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, troll Of nrivate SHIPMENTS of arms.

troll of private shipments of arms.
Manchuria has made very slow prog
ress in an agricultural way and is far
less prosperous than portions of ST.
IBERIA where the Russians have colon
lied The Chinese farm with little idea
of developing the country Prominently.
Manchuria, however, offers far better
opportunities to the Russians than ST.
IBERIA, as the climate is more favorable
and markets are better. 1t is COM
paratively short haul from any point
of Manchuria to tidewater.
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in anchuria.

IN dnCnurld.
Conditions in Mongolia, south of the
Trans-Siberian Railway, are much the
same as in that part of Manchuria
through which the railway actually
runs. Russians have practically all
the trade in Mongolia, especially the
northern part, and it is in effect Rus
sian dependency rather than Chinese
territory.
The Kutuktu, the head of the Bud
dhists in Mongolia, who is resident al
Urga and who is the most powerful
leader in Central Asia, negotiated an
agreement last June by which China's
nominal control of Outer Mongolia was
to be recognized, but he has recently
refused to carry out terms of the agre-
ment. Although Russia, as well as
China, was a party to the agreement
it is charged by some Chinese officials
that the Kutuktu has been Influenced
in some way by the Russians woh de-
sired to create friction. The MOngol-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-01-17
SnareI Oh. Snare usI

The peddler who sold painted spar
rows for canaries in Hastings proves
that the old Yankee inventiveness is
in no danger of dying out-New York
World.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-01-17
That sIncerest Flattery.

Imitation Is the curse of modern life.
and 1t is almost as bad to initiate ones
self of yesterday as to initiate some
one else. A man should have the cour
age to be himself-the today himself
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-01-17
Is Uncle Sam Prepared?

z TERE is depicted one Of UncIe
- Sans numerous monster
/ coast defense guns in action
during practice drill at Fort
Strong, in Boston harbor The photo
graph, taken by Mutual Weekly pho
t0grapher during the firing of giant
shell, is but one of numerous interest
ing pictures making up Mutual Weekly
No. Al, released in the regular Mutual
program.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04
UNDER PRESSURE OF COAST
TEAMS, BEAVERS MAY TRY TO
GRAB TACOMA'S N. w. PLACE

owner of the San Francisco Seals,
started a movement to raise the
salary limit. This drew a hearty
chortle from McCredie and he
made some pretty hot statements
about one Hen Berry.
And Berry is mad. He swears
vengeance. He vows to hop upon
rattler and make McCredie eat
his words. He is running amuck
with blood in his eye looking for
trouble and he is liable to find
II.
For McCredie is determined.
He will take no more bunk from
Messrs. Berry, Maier and Pow
ers.
LET Berry keep his shirt on, :"
said Mac in referring to the irate
Seal owner, II said 1t looked as
though Berry was in a syndicate
owning the Coast league, and /
meant 1t. Berry and the rest
will probably attempt to run us
out Of the league and I believe
that in another year or SO, we
will belong to the Northwestern
league"
So 1t behooves Tacoma fans to
get busy and support a ball club.
Portland will replace you, IL you
don't.
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himself then. He was working
under rules.
The Harvard office has great
fear of the commercialism of
sport. The Harvard office does
not like to see football player
get notoriety while student who
takes honors as scholar is
ignored. Harvard requested
Haughton to be silent. He was,
But as soon as Percy got into
baseball he became a converse
tionalist.
Haughton has offices on State
street in Boston. One room is
used by his stenographer. The
other is Percy's thinking room.
In this room he has built cham
pionship football teams. In this
room he worked out the plays
that beat Yale, Princeton and
everybody else.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04
FANS Begin TO
DOUBT willard

CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-Jess Will
ard, heavyweight champion of
the world, should consent to de-
fend his title during the next few
months, in the opinion of boxing
fans all over the country, or he
will be doomed to speedy trip
to the dump heap of sportdom.
Although willard signed yes
terday to box Frank Moran at
Madison Square Garden the night
of March IT, fans take the match
as something like a vaudeville
show. Wizards title won't be
at stake. He will simply box
ten rounds with Moran before a
big crowd of persons drawn to
the gardens out of curiosity, and
draw down his $47,500 and 81
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BY DON THOMPSON

PORTLAND, Feb. A That
Portland will eventually replace
Tacoma in the Northwestern
league is the belief of Walter
McCredie, manager of the
Portland baseball club. Nc
Credie does not believe that
Portland will be able to last but
a year or SO longer in the Coast
circuit on account of the grow
ing antipathy towards the Port
land club on the part of the
California moguls.
1T is but a question of time"
said the Beaver boss today,
when Portland will be forced
out of the Coast league. 1t is
sure to happen and when 1t does,
we will go into the Northwestern
league. This will mean the drop
ping of Tacoma or some other
CITY,"
For the last two years, south
ern baseball men. have been after
Mercedes scalp.
At the annual meeting of the
Coast league directors at San
Francisco. Portland was literally
kicked out of the circuit on ac-
count of the high railroad fare.
The Mercedes succeeded in hav-
ing the fare reduced and, much
20 their CONSERVATION, the Cali
fornians found Portland back In
the league. Then Hen Berry,
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Percy Han$hton

tie strap and heaved the watch
at the speaker.
Take that thing" he said,
I'm tired of hearing about 1t. I"
And so, the only wrist watch
in baseball passed out of the
game.
Haughton's entrance into
baseball not only disclosed that
he wore wrist watch, but other
things. He's a real fellow, a big
man with big brain. And he
can talk.
Through all his years as head
of football at Harvard, Haughton
was disliked by newspaper men.
He wouldn't talk to them. He
treated them with cold disdain.
Now, it is discovered, he was not
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per cent of the pictures.
That's what some think. There
are many fans, on the other
hand, who will always believe
that Willard won the title in a
faxed affair and that he has re-
fused to meet anyone since he
defeated Johnson because ne
realizes his inability to make a
showing.
At any rate, the match has
been made, and Willard will get
1888 per minute for the show.
Moran will get 100000, or
$666.87 per minute. And every
day that goes by with Willard re-
fusing to risk his title in any
thing but a short, no-decisiOn
sparring match, brings him
nearer to his doom.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04

Percy Haughton, the man VINO
made Harvard famous for foot
ball, then became president and
part owner of the Boston
Braves, is a real baseball man
now. He has tossed aside mis-
wrist watch.
Tossed aside, did we say?
That's little tame. He heaved
it. This is how it happened.
Haughton gave a banquet at
which George Stallings, Brave
manager, newspaper men and
others were guests. There were,
of course, speeches. One speaker
referred to the wrist watch.
Haughton grabbed at his left
wrist, quickly unDuckled the lit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04
SNOW PUTS
GAMES OVER

Last nights basketball game
between Lincoln and Cushman,
scheduled for the Lincoln gym
nasium, was postponed because
of the weather.
At Cushman the Nisaki Liter
airy club defeated the Enterprise.
clubs basketball team by AZ to
26 score. .4
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04
MARE

Rickety Ann, Lester Clapper's
sorrel racing mare, will be back
on the fair tracks next season
without anything rickety about
her except her name.
After the 1915 campaign Clap
per found that some of the fine
oats he fed his mare took a
back track and came out her nos
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04
HE'S some WALKER

James Hecking Of New York,
member of the Walkers club
of America, is 60. but goes on a
long walk every Sunday, no mat
ter what the weather conditions
are.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04
COVE LOSES
ARM TN WAR

Percy Cove, one Of the clev-
crest bantams who ever boxed in
Tacoma, lost his left arm on a
European battlefield recently,
according to word received to-
day. Cove IL of English nation
atty, and was among the first,
from America to answer his,
country's call for assistance. Cove
never claimed Tacoma AZ his
home, but appeared here many
times during the time that box
ing was successful here.
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trils. Discovery showed tooth
had fallen out and left hole
leading to the nostril.
A tooth of hard rubber was
made and fastened nthe mares
mouth with a bolt and silver
plate. She is eating In old-time
form now and is expected to have
her Old-time speed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04
Three Boxers
For Denmark

NEW YORK, Feb. A. - the
Amateur Athletic union today
announced names of the amateur
boxers who will go to Denmark
to compete for the international
boxing championship. They are
William Spengler, New York:
John Karpinsky. Cleveland: and
John Maloney, Philadelphia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04
tinker to EverS TO Chance"
Nav Get Substitute I'm ANGELS


LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 4.
Tinker to Evers to Chance'
That, in the old days, was the
battle cry of the Chicago Cubs
whenFrank l.. Chance was their
director and also held one corner
of the greatest infield triangle
that baseball has ever known.
A similar cry may resound
through the baseball world again,
for Frank Chance, after a year
of rusticating on his Glendora
ranch, is back in the game.
Johnnie Powers, worth So
600, 900, and owner of the Los
Angeles baseball club of the
Coast league, is the boy who
brought the Peerless Leader"
back to the national pastime. BY
a deal recently closed Chance
took over a third of the stock
In the club and was made vice
president OF the organization. In
answer to the clamor OF the fans,
the great manager will stand at
the first corner, his old position
In the big league, for the open
ing game of the season.
II found ranching a bit monot-
onous," Chance explained, $50
thought l would get back into the
game. It's partly a business VEN
ture and partly for the sake Of
excitement"
Chance has made his home for
many years at Glendora, CAL,
where he owns two orange ORCH
ards. In 1914, when he left the
Yankees and retired to his
ranch. he said he was through
with baseball. 1t Is with open
arms, therefore, that the Grand
Old Game is welcoming him back.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04
LEWIS MAKES $4,000

Ted Lewis, the Englishman,
who fights from 1875 pounds up,
has made $4,000 In 13 fights
since he came to the United
States and hung around New
York begging for a chance to
show his goods. He has been
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04

the busiest fighter in the past
two months, and has just signed
for 10 fights in 80 days. He will
average about $500 for each
fight. Lewis has not been knock
ed down. The only mark he re-
ceived was a cut lip.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04

married in Olympia, Mrs. Editn
Merritt appeared at the court
house yesterday and had q war
rant for the arrest of the clippers
Withdrawn. She said she would
bsstow parental blessings on the
young couple.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04

Hecking has walked 1000
miles in four years. He walked
1850 miles in 1915. In Septem-
Der he walked from New York
to Boston, 252 miles, in so
hours. His next long walk will
be from New York to Buffalo.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04
BIG GRIND
HAS STARTED

CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-The Chi
cago 12-day bicycle race started
last night with II teams racing.
The riders will race for ~ hours,
divided into six hour periods
each day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04

To Cure a Cold I'm One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Tablets. Druggists refund money
II II fails to cure. 10. w. GROVES
signature Is on each box. csc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04
The Rhodes Store With It's S
IH6 N0OU6S OCOIt WIFI O6IVIC6
Be Open and Ready to Execute Your Commands
Every Minute of the Day from a. m. to 9 p. m.

the Rhodes Store will be meet the
deve pronsewhateyer it possible do the Rhodes Store will
delivery and
conditions pride with them and with the entire
problems incident unprecedented weather
a n
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-04

36-inch Curtain Scrims-good grade
have pretty open design on either side
Saturday 8 to IL o.
only, yard ................ OG
(Limit 80 yards to Customer)
Eleventh Street Floor
The sun., 1916-10-09

Continued on Eleventh Faye.
The sun., 1916-10-09

From a speculative point OF view the
publication Of the report that peace over
lures were about 10 10 made WAS highly
beneficial. 1t did not cause excited liqui-
dalton, though man. weak holders closed
out their accounts, but II did increase
the short Interest. and permitted the
recntry Into the market OF numerous sold
out bulls.
At least for a time. however, there
must be moro or less uncertainty as to
Just nov much basis there was in the
ruricr. While this uncertainty lasts It
Is not probable that bullish operators
viii extend themselves. nor can outsiders
be expected to buy In large volume,
Furthermore. IL was reported In bank
ing circles on Saturday that President
Wilson planned I send a note to Great
Britain this week which might cause
temporary unscttlcnert. II was believed,
however. that there WAS little danger OF
Il serious decline In prices. and brokers
reported steady accumulation in antici-
patton OF "a resumption of tho upward
movement In tho near future.
Predictions Of new high prices for the
ma jority Of active issues were based
upon the fact that fundamental condi-
ions still favor al advance and that
money IL plentiful. The reservation was
made. of course, that IL Germany actu-
ally intends to sue for peace and will
cffer terms which the Allies could con-
slider there would he little chance for
any immediate confident buyirg OF
stocks.
The sun., 1916-10-09

k.Rice,Jr. Co.
Buy and Sell
Co.
Brass
Hawaiian'S.S.
E. w. Bliss
Freeport Texas
Ct. Nor. Paper
Rand
Remington Type
Woodward Iron
WinchStr. Arms
k.Rice,Jr.& Co.
rhones Iooi to 1910 John. 80 va 5, $50.
The sun., 1916-10-09
TRANSACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.
Railroad ana Other shares.

me n, fS hlnocTSslng table gives IN sddnaon 70 the sales for the pat week Al,
cuated on the closing sale or bid prices OF Friday night:
The sun., 1916-10-09
LAST WEEKS BOND MARKET.
Corec,ed 10 no close on Oc,. O.

VVTVt0 To Wo t'VNh VF U'T' U
High Low clos Net --isis-
Safes. est. est. ing, CHI. High. Low.
l US Is coup. iio't iio't iiol< - = ii?H 10
IS y = Pan IS
coup. .....i, 1903 m iosif 1911
The broad ax., 1916-06-03
The Silver Fox.

The silver fox is really a black fox,
instead. az some persons suppose, of be-
Ing almost white or a silver gray. The
name Is given on account Of the pres
ence OF glistening white and grayish
hairs which appear among the black.
In the better grades the long, silky
brush has a tip Of pure white. About
q quarter Of century ago the little
animal. which weighs when full grown
only about twelve pounds, became al
most extinct Because Of the beauty
Of its fur the species was trapped un-
I'll almost the last Of them had disap-
peared. For a long time the standard
price offered by the Hudson Bay COM
pany for silver fox pelts was around
$1,000, and the efforts Of the French
Canadians. half breeds and Indian
trappers to obtain this sum. to them a
fortune, can be better imagined than
described.-St Louis Post Dispatch
The broad ax., 1916-06-03
Two Wonderful Clocks.

One of the most wonderful clocks IN
the world is owned by a Frenchman,
Louis Descutter. 1t is mounted on q
Louis Seize stand and has four faces.
Besides marking the hours, it shows
the tides at six different parts Of the
world, the mean time and the solar
time. the age Of the moon, the move
ments Of the planets and all eclipses.
1t is also perpetual calendar. 1t was
made by Janvier Of Paris in 1850 and
took eleven years to manufacture.
San Diego. Cal, has a wonderful
clock with twenty dials. which tell the
time simultaneously in all parts Of the
world, also the days Of the week and
the date and month. 1t stands twenty
one feet high. and four Of its dials are
each four feet in diameter. 1t Is In
closed In plate glass, so that every &C.
ton can be seen. and the whole Is fllu-
minated every night. 1t is jeweled
with tourmaline. topaz, agate and jade
and required fifteen months to build.
The motive power is a 200 pound
weight. The cost Of the clock was S.
O00-People's Home Journal.
The broad ax., 1916-06-03
Courtesy In Business Paw.

In the American Magazine is a story
by Fred c. Kelly to prove that cour.
tesy in business pays. 1t has to do
with George c. Boldt. manager Of the
WaldOrf-AStOria in New York city and
former manager of Philadelphia hos
telry.
"One night when all the hotels In
Philadelphia were crowded and It was
almost impossible to obtain a room a
man and his wife drove up to Boldt's
hotel and asked in a tone Of despair If
he could not give them a place to sleep.
Yes BOldt told them; you can
take my room. That's all have
'The next morning the guest told
Boldt that a manager with his sense
Of courtesy would be an assured sue
cess in u much larger hotel.
And. aided the guest, I'm willing
to provide YOU with the hotel
"Since then that same guest has In
vested many millions Of dollars In ho-
te!S under BoIdt's direction. The guest
was William Waldorf Astor."
The broad ax., 1916-06-03
Lines on the Palms of Hands.

II cannot be said that the lines O
the palms of our hands are OF any
great service to us. Indeed. 1t Is doubt
full If they are of any value In then
selves. outside of the possible aid they
may be in helping us to determine the
character of the surface of things
which we grasp or touch. 1t Is posi-
BILE that they aid in some slight degree
in this way. There is little doubt,
however. that they are a result of the
work the hands are constantly called
upon to do rather than contrived for
any particular service. The habitual
tendency of the fingers in grasping and
holding things throws the skin Of the
palms into creases which through fire.
quent repetition make the lines Of the
palms permanent In several instances.
The popularity of these lines or
creases in various individuals as to de-
tails and length and variations Is the
chief basis OF the so called science Of
palmistry.
The broad ax., 1916-06-03
Why They Walk In Circles.

IF you were lost i'm a desert or fl q
forest and tried to find your way out, !"
says well known scientist, you
would be almost sure to walk in a
circle" This well known fact is due
to a slight inequality in the length Of
the legs. Careful measurements Of a
series of skeletons have shown that
only 10 per cent had the lower limbs
equal in length, 30 per cent had the
right limb longer than the left, while
in So per cent the left limb was the
longer.
The result Of one limb being longer
than the other will naturally be that
person will unconsciously take a longer
step with the longer limb, and conse-
quently will trend to the right or left,
according as the left or right leg is the
longer. The left leg being more fire.
quently the longer, the inclination
should take place more frequently to
the right than to the left, and this con-
clusion is quite borne out by observa-
lions made on a number Of persons
when walking blindfolded. The in
equality In the length of limb is not
confined to any sex or race, but SEEING
to be universal in all respects.
The broad ax., 1916-06-03
a lest of Philosophy.

Slowbetter is a calm man. not easily
upset On one occasion, as his motor
car had come to a sudden stop, he
crawled underneath 1t to see what was
the matter.
Somehow or other some petrol ig-
nited. A fierce burst Of flame and
smoke came forth, enveloping Slowbet-
ter. In the midst Of the excitement he
walked to one side with his usual slow
and regular step. His face was black,
his eyebrows and eyelashes were
singed, and what was left Of his hair
and beard was sight to behold.
Some one brought a mirror, and he
had look at himself. AS usual, how
ever, he took matters philosophically.
WELL" he said slowly and deliber-
ately, 81 was needing a shave and my
hair cut anyway.
The broad ax., 1916-06-03
STYLES In Indian Names.

Although among the Indians there
are not so many Deerslayers as there
were in the days Of James Fenimore
Cooper. yet many of the names still
possess strong individuality. This is
shown by examining the names that
were prominent in a recent sale Of In
dian lands In the Standing Rock reser-
walton. In the Dakotas.
Here. for instance. was found Bar
ney Two Bears. an amiable neighbor
to Miss Katie Good Crow. Media
Crowghost and Mary Yellow Fat have
adjoining tracts, and there are also
Mrs. Crazy Walking and Jack Elk
Ghost In the same section.
It Is not to be wondered at that
Mary Lean Dog looks enviously from
her door when Agatha Big Shield goes
by with her aristocratic name, nor
could any one blame Jennie Dog Man
and Mary Shave Head II they fell all
over themselves to assume on short no
dee the heroic name borne by Morris
Thundershield, heir apparent 10 Long
Step Thundershield.-New York Tmea
The broad ax., 1916-06-03
Curious Recruiting Custom.

The Russian army in the early part
Of the nineteenth century had a Gu
rious way Of raising troops. A levy of
two to four men out Of every 500 were
selected and then medically examined
at the army's headquarters. either at
Moscow or St Petersburg NOW Petro-
grad. II the recruit successfully pass
ed he was then turned over to an off,
Ger, who saw to 1t that he was cor
rectly measured and. II the proper
height, was sent into another apart
ment, where the front part Of his head
was shaved IL rejected as being med
ically unfit or short OF the necessary
height the back part Of his head was
then shorn Of its locks to prevent him
from appearing again among new
levies.
The broad ax., 1916-06-03
Our First Free School,

The first free school established In
the United States was in the province
Of Massachusetts, Bay in the year 1641
by order of the general colonial court.
In 1647 the same authority declared
that free schools should be established
within every town having fifty house
holders under penalty of a fine Of SIS.
This fine was doubled by a declaration
made In 1871 and again doubled In
1899
The broad ax., 1916-06-03
Heavy Holes.

Mrs. Newell would like a pound Of
your best cheese.
Grocer-Yes, ma'am-
Mrs. Viewed Examining it,-why.
this cheese Is full Of holes.
Grocer-Yes, ma'am: that's the way
tt comes,
Ars. Newed-Wer. don't want any
Of It I'm not going to pay for q pound
OF cheese that contains half pound OF
holesl
The broad ax., 1916-06-03
Lead Soldiers.

$50 you are playing with your sol
diers, WillieT' said the caller.
"Yes, ma'am."
They seem very heavy soldiers"
~Yes, ma'am. They're on their way
home from the war and they've got q
lot Of lead In 'em."-Yonkers States
man.
The broad ax., 1916-06-03
GETTING In Debt.

Poverty In hard. but debt Is horrible.
A man might a well have q smoky
house and q scolding wife. which are
said 10 be the two worst evils Of our
nfe.-Spurgeon.
The broad ax., 1916-06-03
Yourself.

If you want to be miserable think
about yourself-about what you want,
what you like, what respect people
ought to pay to you and what people
think Of you.-Charles Kingsley.