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The Washington times., 1916-01-31
BLOCKADE ONLY BLUFF.

when | say a new blockade of Ger
many would be bluff. don't misunder-
stand me- said Admiral Won Holtzen-
dorff, Germany looks earnestly, but
fearlessly, upon any enemy plan to
cause her women and chilrren to suf-
fer. But because such a blockade is
impossible. l say it Is a bluff.
"Englands purpose is to make diff
ficultes for our families. thinking this
will affect the men in the trenches
and it will, for when the men learn that
their families are being made to suf-
fer by the enemy opposite them. they
will be more determined to fight the
harder.
"E.ngland's purpose in this war, as her
officials have repeatedly stated. is to
cripple Germany and destroy her COM
merCe. After eighteen months Of war
she has not been successful. Her EFF
fective' blockade will have absolutely no
effect upon our military determination.
We long ago prepared for any emer-
gcncY."
The admiral is a small. plump. ener-
getc man. with thick white whiskers
and a hearty handshake. For five
months he has held the important post
as chief of the admiralty staff
What effect would a striCter block
ade have upon Germanys military
plans?" he was asked.
absolutely no military advantage
would be gained. the Admiral answered
I'VE have all the things necessary for
war for wears"
When the admiral spoke of Germany s
abundant military supplies. ! asked how
long he thought the war would last.
Until we are victorious" came the
immediate reply. Germany Is defeated
her business forever ruined. and her in
ternational influence destroyed. The waf
will last until the allies learn they
cannot accomplish their purposes. That
may be long time
l asked his eXcellency about Ger
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
Urges Putting Suffrage q.
Bill Up to People

Miss Elsie Hill. member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Congressional
Union for Womans Suffrage, urged
submitting the Susan p. Anthony suf-
frage amendment to the States during
the present session of Congress. at the
Bristersburg High School. in FauQuier
county, Va, last night. Prof. /. n. II
Beahm. principal of the school, took the
other side of the question
Earlier in the afternoon she addressed
a crowd that met her at Catlett station
and on her way back to Washington
this morning she spoke from the train
platform at Briscoe, Knokesville. and
Manassas.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31

many's submarines. asking especially If
was true that more than fifty have been
lost
Not one-half that many-not near
one-half," was Admiral Won Holtzen-
fatf's quick response. The English
think because they laid nets and mines
that our submarines were being trapped
Nothing could be more untrue. More
than one submarine has gone through
these nets undamaged The fact that in
less than year more than / 300 ,00s tons
of enemy merchant ships have been de-
stroyed by them is evidence enough OF
what our submarines have done to AL
led commerce.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
Bl0ckadeOf Germany
Impossible, Declares
Admiralty Staff Chief
Admiral Won Holtzendorff Asserts British Are Pow
erless to Stop Baltic Commerce From Sweden
and Denmark to Germany-Supplies Al
ready Abundant, He Believes.
Bv CARL w. ACKERMAN.
Copyright, 1916, blythe United Press.

(ia wireless) Jam 31-An effective blockade of
many impossible Admiral Hozendo, chief of the German
admiralty staff today exclusive
United Press
England said could under stop
the Baltic Sweden and Denmark and Germany For
he pointed British submarine has had
fleet is frozen in Russian harbors
The only declaration of blockade by the allies
stated upon neutrals upon the
children of Germany.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
Navy League to Discuss
Defense Here in March

The eleventh annual convention OF
the Navy League Of the United States
will BE- held at the New Willard Hu-
tel March -. -, %, and SO. when
constructive SUGGESTIONS for national
defense will be the order of the meet
Ings.
Col. Robert y. Thompson. president
of the league, will have charge of the
meetings, and it is expected that spe-
Cial reports will he made regarding
the growth of the woman's section.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
PinChOt to Speak.

"Conservation, a Basic Factor in Ma
tional Defense" will be the subject OF
an address tomorrow night by Clifford
Pinchot, formerly chief of the Forestry
Bureau. in the Public Library. The
meeting will be under the auspices OF
the National Defense League. ellison
Gardner will preside.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
Mems Club to Meet.

Tho semi-monthly meeting OF the
Mems Club Of Grace Episcopal Church.
OF Georgetown. will be held Wednesday
evening at 3 o'clock In the parish hall.
Wisconsin avenue and South streets. A
specially attractive program has been
arranged by the committee in charge
and refreshments will be served.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31

Freiburg destroyed military train.
killing and wounding a large number OF
soldiers, according To Zurich dis
patches today.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31
ROUTED|N
BATTLE ABOVE PARIS
Twenty-six Killed and Thirty
two Injured in Saturday
Night Attack.
Continued from First Page)


panied by several Of the Fokker "air
any night.
The raids of Saturday and Sunday
night, aeronautic experts write, un-
doubtedly were for the purpose Of test
ing out Paris aerial defenses. prepara-
torv to greater raids
The majority of the people of Paris
only learned through their newspapers
today OF the second raid on the city last
night. The lights OUT warning sound
ed at $50 o'clock while great crowds
and restaurants but when the lights
were turned on again an hour and a
half later. II was reported that the
Zeppelin had been driven off It was
several hours later that the police were
Informed OF the pursuit Of the Zeppelin
over the suburbs.
Search For Bodies.
Squads of laborcrs are digging in the
ruins of five-story tenement building.
split In half by one Of the Coo pound
bombs. for bodies today.
Auguste Politician, a zouave. had OBJ
tained "a leave of absence from the front
and had reached home on Saturday
evening. eager to escape the war for a
few days with his family. While he sat
at the table with his wife. his two little
boys. and three other relatives. the war
came to him. The bodies of all seven
were found in the ruins Of the wrecked
tenement.
Another bomb exploded on a little cot
tage. blowing 1t to pieces. Still another
crashed through the roadway above the
subway, only an instant after = train
had flashed by. Traffic on this section
of the underground railway was inter-
rupted all day Yesterday.
Great crowds of Sunday sightseers
visited the sections where the Zeppelin
raider wrought death and destruction
A relief fund was started TODAY for the
Zeppelin victims.
LONDON, Jan. 3l.-Bombs thrown ty
French aviators in the recent raid on
The Washington times., 1916-01-31

In police court this morning Charles
Byrd, n colored boy. eleven years old
was sent to the reform school fol
stealing newspapers.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31

The Alexandria German Club will
give dance next Friday night at the
Flks' Auditorium, at which the mem
hers of the Alexandria assembly will
he its guests.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31

The home of Jefferson Aitcheson. in
Rosemont: was entered by burglars
last night and a breast pin valued at
$40 stolen. A quantity of silver ware
and other iewelry which were in sight
were not taken.
The Washington times., 1916-01-31

ARRANGEMENTS have been made for
n special train to leave Alexandria to-
morrow night from King and Column
bus streets at 7:25 o'clock to convey
the members of st. Mary's Alumnae
and their friends to Washington. where
they will attend the performance at
Polls Theater
The Washington times., 1916-01-31

The Rectors Aid Society of St
Paul's Church will give a supper in the
Parish Hall Thursday evening from 6
to S o'clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15
POINDExTER WOULD
PUT JOBLESS MEN
ON IDLE j. s. LANDS

port, recommending a new home
stead policy, by which the gov
eminent should colombo the un-
employed on its remaining public
lands and national forests and on
lands to be acquired by purchase,
holding on to the title to these
lands and preparing the lands for
occupancy and supplying the set
tiers with capital and tools and
helping them by organizing coop
erative enterprises for purchasing
supplies and marketing crops.
d Favorable.
l asked every member of house
and senate to express an opinion
on this plan. With few exceptions
they are not interested.
They are interested in postof-
fees, pork and patronage, but I'M
employment leaves them cold.
OF 70 who responded, just rs
may be cIassed as favorable to
Secretary Wilson's plan.
Representative Robert Crosser
of Ohio says, This suggestion is
about the first practical sugyes-
tion by the government looking
to the abolition of the injustice
causing unemployment. II we
adopt legislation which will give
labor access to the earth, the
problem of unemployment will
soon cease to perplex us. | have
under consideration and hope
soon to introduce bill to accom-
plish the purpose mentioned"
The most intelligent reply from
any senator was that made by
Senate. Miles Poindexter of
Washington.
lie favors the extension OF the
reclamation principle to home
stealing, and wants the govern
ment 20 provide for fertilization,
drainage, clearing of land, fsnc-
ing and the erection OF buildings,
as well as the loaning OF sufficient
capital TO start the new settler on
the road to successful cultivation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15

Parker, 96%;; Winifred Osborn,
95h; Ethel Aldrich, 95; Sam
Baker, 95; A. Montgomery, Sena
Ness, Marjorie Common, Ester
Lindstrom, Charles Preuss, Elsa
Arnold, Carl Vinson, Agnes
Beilder, William Birks, Ma
Amy Hedberg, Violet Osborn,
Dagny Williams, Walter Hessert,
Cora Hjertaas, Dorothy Osborn,
Ruth Swanson, Willard Yerkes,
Olive Enger, Pansy Hendricks,
Kenneth KeKnnell, Marguerite
Reding, Elsa Smith, Howard Sis
son, Sibyl De Spain, Eva Osborn,
Allen Anderson, Mary Paken-
ham, Dorothy Rau, Thor Toilet
son, Claude Brennan, Bertha
Portman, Helen Hollensted, &C.
nevieve Reap, Agnes Tollefson,
Will Schwiesow, Lille Siler,
Lorena Mckee, Lucia Minis, Rob-
ert Oles, Edyth Olson, Ralph
Whitney, Gertrude Bell, Aileen
Cook, Julian Perkins, Heloise Eg-
gers, Lee Erhart, Violet Erick-
son, Argetta Dunlap, Dorothy
Livingston, Elizabeth Mueller,
Phoebe Nicholson, Walter Degr
strom, Harold Haines, Ives Hall,
Ruth Baker, Edith Bragdon,
Henry Cramer, Adeline Foss,
Leonard Clayton, Marie Peder-
sen, Ruth Spare, ertha WeWller,
Roy Aldrich, Eva Conrad, Vlo-
let Davies, Flora Meneghel,
Rubie Peterson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15
CH|LD's TONGUE
BECOMES COATED
IF CONSTIPATED
When cross, feverish and
sick give California
Syrup of Figs.

Children love this fruit laxa-
tive and nothing else eleanses
the tender stomach, liver and
bowels SO nicely.
A child simply will not stop
playing to empty the bowels, and
the result is, they become tight
ly clogged with waste, liver Gets
sluggish, stomach sours, tbene
your little one becomes crSss,
half-sick, feverish, don't eat,l
sleep or act naturally, breath is
bad, system full of cold, has lore
throat, stomach-ache or djar-l
rhoea. Listen, Mother! SEE II
tongue is coated, then give tsa-
spoonful Of california Syru1 Of
Figs" and In a few hours all The
constipated waste, sour bile and.
undigested food passes out ofthes
system, and you have veil,
playful child again.
Millions of mothers give Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs" because II
is perfectly harmless: children
love 1t, and 1t never fails to act
on the stomach, livor and bowels.
Ask your druggist for 60
cent bottle OF California Syrup
of Figs which has full direc-
ticns for babies, children Of all
ages and for groVn-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. beware 81
coupterfeits sold here. Oct the
genuine, 1sGde by California
Fig Syrup Company" Refuse
any other kind with contsmpt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15
OUCH! BACKAChE!
RUB LUMBAGO OR
STIFFNESS AWAY
Rub pain from back with
small trial bottle of old
est. Jacobs Oil"

When your back is sore and
lame or lumbago, sciatica or rheu-
matism has you stiffened up, don't
suffer. Get small trial bottle
OF old, honest "St. Jacobs Oil" al
ANY drug store. pour a little In
Iyour hand and rub 1t right on
Your aching back, and by the time
lyou count fifty, the soreness and
lameness 10 gone.
Don't stay crippled This sooth.
ing, penetrating oil needs to be
used only once. II takes the pain
right out and ends the misery. II
Is magical, yet absolutely harm
less and doesn't burn the skin.
Nothing else stops lumbago
|sciatica, backaehe or rheumatism
|so promptly. II never disap'
|fointsl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15

-$37 80 China Cabinet,
quarter-sawed oak, waxed
finish, bent glass door and
ends. Sale price -. $4,000
$4,000 Desk Table, mis-
sion style. top 26x42 inches,
waxed golden or fumed fin
ish. Special 49,. $1,000
$1,000 Dining Table, solid
oak in waxed golden or
fumed finish, 42-inch top,
eft. extension. This sale
at Pi-.Ou
$4,000 Rocker, Jacobean
style, antique finished oak,
cane seat and back. Sale
pTiCe .S%@.DV
$4,000 Breakfast Table,
JacObean style, antique fin
ished oak, oval top 2Sx42
inches. Sale price $23.5O
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15

$50 Dresser, Colonial
style, quartered oak, waxed
golden finish. bevel mirror
22x2S in. Sale price. $3.50
$4,000 Davenport Bed,
mahogany finish, back and
spring seat covered with imi-
tation Spanish leather. Sale
price now .,........ S32.5O
$4,000 Library Table, ia
cobean period, solid oak in
antique finish, top 27x50
inches with cane panel. Sale
price now ..,......% 30
$3.50 Dining Chair, solid
oak, waxed golden or fumed
finish, seat covered with
brown Spanish leather. This
odit P-sDV
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15

Merritt Stiles, besides being
Lincoln Parks leading student,
is editor-in-chief of the TahOma
and has taken an active part i'm
school dramatics. He easily led
the honor roll last year and 1u-
plicated the feat again during
the semester just passed with an
average of ON. He graduates
in June.
Merritt Stiles romped home
an easy winner yesterday in the
honor roll race at the Lincoln
Park high school, with the grand
average of 81 IA for the term.
Seventy-two students qualified
for the honor list with averages
above 80.
The boys led the girls. Wini-
fred Osborn led the girls with
an average of 95 ". Sam Baker
was the first underclassman i'll
the list. The list has five more
names than last year.
The honor roll follows accord
ing to grades:
Merit Stiles, 97h; Howard
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15
Equitable In
New Offices

After several years of sue
cessful operation, the Equitable
Life Assurance society of the
United States has moved its Ia
coma offices from the Equitable
building to the fifth floor of the
Tacoma building.
Manager Widman believes
the change will add greater sue
cess to the Society's work in the
future. He will be assisted in
the new quarters by w. Z. Lips
comb, F. s. Hilmas, Frank l..
Stocking, John l.. Bland, Sam
uel B. Davidson and Miss Ida
Kugeman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15
BY ellison Gardner.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. Is
Out of 531 members of the
531 members of the house and
senate, there are just 20 members
who have sufficient interest In
the problem of unemployment to
answer a query about it.
Perhaps the most important sin
gle recommendation ever made In
a cabinet officers report in recent
times was that contained in the
secretary of labor's annual re
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15
EDUCATORS NAMED
TO INVESTIGATE
SCHOOL SYSTEMS

OLYMPIA, Feb. 15.-Stats
Representative Zednick yester-
day announced the names of ma
tional educators who are to In
vestigate the Washington school
system with an idea of suggest
ing improvements.
The list includes DR.. e. p.
Cubberley of Columbia univer-
sity, Edward G. Elliott of MOn-
tana, DR.. Charles II. Judd of
hicago, w. c. Bagley of the Uni
versity of Illinois and Davis
Smedden, Massachusetts conf
missioner of education.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15
HE HANDS OUT SO
WET VALENTINES

Ninety-eight valentines were
issued yesterday by Deputy Audi
tor Doten. The County Bar
keeper believes more than 1000
liquor licenses will be issued
this month. During the first 10
days of the month $50 permits
have been issued.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15
MINISTER'S PROBE
JACKS HOSTELRY

ITO be or not to be-" A coln-
mittee from the Ministerial AL.
lance was appointed yesterday
to consider the ACCESSIBILITY OF
continuing Jack Godwin's Hotel
de Gink as home for the down
and-outer. The ex-roomers at
the old Emerson school are pa
tiently awaiting the decision.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15
CHANGE PLAN OF
JUDGING CHICKENS

After a spirited debate last
night in the Commercial club,
Tacoma poultry raisers changed
their methods of Judging chick
ems at future shows.
The score card system was
adopted by vote of SO to z, re-
placing the comparison system.
Fl. F. Rau was elected president
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15

After one hour deliberaiion
the jury in Judge Cards court
yesterday found Everett Burch
guilty OF selling a motorcycle that
did not belong to him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15

$4,000 Overstuffed Chair,
soft spring seat and back,
covered with green striped
denim. Sale price. $4,000
$4,000 Buffet, Colonial
style, quartered oak, waxed
golden finish, plank top
22x50 inches. Sale price
at 81 .'DO
$3.50 Magazine Stand,
quarter-sawed oak in waxed
golden or fumed finish, four
shelves size 13x1S inches.
Sale price now $500. 1918
$3.50 Iron Bed, two-inch
continuous posts, five filling
rods, white enamel or Vernis
Martin finish, three-quarter
and full size. Sale price
now $500. ....... .S0.0O
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15
China Remnants al HALF

We are closing out nine dinnerware pat
terms at just half price-seven English semi
porcelain and two Bavaran china patterns.
While there are no complete sets remain
ing In any of the patterns, there are still good
assortments of practical pieces left, which at
the unusual reductions are highly important
In great many homes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15
WARNING!

The man or woman who fails
or refuses to examine the prices
on our stock of groceries willfuIIy
throws their money away.
Open Saturday, Feb. 10.
PACIFIC GROCETERIA
1916 Pacific Ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15
With Rug Prices Soaring
These Savings Important

$500 ADMINISTER RUGS, S1O.s5
Size Eft, standard quality with heavy
all-wool pile; five choice new patterns.
$3.50 BRUSSELS RUGS, $14.9j
Seamless weave, 9xl2-ft. size, full 10-wire
gauge, pure wool face; four excellent pat
terms.
$1,000 WOOL FIBER RUGS, 1855 :
Fiber warp, all-wool filling, 9xl2 size.
seamless weave; new patterns in tan, green,
brown.
$1..5 RAG RUGS, $i.fO
Size 3x6 IT. in plain blue brown, tan and
gray, with white band borders.
$1.OO RAG RUGS, 6Oc
--27x54-inch size in blue, tan, green and
gray, with white band borders, washable
colors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15

of the association, while o. j.
Stone was selected vice presl-
dent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15
Best All at Liberal Savings
FURNITURE FOR THE BEDROOM FOR THE LIVING ROOM FOR
DINING

Those of limited but critical will find furniture built
dignied and distinguished lines thoroughly dependable character
within the moderate While those of
ample bank will find suites and here fit the
finest all at liberal savings during the February Sale
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15

Inc war III Europe
has made the prices
more than double.
/ fOresaw this and
bought large stocks
of supplies and
saved about 500.
Now 1 wish to
turn this stock into
cash and let my pa
tients share the big
saving.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-02-15

During this great
offer my offices
will be open Wed.
and Sat. evenings
and Sun. till IL, as
usual.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-06-02
A SPRING RENEWAL.
How 10 Utilize . css,oH Feather Bed
by Making Pillows Of II.

A few women are fortunate m hav.
Ing Inherited u number Of "ld l-i iii.
laws nni i"lS'crs. and there l. nothing
like oil Fashioned feathers for dividing
NJ inio illliug for sofa pillows while
they last These feathers cnn always
hc put together ngnin for h,i use II
needed. ani meanwhile the, might Just
M well H. used for sofa pillows M to
h. lnli away IN tho siorcronm.
However. not every one II 50 fortu.
nate ~ e. have accumulated the fcnth.
cred e1 coverings ~ her ancestors.
aud then u II found that e. buy new
feathers l. expensive The cheaper pIl.
lows '"islt rcn'ly made arc illlc,i with
cotton ar with s"ft clippings from iin.
cn nnd cotton rags. and u good home.
made hllIng for pillow may ic mn,ic
by cutting roll ~ cotton Into small
squares nnd heating them IN u uan IN
the oven for half mn hour. taking caro-
not to let the cotton scorct. Every
square wili according a. hest author.
iiy. swell H. iwirc It's original size aud
become NJ llgh, nnd nuffy for iilling ~
feathers.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-06-02
CLEAN UP TINE

a JOLLY little clean up fest Ia coming
"a with the spring.
The mop will be our master and the
scrubbing brush our king.
Wen live and breathe In soapsuds and
wen feed on new laid paint,
And our overalls and aprons viii be singu.
larry quaint.
vAYE'LL see that when the dog comes
" home he wipes his feet with care,
Wen brush away the cobwebs and
dust from grandpas chair,
And when we've scrubbed the garbage
pail the cat who wanders by
WIN gaze into It's shining void with mute
reproachful eye.
WE'LL slosh In disinfectants from our
" heads unto our feet.
TIN our very thoughts are germproot
and our souls are pure and sweet
Then when there's nothing else TO clean
this merry month OF May
Wen clsan up n the cash In sight and
.. three square meals . day. -
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-06-02

~ OF grit. feed nnd water are placed
within easy reach. but they are yard.
c,i ~ ns not To- he disturbed. II N not
necessary to darkcn the room whore
the turkey hens are sitting or 10 have
| dark nests.
The turkey hon II n very close sitter
nnd will stay for days without leaving
the nest. This Is one reason why 50
many hens die on the nest. They
weaken from want Of food. water and
exercise. When feeding my stock IN
the morning ] gently llft the sitting
hens from their nests and shut them
out IL the Matching house until after
feeding the other fowls. This some.
times takes thrcc.l,nrtcrs ~ an hour.
hut gives the eggs q chance to cool.
Meanwhile the hens got fresh water.
green grass nnd exercise. 4 turkey
hen treated Ia this way generally I'M.
proves by the rest obtnincd In the
Matching season. When she leaves the
nest with the brood her head Il red
AMI she Is IN good condition. ! have
u nice clean coop oil .ySady for her.
Tho first feed give the little poults
In finely chopped hard boiled eggs and
singing ncttlc ot 'dandclions with .
shake II red pepper or ginger.
When they ARE about two days old I
soak brcad In milk. squeeze Il dry and
add 60 the chopped danjclions. I keep
charcoal and baby grit always before
them and all tho sour milk they can
drink. When nbout three weeks old
for every twelve pouits I mix one pint