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The Washington times., 1914-01-15
MUNICIPAL STORES FOR POOR.

Chicago is planning series of municipal stores
more properly, distributing statons-scscred about
the town, which poor people may buy food supplies
md fuel at cost.
The city is going to provide the modest amount
of Capital needed to start the project 1t will take
little, because absolutely but cash business Will
0e done.
The plan is to help people who need help hut
Who not reduced to the necessity of taking aEns
The project looks to maintaining the self-reSpect of
people, while giving them substantial aid
Just how retail merchants might regard that sort
of an interference with the regular processes of
trade has not been determined. The Chicago council
is going to try the plan, anyhow, and in coopera
top with the Federation of Labor will forthwith opeD
TIE stores.
The Washington times., 1914-01-15
SOME WOULD RATHER
TALK THAN LABOR.

Then there are those professional
malcontents who would rather make
speeches and. be in the midst CT agi-
tation and excitement than endure
the monotony OF daily work. All
such disturbers do harm to the cause
they claim to represent. They stand
in the way of the large majority OF
the unemployed who are really eager
to work They provide an excuse
and an argument for the i'll viii Of
the snobbish and the hard-hearted
and those who regard all the unSuc-
cessfuI with contempt and scorn.
In this crisis We see what a mis-
take IT is not TO have thorough or
ganiZation, extending NOT merely
through the city or state, but
through the whole country. The
human spirit that the people of San
Francisco are now showing, II Is
feared, may be the means Of drawing
stead ly increasing numbers of the
impoverished here, as Well as OF
those who take unworthy advantage
situation ought TO be met in every
center where the unemployed gath
er and by some concerted action.
The transient character OF the help
alone suggests how feeble the efforts
are, in spite of soOd intention, and
how EnpOtent TO bring about any
Ih'nS like a condition of affairs
where large numbers of people shall
not continually De 1T the mercy OF
CnanCe.
Just now employed labor as well as
unemployed labor is menaced. The
workers see an army of desperate
men here, threatening to undersell
them, to take the bread out OF their
mouths. And the unemployed, led by
hot-headed leaders, are tempted 10
acts that may completely ALLEVIATE
sympathy against them and to Gre
ate a violent reaction.
The Washington times., 1914-01-15
Daily Review of Cable News

cilor, in st. Petersburg Yesterday.
ChaplinsH was prominently associated
with the prosecution in the trial of the
Hebrew, Mendel Beillss. who was ac-
quilted of the charge OF ritual murder
OH November TO- 1913.
Because it refused to pass a. provincial
appropriation bill, the Bulgarian parIia-
ment was yesterday dissolved b. the
premier, Dr. V. Radoslavoff. A new
chamber must be elected within two
months, according to the constitution.
Ambassador Page. Mr.. Fairbanks, and
Frank Hobson, of the American en-
bassy, were yesterday added To the AL
ready long list of sufferers from the
widespread epidemic of influenza which
has accompanied the severe wintry
weather in London.
That the franchise be given to women
and that they be allowed to vote at the
elections for the imperial parliament
and to sit as deputies, is the demand
made by the German Women's Suffrage
Union in Il bill introduced into the i'm
perial parliament The bill was referred
to the consideration of the government
without any recommendation.
According to an authoritative state
ment made in Berlin, Prince William of
Wied, who was chosen for the throne OF
Albania by the great powers, refuses to
accept the offer until satisfactory ar
rangements for an international loan
have been concluded.
The opposition of the Roman Catholic
Church to any Of its clergy occupying
an official position in French politics is
expected to be brought to a climax by
the election of Abbc Lcmrc. yesterday
as one of the four vice presidents OF
the chamber Of deputies. The priest
was recently warned that II he did not
Withdraw his candidacy he would be ex-
communicated ..-
The Washington times., 1914-01-15
An Arab on America.
more benefits

An Arab WHO Visited New York city is said have
this letter 81 America like
the ground neing the subway and like squirrels in
the elevated raways), and the buildings
ngl tai "Tc have to be put i'm boxes
10 the top by heavy Cnean'ng the elevator In
;he day tc furnishes light the Morocco
At night the light is strong the day, but people here
not TO have much Sleep the are
just crowded at night in the dsy"-The Outlook
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

Strike conditions in Johannesburg,
South Africa, have reached a danger
Gus pitch. The strike leaders have bar
ricaded themselves in Trades Hall
" ith an armed bOdySuard of 80 men,
and are holding of d squad of detec-
tiVeS and policemen who made an un-
successful attempt to raid the place.
Crowds of sympathetic strikers thronS
the streets, and serious trouble Il
feareu.
A double tragedy was enacted at the
Paris residence of Gen. Mehmed Cherif
Pasha. one of the chiefs of the radical
Turkish party, when a strange Turk
called and, upon being refused admis-
sion uy the valet. immediately shot him
deGd. The sOn-in-law Of Cherif Pasha,
hearing the "OmmOtiOn. ran into the
cCrriGOr and shot and killed the assas-
sin. CheTif Pasha Is the editor of q
newspaper published in Paris in the in
tCrcst of COnstitutiUnalism in Turkey.
ack Of personal relations between
Premier Asquith and Andrew Bonar
Law, leader of the Unionist party, is
the cause of the delay in opening nego-
tiatiOns between the Liberal and Union
ist leaders on he Ulster opposition tO
home rule. Mr.. Asquith and Arthur
Balf"ur, the late UmiOnist leader, al
though they differed on political ques-
tions. were personally on the most in
timate terms, and in their informal con
VCrSatiOns were able to settle many
matters which otherwise might have
caused friction. Trained in q severe
Scottish business atmosphere, Bonar
Law has none of the finesse and diploul-
acy that comes naturally to the English
parl'amentarian, had his direct, mater
OG-faCt way of saying things frequently
causes Offcnse where none is meant.
NJ. Chaplinslli, the public procuratoI
of Eier. was created knight OF the Or
der Of st. Stanislaus of the first class
and appointed 4 senator and pyiyy couu'
The Washington times., 1914-01-15
Intelligent Horse.

A horse displayed unusual intelligence
recently In New Haven. Conn. when il
wandered Iway III the Lbsencc of it's
driver. u came to ! crossing where
there was traffic uolicc.nan, and stop
ped jand started again in OhoO'cnce to
the lwave uf the officers hand. The alb
se1to of the driver was not notsiAd
until after Il had passed the crossing.
The Washington times., 1914-01-15
HITS FROM SHARP WITS

The fashionable physician who used
to advise his rich patients to take Il
trip to the springs now tells them to
eat eggs.-Boston Transcript
A course in horScShoetnS Is TO be
taught at prominent New York col
lCSe What a real progressive college
needs is course to make every man
his own chauffeur.-Baitimcre American.
A Noman's attitude toward the prac-
ties OF wearing low.necked GOWNS de-
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

pends great deal on how she looks
I'm Il low-necked gown.-Topeka Capital
The people of the country comprise
two classes: Those worrying about their
income and those worrying about thar
income taN.-Milwaukee Sentinel
AlLn is resourceful and full IF ex-
cuses. He advances the theory that up-
derclothing, when too thick. causes red
noses.-Toledo Blade,
The Washington times., 1914-01-15
THE OLDEST INHAB SEE

H'mmm. Purity
cool. But ! kin
remember winters
when we used Z
have ice in our
mint juleps all
summer
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

mantle irish type
on the American
stage, had beer
blessed with half
a dozen little o.
colts, perhaps Re
would have given
TO his own home
circle that Won
derfUI q u ality
that ira c I 8
young people TO
him in the thea
tcrs. But though
fate has been kind
to him along other
lines, there are
no OIcott children
TO follow In the
footsteps of their
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

Gen. Pershing states that the Moros
are pacified unless you attempt to in
one of their tribal customs Is not to be
Paciiled. -
Boston dog !nherits 1850 year.
There are some things that they TRY
on the dog" that we'd like to have tried
on Us. ~
The Washington times., 1914-01-15
Guarding Against the
Trick Punch
BY TONY BIDDLE.
Millionaire athlete and Society Man.

False friends and foolish friends
are features of life against which
we must always be upon our guard.
Far more than most people realize,
il is our friends and not our foes
who harm us.
When a man begins to slip along
the downward path Of overindul-
gence in alcohol, or frivolity, or
! neglect of duty, it is not his enemies
who say: "Oh, come on; have an
other" or Let what you have to
do slide this once and let's have a
good time" 1t is his so-called
friends. Very likely they mean
we'll, but with the best intentions
in the world they are doing more
tilan his worst foe could do to
boost their friend down the road
to irretrieyable ruin.
Then there are those deliberate
enemies who assume friendliness
that they may betray a man to his
uin. Virgil wrote 'Timeo Danos
ct dona ferentes." The injury done
a man by an enemy masquerading
oe a er;a-J ,,,o,,ode b.v,, - bsc
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

Mexico wants President Wilson to re-
turn her Fugitive army. 1t seems that
In thelheat Of battle the army was lost,
strayed or stolen. II is now believed To-
be In cell at Fort Bliss.
Wen, put pair OF shoes on the army.
wash his neck, md chase him back
across the Rio GraIIde
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

French chemist causes artificial diges-
ton by the action of ultraviolet rays
on. quartz vessel.
Here in America the action of dIges-
ton On a quart Iessel causes the eye
10 see artificial ultraviolet rays.
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-THE
unemployed have unquesionaoY
scored a victory. They have won
attention. why is it that there is
so much suffering this winter 1
heard a sympathetic woman ASK tne
other day. There wasn't any such
suffering last winter or the WINTER
before" The remark, made in the
presence of several people who kne"
of the conditions that prevailed here
one year and two years ago, smiled
rather grimly. AS matter OF 1act'
there is fearful suffering every win
ter
This year the unemployed made an
effective organization. They used
clever tactics. One of their clever
est moves was in calling on the
clergymen of the city the other day
10 appear before them and to give
them advice. One clergyman re-
sponded, Rabbi Nieto. He talked to
them with q frankness that must
have caused them establishment and
gratification. With his characteristic
humor he apologiZed for the absence
az his fellow-wearers of. the cloth on
the ground that they had to be con-
cerned about their jobs. an argu-
ment. under the circumstances, es-
peciaIly appealing.
Perhaps the reason why other
cIergymen did not appear at that
meeting, one reason, at any rate, was
that they did not know what to say.
To face an army Of hungry men and
20 be expected TO tell them what
they were to do to escape starvation
was a task that might we'll ha+e ap-
palled the bravest and the most phil
anthropic spirit.
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

Dispatch from Norway says that Fer
dinand Pinney Earle had lost his ex-
tradition fight and will be returned 10
: rance. II he IS going to be sent back
70 France, Earle didn't lose the contest.
France lost. :
The Washington times., 1914-01-15
A Childless Actor Tells How He
y Pleases the Children of Others
By JULIA MURDOCH.

~ OMETIMES not often-fate makes
a mistake. She did so when she
- failed to give Chauncey Olcott a
houseful of children. II Chaun-
ey Olcott, premier exponent of the ro-
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

Papers say that Count Boni de Cas-
t'il1ne is about to become related by
marriage to his former wife, We thought
that he had been,
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

If the freezing weather continues, we'll
be able to tango on the ice before the
Mother Grundies are able to pass any
laws forbidding ice tangoing.
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

Martial law has been declared In South
Africa and all work stopped. A little
martial law wouldn't be a bad thing
here these cold mornings.
The Washington times., 1914-01-15
Problem of Aiding Unemployed
Is Puzzling California
By JOHN D. BARRY.

used to characterize the poor and
that many still believe ought 10
characterize them. are bold i'm their
demands. Some have even gone so
far as to refuse what they call
charity. They want work and they
claim that work is their right On
the part OF the public there is an
attitude curiously similar. II recoS-
nizes the right of every man to an
opportunity Of earning a living, and
the duty of the state to keep that
opportunity safeguarded. That such
an Opportunity does not now exist
is plain And equally plain is the
Importance Of supplying so vital .
need.
II is to be expected that in so large
a number OF unemployed there should
be many of those who, by temper1-
ment, are hostile and complaining
and rebellious. and who would not be
satisfied IL they were among the
prosperous. We find them every
where, il should be remembered,
among the rich and the comfortably
of, as well as among the impoyer-
iShed.
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

father, and this is enc Of the regrets
of the Irish actors life.
l dropped into his dressing Dom in
Ford's Theater, Baltimore. last night.
He had just finished the first act of
"Shameen Dhu." the pretty drama OF
life on the Green Isle, which Rida john
ston Young wrote especially for him,
and which is one of the best plays that
he has had in his whole dramatic ca
reer, so he told me. He will bring 1t to
Washington next week
My wife is my manager" he said
with smile. She says she isn't, but
she is. She twists me right around her
little finger. and I miss her greatly.
MY wife travels with me-" he eX-
planned. That's one OF the things that
make the life of an actor worth while.
Misses a Houseful
Of Little Children.
I'VE have no children, he added with
4 sigh, 81 wish VIC had three or four.
want them 10 enjoy our beautiful
home at Saratoga. But my wife Is
not only wife. but mother. father. sis
ter and children to me, as she is the
only near and dear one l have In the
world
Then he told me about his wonderful
IlOulc III DdI dlO5dr ltlt lllIlC mouse IIdl
he had built in exact imitation OF the
one in which his mother was born. 1t
is a little wee box of a house, and
the dining room looks out on the gar
den, so that il almost seems as though
one were in the midst OF a garden, when
dining. The garden is one that has
had the distinction uf being named as
one of the three most wonderful gar
Gens in the world.
Miss Carlyle, the garden painter was
asked In Buffalo TO name the three most
Eeautiful gardens in the world. One
was Anne Hathaway's garden, and
another was Mr.. Olcott's garden, the
wonderful little in,losure that MIR. Ol-
colt has filed with flowers In compli-
ment to his wife, who was a California
girl. and who. he explained, ''Ts flower
mad"
you wonder how manage to at
tract young people year after year." he
sald in answer to my question. well.
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

The dip" in the ice tango should be
a realistic thing.
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

Chicago girl marries an old man be-
cause she thought he had bag of gold.
After the marriage she discovered that
1t was bag of coal. Never heard OF
such streaK Of good fortune
The Washington times., 1914-01-15
The Silver
Lining
EGaed By ARTHUR BAEE.

The latest Miss Pankhurst to join the
militant suffragettes Is in poor health.
That seems to be he ambition Of the
militant suffragettes.
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

Salvador doesn't Ike cur canal treaty.
BY the same token, our canal treaty
may not like Salvador.
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

New York broker sues for. $50 900 for
loss Of his wife's affections. This seems
10 be the main branch of all New York
3roFers business. They are only broke
on the side.
The Washington times., 1914-01-15
ALL CASES CANNOT
BE FOUND WORTHY.

We are hearing q good deal at this
time about the worthy poor and
about deserving cases. a good deal
of fear is expressed that ;he unde-
serving and the unworthy may profit
by the present efforts for relief.
There are grounds for the fear. The
undeserving and the unworthy are
always with us, not only amCng the.
poor. but among the wcll-tO-do and
the rich. They ought net. however,
to stand in the way Of need so press
ing. 1t is impossible to weed them
out. Besides, it takes a pretty cold
heart to let the unworthy and the
undeserving starve death. And
if we could see why they were un-
worthy, why they rad 10 initiative
or ambition, why Chey had lost in
centive. we might discover that the
fault was not wholly theirs.
What is most interesting about the
present situation is the feeling that
something must be done. not for the
sake of charity or of humanity. but
for justice sake. The unemployed.
instead of showing the humility that
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

j guess II is because my wife and
are young ourselves. My wife says
am seven years ole, and 1 always an
swer that she is onl six herself. / dom
feel any older, really don't" he SAID
with smile that contained in II all the
joy of youth "Our house at Saratoga
is constantly overrun with children
They bother the life out of my wife
and che claims that they come to see
me, but know that they come to see
her."
Then he got back to the subject in
hand.
Il believe that the reason / hold the
young and the old-you should see the
old people at my matinees sometimes,
and hear their thin old voices as they
join IT. the familiar Irish songs they
sang when they were children-Is be-
cause L try to be bright and cheerful,
| to be as much like n child myself as
Iossitle. mans life shows on the
stage, just as It does in real life. /
have seen a crouch in real life try &c
Play jolly man on the stage, and his
work has resulted in dismal failure
Everyone knew he was a Crouch as
we'll as IL he had worn a sign saying
so "
Then Mr.. oIcott talked little about
his new play which Washington will see
next week.
ITO my mind" he said, there is no
richer period for the playwright or the
novelist for that matter. than that In
which We have placed the story OF
''Shameen Dhu." The eighteenth CEN
tury was unusually prolific in the pro-
duction Of great men. WHAT a glorious
roster OF statesmen, authors, orators
and patriots! Here we have Edmund
Henry Grattan, John Philpot Curran,
Sheridan. Shields. Emmett and a host
of others. There was an excellent rea-
son for this showing. Before the union
of Ireland with Great Britain Ireland
had its own parliament, and people took
an active interest in everything that
" as done in and for the country.
When Dublin Was
A Real Fashion Center.
Dublin was then one of the fashion,
able centers of Europe, and its society
of SO high a standing that its gentry
and nobility found all the advantages
there that might be desired by them
selves, their wives and their daughters.
They were not obliged to go to Lon
don for a chance to dive into the social
swim. as they are at present, and all
spent their lives on their own beautiful
estates In the most picturesque portions
OF he country. There is no doubt but
these were the halcyon days of Ireland.
az least OF modern Ireland
Mr.. Olcott closed his very pleasant in
terview by declaring that in his opinion
the time will come when Irish drama
will rival the works OF the greatest au-
thors of bygone days in its classic tone
and high literary value. The trail has been
blazed by Lady Gregory. Yeats. Edward
Martin, and George Russell. and while
the dramas of these authors are splen-
did literary works, Mr.. Olcott does not
believe that they are yet ready
for the regular stage. They should be
performed, he thinks. in special theaters
where the audiences are composed OF
Celtic enthusiasts. The dramas are
splendid achievements, Mr. Olcott ad-
mitted, but most of them, like RusseIl's
''Grainnie and Diarnud'' are dealing
with subjects of SO remote a period that
they would not be understood BY the
general public.
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

Columbia Heights man could hear the
steam racing through the radiators, but
neverless felt cold. Went down to the
cellar and found the Janitor imperson-
ating steam by tapping on the pipes
with a dollar watch. Jury out three
minutes. Justifable homicide
The Washington times., 1914-01-15

NJ. ChaplinsIl. the public procurator
of Kier. was created a knight OF the Or
der of st. Stanislaus of the first class
and appointed senator and pyiyy couu.
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-08
TINKER'S RELEASE
ONCE. SOLD FOR $3.50
~ lGiiies . Co. 1le5 Z. nGais -

The first time Joe Tinker was sold
by baseball club he went for $3.50.
That was seventeen years ago. Tinker
played all of the 1896 season with the
John Taylor's team. and THE close
OF said season Manager Eddie Oswald
disposed Of Joe for $3.50, to the Ha-
gan Tailors. both of the above hav-
ing been Kansas City amateur clubs.
1t was cream puffs and stick candy
for Oswald for a. few days, as at that
time there was no treasury among the
amateur ball teams beyond the gap
ing pockets of the managers Inc
Hagan Tailors won the championship
Of their league the year Tinker played
with them.
Joseph Bert Tinker, the most talked
of player In baseball today. was born
July q. 1850, at Muscotah, Kan. Joe
land his parents) moved to Kansas
City when Joe was very young, and he
used all OF his spare time in mas
coting" and playing with the scrub
teams of Armourdale.
In 1888 Tinker thought he had
reached the baseball heaven. when the
Schnelzers, q team that had regular
base The next year Tinker was with
a CO. operative team at Parsons. Kan.
and he considered himself lucky II
he made fifty cents week above
expenses One day the cooperative
team was beating Its way on freight
train to another town to play a. sche-
duled game, and when the con mo-
ticed his excess baggage he put sit
off the train The team diSbanded
right then and there.
After the club broke up Tinker re-
ceived an offer of $35 month and
board to go to Coffeyville, Kan, and
play IT was the first real money
Tinker had seen for months, and he
nearly tainted at the sight OF 1t. In
the fall OF that year the Kansas CITY
club came to Coffeyville on a barn
storming trip, and Billy Hulen, who
was managing the Kansas City lads,
recommended Tinker to some real
managers George Tebeau at that
time owned the Denver team, and he
decided to give Tinker a chance on
Hulen's recommendation. in 1900.
Tinker at that time was playing third
base, but when he reached Denver
ne was put on second and failed to
make good. He was released after
two months trial.
He then went to Great Falls, Mont.
and played second base we'll enough.
40 that he was sold fer s2ae TO Hell
ena, Mont, and he finished the season
there.
In 1901 Tinker went to Portland,
Ore, and played third base on the
team that won the championship OF
the Coast league that year. And 1t
was from Portland that he went to
the Chicago Nationals in the spring
OF 1909. Selee. then manager OF the
Cubs, tried Tinker out as shortstop.
and kept him there. where he de-
-. L. - Fl-nr~S
rank, and remained fixture with the
Elvers-to- Tinker-to-Chicago combina-
ton until 1919, when he managed the
Cincinnati club.