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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
MAYOR WILL
BUY BONDS

The Misrepresentation of the
facts concerning the proposed
municipal tideflat railway by the
organs of special interest caused.
the city councilmen this morning
to decide to keep mumm-extaor
dinarily mumm-hereafter.
The council last week asked
Freeland to go out and see IL he
could sell the tideflat securities
and then Lawson and Seymour
began talking and having inter-
views in the papers opposed to
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evening. Beyond asserting the
case was really one of death, not
merely OF suspended animation,
he gave a few details, rcmarking,
The experience was sacredly my
own" He was completely uncon-
scious during his Journey" he
told his hearers, however, of what
was transpirfng in the material
plane" where the body lay.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
SHELTER BURNS HOTEL

There was much excitement in
Ruston today when a large, two
story frame building inside the
smelter yard burst into flames
and sent smoke and sparks high
Into the air. The building was
known as the old Bokien hotel.
and was abandoned. II was in
line OF the direct fire OF strikers
and deputies few nights ago,
and obstructod the use Of one of
the searchIights. Shelter Off
cials also feared that strikers
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09

air suffooating with the gas of
sulphurous burned powder.
Over 1000 men couped up in
Ojinaga battling like mad 10 keep
5000 rebels out.
The fighting started in a small
way Monday, December 30, and
grew stronger Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
But the most furious firing was
Wednesday night, the eve before
New Years. n began at shutdown
and continued all night. I camped
Oh the firing line with Gen. Villa
at the battle of La Mesa several
weeks ago, but that battle was
nothing to this with its cannon,
machine guns and infantry fire
all at oncei
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09

municipal ownership, the affect
of which was to discourage any
body from buying the bonds.
Freeland called them down this
morning. The mayor pleaded
guilty and apologized and Law
son as usual when cornered re-
pudiated his Interview.
Then all once more pledged
themselves to keep quiet and let
Freeland try to market the bonds.
The mayor has agreed to take
some of them himself.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
Do You Know of .
Any Such "a Man :

The coming election is among the most i'm
portant that has ever been held in the city.
There will be three-a majority-of the commits
sion to elect.
This majority can make the policy of the city.
It can 60 forward on the program already start
ed of doing things for the people or it can be-
come reactionary and 60 back to the old days of
trimming and dickering and selling out the peo-
pie to special interests.
municipal power plant that gives this city op-
portunities beyond any in the country. A MAN
OF JUDGMENT, OF ABILITY, OF HON
ESTY Is NEEDED FOR THE MANAGE
MENT OF THE ENTERPRISE ONE WHO
WILL NOT SELL OUT TO STONE-WEB-
STER. ONE WHO WILL WORK ALL THE
TIME FOR THE PEOPLE and the develop
ment of this plant until it will be the great bless
ing it may be to Tacoma.
THE CITIZENS SHOULD SEE TO IT
THAT A MAN rs BROUGHT OUT FOR
THIS PLACE THAT WILL FILL TT, NOT
SIMPLY RATTLE AROUND IN IT AND
DRAW HIS INSPIRATION FROM THE OP-
POSING FORCES OUTSIDE THE CITY
HALL
The mayor and commissioner of finance are
almost equally important.
But most important of all is that all three shall
be straight up for the progressive program.
Tacoma must not 60 back
TO GO FORWARD THE PEOPLE MUST
PUT IN MEN FUNDAMENTALLY GROUND.
ED ON THE NEW IDEA. TACOMA WANTS
NO REACTIONARIES THIS SPRING.
Registration will come close to the 5000 mark
today.
There has been good interest shown thus far
but the voters will have to keep coming if they
want to get ready for the election.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
-FOUR SAILORS DROWN

PORTSMOUTH, Va, Jan. 3. =
Boatswain Cornelius Olson was
drowned and three other sailors
are missing as the result Of the
of q launch from the
battIeship Wyoming near Nor
folk today. Details Of the acci-
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GENERAL VILLA
BEFORE OJIMAcA

began the work of preparing for
the attack. He brought an am
pie supply of provisions, ammuni-
ton and a number of cannon,
Villas presence seemed to inspire
the rebels. The city's fall is pre-
dicted by tomorrow.
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PRESIDE, Jan. General
Villa took personal charge of the
siege of Ojinaga today. He came
through Lamule Pass Thursday
evening with $500 of General
Herrera's men and Immediately
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WEALTHY Man
WHITE SLAYER?

arate hotels today. II came south
with Mr.. Foster understanding
that he would marry me as soon
as The got his divorce" said Miss
Bradley. His married life was
unhappy" Foster declared he In
tended to stand by the girl.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09

MOBILE, Ala. Jan. 9.-Miss
Delilah Bradley and X. M. Fos-
ter, son Of the millionaire presi-
dent Of the international CORES
pondence school, of Scranton, Pa. /.
who were arrested on white slav-
cry charges, are guarded in sep
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
RY w. II. DURBOROUGH,
Staff Photographer and Cores
n0ndnni of the Times

i's'ah poNO&A"P,'Ni >otsN'-
pendent of the Times.
OJINAGA, Mex, Jan. z. -
have Just witnessed the most lutid
New Years eve celebration of my
life. lay all night I'm the trenches
of Huerta's federal army, which
is defending this city and also
desperately fighting to save itself
from humiliation, while all
around for miles the darkness was
lighted by thousands of flashes
of rifles, cannons and machine
guns.
For hours the fusillade kept
up; roar upon roar; volleys thun-
dering back and forth; shells
bursting all around up and the
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might hide in 1t and shoot into
the plant from the windows. II
was admitted that the building
was intentionally set fire to. A
large crowd OF strikers gathered
on the bank above the smeIter
and watched the flames. The
structure was burned 10 the
ground in 80 minutes.
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Real War On
THERE WAS NOTHING doing
out at the smelter last night.

DODGE CITY, Kas., Jan. g.
Girls have formed club not to
attend any parties or accept COM
pany Of any boy who smokes.
swears, CANDLES. or drinks intoxi-
-cants and the. boys in retaliation
have issued proclamation not to
have anything to do with girls
who wear rats, powder their faces
or wear slit or hobble skirts.
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dent were received In a wireless
from Admiral Badger, command
ing the Atlantic fleet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09

SEATTLE, Jan. g.. = Frank
Callahan, a waiter, Is being held
pending an inquest on the MUIR
der OF s. A. Fowler restaurant
teur, December 81.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
WANTEDGOOD
MEN FOR BIG
JOBS

TED---Clean,pro9ressive
efficient and honest Candi-
dates to file for three big
jobs.
WANTED.--C Candidates who
will not trim and four flush
after election; men who will
not squirm and dodge any
issue that will benefit muni-
Cipal projects.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. who
will play square with the
people first, last, and all the
time.
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Ezaz4'1I
lsyEGtE W7syv>
F. NIN q y (SGN<
NE20S & -
THERE WAS NOTHING doing
out at the smelter last night.
THE REASON WAS our war cor.
respondent was out there.
AND WHEREVER there are war
correspondents there is no war.
WE ARE SURPRISED and
shocked that San Francisco po-
licemen have been fighting.
POLICEMEN ARE not hired for
their ability to fight.
ALL THEY ARE supposed to be
aware of Is how to sleep with
out lying down.
OF COURSE, THIS is in San
Francisco.
THE MORNING paper states the
rain isn't over.
BUT IL is over.
OVERHEAD.
NEXT SEASON they say men will
wear the women's styles in
overcoats.
FORTUNATE INDEED is the fell
low who has sister!
DODGE CITY is in Kansas.
THE BOYS DODGE the girls, and
the girls dodge the boys.
IT LOOKS LIKE they'll all grow
up and be old maids and
bachelors.
FOR THE GIRLS won't have any
thing to do with boys who
either smoke, chew, drink,
swear or gamble.
AND THE BOYS will eschew the
companionship of any girl who
wears slit or hobble skirts,
rats or a drugstore complexion.
WHAT CHANCE, THEN, have
they got to get together?
THERE Is A woman In Vancou-
yer who wears pedometer to
tell how much she has walked.
A CERTAIN TACOMA man was
going to get one to see how
much his wife could talk in a
month.
BUT THEY DON'T make them
durable enough.
RUDYARD KIPLLNG bawled Tia.
coma out once.
YES, HE DID---the rude fellowi
AND NOW THE Rotary club Is
going to slap him on the wrist.
BY MAIL.
1T LOOKS AS II j. G. Stearns was
back of this.
HE HAS ALWAYS been so jeal-
GUS of Rudyard.
A MAN BACK In Connecticut says
he found a fish frozen in a
block of ice.
80 HE TOOK an axe, chopped
away the ice and pulled out
the fish.
water and afterward threw 1t
In pond.
AND 1T STARTED to swim, he
says
AS SOON AS we can find that
man he can run this column.
Well quit.
Real War On
DODGE CITY, Kas., Jan. g.
Girls have formed club not to
attend any parties or accept COM
pany Of any boy who smokes.
swears, CANDLES or drinks intoxi-
cants and the boys in retaliation
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Alderton now wants consol Ida.
ton with adjoining school dis
tricts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09

Did You ever stop to think that the
Times prints more exclusive news stories
and pictures than any other newspaper I'm
Tacoma? Fact. Subscribe for the Times
and you'll miss nothing. We give you the
worlds news I'm brief.
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GET THE PINK

The Times Pink comes out at $3.50 every
afternoon. The Confessions of Rounder''
are taking the town by storm. Every
body's reading them. Join the band wagon
and be Pink reader. You'll have some
fun and enjoy IL all.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-25

master with prim British views about wha, is
Popish or Pagan
Doubtless the schooimaster often Is not prin
doubtless be Is often an exceptionally good
schoolmaster; but ny own instructive use Of
tie word exceptional" roughly represents ny
case. There remains tho broad black limo %
distinction between a good schoolmaster and
good book The distinction Is that Il IL I'm.
possible 20 make two copies Of a good school
master. but possible to make two million
copies Of a good book.
A machine invented by what my opponents
call the medieval mind" aud now generally
called the printing press. he's made ono copy
% Cellinis Memoirs practically az good a.
another. The fourth CODY Of live schoolmas.
ier would. ] fear Do rutner q faint reproduc.
ton In short. by th1f process we cannot get
into contact with origins. and 10 H. origins that
make us original
There o. third case in which GOOD thing
DE- growing though bad things are also grow.
inE-the wheat beside the tares Z am very
Glad % see that the English magazines are
taking leaf ont Of the American maEazine-
and one that is not merely the Advertisement
page. The American magazine differs from
the average British magazine iu that n docs
not entirely rofuse-f you uI forgive the
hippancy-to be a rogdcr- magazine. 10 uiu
admit explosive Intellectual material. articles
That must cvasperate many OF lts readers even
u they satisfy many more.
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Some Things That Are Improving Even This Age Of Progress

tact with civilization. and arts and manners
more enlightened and humane than his own.
have often thought II a touching sight 20
see two or three % these poor. untaurht
creatures IN their savage rirs. with their rude
barbaric trade Of oil and rubber. receiving
light and correction from some good and wise
publican at the door Of bis dignined and his
toric pub.
II IL pathetic. I say. 20 note how eagerly the
poor. Wild thing inquire. and how courteously
he explains TO them all the things Of which
their tribe r. ignorant: that the COW differs
from the bull in sex and temperament. that
market day IL 80 called from the quaint old
custom Of going 70 market: that beer is often
made of hops. and still occasionally tested BY
the more adventurous among cur people.
Then all the rich furry people IN the car
drive on comforted with a new culture and
food for thought.
or. take another example o. a sham improve
ment: which IL nevertheless partly mixed MP
with a real Improvement think our coercive
popular education has been uncommonly near
70 a complete failure. or even a collapse of
the intelligence. But when people say that all
the spreading Of cheap and educational ltcrn-
ture has been a mistake. they 60 a great deal
too fast. and ] differ from them. I do not
think the modern elementary school spreads
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enlightenment ] DO not think Il spreads any.
thing-except occasionally mumps. But I do
think that a cheap library Of good books may
spread enlightenment: and ! think there IL a
plain and determining reason for the difference.
In the elementary school the children get
their version or vision OF the world through
the temperament or attitude OF the teachers
often most intelligent and devoted people but
never the sort OF people 90 get the English
poor. especially the urban poor. out OF their rut
In 20 far as they are conscientious. 20 Is a.
our shabby Industrial community is conscien-
tous: in 90 FAR al they are snobbish. o. ls as
the thousand grades o. that society are
Fuobbfsh.
This. az Mr. a. q. Wells pointed ont. o. vhat
makes 90 ridiculous The modern schools spIr-
ituai ambition might almost call % spirit
MI pride Al the talk about trimming the
moral faculties or eularairr The moral horizon
is filling ones belly with t.c east wind. for
the teachers have uo truth Co reveal. no gospel
% preach. no toucn OF noveltg that can trans
form. When in some schools they have what
they call an Ethical Hour u suggests nothing
70 me except "a lull d, the lives OF fouds wal
lowing in crime an tho rest OF the day. 7 do
not suppose DO o. like this. To Mr. Wells 10 Z
remember right 90 suggested an "hour %
n0uudoriuR crOtism in which poor illogical
soul talks nonsense about purity and many
secret and sacred things % needless or imiia-
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i've cnldren.'
You cannot have an ancient Greek 20 teach
IN the school 40 footing. or a Crusader 10 IN.
strnct the Infants Of Peckham Rye o. an All.
round Renaissance artist 20 teach ten things
al once to the little boys tn Battersea Hin
Street They have not even the advantage OF
feiug taught by anything so picturesque az
Jew Ike Fagin or a negro like Uncle Remue
But they can hear an Ancient Greek talking
IN library. They can meet a real CRUSADER
In book. do not mean In a boys adventure
book: IN those books the Crusader is never
real Crusader In those books the Crusader
always cares about everything except the
Cross. But you can now buy the memoirs Of
two real Crusaders In the same book for a
shilling -I1inville's tales about ST. Louis ana
the account 81 the extraordinary adventure
Jat went wrong % Byzantium- and both u
them are AZ plain and pleasant reading Is
Pcpys or Boswell.
We can. one ought 20 say we must get some
idea ~ the manyslded Ttalian craftsman OF
the Renaissance by getting hold Of 50 well.
known n book as Bonvcnuto Collins memoirs.
but little while ago would have been very
much more difficult FOR a comparattveIv poor
person 20 get hold ~ u. But The point is that
% We DO got hold 81 10 W. get hold OF the real
ihinr. something that must broaden our minds
even n u bewilders thom-the crazy common.
sense OF the Renaissance. and not the impres.
son formed ~ u BY some prim British school.
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BY G.. X. ChestertOn,
tn. ssmou. English E.ssylst

COME things improve. even In an age Of
progress: ! once made little list OF
- modern changes that are really for the
better: I have forgotten most Of them. and
most OF them we're. Of course. partly entangled
with other changes for the worse. For In
stance. am by no means sure that the motor
car Is an improvement. though ! Ike II wen
enough myself especially when q breaks down.
Sometimes the use or abuse Of the car has
been such AZ TO NJ Il eminently 70 be the
chariot Of King Herod As for those who say
that a child Is responsible for not avoiding a
motor shooting through q VILLAGE street, they
are quite capable Of saying that he - re-
sponsible for not avoiding cannOn-bal de-
liberatsly nred through the day-nursery But
though the motor car may be In many ways
a bad thing. the revival Of the Old and often
good inns along the English roads. which is
mainly due 20 the motor ear. Is good Trims.
The awakening Of an inn is a. beautiful sight
az the breakdown Of motor. And u Is not
only good for The inn-keeper; u Is even better
80 the motorist who L. thus brought In con
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isge where Lisie passed the sun.
mer. did not question ~hAt her mas
ter did. She received the girl kind
IT, lis vas able 70 alter her sp-
pearance. 70 remove the hiteous
rings from her ears. 90 dress In a
simple black dress Whlch the woman
gave her. and Isle Cared az her
that evening a. he sat on the We
rSRda and shook his head
Life VAS made for work. not Tor
the thoughts which would intrude
then! lie Vas wondering what re
should do. The girl was obviously
frightened still lie tried to dis.
miss her fears
They Sill never ind you" be
said as he took her hand. "lf you
like 10 remain here With Mrs. Cool
yer Il will be all right. We are near.
u a hundred miles from where tina,
fellow was beating YOU. and they
would not recognise you 70 they ana
see you now"
Iris bent low and kissed her de-
liverer's hand.
Don't do that" said Lisle sharply.
He jerked back his hand Just SIT
down and tell me something about
yourself. where you come from. and
ali the rest OF H. am going 20
have a cigar"
II was no use Iris could not eX-
plain. only that the people had said
she was one OF them. and the DAYS
slided away. The woman let her
help In the house. and she saw but
little Of Dick Lisie. He worked At
plans in his private room, Bshed
sometimes OF an evening. Il was
here close TO the CLASSY waters OF
the old will weir that Iris found
him. She would come and sit and
watch him, and the thought which
Isle tried TO dismiss returned to
him again and again.
Il was perhaps the dreamy in
fuence of the Summer time which
kept Lisle from the practical side OF
life. lie came 10 like 10 see Irma
seated near him. her eyes resting
on him. her hands In her lap. There
was no occasion for him to hurry
away. TO return TO town. His work
was a hobby. thoIgh he took Il in
deep earnest He vas rich. and as
the days slipped away, with the
village folk taking II quite as an OF.
binary thing. as indeed 1t was. for
cottage to assist her. for she wa
growing old. Lisie thought more and
more OF his charge.
She was no gypsy, lie knew tina
just as he had guessed IT before. Hei
face and hands had resumed theii
natural color. and he thought tina
he had never seen anyone so beauti
mi as this wonderful girl who hst
called to him for aid.
you have had a hard time. dear
he said one evening as they walkeC
back TO the cottage.
Yes" she murmured. 1T was I
hard time"
And you are happy now"
Iris darted her questioner a lool
which he did not see.
Eyes, ! am happy now"
II was that same night, a nigh
OF Summer magic and OF dream
with a grooming over the garden. an,
fan away the melody OF the mill SON
az II sang the years away. lri
psssed though the veranda 70 d
some trifing Office for the old We
man. Lisle caught her hand. u
did not know himself. did not troubl
10 think. only knew that he love
her. this beautiful girl who was alien
IN the world.
"sit down. please. dear" he SAID
Il want to talk 10 you"
Iris obeyed him shyly. and sd
facing him. her chin in the cup q
her hands.
What do you wish 10 say 10 me
oh, lots OF things-things abor
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the world. about you. and about ne.
Yea see. dear, have been thinking
about you. I always do think about
you. ! hope you arr not o1ended'
? told myself that Il vas absurd that
~Ss old. but then q seemed ths
hest thing to put q an before yru
and let yol decide. love you. dear.
I want you Tor my wife. There.
have said H. Perhaps you will
laugh. bat Il IL the truth have
lived out Of the world. and YOU seem
20 have done that as we'll lie
sent on talking and the girls eyes
nlled with tears as sho gsIed al
his face. which vas - shadow. MY
people wanted me 20 Ass py little
cousin. Iris Granton. 10 marry me.
but kept away from her. never
saw her In my life. poor lass, she
died-a terrible accident In a car.
and an her property came 20 me At
last. though had plenty before.
What does a man want With a lott
He has Imagination. and you only
need one dipner a day" lie turned
suddenly. but what's wronE' You
are weeping, Did | say anything to
make you cry"
NO. no"
lie took the girls hands and drew
her to him.
You are not going TO sene mo
away from YOU. not going to tell me
q: is all no use7 l love YOU. dear. |
would do anything. but say that you
eill DO a. I ask"
Iris struggled with herself. She
remember al now. II vas all cleAr'
Z took her breath away She was
Iris Granton! She had been injured
She had forgotten the past!
And yet somehow as she stord
there. her head on Isles shoulder.
i did not seem 30 very important
after all, She had suffered. osen
beaten. been made 20 earn money for
those people who had carried her on.
out somehow she was glad.
She murmured something. and
Isle drew her closer. kissing her
chetk.
My dear" he said. my dear"
She vas silent during the Gays
which followed. silent as 10 the se.
cfet OF her life. He loved her, al
though she was in his eyes only
girl who had danced at a show. a
wanderer without a nome.
Isle iEsis. ed on a Wedding eoSn
there in the country far away. and
sac was 100 happy TO oppose him in
Anything 10 wished.
She thought back in the past. and
recalled the brilliancy she had
known. thought of it as a dream as
she worked in the cottage. ran 10
serve the oid woman who was so
Kind to he What did the rest SIG.
Nifty nOw7
Later she would whisper the truth
to the man she loved. the man who
in the past had held aloof. and whom
Fate had brought to her feet. She
stood in the old church a radiant
figure. and her lips parted in a smile
as she dwelt on what had been. The
children scattered flowers as she
walked down the aisle on her hus
bands arm. and then an hour later
she was seated In the car which was
to take them to the station en- route
for town.
Dick" she said softly. Il wonder
n you will be angry with me when
tell you the truth" Isle looked al
her wonderingly.
Angry" he said. How should
be angry"
why, just because-just because
oh. Dick. would not tell you be
fore-I wanted you to think"-sh'
gave a little sigh-'I am Iris Gran
ton; at least was. and when 20,
told me that night was afraid
lest you should still want 70 keel
away from her. DO you. Dick?"
Lisle took her hand and raised {
70 his lips.