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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
Helen Taft's Chum
Soon to Be Bride

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Sept. 80
Martha Bowers. who is known
I'm Washington as Helen Taft's~
chum. Is soon to be Helen Taft's
sister-fn-law, as on October 1T
she Is to marry Robert Taft. eid-
est son of the former president.
The wedding is 10 be a very
fashionable one with Helen Taft
and several other well known
young women IN the bridal party.
Miss Bowers is the daughter OF
the late Lloyd L. Bowers. solicit
tor general during the Taft sd-
ministration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

The monster melodramtic pro-
duction. "The Whip" which will
be seen at the Tacoma theater
Friday and Saturday. is without
doubt the largest attraction that
has ever come to the coast. The
play is in four acts and thirteen
exciting and gripping scenes. Ten
horses and forty dogs are carried
by the company in addition to
the cast of 100. Owing to the
length of the performance the
curtain will rise at o'clock
sharp. The seats are now selling.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
FOR WOMEN ONLY

DIR. Sanderson's Compound Savin
and Cotton Root Pills. The best and
only reliable remedy for DELAY ED
PERIODS. Cure the most obstinate
cases i'm to 10 days. Price 81 per
box or three boxes $500. Address
Raymond Remedy Co, 217h Pike
st. Seattle. Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
HERE'S A TRICK
WORTH TRYING

Sew a small piece of mus
lin inside the shirt-fo the
collar band and shoulder
seam. leaving front loose 80
that II will not interfere
with launderinga This pro-
feefs the negiigee shirts
from the wear of stiff col
lar against the collar bone.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

Miss Ethel Corley, who is APP
pearfng with Harry Cornell In
''Smithy and the EEL" at the Pan
tages this week, was seen in Ia
coma early in the summer In
TRUTH" q startlingly vivid
drama depicting the Chicago
wage inquiry.
In her present play Miss Cor
ley Is doing even better work
than she did in Truth" Her
new vehicle Is a crack drama of
an entirely original and exciting
theme. enhanced with some mys-
terious electrical effects that give
weird tone to the act.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

have three dozen pattern
hats that I will sell at cost. Com
meneing Saturday, my store IL
open evenings until 8 o'clock.
270S McCarver St. Old Town.
g. A. YOUNG.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
PRINCESS BILL
ATTRACTS CROWDS

The Boy From the East" at
DonneIlan's Princess this week IL
proving one of the best drawing
cards that Manager Donnellan
has yet produced. II is a COM
edy-drama, the scenes laid in Cal
ifornia. and II moves with a snap
and vim that keeps II interesting
even during the slower scenes.
There are twelve characters In
the production. Manager Dom
nellan announces a bargain matt
nee Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
RAINEY PICTURES
IN TACOMA srNI.4X

Paul ]. Rainey's 1914 African
hunt moving pictures have been
booked by Manager Herald Of
the Tacoma theater for five-day
run, commencing sunday. There
will be two performances OF the
remarkable pictures each day, at
2;S0 O'Clock and s:15 D. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

Own you please tell
me If it is true that persons
wishing to adopt a child
from an orphans home will
have to pay $50 for the
privilege? A friend would
like to adopt a child, but
says he will not pay a cent.
! do not think the homes
can chare any fee, but was
told that one gentleman who
adopted a child was told fifty
dollars was their price. He
told them he could not pay
IL, that $25 was was all he
could afford, and they took
the $25, and he got the
boy. Looks to me like an
other form of graft-selling
children as they would pups.
l also want to say for the
benefit of those who are
afraid OF hurting the feel
ings of their children by us
ing the rod. to study the his
tory of Sussana Wesley, the
mother of John and Charles
Wesley. Their lives are a fair
sample of what rod disci-
pline will do. The children
of the day are a fair sample
of sparing the rod and spoil
ing the child.
INTERESTED.
At any orphan home
charges a fee for the adoption {
\ child. they have no right Q,
md should be reported to Oh
Juvenile authorities. All that
necessary TO adopt a child Is fc
Ihe party to go into court an
prove that they are capable Z
Iaking care of and bringing u
he child. There will probably /
, slight cost connected wit
frawing mp the adoption paper
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

Mile. Psmbrum. French and
spanish teacher. Private Iessons-
Studio hours, Tuesdays and Fsf-
days, sherman, Clay Bldg. Main
8O84. Adv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

Brs Hardvork-"Therei I've got 10 spend the
money for more coal. use gas for every
thing but washing. but have to have o fire
In the range on washdsys; gas is SO expensive.
wish there was some way TO wash clothes
in cold water"
lnty Dradgs-"wen. to think happened in juss
now. There % . way to wash and be COM
Portable. Use Fels-Nsptha Soap. It's just
the medicine you and all tired women need"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
WOM1EN'S SPE1ERE-E1ONNEs HELL S--FASEENO
Hard to believe, but absolutely true. A
smiling, pleasant face and rested BODY

and on washday, too! Women can
have these, and the pleasant feeling of
having their work we'll done, if they
use Fels-Naptha Soap for washing, for
housekeeping, paint, woodwork, greasy
pots and pans, sticky dishes, fine glass
and silver. 1t works for you, as well as
with you.
Fels-Naptha Soap dissolves grease,
takes out all kinds of stains, removes
paint from clothes-cleans everything.
And does it in cool or lukewarm water.
with no hard rubbing or scrubbing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-04
DECLARES WOMEN
TRAVEL TOO FAST
Owen Johnson Thinks They'll Soon
Throw Off All the
Conventions.

Chicago, June 4.-Women of to-day
are travelling the pace SO fast that they
are becoming agnostic, and the church
pews of the next generation will be
filled entirely by men, according to
Owen johnson, who is visiting in Chi
cago. He also declares that woman's
yearning for excitement is causing Der
to revolt socially, industrially and NOR
ally, and that she is destined to throw
all conventions to the winds ere long.
Men have long since slipped out from
under the influence of the church." Mr.
johnson said. THE women are now as
Stunning the same attitude. They are
becoming agnostic. They have ceased
to stand in awe and fear of the church.
"The trouble is that women are going
too fast. The men are going to stop
the women if they are stopped. We men
are going to SEQ that it will be necessary
for us to get back under the mantle of
religious faith. We are going to see the
need of setting an example for our wives
and daughters. / predict that the next
generation will see the men closer to
the church than they are now, and that
the women will be just that much fur
Their away"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-04

paid for the New York, Westchester &
Boston railroad was too high.
"Were the other directors as timid as
you? asked Commissioner McChord.
No" said Mr.. Elton, and added that
William Skinner at times expressed dis
approval in the presence of Mr.. Morgan.
"Did any of the directors at the
meeting ever ask if any OF the trans
actions connected with the acquisition
or consolidation of trolley concerns were
in violation of the Sherman antitrust
law"
"Yes, ! did some times.
"What answer did you get 7"
II was told that the New Ravens
charter from the state of Connecticut
allowed it to do almost anything"
'fWho said that"
Counsel OF the company, i. d. Rob-
bins"
Mr.. Elton said his efforts to get infor-
nation about New Haven subsidiaries
met with little success.
Questioned as to the affairs OF the
Billiard company, Mr., Elton said he un-
derstood that the New Haven was to
have the profits from its transactions
dSlut lIuli iNdSpIADAC NplhPfllSthhiNh w
Mr. Billiard
Mr.. Elton did not think the New
Haven was an adjunct of Wall street,
but that Mr.. Morgan's heart and soul
was in it. In his opinion, Mr. Mellens
ambition ran away with him.
Mr.. Elton testified that the acquis
tion of the Westchester and the several
trolley properties was in eonsonance
with broad policy which had for its
end the improvement of terminal facili-
ties in New York City and comprehen
sive increase of the transportation ia
ciIities of the system, These points
We're developed on questions by William
Nelson Cromwell. representing several of
the directors.
William Skinner, another director, tes
titled at the afternoon session. He said
if the things had been allowed to go on,
and the New Haven had not been sub
jeeted to inimica inquiries the property
would have pulled through. He asserted
that Mellen could have retained the pres
idency if he desired
Skinner said while he differed with
j ?. Morgan at the meetings, he felt
Morgan pretty nearly almighty in f.
nance matters. Skinner will continue
to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-04
Skinner Only New Haven
Director Not Afraid
Of Morgan
J. S. ELTON TELLS COM
MERGE COMMISSION
Tells How He and Others
Were Handled by Nor
gan and Mellen

Washington, June Al didn't know
anything about railroading and wher
such men as Mr.. Mellen and Mr.. Morgan
said thing was all right, / voted for it
| was not railroad man." So said
James S. Elton, director of the New
Haven railroad, to the interstate COM
merce commission yesterday at the
conclusion OF a long series of questions
about expenditures by the directors for
the acquisition of other roads. 81 told
my son the other day." testified MIR. FL
ton, chat ! have lived to be almost
seventy six years old only to find out
that belonged to the fool family"
This pungent summary of the way the
New Haven road was run under the
presidency of Charles s. Mellen and the
domination of j. Pierpont Morgan was
the striking contribution of Mr. Elton to
the story of the system now being writ
ten into popular history under the guild
ing hand OF Chief Counsel Folk. Another
chapter contributed and equally strik-
ing, was Mr.. Eltons tribute to the pres
ent management.
Mr.. Elton said he was present at the
meeting at which Messrs Morgan Rookie
Teller and Miller were appointed com
mittee in the New York, Westchester &
Boston transaction, and also when they
reported.
What was your opinion of their adj
yocating spending over sll,0o0,0o0 for
the road?" asked Mr.. Folk.
Il would not say that | felt it was
but that it was extraya-
gance."
Were you surprised"
81 think / was, but | had absolute
confidence in Messrs, Morgan, Rookie
Teller and Miller" Mr. Elton said he
thought Mr. Mellen was the dominating
figure at the board meetings, but he
also thought the board usually ac-
quiesced in the recommendations made
by ]. Pierpont Morgan. He remem-
bered no definite instance where the
wishes of Mr.. Morgan were opposed
though there might be individual objec.
tions after Morgan left the meetings.
Asked why he was afraid to make
objections at meetings, he said:
1T was natural timidity, | suppose.
You see, did not pretend to be a rail
road man and when Mr.. Morgan or Mr..
Mellen said to do thing, had conf
dence in them" in his opinion the price
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-04
MORE LIABILITY FOR RAILROADS.
Cummins Proposes Action Because of Re-
cent Supreme Court Decision.

Senator Cummins' proposal that the
Carmack amendment to the interstate
commerce law be rewritten so as to hold
railroads liable generally for loss to ship
ments during transit was before the
Senate yesterday. In explanation OF his
bill, Senator Cimmins told the Senate
that the supreme court had held recent
ly that the Carmack amendment max
ing initial railroad carriers liable for loss
OF shipments, had annuled all state
laws on liability for damage to inter.
state shipments. AS result the
railroads had proceeded to limit liability
to the value stated in the bill of lad.
ing, He asked for the passage of law
requiring railroads to pay the actual loss
suffered by shippers except where the
shipments were wrapped or the inter
state commerce commission had granted
permission for the making of rates on
value.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-04

to protect 1t spreading all over her face. 1t
certainly disfgured her terribly and she
could not rest at night Her clothing was
very irritating to the body and when it was
removed her body was raw. We had her
treated for about two months when ii spread
all over her body. face and head and seemed
to grow worse all the time.
81 took good warm water and Cuticura
Soap and lathered it all over her and allowed
It to dry on and then when 1t was thoroughly
dry 1 applied the Cuticura Ointment. In
about a week / could see a big change and
In three weeks you never would have known
she ever had eczema and she never has been
troubled since" (Signed) Mrs. George Coe,
Nov. 20, 1912.
A single cake of Cuticura Soap (25c.) and
box of Cuticura Ointment (5oc.) are often
sufficient when all else has failed. Sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
mailed free. with 32-p. Skin Book Address
postcard " Cuticura. Dept. T. Boston
sTMen who shave and shampoo with Gu
ticura Soap will find it best for skin and scalp.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-04
LAST OF THE TRUST BILLS.
House Takes Up Rayburn Plan for Con-
troll of Railroad Securities.

The Rayburn bill to place the issue
of railroad securities under the control
of the interstate commerce commission
was before the House yesterday. This
is the third and last measure on the ad-
ministration's antitrust programme.
Consideration Of the Clayton and anti
trust bill, the second measure on the
programme, was completed in the com
mittee of the whole late Tuesday and
laid aside to await final vote. With
10 hours of general debate on the Ray
burn bill ahead, House leaders were pre-.
pared yesterday to push the measure to
completion by the end of the week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-04
TARIFF ABOVE
THE MARK
Will Exceed Estimate for
the Year by $780,
100000
RECEIPTS BELOW
PREVIOUS YEAR
By $26,098, 665 - Cummins
Would Extend Railroad
Liability

Washington, June f. Estimate re-
ceipts from the Underwood Simmons
tariff bill for the whole fiscal year 1914
were reached yesterday, leaving the bal.
ance of the June receipts as pure vel
vet as far as the profits are concerned
1t was calculated that the bill would
produce $270,00o000 for the year. For
the first II months of the year of which
eight months represented collections I'M
der the new tariff the customs duties
amounted to S267 $50. against 500.
473.745 for the same period III 1918 and
S2s5,030,209 in 1912. During May re-
ceipts averaged 1882, 62293 a day for q
days, or total for that period of 800
s00,575. AT the same rate the receipts
will exceed the estimate, according to
figures made in Mr. Underwoods office,
by about S20,000,000 for the year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-04
AN ATTACK ON
THE COAL TRUST
Government Brings Suit Down to Final
Argument-Effort to Break Up
Alleged Combination.

Philadelphia, June 4.-Final argument
| in the federal suit to break up what
the government claims is the largest OF
number of combinations forming the
alleged anthracite coal trust, was begun
in the United States court yesterday.
The defendants are the Reading COM
pany, a holding concern; Reading rail
way, Reading Coal 6 Iron company;
Jersey Central railroad Lehigh &
Wilkes Barre Coal company; Lehigh Coal
& Navigation company; Wilmington &
Northern railroad; Lehigh & Hudson
River railway; Lehigh & New Eng
land railroad and the directors of the
Reading company, who are also directors
in a number of the other companies.
The suit was filed in September, 1918.
under the Sherman antitrust law and
the commodities clause of the act to
regulate commerce.
The government seeks to have the
Reading company and its directors de-
clared combination in restraint of
trade and asks the court to compel the
Reading company to dispose Of its inter
ests in the Reading railway and coal
companies.
The government also seeks the separa-
ton of the Wilmington & Northern rail
way from the Reading company and
Reading Railway company; cancellation
of the lease of the Lehigh & Susquehan.
ma railroad by the Lehigh Coal & Navi-
CATION company, to the Jersey Central
railway; the disposal of the control
ling interest in the Lehigh & Hudson
railway and the Lehigh a New England
railroad, held jointly by the Lehigh Coal
& Navigation company and the Jersey
Central railroad; and the disposal by the
Reading company of its controlling in
terest in the Jersey Central railroad.
Under the commodities clauses the
government also pleads that the Read
ing & Susquehanna and Lehigh & New
England railroads be enioined from
transporting the product OF their allied
coal companies. The commodities clause
prohibits transportation companies from
carrying any product in which they have
an interest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-04

they were driving. Recently car in
which the presidents daughters, Mrs.
Sayre and Miss Margaret Wilson were
riding, was stopped in Maryland by an
officer, who charged the chauffeur with
violations of the speed laws.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-04
A chinaman's View of the Opium Habit

In the June American Magazine an
pears an article entitled A Modern
Opium Eater" written BY newspaper
man, who became a victim of the habit
and is now convict in a penitentiary.
In the course of the article the author
quotes, as follows, what a Chinese den
keeper said to him about the power of
the habit to hold its victims:
"'You no quit. Every man alleetime
say he quit. Every man alleesame you.
Smoke one time, smoke two time, smoke
tlee time. then smoke alleetime. Chine
man, white man. chokquay' lnegrol al
leesame. No can quit. Bimeby YOU die
you quit. Bimeby maybe YOU bloke,-
no more money, no more fliend hollow
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-04

money. no can stealem money, maybe
YOU go jail, no got fiend bling you hop,
no got money given policeman catchem
hop, you quit. You got money, no go
jail, you not quit. heap sabe. Bimeby
you see.'"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-04
Presidents Instructions.

Washington, June 4.-White House
chauffeurs were yesterday under instruc-
tions from President Wilson to observe
automobile speed restrictions wherever
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-04

broken out in small water
blisters and 1 was told she
had the eczema the worst
way. The eruption first
looked like little water
blisters, then it turned SO
1t looked like a piece of
raw meat. 1t itched SO
badly that we had TO
muffle the baby's hands
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-04
ECZEMA D|SF|GURED
BABY TERRIBLY
Body All Broken Out in Water Bis
tiers. ltched So Had to Muffle
Hands. Used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Never Troubled Since.

Ridgefeld, Conn, --- "My baby was cross
and restless and fretted night and day. One
morning / discovered that her body was all
The record., 1914-10-15
SUITABLE FEED FOR CHICKS
ed 6read-Boiled Rice With
Oatmeal 10 Excellent.

A poultry lecturer in Scotland some
years ago in an address on the rearing
and general management of chickens.
said on the subject Of food, he would
give a wrinkle worth its weight in
gold. At three days old the chickens
IRE qualified to eat pretty nearly ev.
erything. but he warned them against
the practice of feeding the chickens
on soaked bread. They should adopt
the following plan: Fill little linen
bag half full of rice, put it into water
and let it boil five minutes. They
should then withdraw the bag and let
the water drain away and they would
find the rice whole and separated. 4
handful of oatmeal should be mixed
with the rice and it would absorb al,
the moisture. This the chickens
should be allowed to pick up for them
selves. but they should not have toe
much.
The record., 1914-10-15
ONE OF WORST WEEDS
Quack Grass Is Propagaiiad h.
Stems and Seeds.
emotherIng by Flowing and Thour
ough Bare Cultivation Is Best
Means Of Eradicatlno Pest
Thrives In Rich Soil.

Farmers should study weeds. learn
how they should grow, when they ma,
ture seed. whether they come from
the seeds or from roots each year. in
what soil they thrive best, and many
similar feature OF weeds. Then the
question of eradication would be more
easily solved. A weed is most COM
monty known when 1t is in flower or
in fruit. Very few persons know
weeds when they first come up. Know
the weeds at every stage and condi-
.ion. Start with a few of the WORST
kind and gradually extend your ac-
quaintance. When you know the
weeds, learn the methods Of eradica.
tion.
Quack grass. which is one Of the
worst seed pests, flowers during the
latter part of June and ripens its
seeds in July. II is propagated by
The record., 1914-10-15
FEW NoN.PR0DUcTIvE HENS
Several Found Among Competitors at
National Egg Contest That Never
Laid IN Egg.

One of the surprises of the national
egg contest at Mountain Grove, Mo.
was that several hens among tho
competitors were found that never
laid an egg. They seemed healthy and
ate as heartily as other hens
in the pen. but never laid single
egg.
How to account for this Is a mat
ter that puzzles the experts. We
don't know that they could find out.
says the Kansas Farmer, even by
killing the hens and examining them
They can only say they were non-pro-
ductive. The finding Of these non-
producing hens could only be found
out by the use OF trap nests. where a
daily record was kept of all the hens
that laid or didn't lay any eggs.
II is undoubtedly true that there are
q great many non-productive hens In
the fiocks OF this country. and II would
be a fine thing IL they could be found
out, so as to be eliminated from the
fiocks. The use of the trap nests for
this purpose. on the ordinary farm. is
out Of the question. for the farmer
would not have the time to attend to
them even II he did have the nests.
Still, he can do a great deal towards
the elimination of the non-producers
by observation. He can get rid Of all
the hens that are over three years
old. for after that age they do not
lay many eggs. The superfiuous roost.
ers that are generally on every farm
are. Of course. in the non-productive
class. and should be disposed Of at
once.
The record., 1914-10-15
PROPER CARE FOR PASTURES
Mistake to Think That Close Cropped
Blades viii Produce the Most
Feed During Summer.

A man needs and wants all the In
come he can get safely from land. II
must be that some Of US really be-
lieve that more can be gotten from a
field by close pasturing than by let
ting the grass have a chance to get
and keep ahead of the stock. II 1t
were not believed certainly there
would not be so much close pastur-
ing. The man who is hardest up and
needs the most income. too often Ia
the one that overstocks his grass. 1t
Is q big mistake to think that an acre
Of grass plants will produce the most
feed during the summer by keeping
the blades cropped close to the
ground II simply cannot. but will
produce less than 1t should and would
n there were good leaf surface to en-.
able the plants to do their work OF
growing. Plenty OF leaf surface In
necessary to rapid grown. The way
to get the most possible pasturage
from a field during the season is to
let the grass get a fair start In the
spring and then let 1t keep ahead OF
the stock And then there is another
year coming. as We believe, and me
neld too closely pastured this year
cannot produce q full crop OF grass
next year These things being true.
they should be believed.