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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-THE
Southern cotton situation Is IL
nally working itself out on pure
ly business lines. The govern.
ment pool to carry the cotton
crop will hardly be needed. II
100000 could have been
raised more promptly, that is, i'm
mediately following the crisis
caused by the foreign war, many
Southern farmers would have re-
ceived relief by receiving actual
compensation for their labor in
raising the crop. The delay in
working out the so-called pool
really left the cotton situation
to be adjusted by economic laws
and in this situation the cotton
'fhfddleman. the bankers and tho
spectators have profited.
During the first months Of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
HUGE COTTON ORDERS WILL
go TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

war exports OF cotton were almost
entirely stopped. Lately the way
has been opened and during the
month of December exports OF
cotton amounted to 1,110,59h
bales, as compared with 1.230, 900
bales In December. 1913. For
the crop season the record Is -
444.133 bales, as compared with
5,l29,S10 bales In 1913.
The state department has been
communicating with the German
government, and our consul at
Berlin reports that Germany will
take 100000 bales from this
years crop If II can be delivered.
Anstria-Hungary reports willing
ness to take 100000 bales and Is
arranging credits to pay for II.
Russia and Italy are preparing
to take share. japan has been
buying literally.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
FOUR SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN FREE
Beue Business College College Puget sound Full
Semesrs instruction.

EDWARD II. TODD, President Col
lege of Puget Sound, writes:
The leading educators believe that
Christian education has a place in the
educational system of the state and ma
ton. 1t should be as clearly seen by
Christian people, that, having place. 1t
must attain to the educational ideals of
the day, and bring to those ideals its spe-
ciai message in order that 1t may sup
plement and assist state controlled insti-
tutlons in maintaining high ideals for
character. 1t will not do. therefore, for
US to attempt to maintain an institution
OF learning which Is not abreast OF the
times In equipment and faculty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

Holmes, matron tuberculosis hos
pital.
The following were retained In
their old positions: J. w. White,
purchasing agent; Perry Summer
field, superintendent county poor
farm; Miss Jurgeson, head nurse
county hospital; DR.. r. v. Kirk
wood, superintendent tuberculos-
is hospital; John Watkins, char
ity commissioner; L. l.. Dlnglc,
stenographer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
MR.. BEUTEL says:

MR.. BEUTEL says:
ITO OUR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS:
1--WE wish to state that our efforts in
your behalf, II anything, will be superior
to our work Of the past.
Educational methods are constantly
advancing, and we are not only keeping
abreast of the times, but are leaders in
Business Education.
"The additional receipts from our in
creased attendance have been used in
adding to our equipment, enlarging and
perfecting the various departments and
in securing greater number of high
grade instructors, each of whom is an
expert in his or her particular depart
ment."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
PAIN GONE! RUB
SORE, RHEUMATIC
ACHING JOINTS
Rub pain away with . small trial
bottle of old, penetrating
s.St. Jacobs OIL"
Stop dosing" Rheumatism.


Its pain only; not one case in
fifty requires internal treatment.
Rub soothing. penetrating st.
Jacobs OIL right on the tender
spot" and by the time you say
Jack Robinson-out comes the
rheumatic pein and distress. st.
Jacobs on Is harmless rheu-
matism liniment which never dis
appoints and doesn't burn the
skin, II takes pain, soreness and
stiffness from aching Joints, mus
cles and bones; stops sciatiea,
lumbago, backache and neuralgia.
Timber upl Get a small trial
bottle of old-time, honest st. Ja-
cob's Or from any drug store,
and In a moment you'll be free
from pains. aches and stiffness.
Don't suffer! Rub rheumatism
away.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
cENTRALIA. Jan. 12.-Fran

CENTRALIA, Jan. 12.-Frank
Lott. the vader 'spook dope
healer, to be tried in federal
court in Tacoma soon for the
second time for using the mails
for alleged fraud. is suffering
q severe attack of pneumonia.
He has been using his own REM
edy, but a physician was forced
upon him YESTERDAYS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10. -
That the recent uprising" of ma
tives in the Philippines is "only
the beginning of others, from
time to time. which will be
greater" is the prediction OF
Newton w. Gilbert, formerly vice.
governor of the islands, who re-
Gently arrived here from Manila.
Gilbert criticised the govern
ment policy, asserting that 1t has
led the Filipins TO believe we are
playing at government" with
the result that all the antipathies
existing among the natives have
been aroused.
1.-THE natives believe the gov
eminent weak" he said. Unless
a constructive government is again
placed in operation In the islands
favor the proposal that we with
draw from the Philippines. To re-
tain responsibility of govern
ment without exercising the pow
er. can lead to nothing but dis
aster."
Gilbert said he had no criti-
cism to make of the men who are
administering affairs in the ISL
ands. He said he believed they
had gone there ignorant of real
conditions and handicapped by
policies laid down at Washington.
- Ia4zs9a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
5 BOMBS FALL ON DUNkIRk

LONDON, Jen. 12.-German
aviators dropped five bombs in
Dunkirk Sunday, according to
morning papers here. killing six
persons in that town and others
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
RETROATlvE

Buteher-Well. yer know,
mum. meats very dear today.
Mrs. Gubbins-Ho. Then gim-
me a pound of yesterdays steak,
please.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
Start Alaska Road
Work Next Spring

WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.--Con-
struction of the government rail-
road In Alaska will begin next
spring. Engineers are soon to
report on the routes surveyed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

RENTON. Jan. 12.--Yeggmen
blew the safe In the Renton Lum-
Der company's office here yester-
day, despite the fact that there
was a notice on top OF the re-
ceptacle that the safe was UNI
locked. They secured few PEN
MES.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
Session Opens

SALEM, Ore. Jan. l2..-The
Oregon legislature convened at
1920 yesterday morning. S. b.
Huston was elected temporary
speaker, and w. #. Drager tenn
oorary chief clerk OF tho house.
enator Day was named tempo
rary president and John l.. Hunt
temporary secretary OF the SEN
ate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

Nomination blank and vote
coupon appears on another page.
Contestants and their friends
should turn In all votes bv Ian
nary 18th.
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in neighboring villages, 1t is said.
The raiders were greeted with n
heavy schrapnel fire and two OF
the aircraft were brought down.
II Is claimed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

A striking photograph Of the
ball-player evangelist I'm action,
taken during his recent fiery
speeches I'm Philadelphia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

Turn to the want ads, page @,
II will save you time and money.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
GOVERNOR BlEASE ROUTS
SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA

COLUMBUS. S. c., Jan. Ia
The organized militia of South
Carolina was disbanded by an or
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
HOW TO WIN A SCHOLARSHIP.

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02

been trained to run up and down be-
fore places which were being robbed.
The police then decided To watch the
dog. and swoopinG down suddenly one
night on the four footed lookout"
they caught he thieves at work.
There lived in Crawford. y. j., a dog
who could not only talk hut read a
newspaper as well. The dog. whose
name was Throgs, was the properly
of Miss Alice Lakey OF the New Jersey
state Food Commission and had the
regular job of gong 10 the newspaper
store every mornins for the family
paper He carried the coin wrapped
UP in paper, gave 1t to the newsletter,
got his paper and returned home with
1t in his mouth.
one morning the regular newsletter
was not present at the stand, hut
another person in the store slipped a
paper into Throgs's mouth. The dog
walked slowly out of the store To the
other side of the street, where he
dropped the paper and then thor
oughly scrutinizcd it. Convinced that
it was not the paper he was in the
habit of getting. he sat down and
waited until the newsdealer returned.
Then he walked back to the store, got
his regular paper and trotted home
with IL.
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has wrought in the city's correctional
institutions by separating youthful
offenders from hardened criminals and
incorrigibles. thus disrupting the
schools of crime that formerly turned
out appalling numbers Of young grad
yates in law breaking from the very
prisons that were meant to teach
obedience to the law.
Finished? Why, I haven't touched
upon Miss Davis's eminently wise and
saving separation of healthy prisoners
from those suffering from disease nor
OF any Of several equally humane and
practical innovations born of her cx-
perience as head of the Bedford Re-
formatory.
ITO illustrate" proceeded the
Mayor. drawing a diagram Of his
words in the air with an enthusiastic
index finger, women prisoners In the
penitentiary on Blackwell's Island
have been removed to the Queens
penitentiapy to make possible the
separation of the boy offenders here
from those old in crime who delight in
corrupting such good impulses as the
young prisoners may have brought
with them. Cells at the workhCuse
have been cleared Of the aged and
dccrepit to make temporary provision
for the isolation OF those suspected Of
using drugs"
Mr.. Mitchell thrust his thumbs deep
in his waistcoat pockets and took up
a tramp to and fro across the room.
"Finished?" he reiterated. Miss
Davis has by no means finished her
work Of efficiency. She has c1lenderod
an arduous Gurther programme for the
successful corrective and financial re-
form in her department" Here the
Mayor chuckled. in evident enjoyment
f happy secret.
why do you Smlle?" I asked po-
ltely.
Have you ever heard OF commits
sioner of anything at all who re-
organized his department with n lop-
ping off of millions from the estimated
cost Of proposed Improvements? he
laughed That is exactly the joke
Miss Davis has perpetrated upon the
future budget.
she has made estimates of the pro-
posed plant for the Department
Correction at New Hampton which
call FOR an expenditure Of $4,000 600 in
place of sl0,000,000 of previous csti-
mate, thus saving sS000.000 to tax
payers She has also formulated a
practical plan to make this depart
ment absolutely self-sustaining within
the next ten or fifteen years instead
Of costing the city $1,000. 900 per an
mum as at present
Efficiency? That is my official idea
Of feminine efficiency"
But Of course, your Honor" ! said
slyly as Secretary Theodore Rousseau
entered with an intimation that grave
matters f state demanded the Mayors
attention, "of course il Is r-e-a-l-l-y
your masculine support and Coopera-
tion that have made Miss Davis pos
sible as an example Of feminine etli-
Ciency?"
Under his august breath the Mayor
murmured something that sounded
Ike "oh. shucks."
As I bowed myself forth from the
official presence he turned with eager
warmth to Secretary Rousseau To- ask
the burning Clv.r question Il the huU".
Whats the score" he inquired.
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Modern Soldier Still Carries Heavy Load

ihalN, five shelter tent pins, on" pom
che trubher blanket, one pair shoes,
one housewife ,neodle and thread,
one overcoat. one intrenching tool.
These marching loads have varied
from 40 to 100 pounds in the past, and
weigh about the same now.
OF course, in going into act!ou
much Of this load is discarded, some
of il never to he possessed hy the
owner again. even though he escapes
the battle peril. In the old days
knapsaCks were always cast of 10y
seasoned troops, who grew calloused
as To the boarding up of little trim
scis and mcmcntos that 80 appeal 10
the amateur soldier. After "A battle
these discarded knapsacks might Ice
recovered. but il WAS not likely. Al
any rate, while another knapsack
might Ice issued. il would not II" III"
one possessed by the soldier before the
battle.
Whenever a new levy If troops
vas mustered in and arrived N 4
camp where veterans were stationed
the newcomers We're greeted with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02

teenth street near Second avenue one
afternoon when a fox terrier strolled
along and stopped to watch the boy.
Greatly to the boys astonishment the
dog suddenly said II want my
rights"
1t did not take long for the boy to
spread the news about the talking dog.
and finally it reached the newspap, RS.
\ reporter was sent to see the owner
of the dog, Fred Jackson Of 2il East
Fourteenth street. AlthougA tn re-
porter was sceptical when he entered
Cuteys home, he emerged convinC d
that II the dog did not actually speak
she made pretty good attempt.
1t took Cuteys owner three months
to teach her how to say Il want my
rights" He got The idea from observ-
ing the dog trying To repeat things
that were said to her. 1t was also
asserted by neighbors that Cutey was
able to say 81 will not" and Good
night. everybody"
4 dog named Rolf attracted much
attention in Berlin because of his
power to utter sounds which could he.
distinguished as words. This dog not
only could speak but he could spell.
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baleful gaze upon the hurrying time
piece and an imploring one upon his
Honor.
More than justified It," cried the
Mayor with emphasis. ITO make the
city's correctional institutions truly
reformatory, reformatory in the
strictest sense Of the word. institu-
tons that correct rather than con-
firm habits of crime. has been Miss
Davis's answering aim, and her work
in department that was formerly
VIGOROUSLY dormant and ineffective
suffices to illustrate feminine efficiency
at its best"
The Mayor banged his clenched fist
upon the desk with an emphasis that
imp rilled his watch as he took hrea h
and went on.
Nor is this ideal. already partially
realized. OF making our city prisons a
door of hope through which inmates
may escape to honest fields of work
and citizenship the only proof of con-
structive efficiency Miss Davis has
given as Commissioner Of Correction.
Just about a year ago, late in March.
1914. she instituted. in the face of
Ctopian impractcablivy of the idea.
the most interesting municipal expert
ment of recent years. This was the
establishment, as feature of our
correctional system. OF the New
Hampton Farms.
ITO farm Of 61O acres owned by
the city in Nv Hampton. Orange
county. she has transferred $50 boys
from the Harris Island reformatory
N NJ 1At NJ I,,t &c
with the result that 100 acres OF this
land has been ploughed and ninety
acres have be n planted and cultivated
by their labor. Oats, potatoes. peas,
beans and other food stuffs have been
harvested and an incalculable benefit
to the State has been rcaped in the
habits Of cheerful industry and inter-
est in healthful outdoor labor in
stilled into these young fellows who.
in the sad logic OF ordinary circum-
stance. seemed headed in vitah,y for
the downward s'ido Of criminal
career before Miss Davis's broadly
human and humane idea Of reform
took this practical splendid shape.
Efficiency? Yes, rather"
Down to my grave shall I go hug
gng a firm conviction that no time
piece In the whole created universe
ticks with such noisy insstence a.
does Mayor Mitchel's watch. with re-
lentless zeal that memorable monitor
had clicked Off the four minutes his
Honor had promised me. and still IL
went tick-tick ticking on. With utter
joy saw Mr.. Mitchel's hand reach out
and unconsciously replace the time OF
day in his waistcoat pocket. At least
IL he talked overtime. the watch would
not reproach him now.
And will the agricultural work con-
tinue tbs summer" / asked.
This summer and every summer as
long as the present administration has
any voice" cried the Mayor with en-
thusiasm. THE boys enjoy the work
and the spirit, the morale Of the insti-
tuition is excellent. But Miss Davis
will not be happy until the women OF
our city institutions are also removed
to New Hampton, and given a chanc,
to develop the best possibilities OF
their nature, under conditions as ra.
tional. as >alutary as those which hav,
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nsa ' on .h s Words of 'ns srm pfoe' as.
steadily lesscncd in weight
during the last fifty years, and while
constant attempts have been made in
other ways to tighten the soldiers
burden on march. il is nevertheless
n fact that the uniformed fighter ~ to-
day carries very Little If any less than
he did a generation or two ago. His
gun and bayonet and some other de-
tails Of equipment that had an exact
counterpart in the Old armies may
be lighter. but modern military neCes-
stiles have added to his carrying re-
quirements.
He must now face this marching
load: Magazine rifle, bayonct. s'ah-
hard, rife cartridge belt and fasteners,
rifle cartridge belt suspcnders, first
aid packet, Canteen. cantcon strap, set
of blanket. roll straps, hav"rsack
meat can (used as "A frying PAM, cup,
knife. fork, spoon, one shelter tent
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In fact. he attracted So much attention
that Prof Claparede of the department
OF experimental psychology of the Uni-
versity Of Geneva examined the dog
and pronounced him a wonder
The professor in order to avoid coll
fusion between the dog and his mis-
tress brought set of pictures along
with him which the dog had never
seen. one Of the pictures showed four
mice nihh!.ng at cheese. Without any
hesitation the dog spelled GU, words
which convinced Prof. Claparede that
Rolf knew what the picture was
Not long ago the police of Phila-
delphia made what they consd ered an
important capture in the form of
dog who was in league with a band OF
thieves. While this animal did some
petty thieving on his own account. he
was valuable 20 the thieves because of
his ability to talk" to them whenever
he saw policemen approaching. His
talk" consisted OF short harks which
the thieves understood perfectly.
Although the police were suspicious
of the owners of the dog, they could
never catch them in the act. Finally
it dawned on them that the dog had
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02

mock praise for their spCk and span
solderly appearance with special en-
phasis on How nice those KNAPP
sacks look" This time honurcd Re-
coptacle of everything soldier de
sired or hopcd To keep ever near him
is no longer reckoned in the latter
day, universal fighting equipment.
The Japanese soldier and the men #
some other armies carry a long sack
in which il is possible TO tie many
things the fighter needS-or thinks
lie nceds-until the weight suggests
a discard!ug.
During the Japanese Russian war
the infantrymen of Nippon carried
among other things a hemp hammock,
water bottle of aluminium a supply
Of rice in a grass box and "A copper
charcoal camp kettle Of IA patented
Kind that enabled water To he boiled
right in a gale of wind. While troops
on going into battle discard evcrythinE
not absolutely necessary To them for
the fight and are thus lightoncd up
some. they have To take on some
weight IN the place Of that rclin-
u!shed in the shape Of an extra num-
Der of cartridges.
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WOMANS EFFICIENCY in OFFICE PROVED, SAYS MAYOR
Great Advance in Making City Penal
Institutions Truly Reformatory
Laid to Her Untiring Efforts

missioner of Accounts. has been able
to furnish q much more scientific and
wholesome dietary for the inmates
of the city's institutions than they
have ever enjoyed before.
The best Of meats and vegetables
are now supplied milk is provided for
cereals. and cereals are served for
breakfast In all prisons. warehouses;
and reforma tories. and this has been
accomplished with far reaching results
in Its effect upon the health and
vigor Of inmates of the city's correc-
tive institutions, at an actual increase
of only $4,000 over the expenditures
for the previous year. Only $4,000
for this improved food, and with an
added average population of 500 per-
sons to feed daily in our institutions.
80 much" concluded the Mayor,
"for the question of domestic efficiency
and good housekeeping In the feeding
of the city's prisoners. AS for feminine
efficiency in what may be called the
moral and ethical phases Of correc-
tlonal work amazing things-unbeliev-
able things--have been done in the
line Of drug habit reform.
The anti-drug crusade Instituted by
the present administration against the
introduction of morphine, cocaine,
heroin and other habit forming mar
cotics into the city's penal institution
has under the vigorous prosecution of
the work by Commissioner Davis car
ried the drug evil aim st to the van
fishing point in the prisons in charge
OF the Department of Correction. The
4 ..T .,fs
officials for unlawfully supplying pris-
uners with such drugs and the re-
moval Of a number Of employees on
similar grounds has had a most salu-
tary effect; while Miss Davis's inau-
guration Of approved new methods
for the cure Of the sinister drug habit
has worked wonders in stamping out
the evil"
HAS there been any lack Of co.
operation ON the part Of men in office
with Miss Davis because Of her sex%'
] asked
The Mayor rubbed his chin with a
graveiy doubtful expression.
We'll, possibly the Commissioner
had some prejudlccs to overcome in
her earlier official work he admitted
but every man. no matter how deeply
ingrained are his departmental preju-
dlces. takes off his hat TO efficiency;
hearty cooperation by all the en-
ployees of the department has now be-
come a habit and a proud and splen-
did esprit de corps has developed
This loyalty to Miss Davis is little
short OF wonderful when one contrasts
IL with the sullen state of despair,
lethargy and dry rot which charac-
ter.zed the same department little
more than a year ago. Working con-
ditions in the Department Of Correc-
ton may he fairly characterized as
ideal"
DO you think that having created
such conditions in the routine Of her
department Miss Davis's work as an
executive cog in the wheel Of munich
pal machinery is at an end?" | asked
knew the question would stir the
Mayor up. and it did.
Finished" he Numbered. finished
Why. she has scarcely commenced.
haven't So much as mentioned tn,
efficiency Of the internal reforms sh,
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Dogs That Have Acquired the Art of Speech

4 pESrATCH from Scottsdale,
\ lH., recently printed in THE
SIS describe dog named
Woodrow Wilson that was said to be
able To- utter sounds which distinctly
resemble words. The dog is bull
terrier and was named Woodrow
Wilson because on the day of Presi-
dent Wilson's Inauguration he wan
d red into the home Of Miss Rose
Bonn, his owner.
HI does such feats in talking"
that J." is the wonder OF the town.
He answers questions promptly and
correctly. For instance. when he is
asked Whom do you love-" ne
promptly replies, My mamma"
Woodrow Wilson may he a remark
able dog. but there have been other
talking dogs brought to the attention
ot the public during tn last decade.
There was cut"y' Did you ever hear
OF her. We'll, her owner was positive
she could speak and many Of his
friends N'r" willing to Corroborat. his
enthusiastic statements.
Cutav'- ability as talking dog was
brought &. tn" attention of the public
N peculiar way. \ small boy was
playing with ball in East Four