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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-10
MODERN HOME

7-room, gas, electric lights, por-
celain plumbing, on paved streets,
fine location, close in on terms and
price to suit you. Place for ma
chine. 1717 So. Sth. Look at ii and
see II we can't agree on price and
terms IL you want n nice home.
Call Main 9213 at p. m.
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LEGAL NOTICES.


structing cement concrete sidewalks
on Adams Street from North 9th
street to South 18th Street, in Local
Improvement District No. 952 ac-
cording to plans and specifications
on file in the office of the Commits
sioner of Public Works.
Amount of bond required will he
the same as contract price.
Proposals must be made on print
ed form furnished by said Commits
sioner and accompanied by certified
check for five per cent. of the
amount of proposal, made payable
to the order of the Clerk of the
Commissioner of Public Works.
Work to be commenced within 10
days after signing contract.
Work to be completed within 30
days after signing contract, but IL
said work be not completed within
80 days after signing of contract,
said contract shall become void as
per specifications.
The successful bidder shall agree
to accept, at par, in payment of said
supplies and work, any and all of
the bonds Issued in pursuance of
Ordinance No. 61T2 and shall have
no claim whatever on account there
of against the City of Tacoma ex-
cept solely upon such bonds and
solely from the special assessment
made and special fund by said Ordi-
nance created.
The Commissioner reserves the
right to reject any and all of the
bids.
OWEN WOODS,
Commissioner of Public Works.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-10

FOR SALE-2 acres at Kapowsin,
partly cleared, 4-room house. 1t
ive-year-old fruit trees, some small
fruit, chicken coops, other build
ings. Madison 756. w. b. Wartenbe
Route 4, Box 81.
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SUPERFLUOUS hair, moles, remov-
ed permanently without scars By
Mrs. Ruggles. References. COS FL
deity Bldg. Main 1880.
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BARGAINS

IL highly improved lots, with i'm
provements In and paid, with good
7-room house basement; on car
line. This property Is worth $10,-
600, but party will sell for $4,000
on terms. Let us show 1t to you.
go acres. all in crop. with IA head
of stock, with good buildings, Lewis
County; will take small tract of
acreage up to $4,000 op $4,000 or city
property. little cash. This Is a snap.
20 acres, is improved, buildings
fair, all good soil, 4 miles from
Olympia. Price $4,000. Will take
home in city up to $4,000; terms on
balance.
What have you In a 5-passenger
car for $500 cash?
What have you to trade for good
roOming house?
We have what you want and
where you want It.
DUFF-LYON co.
206-7 Bankers Trust Bldg.
Mns.,
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A paying ranch, with good build
ings 20 head of cattle. team, hogs.
poultry, machinery, plenty of hay
for winter for all the stock Lo-
Gated not far from Tacoma, on good
road. What have you to trade?
Apartment house preferred as part
payment. Add. HIS, or phone Main
1881.
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FOR SALE or rent broom houses
within 10 minutes walk from car.
!. Inquire Mrs. r. 8. Austin, Parkland
J. Wash.
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FIVE ROOM cottage, bath, plast-
cred. electric lights and gas, barn,
all city improvement 1h lots, 2
blocks to car; sell at $3.50, terms
like rent. H-1, Times.
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HELP--MALE

WANTED-Team to haul single
bolts. HOwell-Hill Mill Co., 500
Bank California bldg.
ATTENTION-Aren, free coffee and
cake with rooms, 15c. 20c and 25c.
The Henry George, 104 So. 18th st.
New management.
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PERSONAL

COLDER, palmist. can be consulted
daily from 10 a. m. to D. m. at
411h 18th ST., city.
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4FFEFESll!!

r. i. REDS, Is laying hens and 81
springers, SIS; also saddle, SIS. c.
+. Kelley Pae. ave. and Parker
Madison 107-J1.
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ELECTRIC treatment. Hair and
Scalp Specialists. The Richmond,
1144 g st.
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HOUsEK'P'G ROOMS

z-HOoM furnished suites, So to s..
1l02 So. j st. Call at 11Os So. I st.
HOUSEKEEPING and single rooms
$50 week up. Michigan Hotel
Main 5s26. 2305h Pacific av.
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WANTED - One intelligent man
who 10 working or intends to
work In any camp or mill in South.
western Washington. A chance to
mako good side money during spare
time. Write r. @. Smith. Box l143.
Tacoma. Wn. :,
WANTED live boys can make 81
q day. Call IL o'clock. Times Of
flee. Ask for Burk
EXPERIENCED newspaper solicit
ors wanted for r. r. d. and COM
try soliciting. Apply r. q. Smith.
The Times. Tacoma. wn.
LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES, want.
ed In every town and on every r.
+. ID. route In Southwestern Wash
ington. to take care of our sub
scriptions. Experience not neces.
sary. All or part Of time. Write
or see r.. @. Smith. care The TimeA
Tacoma. wn.
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RANCH TRADE

206-7 Bankers Trust Bldg.
Main 1926.
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Dated at City Hall August All
1915.
August s, 6, 7, 0, 10 1915.
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WANTED-TO BORROW

WANTED-To borrow $1,000 or
$500 for 2h years on North End
property: value $1,000; no commits
sion. CT. Times.
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MUSICAL INST. REPAIRING
T. r.. BARKS. musicians' supply
and repair shop. Room SIT Prov
ident Bldg.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-25
The Joys Of Sing Sing.

Thomas Mott Osborne's policy of giving the
prisoners of Sing Sing good time has been up
held by the authorities of New York. and it is
about time that the ordinary people made ready
TO accept the program. The lesson taught is that
il you tired of earning an honest living, just
steal something and get a comfortable berth in
the palace on the Hudson. When you get there
you won't have to think OF how you are going
to get your breakfast where you going to
sleep. Mr.. Osborne has the whole thing mapped
out in magnihcently philanthropic. humani-
tartan way, to avoid injuring the feelings of the
man who has killed his mother or the thief who
has purloined the largest part of the funds of
a small country bank. OF course there is moth
ing like giving chance, even two or three
chances if he wants them, and there is nothing
out of the way in making the thief and the
murderer think that they jolly good fellows
because by treating them well they may wake up
some day to express their sorrow for the short
comngs of the past. There is another advantage,
also, and that is that when the thug gets out
and again has his liberty he will be able to teIl
his erstwhile companions what a beautiful time
he had the river and encourage them to
godly tricks for the purpose of securing place
in the home of the righteous. Compared with
ordinary business Sing Sing is cnch, and if
the present popularity of the place increases in
simple ratio, there will be demand for seats at
applicants for honors in the stock exchange. We
heard of man like Mr.. Osborne. who lived 1000
years ago. Such will exist 1000 years hence.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-25
Russian Antipathy to Water.

Russia, according to report from Nladivos
tock has gone back to the old national drink,
kvass which first made 1000 years ago. 1t
is fermentation of black bread with yeast, and
in the Nladvostock report is called near beer
1t may be to Russians who have always been
known the greatest lovers of strong drink in
the world; but if the near beer sold in Washing
ton resembles the kvass of Russia, the investiga-
ton to determine its temperance qualities is
timely We have had many euogies the Cars
prohibition decree, which has been represented as
having made Russia sober, but told that the
Russian will not drink water. He never has, and
he among the first to discover how to make
both fermented and distilled beverages. The Tar
tars began with the fermentation of mares milk
and Marco Polo described this drink as varying
in degrees of alcohol as it was refermented to
suit the taste and secure the effect desired The
Siberians learned to ferment their stale black
bread. made from barley, and it beer or
full beer whisky they chose to make it.
1t is only question Of degree. people who
have been devoted to vodka, crude alcohol
made from potatoes, and with Unborn preju-
dice against water. SOLDERING up kvass, may
cal! it what they please and make it what they
will.
But there are other reports coming from other
parts of Russia which indicate that the Cars pro-
hibitlon decree has had other effects than So
briefly. The people have taken to wood alcohol,
have extracted alcohol from commercial varnsh,
and have made their Installations and fer
mentations from corn, wheat. rye. potatoes forage
and forest and varieties of moonshne are
said to be produced in Russia than anywhere else
in the world for the Russian will not drink water
With all the conflicting reports from Russia,
and they conflicting regarding prohibition
as they regarding the military campaign of
Russia, it is perhaps just well to wait until the
war is over before we take Russia as a model in |
either drinking fighting. Men of other coun-
tries fairly well acquainted with the brews and
Installations of the rest of the world have always
advised the prospective visitor to Russia to take
his own tipple with him because, in the land of
the Gar. the mldest beverage would burn up !
the stomach of any but native. Since prohibi. |
ton in Russia does not mean water as beverage
the coldwater enthusiasts. cannot very well adopt
the Russian temperance drinks without trying
them and that has been described as dangerous
by all the explorers Of Russia from Marco Polel
to George Kennsn.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-25
Some One Guilty at Chicago.

In such year of horrors as this the Chicago
River catastrophe of yesterday, which in few
minutes snufed out the lives of 1000 pleasure
seekers, most of them probably, women and chill
dren, strikes the heart of the nation such para
lying blow dealt by the of the Cen
cral Slocum holocaust of dozen years ago and the
Titanic disaster of 1912 1t is possible to view
this awful tragedy and Chcagos grief as but an
addition to the worlds growing burden of sorrow,
because in Europe every day that passes more
lives than lost at Chicago are being deliber-
ately sacrificed in the dreadful business of killing
in which men engaged.
Yet, the Chicago horror is not to be dismissed
as accident, because there is every evidence
of guilt as red almost the guilt of those who
brought about the European war. Some one
among the owners of the steamer Eastland or in
the corps of government steamboat inspectors
must have known that the vessel, loaded she
was and under such circumstances, was liable to
capsize. Every one possessing such knowledge
deserves punishment for a degree of murder. Ig-
norant of the conditions, they cupable in
less degree, but none the less deserving of
punishment. The Eastland almost capszed
heavily loaded with human freight eight years ago
and last spring was remodeIed and is supposed to
have been inspected last June. Yesterday, with
nearly 5000 passengers on board the ship listed
broke from her dock moorings, drifted out into the
stream and overturned. These are the facts which
forebode disclosures as damnng those which
resulted from the investigation of the Slocum holo
caust when lead was found in the life preservers
An aged man has only recently finished the term
he served in the penitentiary for culpability in
this nearest parallel in recent years to the Chi
cago disaster.
There will be prompt and thorough investiga-
ton and the truth will be revealed. Some one is
guilty of sheer indifference to the danger in which
thousands of lives were deliberately placed, of
criminal negligence or OF something worse and
must be punished to the extent of the lasv.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-25
Nonsense in Nations Statutes;
Politicians Menace Prosperity

sightedness, with scrupulous attention
to it's symmetry. with sleepless regard
to collateral detail in the form of
auxiliaries, etc?
And our army. Pork barrel con-
siderations. of course. have never en-
tered into its handling?
No, the record scarcely commends
the politicians as the right parties to
show American manufacturers and
other business men how to conduct
their affairs.
The signs multiply that the electo-
rate are reaching this conclusion.
More nonsense is to be found in
this country's statutes than in the
statutes Of all other nations COM
bined.
Not one law in ten is enforced.
The result is that the public inev-
itably contract contempt for law.
That a new chapter in law making
is about to be opened is coming to be
widely believed. The public show
symptoms of impotence with perpetual
meddling and muddIing.
Politics have held the center of the
stage and ELECTED the loudest ap-
plause.
Is business now to come to the
front and win popular favor?
Too many people who have asked
bread during the last year or two
have been given a stone. What is
wanted now is not politics. but peace
and prosperity.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-25
A Book by John D. Barry.

The City Of Domes," by John ID. Bar
~, published by John ]. Newbegin, San
Francisco. Is just the kind OF book that
the visitor to the Panama-Pacific Inter
national Exposition will wish to have.
Mr.. Barry has had very original idea
in making the main feature consists Of
a walk around the courts and the pal
aces with an architect. Whether the
architect is a real person or not Is of
no Importance. The chances are that
he consists of several architects init
mately associated with the construction.
For in every line the talk shows a close
understanding of what was done and
how and why 1t was done. The explana-
tons are all clear and natural. They
are just what you would be likely to
hear IL you had the privilege of walking
about with one of the exposition builders.
The other features are worked out with
the same simplicity. For example, the IL
Illustrations, between nifty and sixty In
number. are provided not merely with
captions but with explanatory para
graphs Just to look over these pictures
and to read the paragraphs 10 to acquire
considerable knowledge. Then. too. there
10 an introduetion which tells OF the ex-
positions growth and purpose. The most
remarkable feature OF all consists Of the
two lists. given In q kind Of shorthand.
very cieverly expressed. OF the features
one ought to notice BY day and by night.
This list alone makes the book most
serviceabie-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-25
War and Peace and the
OBLIGATION of the u. S.

/ A strong man has seldom been more
needed. Fortunately we have a strong
man. 1t may be best for US to enter
the war, or to stay out. All depends
on Germany. In any case few Ameri-
cans. and those either partisans or
grown-up boys. will wish us to en-
ter in any except the gravest and
stand to the limit behind such an I'M
dertaking. 1t would be luke-warm be-
hind Thereafter or grandstand player
The leaders of the opposition are
making what trouble they dare. Mr.
Hearst Is trying to hold his German
readers and advertisers without los
ing those who sympathize with the al
lies. and Of course his bitter hatred
Of the President influences all he says.
Congressman Mann. the Republican
leader, has barked because the Presf-
dent was in his opinion too aggres-
sive. Col. Roosevelt, the Bull Moose
leader. declares on the other hand that
Mr.. Wilson Is a second Buchanan! The
country understands, and will stand
firm behind the government.
No partisan can convince the nation
that the President Is anything but
powerful in thought, principle, and
will. The likeness to Buchanan would
make an owl laugh. Some strong men
require no noise to support their
strength. Matthew Arnold said:
Calm is not life's crown. though
calm is we'll"
In times of turmoil and temptation
calm is a necessary part of the crown.
In management during a world-con-
fagration, possession of oneself is in
the ruler a quality second to none
He that is slew to wrath is Of great understand
ing; but no that 10 hasty of spirit exalteth folly
Courage and brains are twin necessi-
ties. but without calm there is no
leadership.
Harper's Weekly is not for peace at
any price. Far from 1t. We are for
peace as long as that peace can be
founded on spiritual strength. We
are for pacifism, but not for fat and
pacinsm. For reasons in
which the United States has no part
Europe is now in a struggle Of unex-
ampled dreadfulness. As to the desira-
BILE outcome of that struggle we have
no doubt. The triumph of the organ
lied. calculated force of Germany over
the rest of the worlds acceptance of
the status quo is something we simply
cannot contemplate. The sinking of
the Lusitania and of the smaller ships
is not to be seen apart from the in
vasion of Belgium. the initiation of the
plan of sowing floating mines on the
high seas, the bombarding of unforti-
fed towns. the attempt to keep Bel
GUM cowed and Holland timid by
frightfulness. 1t is all a
of the theorem that I'll
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-25
SAVING MOUNT VERNON.
Historic Site Prevented from Slid
ing Into the Potomac.

.Ius hnto tne fOtOm0C.
The high blur on which stands Mount
Vernon. the home of our first President,
has for years been in danger of grad
ually sliding into the Potomac This
danger became acute few years ago
when II was discovered that a new land
slide was beginning that threatened to
destroy the broad lawn in front Of the
mansion, II not the foundations Of the
mansion itself, and engineering work. re-
Gently completed. was begun at that time
to save the historic site from further
damage. The ground slopes from the
mansion to the edge of the bluff and from
this point drops steeply for 100 feet or
more. to the edge of the Potomac. The
river at this point Is wide tidal estuary
and the action of the waves has caused
a steady erosion at the foot OF the blum.
Underlying the blum are strata of sand.
clay. and soft sandstone, which. on in
vestigation were found to be saturated
with water. and this. combined with the
erosion of the waves. has resulted In
iandsiides that have doubtless been 60
ing on intermittently for ages. To cure
the trouble Q small drainage tunnel WAS
FIRST driven In the bottom Of the sand
stone stratum and carried back from the
river front, Q distance Of about 90 feet
From this tunnel . heavy How OF water
immedia teiy started and this flow contfn-
ued for several months. Al the end Of
that time the how diminished to q mod
crate amount and has remained practi-
cally constant ever since To prevent
further erosion at the foot Of The blum
through the action Of the waves heavy
masonry wall IVES then built slonx the
edge Of the river. It = hoped that danger
q future slides has besn eItmlnated-
Popular Neehsaie2
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-25
Ireland's Faith.

Only twenty-five members of the city corpora
ton of Dublin voted in favor of resolution de-
handing that "the Home Rule act shall be put
in operation in the whole of Ireland on the 18TH
day of September next" There were thirty mem
bers opposed to the resolution The trend Of sent-
made by the government at London last August
that the execution of the measure would be taken
under Amusement within year. Apparently this
confidence has not been shaken even by the Ulster
lzation and Toryhcation of the government After
the vote disorderly scene followed and the Dub
lin city councillors had to be forcibly prevented
from engaging in free fight, and there are still
people capable of misunderstanding this truly
characteristic of expressing satisfaction
with the Philadelphia Record.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-25

One of the street railway companies replies
to complaints about passengers standing between
the seats OF open cars stating that the practice is
in measure due to the rule of the Public Utilities
Commission prohibiting them from riding the
running boards. If this rule be enforced there
is why rule prohibiting standing be-
tween seats cannot be enforced. Whatever remedy
exists is in the hands of the Public Utilities Com
mission More action and less talk would quickly
solve the problem far as it can be solved 1t
is sheer nonsense to talk about the need of more
cars. hurrying crowd will not wait for the
next car so long it is permitted to gain foothold
on the one that is ready to go; and besides dur
ing the rush hours, run to the full Ca
paoity of the available trackage. If everybody is
TO ride in comfort with the present facilities it
stands to reason that rules against crowdng
must be rigidly enforced which means that more
time will be required 70 transport the morning
and afternoon throngs and that the rush must be
distributed over greater number Of hours
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-25

is right for Germany to do what she
deems likely to promote her welfare.
1t Is an idea to which the United
States cannot possibly assent without
losing spiritual strength instead of
gaining 1t. We are part of the world.
Civilization in the United States and
in the principal countries of Europe
will sink or rise. almost Is a unit The
question of exactly what in detail is
right or wrong In such a crisis was
determined when the first American
note to Germany on the Lusitania was
sent. The question now Is not whether
or not we should have taken that po-
sition. Harper's Weekly happens to
think it was a valuable principle on
which to take our stand. The point,
however, is that having taken that
position we have assumed an obliga-
ton. A government is not free. as an
individual in casual conversation is
free. to take up and drop conclusions
at will The German answer puts
nothing whatever except arguments
that our government had already fully
considered and rejected. II We should
change that position. therefore. 1t
would not be reflection but instabil-
ity that caused the change. We can
not announce to the whole world that
humanity and principle put on the
United States a certain burden and
then. when challenged. throw that bur-
den down.
We do not expect Mr.. Bryan to agree
in this reasoning. since Mr.. Bryan is
rather an evangelist than a responU.
BILE statesman. We do not expect Ger
man-American newspapers to agree to
1t. since they take their leads from
Germany. We expect some of the more
partisan leaders of the opposition par
ties to attack the government policy
from one angle or the other. But
from the American people we do ex-
pect just exactly what we expect from
the American government. patience but
firmness, courtesy but determination.
impartiality but persistence and cour-
age. We expect them to joy in carry
ing out. for the benefit of humanity.
at whatever cost to ourselves, a policy
which represents careful, prolonged
of what our mighty ma
ton owes to itself and to the world.
Other countries may have entered the
struggle in haste, from pride. the de-
sire of gain, or fear. We should not
enter for any other reason than be-
cause we have been orderd to do so
by unselish principles. fully under
stood and completely explained. Il so
ordered, II would be wretched to avoid
the issue. If we are forced to act,
there is but one way to act, and that
is with all devotion. with all power.
We must give ourselves altogether to
blowing the furrow to the end.-From
Harper's Weekly.