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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31

Experts OF the Department of sAsricu,-
! ture are conducting a number of potato
investigations in vari-
Investigating Gus states. One of the
po+o4.., main features OF the
work is the develop
ment. from seed, of new varieties. OF DO
tatoes specially suited for certain pur-
poses and adapted to the special grow
Ing regions in which such products can
| most economically be produced
A large number of seedlings have been
grown and those Of greatest promise only
retained, of which it is understood there
are some 300 considered Of sufficient value
to warrant further testing These are
being tried out in cooperation with the
various state agricultural stations. and as
soon as they have proven their worth in
any locality arrangements will be made
to establish the variety in the region to
which 1t is best adapted.
experiments are being made leading to
determination Of the factors necessary
for the production of disease-free potatoes
1t has been found that where land has
previously been in cultivation with grains
and alfalfa 1t may produce disease free
potatoes.
The department has completed expert
ments in southern Idaho on the control
Of powdery dry rot in storage and it has
been. shown that the losses can be pre-
vented by careful harvesting to avoid
mechanical injuries and by keeping the
potato storage cellar at a Temperature be-
tween 30 and 40 degrees fahrenheit. with
proper ventilation
In spite of the fact that publicity is
given every once in a while to the fact,
the general public
Smithsonian does not seem to be
aware that tn e
Smithsonian Insti-
tuition one of the semi official govern
ment bureaus. was the gift to the United
States government of an Englishman
one James Smithson, who, upon his
death in 1929. left 100000 to found in
Washington an establishment for the
increase and diffusion of knowledge
among men.
1t was not until 1916 that President
Polk signed an act of Congress estab-
fishing the Smithsonian Institution in
consonance with the intentions of the
founder. The first secretary of the in
stitution was Prof. Joseph Henry, the
great Princeton physicist who among
the first Of his duties, drafted the plan
of operations. which was adopted at
once by the board in charge, and which
was so broad in its conception and so
wise in Its provisions that it has had
few notifications since that date, just
seventy years ago.
In general the institution was to fur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
Origin of the
Empire.

both as by the maRicianS wand, we
should trace here, however summarily,
the origin of this empire of the Mon
sols. which is a recreation.
The empire of Mongolia was rounded
nv Ghenkis- Khan 1206-122l, reconsti-
tuted by Tamerlane or Timour-Lens
1336-l4O5, refounded by Bahour l303-
1880. and finally by Aureng-Zeyb 1905
1907 after which the empire fell into
decadence-
Mongolia is actually a geographical
term denoting all that vast stretch OF
territory lying between the organized
provinces of China on the south. and
Siberia on the north. 1t covers an area
of nearly 100000 square miles. but II
Contains only 100000 Inhabitants.
outer Mongolia has a population OF
SOC. 900, of which 100000 are Chinese
(south) has a fertile soil and pasture
lands. These constitute the two great
divisions of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia
lies nearest China and first recognized
the suzerainty of the Manchur. The
Inner Mongols still retain the admin
istrative forms of Ghenkis-khan and
his successors Outer Mongolia. which
is directly concerned in the Russo
Monaghan agreement. has been tribu-
tary to China since 1891 A. ID. and has
testified it's allegiance in the past by
the annual tribute to the Manchl
court of eight white horses and one
white camel
The Mongols are the same people that
once swept as a tidal wave over Asia
and southeastern Europe. Their tribal
rulers today-divided in three kha-
nites-claim to be the lineal descend
ants of the great Khan. Urga.
the capital city of Outer Mongolia. the
holy city of the Monsols." is built ON
the sacred mountain where tradition
says: Here the great Ghenkis was
born. CH. CHAILLE-LONG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31

Work in connection with the chain Of
wireless stations that are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31

Efforts were being made fifty years
ago for better rail communication be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31

n connection with the per-
: tax has progressed ia
vorably during the past
year. according. to ex-
perts Of the internal
revenue bureau who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31

Trouble was brewing in South Caro-
lima at this time fifty years ago be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31

In spite of the fact that publicity is
given every once in a while to the fact,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31

The work in {
sonal income
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31

ITO the Mongols the revolution in
China was golden opportunity. In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31

The Washington Skating Club opened
its pond at 18th street December, 1866,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
Offering Prizes
For Best Servent Girls

a family through two or more
generations.
For fear, apparently, that
there may be difficulty In find
ing such a specimen Of perfect
humanity, third prize, consist-
ing of a certificate of merit, 10
to be offered to all domestics who
have been in the service of one
family for five years or more.
The competition is designed to
show domestics that their work ID
appreciated, also to emphasize In
the minds of employers the neces-
sity for good treatment of SER
wants.
Testimony from housewives
who have attained that magic
something" which enables them
to keep the elusive servant girl
for more than a week at times
Is expected to furnish valuable
pointers for less fortunate women
who have had to prepare a meal
on the spur Of the moment when
a dissatisfied cook left without
notice.
Already many entries have
been filed and are being tabu-
lated. Washington is agog to
learn the name and pedigree OF
THE perfect servant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
COMMERCE
CAR PARK

With the routing of Point Defi-
ance-South Tacoma street cars on
Jefferson avenue Monday, and
the discontinuance of the Jeffer-
son avenue street car line, police
officers made preparations to use
Commerce street as parking
space for automobiles.
Large white lines were paint
ed on the pavement, and auto
mobile owners were instructed to
park their cars In the center of
the street hereafter. No parking
of cars on Pacific or Broadway
will be permitted.
The new route of street cars
proved popular Monday. More
than five minutes were taken off
the South Tacoma running time.
Tacoma avenue cars now turn at
jefferson avenue and run to the
terminus of the old Center street
line. There is 15-minute service
on this line, instead of the for
mer half-hourly service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
Is fed and I'm some fashion

Is fed and I'm some fashion
will continue to be.
True, again, as | have pointed
out before. deficient feeding is
having its certain effect upon
German fighting and will have.
But as a matter of fact. men can
exist for years on half rations,
and, protected by trenches, put
up a fair kind of a defenensive
fight. They probably will not,
but they CAN.
And as to supplies of men, look
for moment at these astounding
facts.
One day last July in the Brit
ish house of commons a member
asked the under-secretary for
war. Mr.. Tenant, how many Ger
mans had been killed since the
beginning of the war and how
many Germans meanwhile had
come into the age of military
service.
Mr.. Tenant didn't seem to
yearn much for that kind of
question, but he gave the figures,
and here they are:
Germans killed in action
or dying of wounds to
May 81, 1915 ..... 900, 26S
Number of male Germans
between n and IL
years of age on Decem-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
Shut-ins See Airmen
Who Defend London

other across the blue.
Then they swooped; the stu
pendous slide became series OF
loop-the-loops.
Lower still. and the winged ac-
robats opened mimic war In the
air.
Half hundred little neutrals
shrieked braves for both.
Twenty ecstatic minutes, and
victory was won!
Down dropped the "vanQuish}
ed" airman until the clangor Of
his pulsing engine drowned every
earth sound.
Two hundred feet below. tiny
upturned faces watched him In
dumb establishment.
Lower still, very cautiously.
then something dropped. The lit
tie packet, gay with flyers flag,
fell like bomb on the lawn.
Far, far away two friendly air.
men were racing toward home.
A dozen small frail fingers
struggled to unwrap the present
from the sky.
Out fell a shower of shining
shilling--and a message:
"This Is for candy! We
hope you Riddles liked our
show.
1.-TWO BIRDS"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13

end then. There is no particular
reason why 1t should not go on
two years, or five, or ten, or
twenty!
IL 1t stops next year 1t will stop
because the kaiser has become
tired of having his troops ham
mered back on the Somme or the
Mouse. or has found a diversion
that beats war, or his people have
tired of potato bread.
1t will not stop because Ger
many or any other country is ex-
hausted i'm men or money or any
thing else.
Nobody writes about this very
strange fact. Yet, next to the
discovery of the real France, 1t is
the biggest thing the war has
bro""Nt ont. 1t upsets all we had
sver heard or read or innocently
believed about war. Yet it is
absolutely certain and undeni-
able.
Modern war, we used to say
heaven bless us for a lot of MIN
nies!-is SO terribly expensive
that IL it comes 1t can last only
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
w ants Peak
Accessible to
All Citizens

81 want to make Mount Ia
coma so easily accessible that a
person with a baby carriage can
get there as easily as one with
a limousine"
This will be the main idea of
the address Tuesday at o'clock
In the Commercial club by Ste
phen T. Mather, assistant secre-
tary of the interior, and boss"
of the national parks.
Mather is coming to Tacoma
to arouse the business men of
this community to greater effort
towards advertising the noun
tain and developing it into a
tourist center that will attract
persons from all parts of the
country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13

as many men under arms. She
has more men in her training
camps at home than she ever sent
into the war. The Russian army
will probably have received this
year three times as many recruits
as 1t has lost from It's files.
In the way of supplies of men
and money these nations can fight
through generation and then
begin again!
WHAT. THEN, WILL END
THE WAR?
The kaiser. or defeat for the
central powers that would show
their people the folly of going on.
Anything that would make them
think they were living on rations
and going without meat TO NO
PURPOSE.
Nothing else will stop 1t. Most
surely nothing in what we used
to be pleased to think were the
facts about war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
EVIDENCE
OF MURDER

Definite circumstances, all of
which are said to lead to the
theory that Mrs. Stella Pierwsza
was murdered at her home at
Wilkeson, were gone over Mon
day in conference between Dep
uty Prosecutor Selden and II. o.
Heinrich, consulting chemist and
criminologist of Tacoma.
The officers have practically
satisfied themselves following
Heinrich's detailed examination
of the Pierwsza home, that the
woman could not have committed
suicide, 1t was learned.
Her husband, John Pierwsza,
the husband, is still in the county
jail, held on a charge of murder.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13

'Ju st AS Long AS the Nations Wa
} Keep On Fighting, Says Charles E. Russell

ocean of paper money she has
printed, she Is now sweeping il
back into her treasury by means
OF war loan" or issue of bonds.
When she gets ii back she will
begin to pay it out again, and
when 1t is paid out she will gath
er it in again with another issue
of bonds.
She has been doing this ever
since the war started and she can
keep on doing it year in and year
out SO long as she likes.
How then will she ever be Eek
hausted financially?
All the money in circulation in
Germany before the war was less
than $2,000,00O. She has already
spent on the war $13.000.000 900
and shows not a sign OF financial
exhaustion. Why should she?
True, she is piling up debt
that looks like Mont Blanc, but
that, after all, needn't trouble
her statesmen. When the war is
over she can repudlate II. What's
the use?
Then the British have IA
favOrite dream that Germany
Is to be starved to death. Let
them forget that, also. True,
Germany, or the poorer part
of 1t, is on ratiOns and has
been for two years. hut it
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13

Der 4, 1914 ....... .674 $50
Number of male Germans
between III and IL
years of age ON Deccm-
Der I, 1915 .... .00f, 274
So that. as a matter of fact, the
additions to Germany's military
strength by reason of young men
coming into the military age Is
actually greater than Germany's
losses In killed in battle!
This was illustrated again two
weeks ago by the figures that
were printed of Germany's total
losses of all kinds since the war
begain. All of her soldiers
killed in battle, dying OF wounds
or taken prisoner totaled 1.265,-
600. The total of young men
that have come into military age
In the same period is about the
same.
While battle is cutting
down the army at one end,
time is filling IL at the other.
| have taken Germany merely
because the figures about her are
available, but you can say the
same thing about the other ma
tions, except perhaps Austria.
Everybody that knows France
knows she Is very much stronger
now than she was when the war
broke. Great Britain has 20 times
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13

very short time.
1t is so terribly destructive of
life. we used to say-being min
MES as before-that any nation
that fights will in a short time
have no men to fight with.
Some Of us still cling hard to
these fancies and point to the
empty treasury of the nation or
another as q sure reason why ii
can't make war.
mo war chest, no fight" say
we.
But the fact is, you can
carry on war without any
money. Colossal war, ag-
gresSive war, incessant war
you can carry IL on indefi-
nitely without u cent.
The war chest is a myth, a
dream, fable. Nations don't
need any war chest. All they
need is a printing press and a
good, steady pressman.
Germany, the other day, float
Cd its fifth war loan, billion and
a half of dollars, being bonds all
eagerly subscribed by her own
people.
So you read in your newspa-
pers. What does it really mean?
Why, it means that having paid
out to her people in wages and
purchases about all of the vast
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
PILES
DIMINISHED

The passing of election time
heat surely put the skids under
Mr.. Mercury in Tacoma.
Now's the time to look for frost
bitten noses.
Sunday and Monday mornings,
just before the hour when Mr..
Business Man turns on his furn-
ace, were on a par for chilliness.
Sunday morning at the Their
mometer stood at 23.5.
Monday morning was trifle
better, but not so much that you
could notice II. At 4 a. IN. II vas
23.6. BY 5 a. m. it had risen
to 24.3.
It's the frostiest weather since
Nov. IL, 1911, when the thor
mometer registered 10 degrees
above.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13

wrists. The home dressmaker
who is adept with her needle can
make this waist within few
hours. The construction guide is
simplicity itself, SO that there is
no question about which there
need be the slightest doubt. First,
turn under the front edge OF the
front on small 20" perforations
for an undertaking. The center
front is indicated by large 20"
'perforations. Close under-arm
and shoulder seams as notched
and adjust pocket to position on
left front, with upper, pointed
ends of pocket at indicating
small 20" perforations. Then,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13

20" perforations.
Sew sleeve in armhole as
notched, small 20" perforation at
shoulder seam easing in any full
ness.
For trimming waists fine cord
or soutache embroidery in self
color is used, too, and there are
some very stunning blouses in
dark or neutral colorings that
show odd embroidered motifs of
peasant or Chinese character. The
peasant embroideries are likely to
be of woods in gay colors, but the
Chinese designs are often the
merest traceries in metallic and
colored threads, though they
sometimes show more solid and
striking effects.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
FIRES WILL
BE PROBED

Several suspicious fires in Ia
coma recently that have been SUI
perficially examined by Fire
Marshal Chantler, will be investi-
gated this week by M. A. Martin,
special arson Investigator of the
board of underwriters, and Stew
are Smith, deputy state insurance
commissioner, who arrived in
Tacoma Monday.
There have been at least six
suspected arson cases in this city
during the past few months, ac-
cording to Chantler.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
BY Mary Boyle O'Reilly
Enterprise Association

Newspaper Enterprise Association.
LONDON, Nov. 13.-All Lon
don nightly watches the aero
plane defenders of the capital as
they flash across the searchlights.
But to the aerodrame the other
day came this message:
IF you please, WE never
have seen you flying mt all.
When IL comes % o'clock, WE
have to go to bed, even when
Xeppeltns are promised.
Other children can hear you
flying In the dark.
s'If you flew by our home
when the sun shines we could
ALL see yOu--eyen the chill
dren who cannot walk.
"CHILDREN OF ALTON
HOSPITAL"
Next day was Sunday-and
sunny!
Earlier than the oldest nurse
remembered. every child scram-
bled into it3 garden clothes.
Followed a long half-hour of
waiting to see what might hap
pen.
Faint and far away hummed
the drone of aerial engines; two
airmen, flying high, raced each
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13

The eruption
is due Nov. ID,
when h o u s O.
wives of the ma
tons C a p | t a !
will undertake
to decide the
question: "Who
has the perfect
servant girl?"
Mrs. Court +.
Wood. p r e s l.
dent of the Dis
trict of Column
bia Federation
OF w o m e n g
clubs, and Mrs.
j. Edison Briggs,
chairman of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
Hughes Still Is
Holding Back
Congratulations

NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-Repub-
lican National Chairman Wilcox
and Charles Evans Hughes are
still waiting today for official re-
turns before taking any further
action in connection with last
Tuesdays election or sending
President Wilson a congrstula-
tory message which would con-
cede his return to the White
House.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
ToDAY's CLEARINGs

three years ago played exclusively
over the big time in the East"
says Donnellan.
THE same acts that played the
Brendon-Fuller circuit in Aus
tralia and the Southern circuit of
theaters will be booked into Ta-
coma.
Z The acts that win come to Ia
coma are also booked Into Seattle,
San Francisco, Portland, Oakland,
Los Angeles, Salt Lake, Denver,
Chicago. New York and the other
large Eastern cities where we
have theaterH. $780, .sA------ -,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
Our Industrial
Insurance Law
Being Tested

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. l3.
-Reargument of cases involving
the workmen's compensation laws
Of five states-New York, Ohio,
Washington, Iowa and New Jer-
sey-was ordered today by the SUI
preme court of the U. 8.
Questions in the New York,
Iowa and Washington cases in
yolve directly the constitutional
ity of the laws.
In New Jersey and Ohio laws,
the question is that of interpreta-
tion-whether men engaged in in
terstate commerce are affected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
RECENT THEATER TO OPEN
WITH A VAUDEVILLE BILL

The Regent theater will re-
open In few days, it Is an.
nounced, with bi-weekly change
Of vaudeville and motion pictures.
e. J. Donnelian, a veteran che
atrlcal manager of tie coast, IL
here representing Alderman &
Harris, owners of the Hippodrone
circuit, In the venture.
Owing to the European var,
which drove countless vaudeville
and legitimate actors to this coua-
try, the concern booking for the
new Tacoma house has been for
turate In signing up acts that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
CAL. TOWN
In FLAMES
Omitted Pres. Leased wire.l

Ltuscu
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Nov. 10.
Starting in tamale parlor at
noon today fire has swept nalf
the business section of the town
of Davis, 10 miles west of here.
and is still raging.
Two chemicals and a pumping
engine from the Sacramento fire
department were hurried to the
town in response to frantic calls
for help. Every resident Of the
city is engaged in fighting the
flames.
A strong north wind is spread
ing the fire rapidly, and it is
feared the entire place will be
wiped out. The loss is already
more than $4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
Slave
: Case Carried
to Supremers
(United Press Leased wire.)

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 13.
Claiming "untenable" the con-
teptions of Maury |. Niggs and
F. Drew Caminetti, convicted in
California in the first big Mann
white slave act cases, that the
law does not apply to non-com-
mercial interstate transportation
of women, department of justice
attorneys today filed in the SUI
preme court the governments
brief in the case.
With the Diggs-Caminetti
case is consolidated that of l.. T.
Hayes, charged in Oklahoma
courts with a similar offense.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13

home economics committee, have
asked all women in Washington
who employ cooks and maids to
help compile a who's Who of
Domestics," for Washington.
The plan is to offer awards to
domestics of longest service in a
single family, and another for
the one longest in the service OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
BRITISH STEAMERS
MUST CARRY GRAIN

united Press Leased Wfre.l
GALVESTON, Tex, Nov. 13..--
The British admiralty has requisi-
toned all liners and tramp steam
ers in the Gulf and Atlantic trade
flying the British flag, by order
ing all steamers to carry so per
cent grain cargo, according to adj
vices received here today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13

Every time 1
come back from
the European
slaughter-house
this question is
shot at me more
than all others
together.
Ii is of course
all a guess. Most
highbrow a u
thorities guess
that it will end
about July or
August.
Dat - -.Al-sA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
Suicide Plans
Trade for Lot
In a Cemetery

SEATTLE. Nov. 13.-Barney
Koshstein. 80, formerly OF Salem.
Ore, went to his room in the
Washington Annex Saturday, and
after writing his Will. In which
he offered to exchange property
In American Falls, Idaho. for .
burial lot In Seattle, shot him
self through the head.
Local undertakers today were
trying to get line on the prop
erty from American Falls real
estate men, with an eye to full
filling the mans last request.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13

(Newspaper Enterprise AssOclntion)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. 8.
Washington is treading on the
edge of volcano! .
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13
BY Charles E. Russell

How much longer Is this infer
nal war to last?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-13

face the collar and sew to neck
edge, notches and center-backs
even. Roll collar and front as
pictured, after which the sleeves
may be made. Close seam AZ
notched. Gather lower edge be-
tween double "TT' perforations.
Close cuff seam as notched to
small 20" perforation and face.
Roll the lower part back on large
sss. Sizes. "a to 46 inches bust.