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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1914-07-16
EGG LAYING CONTEST
'vVlIIsBe Feature. Of Poultry pShoS
at Exposition.
HaBsnasPnelac InEsFNakldal csisbeR
ton to Have unlqNa Contest
Which VIII esGli. AloNsm-
bsp 195A

Bsv'l. 2. Graham, AssssEana Chief ,0e
the Department OF Livestock.
, 1914-06-03
BLIND MANS FLIGHT.

A blind man, Mr.. Eliot Williams, on Mon
day made a flight at Hendon as MIR. Gustav
HameI's passenger. Last year a blind man
went up as passenger IN an aeroPtane' put
he had been blind from birth. Mr.. VII
liams only lost his eyesight three OF four
months ago.
The fight, which was made in a mono
plane, occupied about three minutes, and
Mr.. Hamel flew at o considerable height
several times around the ground before
landing. Questioned as to his feeling while
in the air, Mr.. Williams said that he was
not at all afraid. He was chiefly impressed
by the force of the wind, aud he said that
it seemed as though they were driving into
thick white mist. He added, with a touch
Of pathos, that h9 kept on looking over the
side to realize what the ground looked like
but he was unable to form any idea OF 1t.
The rocking Of the machine made him feel
as though he were riding on the back OF q
seagnll He declared that the general
sensation was extremely pleasant. Ibid.
, 1914-06-03
A WOMAN,S BRAVERY.
Nine. Ohlson's Defence OF kazerun
Barracks.
A Stirring Account.

The death of Major Gibson, the comman-
der of the Persian gendarmerie at Kazerun,
was reported in brief messages received
at the end of February. Major Gibson was
killed while attempting to lay a mine under
the gateway of the fortified house of Nasr
Diwan, Kalantar of Kazerun. Nasr Diwan
had been suspected for some time of disloy-
atty and of being the ringleader of an attack
on Kazerun at the end of November. After
the death of their leader the g~endarmerie
were compelled to retire to their fortified
barracks. There they were commanded by
the widow of Major Gibson. We have now
received the following stirring account OF
Nine. Ohlson's experiences:
, 1914-06-03
CONTEMPT FOR ANE5THESIA.

Mr.. NJ. Hylton-Simpson and his wife have
returned from IN expedition in the Algerian
hinterland, where he has been studying the
practice OF surgery among the desert tribes.
The use OF au anB5thetic ia unknown and
regarded with contempt. Tn people seem
impervious to paiu. MIR. HyItou-Slmpson
saw one boy who was operatad on for fifteen
DAYS for the removal Of a piece Of skull
smaller than a haIfpeuny. He recovered.
Ibid
, 1914-06-03
TWO WHEELED MOTOR-CAR.
FIRsr APPEARANCE IN LONDON.

A two wheoled-car, which keeps ITS bal
auce by means Of q gylosoopo, is the latest
addition to up-to-date motordom. This is the.
gyrocar, the invention OF Dir. Pierre Schilow-
Sky, q Russian lawyer. and it is to be seen in
Regents Park, London.
The principle has been applied to an ordin-
airy motor chassis, specially adapted to carry
heavy loads, aud the results Of the demon
~stration should prove Of considerable interest
to all classes Of MOTOR owners.
The principle Of the gyrosaope has been
applied to the mono-rail, the train that runs
upon Il siug,e rail. \ gyroscope consists
essentially Of a heavy fy-wheel rotating on
bearings within another wheel. The wheels
are at right angles. When rotating at high
speed the gyroscope offers great resistance
to any change in the direction of it's axis and
so can be used for balancing purposes, as on
q two-wheeled yehicle.-Daily Naa, dPflt
25ih.
, 1914-06-03
CHAPTER or TRAGIC ERRORS.

At a Barnstaple inquest on Monday on
Louisa Denney, a North American Indian
woman, aud her son, Henry, aged eight, who
we're fatally burned III d wigwam fire at q
aWiId West Show" e~ncampment, Roberb
Denney, the husband, was stated TO have
pushed the mother out from one side Of the
wigwam and the child from the other.
The mother, thinking the child still in the
wigwam, rushed back and was followed by
the child. The father let down the wigwam
TO prevent the spread OF fire and, found the
mother and child under the burning canvas.
A verdict of Accidental Death was returned.
Ibid.
, 1914-06-03
CHILD WITH WEBBED TOES.

At an inquest held at Hackney on We'd
nesdly Oh the body Of a boy five months oid
who died from wasting, it was stated by the
grandmother that the child had we6bed toes.
Hey husband, who died five years ago, had
the same curious maIformatlon, and tie
Guilds mother had webbed fingers. All her
children had either webbed toes or webDed
fngers.-Dajly AajL dPr1 mn.
, 1914-06-03

overy effort to stimulate and encourage the
gendarmerie to fight on.-7imeS,2 4th APr1.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
A MIX-UP ON
JOBS At THE
CITY HALL

The discharge of John Gala.
han, a plumber, from work under
the public works department
which Saturday nearly caused a
physical mix-up between Com.
missioner Woods and John Mon
ahan, the new water main super
intendent, came to new angle,
today when it was reported that
Commissioner Drake had ap.
pointed a plumber in place of
Callahan, who had not taken the
civil service examination.
Clerk Ellsworth of the civil
service department, refused to be
Intercepted ON the matter today
He said, however, that there had
been a "reassignment" of jobs in
the water department and that
the civil service office merely
wanted a report ON the matter
Something further may develop
later, he intimared.
Reports that Mayor Fawcett
had appointed ron-civil-service
plumbing inspector were quashed
today when it was shown that
August Taylor, the new inspect
or, had passed the examination
and was one of the three highest
eiigibles for The Office.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12

NoRTHFoRk, May 12.---sev.
en- members of the crew of the
Old Dominion steamship Jeffer
son were killed in an explosion
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12


have been acquainted with
men engaged i'm the liquor bust
ness whom / should be glad to
deal with, il they were engaged
In other lines or trades. The fact
that alcoholic liquors have no
economic value; the more of their
commodity they give to a man
In return for his money, the
greater the injury that they dc
him.
Some one ON the wet side said
the other day: Let our state
make good laws for the unfor.
tunate ylen. Put them on a farm,
where they get good fresh milk
and lots of outdoor exercise" In
that case what will become of all
those working men?. That would
put the business on the bum.
am convinced that Statewide
Prohibition is better.
II we had the right blood
there would be no drinks that
would make giuttons.
Let MS throw out the lifeline to
danger fran2nt men,
Sinking In anguish where you've
never been;
Haste then, my brother, no time
for delay,
But throw out the lifeline anf
save them today.
l.. f.. HAGMAN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
CITY WILL
HANDLE ALL
CONCESSIONS

The city commission does not
intend this year to allow all the
street concessions for the Rose
show and the Montamara Festo
to be handled through one agency,
as they were last year.
81 think that there are lots of
worthy people in Tacoma who
should be allowed to have a
chance at these street conces-
sions," said Commissioner Mills
today at the council meeting. The
city should arrive at some defi-
mite decision on the matter"
On motion of Mills, a commit
tee, composed of Mayor Fawcett,
Mills and Atkins, was selected to
formulate plans for handling
street concessions during the
shows.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12

Sir Thomas Upton board his yacht "Erin
his latest photograph.
EDITORS Note)Do realize
will be in about four montsthat Sir
esenting Great Britain will,
to take back England
held long In the United States? The 1914 challenger nearly
defender Then the excitement will
Sir Thomas thoroughbred
his opinion
write for any about
the effect maseots and hoodoos have winning the yacht
ing prize i'm the world.)
BY SIR THOMAS Upton.
written Especially for This Newspaper)
be aboard the Shamrock when she completes this fall for the
Americas mascot that fully will break last tho
hoodoo that has defeated my former chalengers.
l u strong believer in III
Erin" 1903 think horses
shoes these having made by Fmmons champion
boxer, a In religious
other emblems had everything could possibly think
had also tigers whskers sent likewise hen which
from Ptsburg its feathers
full of babies caus and chicken wish bonessome the
mounted in gold and from Kansas with
nifent American eagle sent In fact the Erin" like
travelling menagerie.
lady wrote suggesting
board with me as mascot She said that he and red
and that he brought luck everywhere
had him board should be also Jumbo
elephant offered and this reluctantly compelled de-
cline for lack of
think. taking things anything
of
the
They might let know which of the aforementioned collection
the hoodoo.
STILL have baboon BEFORE one which Sir
Africa
everything including shaking
approved fashion.
Thomas, In He,
being Highlander himself though the baboon ought
this his conduct will
If give him Shamrock sailors outfit of clothes
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
@AD They
ARE OUT OF
THE COUNTRY

VERA CRUZ. May 12.-Deem
Ing Huerta's overthrow as a mat.
ter OF days II leaked out today
tfat the three ENJOYS of the die.
tator sent to the peace confer.
enee at Niagara Falls are secret.
iy delighted To have gotten out
OF Mexico City safely. They told
their friends as much, intimatinp
that they thought the capita
would be any thing but safe
place either for the Mexicans OF
the foreigners when the climax
comes. Instead of returning &c
Mexico City the ENJOYS said they
would go to Europe when tn.
work at Niagara Falls Is ended
When they sailed from Vera
Cruz they took their families aud
all their portable belongings
with them. They predict Huerta's
fall in 80 days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
TELLS MAYOR FAWCETI CITY
IS TRYING TO Skin HIN"

the Green river watershed, waged
a wordy battle with Mayor Fav.
cett this morning. The battle
ended when q Civil war veteran
who had been waiting In the
mayors office, rushed into the
private office aud forcibly drag
ged Hagerman out. The trouble
had almost come to the point OF
blows when the veteran inter-
fered.
Hagerman has caused much
trouble for city officials. the'
say. The city purchased part oi
his land ror the Green river
water system intake, and con
demned the rest. Hagermar
claims that he mas more money
due him, and is persistent call
er at the city hall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12

81 don't think you're a good
mayor-the citys trying to skin
mel guess l ought to have some
rights-I'll make Tacoma pay
up millions of dollars before I'm
through with them-I'll-"
mo you won't either. / don't
care a darn about this stu
you're telling me. You get ont
OF this office and stay out or II
call an officer and have you pu
out"
Its skin game I'm getting
pretty mad. I've got golt
mine and I'll spend every penny
of il to show this city OF Tacoma
that 1t cans hand me anything
I And amidst shouting, gesticu
lating and some scuffling John
Hagerman, owner of property on
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12

To the Wet" and sDry. Editor;
The liquor traffic is not for
the public welfare because of It's
economic waste, and bad results
To me the Jew hundreds of men
working for the breweries arc
not to be compared with the
thousands of children left de-
serted and destitute as the results
of drink.
l bring that fact to you as men
who love your own children: Il
not the welfare of your little
ones of more Importance than all
the revenues of that traffic? Me-
LIQUOR dealer woald like to COM
pare the good results of his BUSH
ness with other lines Of busi
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
WET OR DRY
WHAT IS IT?

(Sontluueu from rage oue,D
without which no nation coulu
exist, the youth of the land? Aud
these tentacles can only be cut
by that weapon which is only
formidable when welded by a
lil.erty-loving people, the "vote.' .
The United States has had .
remarkable record for crushing
institutions of evil. In her IN.
fancy she overcome the tyranny
of England: III her early youth,
after struggle SO terrific that
II shook the very earth, she tri.
umphed over that still greater
evil, slavery; aud now, when fac,
ing still greater evil than all
that have gone before, will sh.
shudder and fall back, or will
she respond nobly and bravely t.
her duty, fulfilling the expecta.
tons of that noble captain VIII,
pilOted this nation safely through
the troubled waters of the Civi
war? Ii depends upon the edge
of the "vote" In the fall election
And, Voter, think of the Low.
ing wife patiently waiting, heart.
broken, and of the pinched faces
of the children, suffering because
of the Vicious habits of the Ia.
Their?
FRED l.. TAYLOR.
2611 South 18th st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
Rose ReciteS
Original Story

NEW YORK, May 12.-"Baid
Jack" Rose testified today in the
trial of former Police Lieutenant
Becker. He recited his original
story of alleged negotiations with
Becker, explaining that Becker
wanted Rosenth5l killed because
the latter had informed District
Attorney Whitman and others
that Boxer was sharing the prof.
its of Rosenthals gambling house
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
SPECIAL MEETING
5lCALLED BY LEAGUE

"A special meeting will be held
tg the Central Improvement
league at the council chambers
this evening to discuss the grant
ing of a franchise for a steam
heating plant IN the North End
Members of the stationery engi
neers' association will make ad
dresses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
Mai. Ellison Returns

After doing a weeks duty In
drilling picked squad of marks
men at the Fort Worden cannons,
Major Seth W. Ellison of the
Tacoma coast artillery reserve
corps returned to Tacoma last
night. lie reported the men
ready to take up the fort work
at any moment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
FRED l.. TAYLOR.
2611 South 18th st.

WET or Dry Editor of the
Times:
The other day l was looking
over the paper l saw a paragraph
on the "Wet or Dry" question
Offering So for the best Wet or
Dry" letter.
say to have the whole state
dry, I'm fact, the whole United
States would he better, because
30 out of a 100 causes of divorces
are on account Of using intoxicat.
ing liquors. When the men that
have families use 1t it teaches
them to commence bad and i'm
time they get so they can not
support their families because
they spend most all their money
for liquor. Some even go as far
as to get into debt by borrowing
money and pawning valuable ar.
ticles for a few glasses of drink.
The drunken men also raise rows
which often end with the loss Of
life or serving terms I'm jail,
which they would not do IL they
were i'm their sober senses.
Ii is not pleasant to see drunk.
Ell men lettering around the sa
looms and streets either. Drink
also causes lots of them to lose
their positions and keeps them
from getting positions again
When men that drink run rail.
road engines or automobiles they
neglect their duties and this often
epds with the loss of life and
damage to property. Most of the
fobberies and hold-ups are caused
by men who use Intoxicating
liquors. In time the one that
uses these liquors get stomach
trouble and several other In.
juries to the body. They also dc
not live near as long as the mar
who does not use 1t.
Very truly yours,
JAMES GLEASON.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
POWER
PLANT SUIT UP

The fourth suit to arise over
construction contracts on the
Nisqually power plant and Green
river water plant will come up
for trial Monday when Hans Pc
derson, who built the power
plant, will try to get $33,S00 ex-
ira money out of the city for do
ing the work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
New Arcs Burning

The new MISUNDERSTANDING
system ON Pacific avenue and 0I
street has been practically COM
pleted, and the lights were all
turned on last night. Work has
now been begun on the A street
system.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12
Eels Is Honored

Edwin Eells. son of Il. Eells. 1920
North Fifth street, was last week
elected vice president of the Equal
league of Oberlin college,
where he is enrolled as a Junior.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-12

of the boiler early this morning
off Virginia Capes. Several were
injured. two probably fatally.
The Jefferson reached here on
her own steam.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22

million for bichloride OF 7nercury's one.
A tragic farce---that is wnat prisons
are. Enclosures of stone and steel are
built, and a handful of armed men are
given absolute control over several nun
dred beings like themselves. We, as a
community. have erected system OF
laws which places us, as a community,
in the attitude OF penaliSing practices
ly condemn. Our morality, as publicly
as privately exercised. When our neigh
Dor steals or murders we give him the
Jail or the chair. but when you and |
are charged with such deeds and see the
prison the chair IN our near fore
ground we discover ourselves 10 be less
convinced than we had imagined OF the
rectitude of our penal system, OF course
then. the faster we make laws to punish
crime, and the more we punish Grim
inels. the more criminals are there 10
punish. Our hypocrisy gradually is re-
venged upon us. one after another. one
by one we fall into the pit so virtuously
digged for others.
And criminal law meanwhile becomes
constantly more searching and severe IN
Its provisions, seeking TO prevent crime
by the singular device OF employing the
best methods for multiplying II. The
victims of its activities are miserable
enough in iail, and languish and die
there, and, II they were not very wicked
before are furnished with every facility
to become so. but they have not the con-
sola ton OF feeling thai their being thus
Inundated on the altar OF an outra ged
but nom existent morality is doing them
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22
PuzzIing Question.

Shall We not pause a moment over the
bodies Of this mother and her son, over
this frenziod murder and suicide? They
constitute an arra.gDTent OF the prison
principle not 70 be lightly passed over or
commented on with rasplng irony ny
witty editorial writer's. That tragedy
means something. We cannot lease the
communitys real estate TO hell. for build
Ing he'll houses and carrying on hell
business. supported by our taxes and ad-
vocatej by our courts and praised Cor
reformed) by our penologists-we cannot
do that without meeting the conse-
quenccs. We see how the consequences
affected Mrs. Schleth in the Queens
county. New York. jail last summer II
viii affect other persons In other ways.
But II will affect us all before we are
done with H. He'll on earth is tenant
which no community can suffer with I'M
punity.
II prisons are a good thing, II is full
time they made good If they are a bad
thing IL is full time they were abolished
The middle courses now being tried In
some places cannot succeed no compro-
mise with hell ever succeeds. however
kindly intentioned. But the devil re-
ioices In them. recognizing his subtlest
work done 10 his hand
What shall happen II prisons are done
away WITH That question Will doubtless
puzzle us for long time 10 come.
have no infallinle remedy; but / shall
touch upon the subject I'm my next and
Copyright, 1914 by Julian Hawthorne)
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22
An Inhuman Pageant.

Anything unnatural seems unreal. l
remarked some time ago that when I
was sitting in the courtroom being tried
on charges sworn 10 by certain postof-
flee officials. the dull and sordid scenes
would sometimes vanish before me and
would say to myself, at is an illusion
what is really taking place is very diff
ferent from this appearance" This
thought often required while / was in
prison.
Al mealtimes the men would file in
and take their places at the tables;
anon the meal over. they would rise
and he out--men whom j knew, crea-
lures like myself, slaves OF an arbitrary
power acting in accordance with princi-
pies long since known to be false and
msohievous. And l would see men
whom ] knew. men like myself; jeered
ipsulted. dubbed. dragged TO the hole.
I would see the dead bodies of men
whom / knew, men like myself. ratified
out of the gate to the dumping ground
and dropped there and forgotten-men
with wives and children stlll living or
dead in poverty and shame, their pleas
unheard and their wrongs unrghted. 1
would contemplate the long rows Of steel
cells, cages for me and men like myself
locking us in for months and years and
lifetlmes, for an example 10 others and
for the protection of society against our
at tho aimless toilers In the workshops.
standing or squatting In the foul atmos-
phere under the eyc and rifle OF the
guard.
inhuman paSeant WAS going on age after
age as 4 cure for crime-whIe crime. all
the while. was increasing by percentages
so astounding that we seek through I'M
migration statistics and records OF in
crease OF population to account for it
and in vain And would tell myself.
once more. that the thing must be an H.
lusion: II was inconceivable that an in
telllgent nation should tolerate IT..
IL YOU found that YOU were taking
bchloride Of mercury by mistake for
sleeping draught, would you go on taking
Il. or would you clamor FOR an antdote
wnylay doctors for help and disturb the
discreet serenity Of hospitals for sIccor?
But the ma tion. made mp oC such as YOU, |
continues its prison ncstrum. which slays
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-22

that he did succeed in killing his step
father: and he will he very ready TO give
ear TO an older and more experienced man
who tells him that the only difference
between good and bad in the world is
that those are called good who have pow
er over those who are called bad and
that the only way for him 10 get even
for his wrongs is to become crook
and not be fool
The wardcns and guards do not pre-
vent these companlonships. Whether or
not they try to prevent them cannot be
affirmed, but to my mind Il is plain
that they could not prevent il, try as
they might. II Is an evil inherent in
prisons and ineradicable. As long as we
have prisons we shall see Judges like
Thomas Bakers sending boys 10 jail
for such crimes" as his, there to stay
for fifteen years. more or less, and there
10 be changed from innocence into d!a-
bolism. But Thomas was not inno-
cent. you. say. but guilty. What is
guiltT / find him innocent Of the guilt
OF standing inactive by and seeing that
cruel fist strike his blind mothers be-