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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27
ALL WRONG TO SCORE
THIS WAY, SAYS BAN

According to Ban Johnson. president
of American League, several scorers
In that circuit have been making the
same error In scoring for years.
The case liz this. The umpire has
called three balls. Batter 10 hit by
a pitched ball on the next. It has
been the custom OF scorers in a few
towns, including Cleveland. to score
1t as base on balls instead OF charg-
ing the pitcher with hitting a batter.
President johnson says the pitcher
should be charged with hitting the bat
ter instead of issuing pass. II has
not been the custom to do that In the
International League.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27
BIG INCREASE IN BUSINESS.
Subway. Elevated and Surface Car
Traffic. in New York Grows

Subway. Elevated and Surface Car
Traffic in New York Grows.
New York, Dec. 26.--Subway. ele-
waited railway and surface car traffic
in New York Is increasing at the rate
of more than 10000. 900 annually,
according to an estimate of the public
service commission. More than 1926
miles additional of subway and ele-
waited lines are being built. In 1872,
1t IL pointed out, total of 1873. 722,l96
passengers were carried. or 147 rides
during the year for each person in
the city.
This year to date l.2o1.0s7.709, or
332 rides for each person, is the
record. In November the subway
lines carried an average of l,199,623
passengers day, and the elevated
roads carried l,014,8S3.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27
Tes Darcy Turns Down Fay Offer OF $4,000 To Meet Mike Gibbons
ARCHER BALKs AT CARDS.
Veteran Catcher of Cubs Says St
Louis Is Too Hot,

Chicago, Dec. 26.-Jimmy Archer
will not go to St Louis in the trade
that WIS planned by local National
League club officials, and which was
expected to be completed last night.
The great catcher of other years says
he will not play in Missouri city ow-
ing to the intense heat for which that
town is noted.
On occasions OF Cub visits there in
former seasons Jimmy has been forced
to remain out OF the lineup. If the
Cub officials can use him to advan-
tage in a trade with some other club,
however he stated, he will be willing
to go.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27
ONE Of BANS JUMPS
MAY HAVE TO SLIDE

Does the signing of George MORT
arty, late of the Detroit Tigers. as
an American League umpire. mean
President Ban b Johnson intends
to release one of The 1915 arbitrators:
Or does 1t indicate Ban purposes to
have an extra man just as he did at
the start OF last season when he car
ried Bobby Wallace as his ninth arbi
TRAITOR?
II one is to be let out to make
room for Morarty. will ii be Chill. Nal
lin, Owens or Hildebrand, for Johnson
surely will keep Evans. Dinneen, Silk
O'Loughlin and Connolly unless one
of them resignsT
It's In the high class OF umpires
he has that Johnson makes the Amer
lean League the daddy" of them all.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27

Five Hundred Trees Taken All Il
Way From New England.

Five Hun61ffu Trees TAKEN All the
Way From New England.
San Juan, p. r.. Dec 20--by mail)
Five hundred Christmas trees. sent
all the way from the New England
woods. are giving real Christmas
atmosphere In Porto Rico this year.
The trees arrived only this week and
were quickly purchased. most Of them
going into American homes. although
quite few Of them will be found in
Porto Rican homes to add to the
Christmas celebration. Porto Ricans
are coming to observe Christmas ~ .
day OF gift-giving almost to as great
a degree as Three Kings day, January
s. Santa Claus Ia almost as popular
with Porta Rican children as are the
Three Kings.
Instead OF hanging up stocking on
Three Kings day Porto Rican children
place bundles Of grass and vessels Of
water In the yard on the doorstep %
that the cameIs on which the Three
Kings RIO mar at mi drink vhtlol
80 g. ~ 4El T. ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27
Madcro,s New York Estate.

New York. Dec. 26.-Francisco
Madero, father of former President
Francisco l.. Madero. of Mexico. left
an estate in New York appraised at
s23.97s. Mrs Mercedes Madero.
widow. received $3.50, and the bal
ance was divided among eight sons
and three daughters.
No indication as to the value at
the estate outside New York State
is contained in the report of the ap.
praiser, filed today Madero died in
this city on September 3, last
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27
DIR. Naomi Norsworthy Dies.

New York. Dec. 26.-Dr. Naomi
Noteworthy. associate professor of
educational psychology at Teachers
College. Columbia University and au-
thor of several books on psychology,
has died here. She was connected
with the stan of Teachers College for
sixteen years and was a member of
the American Psychological Associa-
ton, the National Educational Asso-
citation and the American Association
for the Advancement OF Sciences.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27
HOWARD EARL DIES,
Pirate Scout Passes Away At His
Homo In Northbay, \. Y.

Syracuse, n. Y. Dec. 26.-Howard
q. Earl. scout for the Pittsbrrg Ma
tional League team. is dead at North
bay, \. Y. following a weeks illness
with stomach trouble. Earl managed
the Syracuse team in the New York
state League from 1896 to 1898, and
during twenty-four years service In
that organization had managed
Schenectady. 1llion. Utica and the A.
J. K G.. clubs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27
Braxinian BARK Towed Into Port

New York. Dec. 26.-The Brazilian
bark Nepthis. which broke away from
the tug Carloads during q storm on
the night OF Friday. December Is, and
whose crew of twelve were rescued by
the Italian steamship Sardegna and
brought into this port December ~,
was towed into port by the coast
guard cutter Seneca today. The Nep-
this, In tow Of the Garibaldi, left Ma
ranham, Brazil, October IL.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27

It has been found that q few
thorough applications OF crude petro-
lsum 70 th6 interior o. poultry houses
Nm aeekrox ccmpletelx ~ eemmoA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27


Books--many books-might be writ
ten about Sarah Bernhard. the great
actress who will be seen at the Acad-
amy Of Music Monday night.
The art Of Nine Bernhard is her
chief claim to fame. But many mil
Hons have long known and admired
her for more personal reasons. Her
courage has been proved again quite
lately. by her visit to the front in
France. where she recited and acted
for the soldiers. and by the calm with
which she awaited the German U-boats
on her way from France.
The writer. who has known Nine.
Bernhard closely. has always found
her brave, unwearyinE. resolute. Al
work and play. on her travels and in
the theater. she has lived her stirring
life up to the hilt. Her love Of life,
her sympathy with her fellows. has
wrought the miracle Of keeping her
- young at seventy lone as most wom-
EN- are at thirty-nve or forty.
Since she landed in New York the
years have dropped away from her
shoulders. her voice has been restored
IN IT. old freshness, her spirits have
'GsnA ~ ~ leapa and bounds
- NM 800 IA - Mira DeEn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27
Vel o,nr.en,. Minstrel..

Neil oBrien's Great American Min
streis will be the attraction at the
Academy Friday and Saturday and
Saturday matinee. This will be the
fifth season Of the O'Brien Minstrels
under the management OF Oscar F.
Hodge. and the promise that the pro-
gram this year will be an entirely
new one without single stale or obso-
lete feature. Among the novelties
will be a new sketch for the star him
self, written and produced by him.
called The Jitney JOY Bus" which Is
described as merry gasoline satire
and said to be a laugh from start to
finish.
There will be singers. dancers and
comedians galore in the first part and
an entirely new idea in the way OF
state setting. There will be a noon
day parade Of the minstrel boys and
II ID said that this street display will
be well worth witnessing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27
Iheaters
~rhe Prince Of ri,.~n."

Today. matinee and night, at the
Academy. the dear old musical COM
edy, The Prince OF P!lsen." will be
the attraction.
Reveals are rarely successful, Press
and playgoers alike are forced to smile
at the "asides'' and "soliquies," pa
thos and loose technique that marked
play. player and playwright OF fifteen
years ago. They interest only the
champion OF the good old days who
insists there is nothing worth while
in today. Happily. THE Prince OF
Pilsen'' has proved an exception 10 this
rule. The piece has been universally
successful. Probably this is due TO the
fact that THE Prince of Pilsen" is not
so old-fashioned after all. Certainly
II contains more music that half a
dozen of the average current musical
comedies, and there Is enough comedy
in the character of Hans Wagner. the
rich brewer from "Zinzinnati." who Is
mistaken for Pilsen's Prince. to food
with laughter the anemic plots OF
many a presonile libretto.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-27
FIRST CHIEF MUST

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27
Pc TIERS Pen item |ARY
PREPAREDNESS
The Acid Test of AmeriCaniSm

WOULD HAVE BEEN A SHORT WAR; SAVING TO THE Ma
Adequate preparedness Mexican border would
meant instant pursuit and probable capture of Via AND
THs WOULD aSn THE ATG TED o AN W M
MEXICO
nothing the idea that respect the opinion
of the world will prevent nation from making
voked attack another There is nothing In the idea that
compliance with the peace
any safeguard against The European proved
that There is security in the idea that
that could get through There nothing i'm the
idea of the effectiveness of unframed volunteers rising the
defense of their country In the hour of its need Nothing
in WARFARE TODAY BUT TRAINED sOLDIERs--AND
PLENTY OF THEM.
No quack will There only kind
of army-an army made up of trained soldiers.
If there is to be military establishment there be only
kind of military establishment. be "inius
trial scheme-a military purpose
of knowing how to build macadam roads,
CROP how to build Mississippi leyees or
how repair that knowledge Is val
liable, certainly but it is the military
knowledge the sort Of fundamental training
army.
Many trying disguise military thing and
put the dose in paatabe shape it.
There is no lodging the facts what army
it must he, and it will be, If 1T is BE ALL
Probably there such thing entirely
army The only approach democratic is in
the Swiss system, through come from
the ranks II army. fight as many
democratic principles into that army LET
US HAVE THE ARMY.
We should blind facts even if they are
UNPLEASANT There is party growing between believers
military establishment and its opponents party cannot
close its to the necessity establishments But
they do not look at squarey As result they
ing compromises and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MEASURES None
of these plans should be seriously considered.
The only to all these military
establishment is to overurn the existing which causes
Until is overturned country the possi
by of being in the position a province or epen
ency of some strong military Overurnng the system
that causes is something entirely power IN
accomplish at present Therefore, living an age of
warfare, s essary either TO SUBNT EN
TIRELY TO ANY AGGRESSION OR TO BE PREPARED no
RESIST. ~
First, then, must be prepared Next we must make
the lines
proiaDe Tor munitions manufacturers and others their
class The should
even II this is incapable of omplishment must be
prepared. We must get the to Os way.
If a people, to continue to strive adv
the things in which beleve-the things mean
human progress and human rigts-WE HAVE GOT HAVE
A COUNTRY In WHICH WE CAN ADVOCATE THEM AND
IN WHICH WE CAN STRIKE FOR THEM.
richer the nation the stronger defense must be
This nation, the GREATEST AND RICHEST the
GREATEST AND THE BEST OF PROTECTIVE WEAPONS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27
LIVES
THREE DAYS AS
'FORGER CONVICT

WALLA WALLA, March
21.-E. A. Peters, Tacoma
Times reporter, was released
from the state penitentiary
this morning after he had
served three days as Il pris-
Oner.
lie lived the life of the
cOnyicts without his cell and
messmates or the guards so
much as suspecting that he
was not entitled TO the
garb he wore.
PETERS GAINED ENTRANCE
TO THE PRISON BY PASSING
HIMSELF OFF AS A FORGER,
CONVICTED IN THE PIERCE
COUNTY COURTS.
He gave the authorities to
think he had been permitted by
the Pierce county court to come
on TO prison alone, ahead of his
commitment papers.
When several days elapsed and
no papers arrived for Peter Will
son." they started an investiga-
ton which resulted in Peters re-
gaining his voluntarily-lost free
dom.
He came here, he says, because
he wanted to get first-hand the
answer to his question, DO peli-
tentiaries really effect reforms ?"
Peters told Walla Walla news
papermen today that he obtained
the answer to his question in n
most convincing manner.
He worked i'm the iute
mill, slept i'm a tiny cell in
the long rows of steel cages
in the big cell house of the
prison, where thousands of
men are undergoing official
punishment, and talked with
dozens of prisoners on the
common equality of convict
to convict.
Not until he arrived downtown
in Walla Walla did Peters hear
of the hue and cry raised by his
disappearance. In prison he had,
of course, seen no newspapers.
when the time was ripe, ] left
a brief note with my boss, which
| thought would be self-explana-
tory, assumed the identity Of
Peter Wilson, and set out" said
he.
Il had told my wife of my
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27
GAMING
CLUB IS
RAIDED

| After working for weeks
and following carefully laid
plan, city and county detect
ives forced an entrance to the
almost impenetrable Olympic
ColOred club, 113O Broad
way, early Sunday morning
and obtained a large amount
of Illegal liquor and COM
! plete set of gambling appara-
| tus.
| Besides obtaining the necessary
evidence to put the club out of
business, the detectives say they
put the biggest scare ever into the
hearts of about 80 of Tacoma
colored population. 1t is said that
several of the gentlemen are run
ming yet.
Played Messenger.
Deputy Sheriff Chilberg, with a
messenger punk's cap titled jaunt-
lily on the side of his head, rang
the bell at the rear entrance of
the club. A pair of shiny eyes
gave him the once over through
the lookout hole.
i Chilberg slipped a message to
the lookout when he opened the
door and told him to sign. Then
he, grabbed the colored man by
the throat and dragged him into
the hall before he could ring the
warning buzzar.
County Detective Shaw and De-
tective Strickland forced the door
(which had been slammed shut.
/ interrupt Poker Games.
| The officers, followed by De.
Elective Kincaid and county officers
Stenso, Jacobs and Thompson,
lrushed into a frantic mok of 35
or more colored patrons and al
least IL white persons.
/ 1.-TWO games of poker were stop
ped and SO taken from the tables
| Then the general exit started
One large gentleman with his eye.
Bullying from their sockets hat
done 16 laps around a pool table
when he was ordered to halt. III,
turned around and started run.
ming i'm the opposite direction.
Il Another grabbed up u
II water spaniel and fell down
"A cellar.
Il There were colored clubberi
crawling over roofs, down fir,
escapes and through trap doors
Many dropped from the secont
story.
!. Proprietor Jailed.
John Lucas, proprietor OF tn
club, rests In the county Jail to
; day patiently awaiting 5000
cash bail.
II Detectives were busy all da
hauling out the furnishings OF tn
cldb which will be stored unit
4 lucas n tried. II he IL convicted
& uhe goods will be held and th
noney turaod over to the schoo
un1.
Two pI6noa. expensive carpets
bicturos, drapcfies and 4 com
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27

It has taken "a Mexican outlaws to show
a nation, THE EXTREMITY OF OUR UNPREPAREDNESS.
this country that this dramatic demonstra-
band of suerilas rather than by first
class power
We could not even assume of chasing Villa, be
cause army have scattered in impoent
and there and because there were
ammunition, equipment for instant pur
suit. pursuit America must be prepared
NECESSARY pacify all Mexico and perhaps to
country till orderly be established
We doing far more than CHASING BANDIT into tho
mountains.
a very limited class of people in this country that
admit Most of us know
of the muniton manufacture
ers, WHO WANT TO COIN DOLLARS OUT OF 1T.
At time, what going to do about it in
period almost UNIVERSAL WARFARE?
That is question American citizens must
That is the question that The Times
its readers disagreed with this PAPERS CHAM
PIONsHIP OF THE CAUSE OF NATIONAL PREPARED
NESS.
: We know that DEFENsELEssNEss is no bar against
We know there are DANGERS in PREPAREDNESS.
know also that there GREATER DANGERS
in DEFENsELEssNEss.
When get right rock bottom, this prepared
issue is the acid test to determine whether the United
States is just sl,or-sgted wrangling
SELFISH LOCALITIES. This be met.
going to have a military establishment. There is
it, Many Of don't like military establish
men Many of don't like to carry fire insurance on
building. But there long there are fires
idea that profiseekng interests the back
military will avail nothing Nor will the fact
that there is danger of this military program being used to
the American working class be enough to block it,
stands that the nation that
because she has
been attacked will be is THE NATION MOST IN
DANGER.
If that system that makes here,
will hard other As long there
there will be mamen As long there
he the ONLY POSSIBLE WISDOM FOR THIS Ma
TION Is TO GET AN ADEQUATE ARMAMENT, AND THE
BEST.
The of the pacifss who preparedness
argument United States prepared for
has engaged in and therefore should not begin to pre-
pare now-s all history have faced
faced and fought q first-class power
Every great general this has produced has
planned shortage of material He has
handicapped the nefcency and the worthessness of
great majority of his troops DUE SOLELY TO THEIR
BEING UNFRAMED
have been unnecessarily prolonged, with
heavier i'm life and BECAUSE WE
WERE NEVER PREPARED FOR WAR.
North possessed 10000 trained soldiers, with
munitions when Sumter fired
history the civil would have been changed III
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27

Dear little children, now we
show the Sphenisius Demersus,
bone-head penguin.
1t is always TO be found on top
of some high mountain.
How IL ever got up that high
will always be one Of life's mys-
teries.
II is closely related to the pen
holder and pen-wiper, but Is nc
relation to the big pen.
Nobody knows what It eats, 90
we picture an Arctic mosquito
lowering over his dome.
The penguin's eggs are shaped
like a brick, and have uttle anti
skid chains on them 30 they won't
roll down the mountain.
The high altitude makes the
penguin light-headed. ana maybe
that's why he's 20 cArefree.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27

plete bar were a few of the things
confiscated. They are valued at
more than $1,000.
The building is owned by Dick
Tourilla. Deputy Prosecutor
Thompson was not sure today
whether the county would bring
abatement proceedings or not.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27

WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
March 27.-Severance of dip
lomatic relations with Ger
many probably will result
should 1t be found that a
German submarine tOrpedoed
the steamer Sussex.
President Wilson is awaiting
the facts in the case, 1t was stated
today at the White House. He
conferred with Secretary Lansing
by telephone.
1t is believed that IL 1t Is es-
tablished that submarine was
responsible, there will be no need
of inquiring into its nationality
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27
YACHT RAMMED BY
TANKER; SIX DEAD

VALLEJO, CAL. March %.
six persons were drowned
early today when the oil
steamer Coalinga ran down u
pleasure launch.
Seven were aboard thu launch,
which sailors on the Coaiinga de-
clared carried no lights. A small
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27

Minneapolis
Submar

LONDON, March 27.--Eleyen
persons were killed when the
british liner Minneapolis was
summarized IN the Mediterranean
wednesday, II WAS announced to-
day. (
The French steamer Hebe, the
British ship Cerne and the fish
carrier KIiart0uIn have been
sunk. Nine Of the Khartoumb
crew are missing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27
CONVICT SLABS
PRISON GUARD

LEAVENWORTH, Kas., March
27.-Before the eyes of 1900
prisoners, Robert Stroud, convict,
stabbed Anrew Turner, prison
guard, in the heart with case
knife. Stroud was formerly q
prisoner at McNeils island.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27

boat rescued Jack Mahan.
He declared that the motor of
the launch was stalled and that
the boat drifted hopelessly in the
path of the tanker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27
DON'T MISS THIS BIG MOVIE MYSTERY

IT was derious don't remember. Perhaps did" sobs
Mary.
The Times interested just all Tacoma folks interested
in seeing the strange mystery solved
The Times giving every of it's readers chance to
great of stories which begins the Liberty
theater today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27
SOME FAMOUS MEYERS
Never again!

Never again!
Never count your chickens
Never trump your partners
ace.
Never talk back to police
man.
Never run for office If you're
afraid to say what you stand for,
Never strike defenseiess won.
an 5000. - 81 {F
Never feed your neighbor's cat.
Never 20 u sfeep on Z railroad
What the raven said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27
BREAK WITH KAISER
AGAIN SEEMS LIKELY

Neither Turkish nor Austrian
submarines operate in the chan
mel, diplomats believe.
The president has been informs
ed that If the U. s. should sever
relations, the kaiser might de-
clare war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27

plans, and she left to visit her
brothers family in Hoquiam the
same day that | disappeared. OF
course | am sorry II there has
been any worry over my 'myster-
ious disappearance but | had to
work secretly and. with extreme
caution if | expected to get into
prison without the knowledge Of
the warden or his men"
GOT CONNECTS VIEWPOINT
This message, which flashed
into The Times office today, ar
rived almost simultaneously with
a personal telegram from Peters
to the editor in which he verified
the story and cleared up the mys-
terry of his Whereabouts since last
Thursday.
Peters actually has accompllsh-
ed the unparalleled feat for re-
porter, OF breaking into a peni-
Tertiary, living a convict's life
and thus gaining a close, person.
al insight into the feelings and
ambitions of the imprisoned.
His long experience as a police
reporter fitted him peculiarly for
making such study intelligent
ly.
He expects TO reach Tacoma to-
morrow morning and will begin
at once writing a series of arti-
cles about Washington's great
penal institution at WalIa Walla
which ought to be more enter
tanning than fiction.
The Times hopes to be able to
present his first article in tomor-
row nights paper.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27
IT ak o. the Times.

We got Jack Bowles, the
famous bird expert who lives
in the Woodstock, TO furnish
us the material for our Sec
Ond article i'm our wonderful
immature stories series.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-03-27

81 have written a poem on -
1.-The editor looked up YEARLY.
The blue-eyed blond young wom-
an was merciless.
II have written a poem on The
Old Red Barn on the Farm,
and -"
The weary look disappeared
from the editors face.
"Ah! Delighted! Written it on
the old red barn, eh? Fine! III
be going along by the farm in q
day or so, and I'll stop at the old
red barn and read it,"
We'd like Weather Man
Cover to understand that
we're living out by Lake
Steilacoom now, and that un-
less he stops his goings-on
pretty soon, he's going to
spill IL over onto our front
porch.