waited in the low
browed doorway. The man was
giant even among the moujiks
(peasants) of Southern Russia.
He was bearded like a prophet
or pirate-and gaunt with
cruel overwork or prolonged
misery.
''zdus nochuyu." Eve will
pass the night here.)
"Da, da" Eyes, yes). he re-
piled.
That was all, but he lifted us
from our saddles, pointed to the
closed door, and thrusting his
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28
IS Il Going Back?

y u the Central Improvement league going back to
~ slough from which Tacoma extricated itself in
o1npting the commission plan Of government?
ne league committee y said to favor divorcing
nunicpality. That is just what the city had before
And It did not work In fact the one big argument
Tor Tho commission plan was to get things so re-
eponsfbility could be fastened somewhere
Under the old plan the mayor was for the gravity
water system. The council was opposed, and al
don the mayor could not carry out the peoples de-
m2nd because of the council, and then the council
shifted the blame onto the mayor.
The restricted district was opened and the coun-
cil blamed the mayor the mayor blamed the council
and before they got through everybody in the city
han was embroiled
The council would order improvements and the
mayor did not believe in them and blocked the game
xhe city engineer, commissioner Of public works,
chief Of police mayor and council were always en-
hroied as to who was responsible for shortcomings
30 the people fixed 1t so the commissioners who
leeislate shall carry out their legislation Then
The people know whom to blame or praise. There is
10 evasion misinterpretation of the legislation
The legislators know what they want and go and do
Il Is the system for greatest possible economy and
efficiency.
The things the people complain of are not Of the
charter but because the people themselves have made
the mistake of not electng men big enough to grasp
tho situation. It would not help any to change the
charter, the remedy is to change the men. And the
people may be depended on to attend to this in time
It is dangerous time now to begin tinkering with
the charter.
The people will need all their attention at the next
election devoted to getting good men and their minds
should not be diverted to the important problem Of
charter tinkering
\ controlling majority Of the commission is to be
olected next spring.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28

DID WE'LL.
"You are tho first girl i ever
kissed"
''Then you deserve to be COM
plimented."-N. Y. World.
NOT
WAS the circus exciting?"
Eyes, the action was intense"
IN. Y. World.
The fewer hairs a man has the
more carefully he combs them.
If you must believe In one or
the other, better believe in mas
cots than in jinxes.
At Hincliffe, Miss, they first
lynched a negro and then passed
resolutions that lynching n
naughty.
Some people imagine they are
working for the general uplift
when they are merely Juggling at
their own bootstraps.
A toothless man in Chicago was
arrested on suspicion of having
bitten another mans thumb off.
There's more Of that higher de-
tectivism.
It may be as the result of all
their cutting up, they will have
two Mexican republics instead Of
one.
Now to keep ones income down
to the $4,000 mark. And then
to make the tax collectors believe
1t.
Our patent double-rhyme gives
us first base on fielder's choice:
I'VE may be happy yet. At golf,
Uuimet. You bet"
Some men take the opposing
side of an argument not because
they love that side, but because
they love that argument.
When Greek meets Greek there
Is new shoe-shining stand es-
tablishment.-Albany Journal.
Uncle Joe Cannon has SHE'D
his castor into the ring. He says
two years is long enough for a
man to stay out Of congress.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28

Uncle Joe Cannon has SHE'D
his castor into the ring. He says
two years is long enough for a
man to stay out OF congress-
Augusta Chronicle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28

sound Of a woman's voice. whis-
pering, an indefinable rustling,
the thud Of heavy footballs. Then
the heavy door whined on its
hinges, and a housewife obvious
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28

(Mary Boyle O'Reiliy. the
Times famous correspond
ent, now in Russia for the
6cripps newsPapers, To in-
Festigate the alleged perse-
cutors there Of the Jews by
the officials Of the cxarss
government, has left Kiev,
where the trial Of Mendel
Beillis II going on, to travel
through the R-alo to learn, ut
very first hand, the Life
these ''chosen people" lead.
Her first story, printed
here. reveals such shocking
conditions that IL seems the
civilized world cannot al
low them TO 90 on.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28

1.-THE SECRET PRED LOOSE"
Hiss Dillpickles Relates How She Nearly Had Jus
tice Winging by Her Obstinancy in the Par
snip Trust Prosecution.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28

When Greek meets Greek there
is new shoe-shining stand es-
ablishment. ALBANY Journal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28

Sulxer says he's poorer man than when he be-
came governor. Alas! he has lost that which does
not enrich the thief who takes it and leaves the
loser pauper, indeed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28
WILLING.

s'May I see You across the
street?"
Certainly. That'H be fine. You
stay ON this side and I'll cross"
IN. ". World.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28
TAKE 1T ANYHOW.

TAKE 1T ANYHOW.
''Now take that medicine three
times day after meals"
'But. doctor. it ia only a very
rare thing when I get a meal"
well, in that case you had
better take 1t three times a day
before meals. IN. Y. World.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28

Above, a Typical Dwellings IN
the Pale of Russia; in the Cen
ter, q Russian Jew, In Native
costume, at Prayer, and, in tho
Oval, q Portrait of Miss OReilly
in Her Travelling Furs in Which
She Is Making Her Tour Trough
Bleak Little Russia" gsiNs
~ xsIaa.z.
arm through both brides. led the
tired horses toward the cart
shed.
Impatient, we knocked and
waited. From within came the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28
CLOSE

as Charlie much of a spend
err"
'"The only thing ] ever saw him
spend was an evening out at the
house. IN. Y. World.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28
THE WHY OF 1T.

EYES," unused the old sea cap
tain. when l was shipwrecked
In South America / came across
q tribe of wild women who had
no tongues"
MERCY" cried one of his list
eners of the fair sex. Elbow could
they talk?''
"They couldn't" snapped the
old salt. "That's what made 'em
wiId."-N. Y. World.
OUCH!
J $50 you killed you dog! Was
he mad?"
swell, he didn't seem any too
well pleased. Y. World.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28

BY MARY BOYLE O'RMLLY.
{ Copyrighted. 1913, by the News.
paper Enterprise Association.)
RESARABIA,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-28

Some men take the opposing
side OF an argument not because
they love that side, but because
they love that argument.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
SEIZE CONTRABAND
ARMS ON STEAMER
u. S. Officers Halt Big Ammuni-
tion Shipment to San Domingo
on the Seminole.

Customs Inspector A. o. HOkensen yes
terday seized ten thousand rounds oil
ammunition and a number Of automatic
revolvers which had been concealed In the
hold of the steamship Seminole. OF the
Clyde Line. lying at 3ith street. Brooklyn.
following the making OF the manifest
The Seminole is scheduled TO sail this
morning lor San Domingo.
Captain Carey disclaimed all knowledge
Of the hidden ammunition and arms He
placed the responsibility on the ship :
crew.
Part OF the ammunition was concealed
under the coal in the steamers bunkers.
The boilers OF disabled donkey engine
and the mating covered venulators were
also used as storage places. The revolvers
were found under the coal.
The ammunition was ordered to be de-
stroyed. and the revolvers were taken to
the Custom House.
The customs authorities placed the
value OF each Of the revolvers at S'.
The ammunition, they said, was worth
about 70 cents a round
The revovers had been carefully
wrapped In cloth before being concealed
in the bunkers. Precautions had also
been taken TO safeguard the ammunition.
Inspector Hokensen said that the seiz-
ure had been made upon orders by Cen
eral Henry, surveyor Of the Port.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
WHY PERSIFLAGE COSTLY
Talker Imprisoned in Phone
Booth Until Police Arrive.

When David Rosenberg, OF No. III East
18th street, gets on a telephone he recks
not OF time. nor light. nor aught else
that is. when he is conversing with MEM
bers OF the opposite sex.
David's weakness for the wiry persiflage
got him into all kinds Of trouble last
night when he entered a. telephone booth
i'm Kahan's drug store. at Houston street
and Second avenue, and began to eX-
change ideas with somebody on the other
end OF the wire. 1t was IL i5 o'clock
when David entered the booth, but when
he started to leave he discovered that he
was locked in, and all the lights were
out
A brilliant idea took possession OF
David. and he called up Police Head
quarters, and stated his plight. The 5th
street station was communicated with,
and a squad OF detectives and uniformed
patrolmen was sent to Kahan's drug
store. They found David, greatly over
heated and Tuning, with his face pressed
against the window OF the booth. Ii was
necessary to awake kahan before David
was released.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
MASSACRE If
U. S. STIRS MEXICO
Natives Will Answer Inter
ference with General
Slaughter.
DEATH FEAR HANGS
OVER FOREIGNERS
Woman Passenger on the MORO
Castle Tells of Reign of Ter
ror-Wilson Is Scored.

The steamship MORO Castle, or the
Ward Line. arrived yesterday from Vera
Cruz. bringing ninety passengers In ALL
among them many who fed from Mexico
because Of the unsettled conditions.
The Mexicans among the passengers
seemed afraid to talk. In fact, this reti-
cence was not entirely lacking among the
English and American passengers.
one of the uncommunicative ones was
Robert Cromwell. OF this city, VINO said
he had passed through many strenuous
experiences, but did not want to say any
thing about them. Another man. appar-
entIv wealthy. who asked that his name
be not used. said:
Things are terribly unsettled down
there. we don't know what is going 10
happen from one day to the next. But
my personal connections forbid me TO talk
about the situation"
There was one woman, however, VINO
was trimming over with news and opln-
ions about the situation. She was Mrs.
Charles ". Hunter, Of Edinburgh, Scot
land, whose husband Is manager OF the
Pearson jute mills at Orozaba. She hed
with her three, children and two maids.
Her husband remained at his post.
What we most fear down there she
said, rs American Intervention. There IS
no doubt in anybody's mind that II in
PREVENTION comes it will mean massacre
by the incensed populace not only OF
Americans but OF all foreigners In their
rage the Mexicans would not stop to dis
crimlnate.
"A few days ago there was terrible
scare, and many people fled to Vera
Cruz, thinking that II the crisis should
come they could take refuge on the war
ships there. But we decided to get out
altogether.
1T is President Wilson's policy that Is
making the situation so unsettled and
dangerous. OF course, something has got
TO be done Affairs in Mexico will never
right themselves; but intervention by
the Americans alone would be catas-
trophe. There is a general opinion that
whatever action is taken should be taken
by the powers Jointly. That would show
that 1t was not an attempt by the United
States to seize Mexico"
Mexican sentiment is decidedly against
President Wilson, said Mrs Hunter
Another passenger was +. +. Childs,
plantation owner from San Luis Potosi.
He said that the rebels were gathering
for the battle at that place when he left.
Their presence made work impossible. as
til, soldiers were but little better than
bandits
President Huerta. according to Mr..
Chids could not control the situation.
The MORO Castle brought home for
burial the body OF Thorwald Jorgcnsen, a
coal passer from the Vermont. lie died
from pernlcious anamia. His body will
be sent to his home. Lakevew, Wis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
FOR JUSTICE TO COLOMBIA
Senator Chamberlain Says His
Vote Is Ready.

Washington. Nov. Ex-senator Chamber
lain, OF oregon, caused mild sensation
to-day at a luncheon attended by all the
Latin-American diplomats In Washington
by announcing that he would vote for
Justice TO Colombia from the United
States" II he ever got an opportunity to
cast a deciding vote In the controversy
between this country and the South
American country brought about by the
separation Of Panama.
AS soon as Senator Chamberlain sat
down Ambassador da Cana. OF Brazil,
dean OF the Latin-American corps. sug-
gested that the party break up. and in
silence this was done.
The episode took place at a luncheon
given by John Barrett. director general
Of the Pan-A merican Union. In honor of
his forty-seventh birthday and the thir-
teenth Of his connection with Latin-Amer-
lean affairs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
SPREE IN AUTO IS COSTLY
2 Chauffeurs, Hailed to Court,
Find Wine Is a Mocker."

Two chauffeurs were arrested yester-
day, taken to police courts and punished
by the presiding magistrates One OF them
vas fined for three separate offences It
is alleged that both were intoxicated while
operating their automobiles.
The first man-Charles r. Seyler, OF No.
$50 West l53d street, employed by u. Wyatt
Aiken, OF No. 1876 Walton avenue, Yon-
kers-was arraigned before Magistrate
House in the Harlem police court. He
was charged with drunkenness, falling to
have his badge properly displayed and
failing to have the auto lamps lighted.
The man was fined SO. or thirty days in
jsiI. on the first charge; 81, or two days In
Jail, on the second charge. and the same
on the third charge. He did not pay and
was sent TO jail.
Patrolmen Albert Gleason and John
Weis testified that they Communicated
another machine TO chase Seyler, and
caught him after threatening TO shoot.
The chase extended over twelve blocks.
The MAGISTRATE. in passing sentence,
said that he would do ali in his power 70
make il impossible for a chauffeur to re-
new his license If he had ever been con-
victed of drunkenness.
The other prisoner said he was Harry F..
Grove of No. 526 West 18th street. He
was held I'm 500 bail for trial in Special
Sessions.
Grove was arraigned before Magistrate
Corrigan I'm the Morrisania court yester-
day morning, charged with operating a
machine while he was under the influence
of liquor The policeman complainant
said that he had seen the auto driven by
Grove swerve many times and then strike
the curbstone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-29
CARLISLE GETS TIME
TO CONSULT COUNSEL
Hearing of Charges Against
Highway Commissioner Post
poned Until Wednesday.
[By Telegraph TO The Tribun1.

Albany, Nov. 2S.-To give John y.
Carlisle, the accused Commissioner OF
Highways, an opportunity 10 consult
counsel. James w. Osborne, Governor
Glynn's Investigator. postponed to-day
until next Wednesday the hearing on
the charges growing out Of the asphalt
scandal brought against Mr.. Carlisle oy
Henry A. Rubino, attorney for the war
ner- Quinlan Asphalt Company. This agree
ment was reached after a conference
by Mr.. Osborne, Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.
Rubino.
When the meeting scheduled FOR this
afternoon was called TO order Mr. Os-
borne directed Mr.. Rubino 10 be pre-
pared on Wednesday 10 open the hearing
with the presentation Of the charges anu
any evidence he might have. The pass
OF the charges is that Commissioners Car
Isle Disseminated against Warner-Qulh-
Ian and other oil asphalt manutactur-
ing companies in his specifications LOT
the building of state highways, and tha'
he favored the Barber Company known
as the asphalt trust.
Mr.. Carlisle will produce on Wednes-
day the records of the four hearings held
on the asphalt specifications on July 10
Juy %, October % and November Il.
The Barber Company intends 10 take
an active part in defending itself from
the accusations made against II In the
Carlisle charges. Two OF its representa-
tives. Franklin Nevius and l.. Latin kei'
logg. were present to-day, and MI
Nevius said that he wanted an oppof
tunity to present evidence. II wouid "
accepted, Commissioner Osborne sdiu
Patrick III. Quinlan, vice-presdent OF 'n'
Warner Quinlan Company, Will De VI"
ness for Rubino. to support the chars
Governor Glynn conferred with VI.
Carlisle and Attorney General Carfho',
over the asphalt charges, but ne'"e'
would discuss the matter