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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23
Choruses Generally Well SUNG.

Lois Ewell wh, has sung badly ever
since the season opened. was the hdtldd.
Kathleen Howard was barely toltrdhle as
Hcdtrig. tie wife Of TEX. and Nuriel
Cough as johnny his son. never for an
instant forgot that she was a woman and
. high soprano, The choruses were gen
orally well sung and the opera was pre-
scented with sufficient attention to detail
The overture was indffercntly played
Indeed II seemed 10 want That hrilliancy
which tradition attaches 20 u, and this
seemed 70 be chiefly caused by the thin
tone OF the strings. But the audience was
apparently enthralled by tho opera.
In the face OF such enthusiastic plaudits
ns those heard IN the Century audltoNnm
last night critical comment becomes
er-trsaus Censure Of the dorgs az this
theatre il often met by the answer iAa'
no one should expect too much popna'
prices. Thu dcncanor ,f last evening s
audience argued that no one d.d expect
too much and n { every one got MS
moneys worth to the uttermost cent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-23
THE SEAGOERS.
Arrivals From Notwithstanding
No>ngrrs on Five Liners.

Arrivals ny tho Red star liner iceland
from Liverpool
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
DEPUTY
QUITS JOB

One of the deputy marshals
hired through a Seattle detective
agency quit his Job today and an
nouncsd that the grave trouble
with the Ruston smelter strike
was that the officers guarding
the plant we're unorganized and
operating under entirely conflict
ing rules. There are three gangs
of officers-deputy town mar
slials, deputy sheriffs and private
detectives. These gangs work
individually with individual or
ders, II is said. They are ordered
one day to shoot to kill, and the
next day given instructions to
shoot only when actually forced
to do so.
The strike-breakers are paid So
per day by the smelter company
and are furnished with board and
lodging.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
a WOMEN GET
MOTHERS PENSION

Mothers pensions have been
given to "A women since the pass
age of the law requiring It, ac-
cording to the eyarly statement
of Charity Commissioner Wat.
kins, turned into the county COM
missioners today. About 600
people were cared for last year,
400 of whom were children I'M
der is years of age.
Outside of the mothers pen
sions, the expenses of the office
were $10,409.54. $3.50 have
been paid out in mothers pen
sions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
LIGHT ELECTED
AS DELEGATE

Game Warden Ira D. Wright
was elected a delegate to repre-
sent the Pierce County Game as
ISOLATION at the meeting of game
commissions and game wardens
of Western Washington at Mount
Vernon January IA by the game
commission of this county. Mr..
Light has also been appointed a
warden under the federal migra.
tory. bird law, by the bureau of
biological survey, the game COM
mission having consented to him
serving.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
EIGHT MINERS BURNED

here, today. Four Of them, with
the upper parts of their bodies
burned nearly to crisp, were re-
moved to a hospital, where they
will die. The explosion occurred
as the day shift was entering the
mine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
a5 ssszez LIVE BARGAIN S21s s.: 5 as
FOR SALE
MISCELLANEOUS

HEATERS
There are but few heater users
that really figure what makes a
heater give out, or why this one
holds fire longer than the other, or
burns less wood or coal.
Well built wood. coal, or wood
and coal combination. all we'll trim
med and made by people with so
odd years experience In manufac-
turing of stoves. the
GREAT WESTERN STOVE CO.
You can see their large line at
Purkey Bros. 1908 @ ST., who
will willingly show you all about
them, explain how they are built,
and why built that way. See these
heaters and buy one to get the best
there 10 made.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
PLANS SECRET

sional strikebreakers hired by the
smelter as deputy sheriffs. Sew
eral of the strikebreakers have
clashed with the organizer at
other strikes. They say that
Reilly is Fighter" but that he
uses new tactics in handling every
strike. Some of the strikebreak-
ers recalled an occasion during a
strike at Buffalo, N. y, they said,
when they captured Reilly and
stripped him of his clothing in
their search for Weapons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09

What course Thomas Reilly,
organizer for the Western Fedora
ton of Miners, will take to gain
victory I'm the Ruston smelter
strike, is the absorbing topic OF
interest at the smelter. Reilly
has absolutely refused to an
nounce any plans, has kept all
meetings of strikers secret, and
has refused to allow reporters to
interview him on affairs pertain
ing to the strike.
Reilly is known to the profess
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
Where?

There is a common
need. There should be
a common remedy.
We have it: "Swap
through the Times
rs W a p" co u m n,
started for this pur-
pose-15 words (no
more) will be run 3
times for IS cents
cash or stamps = use
the blank on this page.
The articles must be
"Swaps only and not
"Sale for Casho
goods.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09

WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. g.
Eight miners were badly burned
in a fire which followed an ex-
pIosion of gas on a mound of the
City Coal company's mine at
Moundsville, IL miles south OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
HELP WANTED

>-s>>~~>- >>~~~~-~>--~>>-->->>~--
WANTED--B0 live, energetic
agents. either sex. Room 314
Equitable Bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09

you WILL INCREASE
the profits Of your business IL you
let the Times tell its readers what
you have to offer. Phone In your
ads right NOW for tomorrow's paper
MAIN II.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
ANNOUNCEMENTS

NoTICE-The annual meeting Of
the stockholders of the Puget
Sound State Bank will be held at
It's office January IS, 1914, at $3.50
trustees for the ensuing year. C..
A. Brewer, president.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09

MRS. DIR. FAY, spiritual medium.
Circles Tuesday and Friday even
fngs. 934h G st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
osTEoPATH PHYSICIANS

DIR. sToTENBUR. office sol Der.
lin Bldg. Main as Res. Main
sslo. ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
sCAvENGERs

-~~>~~~es~~s~s~~>>>>>~ ~~s~~~>~~~~s~s~~~~
OLIVER HENRY. Tacoma Garbage
Co. Main 6406. Contracts made
for cleaning yards. vaults and cess
pools. Garbage removed by month.
AMERICAN GARBAGE co. - Re-
moving. garbage and refuse of all
Kinds. ZIG Puy. av. NJ. 742. res. 1888
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09

North End lots, bargain for
cash; one block from Point Defi-
ance car line. Will trade for South
End lots. Main 9511.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
FURNISHED HOUSES

S-ROOM furnished house, garage:
on PIT. Defiance car line. Main
1853.
FOR RENT-Furnished 4-room cot
tage, bath, gas; reasonable rent
to adults only. Inquire rear of 517
Ea. 34th st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
CARPENTER.

CABINET work, store fixtures in
fir or hardwood. Modern Mfg,
Co. So. 18th and l.. Main 371S.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09
BUSINESS CHANCES

10-r., rooming house, r St, full OF
roomers, good furniture, cheap IL
taken at once. 40 California Bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09

FORWARDING COMPANY
s>~~~>~~>~~s~~s~~~~~~
REDUCED freight rates to all
points. Northwest Forwarding
Co, 936 Commerce st. Main 16S.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09

WANTED TO BoRROw-S75o for
years on Groom house, 2 lots 1;
value $500; at per cent; no COM
mission. Address Box Ia, Times.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-09

COMMERCIAL-FIDELITY TRUCK
Cos large warehouses; fire
proof. largest storage concern in
the N. w. Rooms under lock for
H. III. goods. Expert furniture
packers: Office Cor. 18th and Pa
cific. Main 706.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-07-26

enginemen have increased ia this
 corresponding time about ten per
 cent, and even with this increase,
 enginemen in both instances are not
 able to earn as large salaries as they
 did prior to the increase, due to the added hardships brought about by the introduction of larger engines and the tonnage system, which has great ly increased both the labor and re- spoasibilit yof the engineer and fire- man, and, requiring them to lay off ill order to secure the necessary rest to stand the added hardship, which time off duty means a reduction in their earning capacity. therefore, it will be understood t<at the earnings
 of engineme1t do not compare favor- ably with the wages of employees in
 other classes of labor, and while the railway companies try to make it ap-
 pear that enginemen are high paid
 class of employees, the fact remains
 that their earning capacity has ma-
 terially decreased. while ont phe
 other hand their earning power for
 the railroads has greatly increased.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-07-26

that this strike vote was their only weapon of defense against an i'm pending disaster in the form of a sweeping reduction in pay by the eli imitation Of rules long in effect, ana the introduction of working rules that would make possible abuses that would be nnbearable.
 The men feel that they are not only entitled to maintain such con ditions and agreements as have been demonstrated to be necessary to pre- vent abuses. but that they are entlti- ed to some relief from the increasing hardships that are constantly coming to them through the introduction o1 heavier power, and greater eXactions oa the part of operating Officials.
 "The last general wage movement of the engineers and firemen i'll Western territory was consummated during the year 1910, at which time about ten per cent increase was granted.
 Since 1910 the railroads have made great strides in their facilities for handling business, the most potent of which is the enormous increase in the size of their cars and the power of their locomotives and in the re- . ductions of grades. Their reasons for doing this is to increase the train haul, which they have done to re- markable extent. Barring accidents, the length and weight of trains, especially in freight service, is the direct index to the length of time on duty of the crew, and the physical and mental strain that must be eX- erted.
 | "It is very common thing while riding on a passenger train to meet | Or pass a freight train containing | from sixty to one hundred and ten cars, and the thought at once ocurs in the laymen's mind how such enor- nous power could be invested in one machine to handle such heavy trains and how men can be educated tc handle such enormous weight and lengthy train with sufficient skill te l get them over the road successfully
 Living Expenses Higher.
 "The cost of living has materially increased since 1910, and as the engineers and firemen in this country are responsible citizens. it is indeed fitting that their earning power should be sufficient to meet, at least reasonable demand along this line 1T order to maintain a fitting standard of living.
 It is fair estimate that living ex l penses within the last five years | have increased practically twenty five per cent, while the wages O
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-07-26

system of surprise tests ehat add materially to the already nerVerack- ing work of the en9lnemen. Tn lills connection is should be understood that enginemen do not Object to Such practical tests as will demonstrate their efficiency and their desire to observe the rule.
 Burdens Greater.
 These increased burdens, together with the greatly increased cost ol living, were the causes that induced the cngincmen in the Western terfl- tory to make certain requests upon the managers of the western rail- roads. These requests carried moderate increases i'll rates and some improvement in working rules that have for their purpose the standardization of wages and work ing conditions, which were to be re- visions and additions to the present schedule and rules governing engine men in the Western territory when these requests were submitted to the managers of Westernr ailroads, in- stead of meeting their enginemen and handling these requests as had been the custom iI the past, they terminated all agreements i'll the Western territory and submitted counter proposition that had for its purpose the complete revolution O the system of compensation and tht rules governing the handling Of me. that had required more than thirty years to build up.
 "The committee of enginemen me the committee of general managers in early February and severa months of conference followed, il which the propositions of both sides were discussed. In these conferences the general managers committee wa' not only unwilling to grant a single request made by the e1ginemen. bu were so insstent upon entorclnt their obnoxious rules that there Wa' nothing left to do but to break Of negotiations and place the Whol' matter before the enginemen ant ascertain through their expressed vote their acceptance or rejection o the proposition of the general man agers' committee. This having beer done, the vote of the men in practl cally unanimous in their rejection 0 | the general managers proposition.
 Deplore Situation.
 "Mueh as Locomotive eaginemel deplore a strike, they gave this un l animous expression in the homes belief that the very life of thei organization and the wages and con ditions that had required thirt years to build up was at stake, an
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-07-26
EMPLOYEES SIDE OF R. R. QUARREL Cost of Living, Work and Hours Increase But
 Not Wages.
RAILWAYS MAKE GAIN
Through Improving Facilities for Handling Business, Enlarging Train Load Which Entails More Work
 Roads Raise Revenues.

The enginemen's side of the con- troversey with the railroads west ol the Mississipp rlver is given in a twenty-nine page folder issued over the signatures of w. s. Stone, grand chief engineer, Brotherhood Of Loco- motive Engineers, and w. IS. carter president Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen and Enginmen.
 The booklet was prepared and pub lished before the federal mediator boards offer to attempt to arbitrate the differences had been accepted, and is entitled "The Srtike Situation the authors frankly stating 1t IS published in anticipation of a strike.
 Correspondence managers Of the western roads is reproduced, and sta- tistics presented in substantlatlon oi the contention that while railroads nave increased revenues and earn ing power, and while the cost Of llv- ing and labor required of the men has increased, compensation has not ln- creased proportionately. It is stated that, as a matter of fact, the per centage of cost of engineers and fore men to the railroads has declined.
 Water in Stocks.
 The imitation of railroad securities also comes in for attention, the booklet carrying the statement that ten representative Western companies have given away in stock bonuses II ten years O,OO0,0O0 on which inter est is paid, the conclusion belns "their operating revenues are de- pleted by the absorption of large
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-07-26

sums to pay dividends on fictitious securities. issued as bonuses and earnings, which should be available for increased compensation of engi- neers, foremen and othe employees. The statement is also made that during the fifteen years from 1895 tC 1910, the Atchison, Topeka e Santa Fe issued excessive capitalization amounting approximately to s24o,oo0.- 000," or 40 per cent of the total out standing obligations of the road. The railroad employees then show the earning capacity required to pay di- vidends on this 'water," using this to meet the argument of the rail- roads that they are not earning sui ficient to comply with the request ot the men for higher wages.
 Summed up ill nutshell, the rail road employees contention is that they are compelled to labor more than a decade ago, when living eX- penses were less and that the rail roads are earning ample on their physical valuation to pay fair remun" eraton to the men who are creating the wealth with which to pay divi- dends on Fictitious Securities" and water"
 Cause of tine Impending Strike.
 Addressing themselves to the pub lie, Messers Stone and Carter give the following as reasons for the stand of the enginemen:
 "The attention of the public is re- @0 ir, connection with thi controversy. Out of every one hundred engineers pro- noted, exceedingly few enter the cal of a locomotive as a regular pas senger engineer, and not many be- come regular freight engineer, thus indicating the terrible rate at which the work of selection cuts into the great number of men who seek i'm ployment Oil locomotives.
 This rapid work of elimination i; brought about by the exacting phy- sical examinations that men work. ing in engine service are subjected to together with the large per cent thai are killed and maimed, and those who find themselves unable to with sand the hardships and exposures O. the service
 Increased responsibilities have piled upon the engi2eman In pro portion ot the size and weights O engines and trains and further exac tions by way of improved safety ap rliances which have also added tt the labor and responsibility of th' enginemeA. With the advent of th' block signal and other appliances many railroads have introduced
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-07-26

produce more but produce more cheaply, for the cost of transporta- tion to market is of course an inn portant factor in the cost of produc- tion. From this point of view it is estimated that the $100,00O spent il improving the, roads in Spotsylvania county saved the farmers Of that county $l00o d year.
 In the past two years the traffic ctudies of the Federal experts show that approximate an average of 65,- GOO tons of outgoing products were hauled over the improved roads in the county an average distance of 8 mllecs, or total of o2G. .0G0 ton miles, Before the roads were i'm proved il was estimated that the average cost of hauling was 20 cents "ton-mile", af.er the improveme It this fell to F cents "ton-mile", or saving Of cents. A saving os 8 cents per mile on 520,0O "ton- miles" is $41,d ,d0t a year. The coun1y's in- vesrment of S1o0,oo0 in other words returns a divident of 40 per cent an- nually.
 Because this saving, ill cases of this character, does not take the form of cash put directly into the farmers pocket there is a widespread tend ency to believe that it is fictitious profit, while as a matter of fact it is just as real source of profit as the increase in the price of wheat.
 One Man Good as Two.
 In Dinwiddie county, Virginia, for example, where peanuts is one of the staple crops. the average load for two mules on main road was about 1000 pounds before the road was lm- proved. After it's improvement the average load was found to be 1000 pounds and the time consumed in hauling the larger load to market was much reducer. In other words one man with a wagon and two mules could do more than twice as much work with the improved road than with an unimproved road. This is the explanation of the extraordinary rise in the total output of agricultural products ina county with good road SyStem
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-07-26
Virginia County Almost Doubles Output Through
 Highway Improvement.
40 PER CENT DIVIDEND
Studies Show How Agri-
 cultural Output Depends upon Hlgh-
 ways, and How Investment Of 8 S1OO.OOO Saves $4O,O00 Annually. 9

Washington, July 25.-That an inn
 fproved road will increase vastly the sproductiveness of the area through (which it runs has now been satls- @factorily demonstrated by studles Sconducted by the United States de-
 partment of agriculture in Vlrglnla sEonditions in Spotsylvania county %Were investigated with particular Scare and the results have proved sur aprising. In 1909 the county voted sS10O,00O to improve forty miles of srOads. Two years after the comple- 8afion of this work the railroad took Faway in twelve months from Fred 6ercksburg, the county seat, 1l,Ooo ftons of agricultural and forest D. zzducts hauled over the highways to sthat town. Before the improvement asof the roads this total was only 49,- sO0O tons annually; in other words the of the county's produce had Nrisea more than 45 per cent. Still 1fmore interesting, however, is the in- gcrease shown in the quantity of the Sdairy products. In 1909 these Sfamounted to 114,S15 pounds, in 1911 sto 273,O2S pounds, an increase o1 3practically 40 per cent in two Nyears. In the same time shipments Sof wheat had increased 59 per cent iStobacco 31 pee cent, and lumber and Bother forest products AS per cent.
 A Farmers Save $41,OOO.
 N In addition to this increase II @uuantity the cost of hauling each tor Mof produce was materially reduced EIn other words the farmers not only
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-07-26
THE PRICE SEE PAYS.

There is hardly an American woman nowadays who can keep pace with the demands made upon her time and energy without paying tho penalty of ill-health. It may be that dreadful backache, dragging pains, hear ache, nervousness or the tor- lures of a displacement. It is the price she pays. To women in this condition Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound come as a boon and a blessing. A simple remedy made from roots and herbs which brings glorious health to suffering women.
 Five and ten cents to see great four-part Franco-Prussian war story. at the Best theatre today
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-07-26
Fri. State l. co. F.

Chicago, H.. July 25.-Prominenr Odd Fellows from all parts of the middle west are here today to take part in the Tri-stare l. o. OF. pie nic and field day. Nearly all lodges in Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois are represented. The guests of honor are the grand lodge officers of the three states and the Grand Sire C. A. Keller of San Antonia, Tex, the supreme officer of the order. Among the things of interest to visitors and delegates will be exhibition drills by four cantons of the patriarchs mll- tant, and what is believed ot be the largest parade ever held in Lake
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-07-26
Patterson at Chautauqua.

Lincoln. Mich, July 25.-The Lin- coin Chautauqua will have it's formal opening tomorrow, with an interest ing program to offer the citizens. Among those who will occupy the platform at the various meetings are Malcolm F. Patterson, former Cover nor of Tennessee. who will speak on
 the subject "Why changed My Front on My Countrys Greatest Question:
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-21
IE0 6 Q 6 . o 1 0 1 . 9 . c clIE 5fI 5l JE HERE AND THERE. Mj5T
 LiA - !5FiIIc 95FiIc C e c z c 6 @ 6 @ c . @ c5

Mir. and Mrs. H. D. Crane of Batesville were Sunday guests at the Hazel.
 Fifty bundles kindling for $2.0O. This month only. Dean & Hooking. 31dO1
 Fresh Country Sorghum just received.-Bowen's Cash Store. 44d6t.
 John D. Neal went to Searcy this morning on business and to visit relatives.
 For Rent-Furnished front room. Apply 215 Main street. 34dtf
 Ed Neal is at Searcy and Des Arc for a day or two.
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-21
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

sy load applications as they cannot reach the dis easec portion ot the There ks only one way ts cure deafness and that is by constitutional remedies Deafness is caused by an in6aned condition of thu mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When sh tube ss Enamed you have runsAtng sound or in perfect hearing, and when it Is entirely closed Deaf ness Is the result and unless the inflammation can o, iakeS out and ths tube restorea 10 its normal ion. hearing will be destroyed forever: psne eases put ef ten art caused by CStarrh which Is nothing put an nfiaineo condition Of t6es mucous surfaces We, will give One Hundred Dollars for any case e Deafness tcaused by catarrh) that cannot De cufcc 9y Halls Catarfh Cy 10. Send for circulars. free.
 F. j. CHENEY X co. Toledo c Sold by Drugasts 5>.
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