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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-11
CITY RENTS SPANAWAY
TRACT AT So A YEAR

Although the council rescinded
today it's former action in CIV
ing A. Waldneck, a Spanaway
poultryman, permission to buy a
3 N acre tract of the city's at
Spanaway, it today voted to al
low the rancher to rent the
tract for IS year. He will
escape all payment of taxes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-11

have sold 100000, 900 feet to the
Atlantic seaboard last year, as
soon as the Panama canal was
opened"
Members of the commission
gave no indication whether they
believed they could recommend
the formation of a foreign ship
ping trust. 1t is a principle as
vet untried in American business.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-11
HIGHER
RATES

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Aug. IL.
The interstate commerce COM
in a second decision con-
corning the request of the West
ern railroads for 20 per cent.
general increase in freight rates
today confirmed the increase on
some rates, but not all. Sept. 80
is the date for the new rates to
be effective
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-11
Kaiser
Feared
Bombs

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 1.-THE
fear that he would be killed by
mines planted for his benefit in
the public places Of Warsaw pre-
vented the kaiser from entering
the city at the head of the Ger
man army, it was learned today.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
WASHINGTON.

The United States government has
sent warning to Gen. Venustiano
Carranza pointing out that serious
consequences may follow" his threat
ened confiscation Of foreign-owned oil
plants in Tampico.
Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page at
Rome cabled the State Department he
estimated the number killed by the
earthquake in Italy at from 1900 to
$4,000 and the seriously injured at
about as many more.
Vice Governor Henderson B. Martin
of the Philippines sounded a warning
against possible American exploitation
of those islands at dinner given in
his honor by Resident Commissioners
Quezon and Earnshaw.
Lifting of the livestock foot and
mouth disease quarantine in many
counties of Indiana. Kentucky and
New York was announced by the De-
partment of Agriculture.
Senatar Smoot asked President VIII
son to include Salt Lake City in the
itinerary of his return trip from the
San Francisco Exposition in the spring
A similar request has been made for
Detroit.
The postoffice has issued warning
to the public against sending first
class letters for 2 cents to English
provinces outside of the British Isles.
Destination to which the 2-cent rate
applies are the Bahamas, Canada,
Cuba, Mexico, Republic of Panama,
Newfoundland, the Canal zone, Ger
many. England. Scotland, Wales and
Ireland, and the city of Shanghai,
China.
Thirty state governors elected at
the last elections began their terms OF
office with the opening of the New
Year.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
w ERN.

Duluth bakers have reduced the size
of bread loaves an ounce.
Among the pets shown at the Great.
er Chicago Poultry Show was a de-
odorized skunk named Jerry" alias
"sachet kitten"
Toney Dolly Mcbride of British Co
lumbia, Canada. has written officials
in Chicago to find thirty wives, for
himself and "twenty-nine other bach
elors."
John NJ. Webster. pioneer railroad
man of the west and father of Frank
l.. Webster of Denver. died at the
home of his sister in Waterloo, n. Y,
aged seventy-five years.
Dan Barber, his son Jesse, and Bar
ber's two married daughters. Eula and
Ella Charles; negroes, were taken from
the Jasper county Jail at Monticello
Ca, by mob, and lynched.
Bank bandits shot and killed Robert
Moore, deputy sheriff, and danger
ously wounded two members of
posse, escaping with $4,000 from the
Bank of Terlton. Okla.
The Prairie Pipe Line Company with
a capital of S27 900, 900, organized to
take over the transportation property
of the Prairie Oil and Gas Company.
was granted a charter by the Kansas
charter board at Topeka.
Bakers and retailers decided at To
ledo, Ohio. to cut one ounce from
each loaf of bread and charge l cent
more for loaf which sold originally
at 5 cents. The action was due to the
advance in the price of wheat.
A model postoffice will be main
tanned for the convenience of visitors
and exhibitors in the Palace of Mines
and Metallurgy at the Panama-Pacifio
International Exposition, according to
an announcement made by postal au-
thorities.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
GAS, DYSPEPSIA
AND INDIGESTION
"Pape's Diapepsin" settles sour
gassy stomachs in Five
minutes-Time 1t!

You don't want slow remedy when
your stomach is bad-or an uncertain
one-or harmful one-your stomach
is too valuable; you mustn't injure it.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief; its harmless
ness; its certain unfailing action in
regulating sick, sour, gassy stomachs.
Its millions of cures in indigestion.
dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach
troubles has made it famous the world
over.
Keep this perfect stomach doctor in
your home-keep it handy-get large
fifty-cent case from any dealer and
then If anyone should eat something
which doesn't agree with them; if
what they eat lays like lead, ferments
and sours and forms gas; causes head
ache, dizziness and nausea; eructa-
tions of acid and undigested food
remember as soon as Pape's Diapepsin
comes in contact with the stomach all
such distress vanishes. Its prompt
ness, certainty and ease in overcoming
the worst stomach disorders is a reve-
lation to those who try it.-Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D DIN G .. ACHIEVE
MENTS, suFFERINGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
ABOUT THE WAR.

The forces of the Union of South
Africa have occupied Swakopmund'
German Southwest Africa.
Advices from Berlin say that the
121st casualty list affecting the Prus-
sian army. brings the total of killed.
wounded and captured up to S4O,343.
The Cairo correspondent of the Lon
don Daily News says it is virtually
certain that Turkey has decided to
make what he terms a rash attempt
to invade Egypt.
Pope Benedict has opened negotia-
tions with representatives of the ma
tions at war with view to procuring
an extension of the agreement for the
exchange of wounded prisoners.
The violent German attack to the
north of Soissons, under the direction
of General Won Kluck, which, coupled
with a flood stage of the river, has
forced the French back across the
Aisne.
The British claim to have won a
marked success several days ago near
La Bassee, when they drove the Ger
mans from strongly intrenched posi-
tions. gaining one mile in distance and
inflicting severe losses on their an
tagonist.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
FREE FROM DANDRUFF
Girls! Beautify Your Hair! Make It
Soft. Fluffy and Luxuriant-Try
the Moist Cloth.

Try as you will, after an application
of Danderine, you cannot find single
trace of dandruff or falling hair and
your scalp will not itch, but what will
please you most, will be after few
weeks use, when you see new hair,
fine and downy at first-yes-but real
ly new hair-growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bles the beauty of your hair. No differ
ence how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. The effect is i'm
mediate and amazing-your hair will
be light. fluffy and wavy, and have an
appearance of abundance; an incom-
parable luster, softness and luxuri-
ance, the beauty and simmer of true
hair health.
Get 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store and prove
that your hair is as pretty and soft
as any-that it has been neglected or
Injured by careless treatment-thats 8
all. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR
DARKENS YOUR GRAY HAIR
Look Years Younger! Try Grandma's
Recipe Of Sage and Sulphur and
Nobody viii Know.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded. streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff. itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make it at home, which is
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Hair Remedy" You will get a
large bottle for about so cents. Every
body uses this old, famous recipe, be-
cause no one can possibly tell that
you darkened your hair, as it does it
so naturally and evenly. You dampen
a sponge or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at a time; by morn
ing the gray hair disappears, and
after another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark, thick
and glossy and you look years younger.
Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
MOTHER! LOOK At
CH|LD'S TONGUE
If cross, feverish, c0nstipated,
give "California Syrup
of Figs"

A laxative today saves sick chic
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty then
bowels, which become clogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour.
Look at the tongue. mother If coat
ed. or your child is listless, cross, few
erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat
heartily, full of cold or has sore throat
or any other children's ailment. give
teaspoonful of California Syrup OF
Figs" then don't worry. because II is
perfectly harmless. and in few hours
all this constipation poison, sour bile
and fermenting waste will gently
move out of the bowels, and you have
a well. playful child again. A thor
ough inside cleansing" is ofttimes all
that is necessary. 1t should be the
first treatment given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle OF
California Syrup of Figs" which has
full directions for babies. children OF
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21

tions. l had fainting spells, bloated,
and could hardly stand the pain in my
left side. My husband insisted that 1
try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and am so thankful l did.
for am now a well woman. l sleep
better, do all my housework and take
long walks. I never fail to praise Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for
my good health. Mrs. ]. M. REscH,
1900 West Broadway, Louisville, KY.
Since we guarantee that all testino-
malls which we publish are genuine, is it
not fair to suppose that if Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has the
virtue to help these women it will help
any other woman who is suffering in .
like manner2
If you are i'll do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Write to Lydia f. Pinkham
Medicine Co., (c0nfldentiaD Lynn,
Mass. Your letter viii be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
FOREIGN.

A new Swedish loan amounting 10
50,0t0,000 francs ts10.00O.0 .0OO), Will Do
issued in a few days.
1t was made known in Madrid that
Queen Victoria of Spain is confined 10
her apartments with scarlet fever
The death was announced in Lon
don of Vice Admiral Sir George s.
Mares, R. N, retired. He was born in
1881.
Conservative estimates place the
number of dead in the italian earth
quake at from $4,000 to $4,000. The
injured number at least 10000.
Alfred Deakin, former prime minis
ter of Australia, will sail for the
United States, to act as Australias
chief representative at the Panama
Pacific Exposition.
A group of New York bankers, in
cluding ]. P. Morgan & Co, have
agreed to loan the Russian govern
ment 100000, according to an ofii'
cial announcement.
The American steamer Edward
Pierce, which left New York for Co
penhagen Nov 25 and reached Fal'
mouth Dec. IA, was detained five days
because the destination of her cargo
OF oil was questioned.
Miss Elizabeth Reid Rogers, daugh'
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Reid
Rogers of Washington, ID. c., was
married in Trinity church, in Berlin
to Prince Christian of Hesse. The
Prince is nephew of the German En-
press and is a captain in the German
navy.
The toll of dead and injured in the
great earthquake that swept over Cen
trail and Southern Italy has not yet
been made up, but all advices reaching
Rome indicate the ever-growing extent
of the disaster. Towns with thousands
of inhabitants have been overthrown,
and from some of these come details
which show an immense loss of life.
The estimates Thursday night were at
least $4,000 casualties. with 10000
dead. There are several sections
which undoubtedly felt the earth
quake in full measure, from which nc
estimate can be obtained. In the an
cient territory of Marsi, which in
cludes Avezzano, the victims are
placed at 10000. Only a small min
ority is left of the inhabitants OF
Avezzano, who numbered approximate
ly 10000. Fifteen other towns and
villages In that section have been
laid waste. King Victor Emmanuel
was on the scene at Avezzano. and
10000 soldiers have been dispatched
to the various centers where the
force of the disturbance was greatest
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
GEN ERAL.

Mrs. Mary Copley II. Thaw arrived
at Manchester, n. H., to visit her sor
Harry X. Thaw.
A bill to make Alabama a prohibl.
ton state after June 80, 1915, was
passed by both houses of the Legisla
ture.
Edward de Forest Smith. wealthy
eide at New York after shooting and
probably fatally wounding his wife,
Elizabeth Ryder Smith, in her moth
ers apartments in Harlem.
The wealthiest land owner in the
limits of the municipal jurisdiction
according to report by Controller
Prendergast, is the city of New York
The assessed valuation of the city's
holdings is s1,447 ,547, ,S69, of which 81,
1923, ,491,3 1860 is within the city limits.
The home of ]. p Faucette, MayoI
of Argenta. the town just across the
river from Little Rock, Ark, was
partly wrecked by dynamite. The
house was deserted, as the mayor, ac
companied by his family. went to Hot
SIl ilSS lOi MS hedlti Two WeehS aSo
Mrs. Richard G. Oglesby, widow OF
the wartime governor of Illinois, is re
covering from severe attack of ap
pendicitis in Chicago.
Mrs. Thomas Middleton stopped in q
trolley car to pick up her purse. Her
false teeth slipped back in her throat
ard she choked to death.
Secretary Houston of the Depart
ment of Agriculture took an optimistic
view of the future of American agri.
culture in an address at Topeka, Kan.
before the State Board of Agriculture,
in which he strongly urged early en-
actment of rural credits legislation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
BIG EATERS HAVE BAD
KIDNEYS AND BACkACHE
Take Glass Of Salts at Once " Your
Back Is Hurting or Kidneys and
Bladder Trouble You.

The American men and women must
guard constantly against Kidney trou-
BILE. because we eat too much and all
our food is rich. Our blood is filled
with uric acid which the kidneys
strive to filter out. they weaken from
overwork, become sluggish; the elimi-
native tissues clog and the result is
kidney trouble. bladder weakness and
n general decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps
OF lead; your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night; II you suffer
with sick headache or dizzy. nervous
spells, acid stomach, or you have rheu.
matism when the weather is bad. get
from your pharmacist about four
ounces OF Jad Salts: take table
spoonful in glass of water before
breakfast for few days and your kid
neys will then act fine. This famous
salts Is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice, combined with lithia,
and has been used for generations to
flush and stimulate clogged kidneys;
to neutralize the acids in the urine SO
it no longer is a source of irritation,
thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in.
jure, makes a delightful effervescent
Whitewater beverage, and belongs in
every home, because nobody can make
a mistake by having a good kidney
flushing any time.-Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
CARA New President of Mexico.

Mexico City.-Gen. Rogue Gonzalez
Cara, one of Gen. Villas principal of
ficers, was named provisional presi,
dent of Mexico by the conveitnon in
session here, over which he has pre-
sided The former provisional presi'
dent of Mexico by the convention in
Gems Blanco. Robles and Jose Vascon.
celos, left Mexico City for Pachuca.
Martial law has been declared by Gen
Garza and the city is being 9atrollod
by mounted police
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
SPORT.

The Western baseball league sche
ule was announced in Chicago. The
season will start April % and close
Sept. 9. There will be 154 games
played instead OF 16S.
Norris l., O'Neill, president OF the
Western league, issued n call for o
meeting of his magnates to adopt
154-game arrangement. The meeting
will take place in Chicago on Feb. 5.
Jim Flynn, the Pueblo fireman
broke his left wrist, and Al Reich, for
mer national amateur heavyweight
champion, sprained his right wrist in
their ten.round bout in Brooklyn. MY
Johnny Thompson. n veteran light.
weight pugilist, known to followers oi
the ring as the Sycamore Cyclone, was
appointed chief of police at Sycamore
III. his home town. The appointment:
is for one year.
The football games of the University
OF Colorado netted the treasury of the
associated students s6S2.07 for the sea
SEE just closed, according to report
of the general manager, Alva A. Pad
dock at Boulder
Charles T. Crocker. chairman of the
golf committee of the Panama-Pa
cific International exposition an
nounced at San Francisco a tentative
schedule of events for 1915. The con
tests will begin on April 10. with the
mems amateur championship match
and continue until the latter part oi
May.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21

me again. l used three boxes. That
is now three years ago and my Back
ache has not returned in its severity,
and by using another two boxes a lit
tie later on. the pain left altogether
and have had no trouble since. YOU
may use my statement. l recommend
Dodd's Kidney Pills when and wher
ever / can" Dodd's Kidney Pills, SOC
per box at your dealer or Dodd's Medi
cine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
TURKS LOSE $4,000 MEN.
Siavs Move on German Border az
Kaiser Fights for Warsaw.

Petrograd, Jan. 1S.-The following
report received from Tiflis indicates
that $4,000 men have been lost by the
Turks.
The Army of the Caucasus has Gov
cred it's flags with glory by fresh
heroic exploit. having completely ami
hilated the Eleventh Turkish Army
Corps of 10000 men, with the eXcep
ton of several insignificant elements
which are fleeing in disorder. We have
captured all the artillery of this corps.
Near KaraUrgan we also annihil'
ated the Fifty-second Turkish regi
ment and captured 5000 prisoners and
10000 cattle from other regiments as
the retreat began"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
Unnecessary Effort.

His Wife-This paper says an army
of 100, 900 men has wrecked a railroad
in Belgium.
Railroad Magnate-What waste OF
energy! A board of five directors
could have done it just as thorough
ly.-Life.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21

Its last stages, j
tried Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills. After
using two boxes ]
was somewhat re.
lieved and / stop.
ped the treatment.
In the spring OF
the next year ]
had another at
tack 7 went for
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
WOMAN REFUSES
OPERATION
Tells How She Was Saved
by Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Louisville, Ky think if more suf-
ferinR women would take lydia E.

'Pinkham's Vegeta-
Bile Compound they
would enjoy better
health. / suffered
from a female trou-
BILE, and the doctors
decided 1 h a d a
humorous grow t h
and would have to
be operated upon,
but l refused as l do
not believe in opera
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21

London.-While the main Russian
army has been busy repelling what
Grand Duke Nicholas in his official re
port describes as series of violent
attacks by Field Marshal Won linden
burg to break his way through to
Warsaw, other Russia. forces have
stormed and taken Kirlibaba Pass on
the borders of Transylvania.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
Not Supplying the Two.

The Angry One-For two cents I'd
knock your block or
The Calm One-Well. you won't get
your working capital from me.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
Good Advice,

so you want TO be somebody, do
you? There's only one way you will
ever make a noise in the world"
What is that"
Join q brass band"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21

Ten smiles for nickel. Always buy Red
Cross Bag Blue; have beautiful clear
white clothes. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
The Chances.

DO you think the chances of the
hobble skirt are promising"
Il think they are very slim"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21

Every girl VOWS when she marries
that she will not stand for neglect
from her husband the way her poor
old mother does.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets

A guaranteed remedy .or Colds and
La Grippe. Price Csc of your druggist
It's good. Take nothing else.-Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21

India in 1918 sent to the Unitec
States 163 students. and China sem
594.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
THE PROFESSORS STATEMENT.

Prof. Aug. F. w. Schmitz, Thomas,
Okla, writes: II was troubled with
Backache for about twenty-five years.
When told l had Bright's Disease in
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21

Be happy Use Red Cross Bag Blue
much better than liquid blue. Delight
the laundress. All grocers. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21

A new coffee strainer can be fas-
tened inside any pot by wires inserted
in the spout
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21

Being sorry for yourself doesn't en-
list the sympathy of your neighbors
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
Important to Mothers

What has become of the old-fash-
Toned man who used to predict the
weather with a goose bone?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Rye Remedy for Red Weak; ,a Wa,ery y,i
Just Eye comfort Write for Book of the Eye
by mail Free Murine kye Remedy Co. Chicago
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21
1he Soft Coal oue.tion.

rs she blonde or brunette?"
Il don't know; I met her in Pitts
burgh. h."-Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-01-21

Man is made of dust-which may ac-
count for his wanting the earth.