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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06

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Special rate during January, s1.OO.
Miss Myrtle Perry of Higginsville,
Mo, spent the holidays here.
MIR. Geo. Slaughter of Topeka, Kan
sas, spent holidays in the city.
Rev. H. c. Johnson goes today to
Glasgow, Mo, to conduct q revival.
Mr.. Frank Barbee of Lawrence,
Kansas, spent the holidays in the city.
Send us $1.OO and have the Sun.sent
to a relative or friend for n year..
Mr.. B. w. Schweich Of Chicago, Ill,
spent the holidays in tht city with
friends
Mr.. d. L. Penn of st. Louis, Mo-,
& visited friends in the city during the
holidays.
Mr.. C. G. Mortimer, of Los Angeles,
Calf, was in the city a few days this
week on business.
Miss Esther Galloway a teacher at
Moberly, Mo-, was a visitor in the city
during the holidays.
Sergeant John Johnson of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, spent the holidays in the
city with friends.
Mrs. A. Gibbs, of 251S Michigan ave-
nue., is recovering from paralysis after
a few weeks of illness.
Stop'that bad cold. Srhith's Vim and
Visor Cold Tablets will do II. Price
IS cents. 18th and TRACY y.
Miss Dorothy Watkins of st. Joseph,
Mo-, spent holidays with Miss Ethel
inc Wilson, 1904 E. 10th Street.
Miss Genevieve Wilson left Sunday
for Chickasha, Okla, 70 teach Domes-
tic Science in the school there.
Stop that bad col3. Smiths Vim
and Vigor Cold Tablets will do it.
Price Is cents. 18TH and Tracy.
Mrs. Phoebe CASTOR of st. Louis,
Mo-, spent holidays here with rela-
tives at 915 Oak, rdfurning Thursday,
January 4.
Miss NJ. R. Edwards who attended
the fundamental a her sister Mrs. R
C. Long left for her home Portland
Ore, December II.
Miss Scottie IHerriford of Boley
/OkIS-, IS the aiV@k of her sister Miss
Jessie Herriford yho has been ill fol
the last three Vfks.
TN
Miss Lulu WaNick Asst. Supt. Provi
dent Hospital Chicago is visiting
Miss Mary K. Eh.mTon Supt. of Nurs
es at the GenerNl Hospital
Stop that couf h. Smiths Egg Emul
sion will do k.Made fresh ever>
week. Price a. rs. Let us send YOU
= a bottle todayHUtHn and Tracy.
Mrs. sara baJ of Hannibal, Mo
who has beet surfing the West will
nmake hei Id With her sister Mrs
bCarrie PicRlb 2a2O Genesee St.
{ Mr.. ]. H. want 24O7 Highland Ave.
a returned fin Indianapolis, Ind.
kwhere repol nauch prosperity. HI
as the gut bf Mrs. Kate Morris
AThe TagI1 COMMITTEE wishes t
Announce iIJNkiss Sydnor Matron a
HE Wheat b,fovident Hospital wa
(kbne of the Hrlons and that her clu
tEeraised owe 10 90.
- Miss Mye Stone of st. JOSEPH
Mo. Mrs. Ia. Graham and Mrs. Ra
DISTANCES o4opeka. Kansas, were tn
weekend lists of Mrs. John Schutt
TDf 1910 ICELAND Ave.
Electric qhtsd and steam heate
car. BeILione East 26os. Floyd v
stone.
MIR. 1. blackburn who suffered
stroke ofEalysis about two month
usince is ii at Wheatly-Pfovider
NspitaJ, \ is improving slowly wit
ses of lis, ultimate recovery. 9
Miss Jeanette Walker, a depar
mental teacher of English in the Il
dianapolis schools, has been a holida
guest of her cousin. Mr.. j.. Dallas Boy
ser. She left Thursday for home.
For the very best auto service ca
any hour day or night. Bell Phor
East 2sos. Floyd w. Stone.
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Mrs. Ella NJ. Guy was elected Pres
ident of Interstate and Mrs. Villa
Dwiggins in a neat little speech in
vited the Interstate to Kansas City,
Kansas. They accepted at once and
made Mrs. Dwiggins chairman of Ex-
ecutive committee.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06

Stop that bad colS. Smiths Vim
and Visor Cold Tablets will do it.
Price rs cents. 18th and Tracy.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06

/ lThe TagI1 Committee wishes to
announce jAIMiss Sydnor Matron at
he Wheat RHovident Hospital was
me of the 4rons and that her club
xraised ovelB&.OO.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06

Mrs. p. r. Gum of 207 Greedy Ave,
fell and dislocated her hand.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06

Mrs. Phoebe CASTOR of st. Louis,
Mo-, spent holidayA here with rela-
tives at 915 Oak, rdkurning Thursday,
January 4.
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CITY VS.

E&ESEA&EsES :;
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Mr.. ]. H. want 24O7 Highland Ave,
returned fin indianapolis, Ind,
kwhere repos nauch prosperity. He
as the gut bf Mrs. Kate Morris.
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Papers read by Mrs. H. o. Cook and
Mrs. Villa Dwiggins of Kansas City,
Kansas, received much applause and
discussion. The latter paper had Civ
ilization for the subject and weighed
in the balance and found wanting
theme.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-02

put up to Ford in the 20 years of
his management. Unerringly iris
had sized up Barney Larkin. The
manager knew that whenever Bar
ney was pitching alright ball
moving EN- down--it was neces-
sary to keep an eye on him about
10 hours out of the "a; "going
good" he was most inclined to
give rein to his bad habits. But
when he was in slump he was
not difficult to handle. This was
infrequent, for he was continual
ly leading the other pitchers in
the number of games pitched and
in games won.
Early in his association with
Barney Larkin, the manager OF
the Giant-killers decided, first of
all, that he was fooling his boss.
Every excuse must be accepted as
the ungilded truth: otherwise Bar
ney would have to be disciplined,
and that would mean in a short
time his release. Usually Iris
Ford was wise" But there was
that episode in st. Louis which IL
Eliminates Barney's character,
wherein iris was fooled complete
ly.
Continued In Our Next Issue.)
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acknowledgements
nv HENRY Copyright 1915,
/ Doubleday,
6EACd
Copyright, 1915,
Doubleday,
Page & Co.

typhoid, probably a severe case.
Poor Bill" said iris, half to
himself. Then in a tone of au-
thority he addressed the inferno:
Everything is to be done to
make Mr.. Dart comfortable and
to get him well. Don't try to save
nickel. Our club will stand it.
I'll call again soon. Good-day."
Walking to the trolley, iris
Ford came to three important
conclusions:
First-To count Bill Dart out
for the entire season (not a fort
night old and recast his cam
paign without taking his most
valued pitcher into account.
Second-To write to the sur
geon general, United States army,
and learn all about the inocula-
ton of officers and enlisted men
as a preventive of typhoid fever.
Third-To go in search of Bar
ney Larkin, who was touted as
the greatest left-hander outside
the breastworks of organized base
ball.
Like the manager in the war
game, iris Ford believed in pre-
paredness. He was almost inva-
riably forearmed. But he WASH
prepared for the trick played him
by criminally negligent South
ern city, which harbored a water
supply devoted to the propaga-
ton of typhoid bacilli. Other
wise he wouldn't have thought for
one moment of hitching up with
two yards and fifteen stone of
human trouble, even though said
trouble did boast a phenomenally
fast ball and beautiful control
control not of the man, but of
the ball.
Not one of the other Is major
league managers would have I'M
dertaken the job of handling Bar
ney Larkin. Two had tried. For
fully "a hours after Larkin pitch
ed his first game, shutting out
Cincinnati, Parke boosted of his
find. Then abruptly he ceased to
boast; and after two weeks re-
plete with excitement for the Pr
rate, he was given his release.
When the parting was over, Parke
made this statement:
I've seen some grand port sid
ers and some bad actors in my
day, but Larkin's got 'em all beat.
He can pitch shutout ball between
Il ystv1 Ea Tho hard ttunn~ ha
puts away the faster his ball and
the better his control. I'm not jok-
ing-drinking actually improved
his pitching. But it didn't have
the same effect on other players
with our club-there was the devil
to pay. No more Barneys for me. "
Undismayed by the Judgment of
Parke, the manager of the Cincin-
natis grabbed Larkins, Dragging:
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not from the outlaw club, but
from the Punvsutawney tradesmen
Up Cedar st. and down the
shady side, Ford and Barney
tramped, making more calls than
the letter carrier. There were
the clothier, the shoestore man,
the haberdasher, laundry, every
bar in town, and both hotels to
pay, and the express company.
Barney owed the express company
transportation charges on a bull
dog! The one thing that saved
the enterprise from complete in
solvency was the departure of the
daily train for Pittsburg at l
o'clock in the afternoon.
iris Ford did not leave PUNK
sutawney altogether in a cheerful
attitude of mind, notwithstand-
sutawney altogether in cheerful
ing he had captured his quarry,
for the directors OF the outlaw
club came to the train in a body
and thanked the big league man.
ager because he was taking Bar
ney out of town. Even to the
man of iron nerve this was dis
quieting.
Thus was Barney brought back
to the big league fold. His first
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temperance was an unalloyed
triumph.
Facing Detroit. which club was
then going strong, he let the tt
gers down without a hit. But 27
men went to bat, and. of these,
Barney struck out ia record
commented upon to this day. In
the last inning, with two out and
that demon batsman, 1.-The Geor-
gia persimmon," at bat, Barney
walked toward the grandstand
stopped, and then motioned the
crowd to go home. "All overt
he insisted.
The fans roared in delight
and roared louder still when he
struck the champion batter out.
From that moment, Barney Lar
kin was the idol of the fans. There
we're times, many times, when he
caused Bill Dart, who was fight
ing disease and death in the hos
pital, to be forgotten by the heart
less rooter. The eccentric left
handler was keeping the Giant
killers in the hunt for the PEN
nant.
Also, he was keeping iris Ford
awake nights. No such prize
problem in Matchmaking had been
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observe mel can handle any
player who isn't actually bug
house"
Balloon observed. 1t wasn't al
together what Barney I.arkin did,
although that was a-plenty." II
was what he did to the Cincinnati
team. When they next appeared
In the East one of the sporting
writer's said that nothing so disor-
ganized had come out of Ohio
since Coxey's army Gladly the
load of wild OATS as Barney
had come to be called, was given
his unconditional release.
] He was now officially designat-
ed free agent But where had
his freedom taken him?
There was sure way to trace
Barney Larkin. He loved the spot
light; no near-statesman or Thes-
plan of the chorus sought the
bright white light more persistent
ly. Barney was either in the news
papers or seeking to break into
print. Most generally he found
the scrihes In receptive frame
of mind. Barney Larkin was to
the sporting writer's what Harry
Thaw was to the sob artists-good
for column any dull day. And
| the story nine times out of nine,
| got on the wire and travelled over
the country.
Iris Ford sent out an IS. o. s."
to Barney Larkin, the sporting
editor of the North Star acting as
transmitter. The scribe wrote a
story about Barney, rehearsins
his antics with the horsehide and
highball and winding up with the
query:
HAS anyone seen Barney? Is hi
far from the maddening crowds Of
fans, humping along on the water
wagon. os is he mixing up drink!
and pitching with his old-timt
abandon aud ne'er failing skill
We repeat-has anyone seen Bar
ney Larkin?"
Back flew the answer: "Barne!
Is In our midst"
1t came from Punxsutawney
Pennsylvania.
The rest was merely the CORE
spondence of diplomacy, at whicl
Tristram Carlingford was a Inca
descendant of Charles Mauric
Talleyrand. The elimination wa
telegram from Larkin, sent col
lect, reading;
Come and get me-"
Ford took the first train TO
Punxsutayney, when is a borougl
most inconveniently located north
east of the. Smoky city. He too
with him a corpulent roll of vel
low bills. Iris Ford knew tina
he must buy Larkin's release
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ferring plants from the plant bed
to the open ground is when there
is considerable moisture in the air
and the clouds obscure the sun,
and If the plants can be set be-
fore shower there will be no
difficulty in getting them to grow.
During seasons when there is
very little rain at planting time,
evening is the best time to set the
plants.
Cover With Dry Soil.
When water is used in setting
plants it should be applied after
the hole has been partially filled,
and the moist earth should then
be covered with dry soil to pre-
vent baking.
Plants should be set a trifle
deeper in the garden than they
were in the plant bed.
The majority of plants require
to be set upright, and where the
dibble is used for planting care
should be taken that the soil is
well pressed around the roots and
no air spaces left.
A dibble is pointed piece OF
wood-sharpen a cutoff portion
of broomhandle which is thrust
into the ground where you want
the plant to grow.
This makes a round hole into
which drop the plants roots. Then
press the earth firmly to fill the
hole. The plant should be set a
trifle deeper than it was in the
plant bed, and it should be set
straight.
For a day or so after the
plants have been transferred
to the open ground, protect
them from the hot sun at
noontime by placing board
along the south side of the
row, sheltering the seedlings.
If cold night should come up
unexpectedly, cover the plants
with boxes, glasses, or cheese
cloth tents,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-02
BY CHARLES A. COLE
Pierce County Agriculturist

vegetables in their own rows, CIV
ing but a part-a third say-of
the space allotted to them at that
sowing. Repeat 10 days later, and
a third time.
Now you can begin harvesting
from those plants between the
rows of later maturing crops. And
by this time these later plants
will have arrived at the stage
where they need all the room they
can get.
Fertilize Ground.
When you remove the compan-
lon plants put manure where they
stood, that is, in the ground be-
tween the all-summer vegetables,
tomatoes, corn, late potatoes and
late cabbage.
Soon after the first third of
your early vegetable rows will be
ready for eating.
AS soon as they are out fertil-
ize that ground and SOW more of
the same seed, which will be in
eating shape about the time the
last third of those rows are ex-
hausted.
Then begin with this last third
and sow winter lettuce, winter
radish or late spinach. Repeat
this operation as the rest of these
rows are harvested.
Crops in Succession.
! plant peas from late March to
June for succession crops, and
spinach in March, May and Octo-
Der. The tall growing varieties
of peas may be planted along the
fence.
For the first crops use early
varieties, for the fall sowing use
winter varieties.
Bush beans may be planted in
May for first crop and in August
for a second. Pole beans are
planted all summer. By planting
two rows of pole beans two feet
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The stars Disappearance.

Inc Stars Disduledrdnc6.
- Downstairs, In the visitors
room of the University hospital,
which which stank OF iodoform,
{ iris Ford, manager of the Giant
killers. waited uneasily. Upstairs,
reposeful. as befitted the true SCI
enlist. the resident bacteriologist
squfnted through his microscope.
Before this revealing instrument,
on a hanging drop slide. was a
liquid globule of bouillon taken
from a culture of typhoid bacilli.
Keenly the disease detective OBJ
served the care-free bacteria In
their native sports. Some of the
wrigglers INDUCED in a continu-
Gus round of somersaults. Others
tore through space and looped the
loop as though riding invisible
monopianes. Those more social
ly inclined tangoed in pairs. But
not one bacillus was static. All
were In turmoil. The culture was
good"
With almost cruel cunning the
baccilian expert precipitated a
tiny quantity of blood solution
into q minute amount of the cul-
ture, and deftly transferred the
combination drop to a fresh slide
The base of the solution used
was the blood of Bill Dart, pitch
ing mainstay of the Giant-killers.
Curiously the resident bacteri-
ologist awaited results. In five
minutes there was to be noted a
gradual quiescence in the move
ment OF the wrigglers. They
ceased their mad pranks and set
tied down as il overtaken with
languor. One by one the bacilli
became absolutely static, curling
up In groups and going to sleep in
a conglomerate mass, like so
many young pups. In a quarter
of an hour there was not sign
OF life. The baeteriologist had
brought his experiment to a sue
cessful conclusion. An inferno
came to Iris Ford and reported.
The manager of the Chandeliers
got dose of heavy language, in
which emphasis was laid on
"Widal reaction" and positive. .
There was something assertively
final about the surprisingly intel
ligtble medical term positive"
"You mean he's got it," asked
Ford.
The inferno majesticalIy in
elined his head. There is not
the shadow of a doubt. A posi-
tive reaction-typhoid."
"A light or a mild case?--sup-
pose you can't tell?"
Not with certainty, of course.
But the bacteriologist informed
me that the behavior of the bacil-
II after the mixture of the blood
solution and the culture would
indicate pronounced type OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-02

The secret of big crops from
the backyard garden lies i'm using
every inch of ground. ALL SUM.
MER LONG!
You can get two or more crops
from the same ground by keeping
your soil working from early
spring until Jack Frost appears.
Gardeners speak of this as com
panion and successive cropping
They mean that early maturing
plants, requiring little space are
sown in the same row or between
rows of late maturing plants
That's companion cropping.
When you SOW seed of the same
plant every ten days or two weeks
from early spring until along to-
ward early summer, you are doing
successive cropping.
That insures you a supply oil
fresh vegetables for, a Ions
stretch. otherwise you>would get
too much lettuce or radishes OF
onions ready for the table at the
same time and a few weeks later
would have none.
A one-crop garden allows
a lot of ground to lie idle
most of the late summer and
fall.
1t goes without saying that ii
you want to get two crops out of
the ground you will have to fur
nish more plant food than for one
crop. This means greater fertil-
ity-more manure or commercial
fertilizer.
How to Do 1t.
When you get manure for the
first spading save enough for later
crops.
y When you begin planting the
first seed, peas, lettuce, radishes
spinach or beets SOW them between
the rows you have reserved for
late cabbage, potatoes.
Then 10 days or two weeks
later sow more of these same
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The Lou johnson
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Sping Fashions
Incorporated
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In no previous season have the women OF the
Northwest so whole -heartedly and unreservedly
evidenced their appreciation of that fascinating
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You will find materialized at THE LOU
JOHNSON COMPANY every idea of Real
Smartness in Women's Attire or its equivalent,
in every essential demanded, that you have
searched for elsewhere and not found.
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Berry box used for starting and
transplanting plants, especially
cucumbers, melons, and others
which cannot be pulled out OF
ground and reset.
same time, between rows of the
late you can plant companion
crop. such plants as cabbage, to-
matoes, peppers, etc.
Previous to setting out
plants, the land should be
worked over and put into
good condition, and every
thing should be ready for
quick operation. Don't let
the plants lie around SO that
air may get to the roots.
The time best suited for trans
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-02

Iapart, row of cucumbers can be
planted between. Train the beans
upon sticks.
Cabbage, both early and late,
need the space all summer and
are planted outdoors at about the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-02

find him. that's beauty Bertel Bertel
That usually do He's been in the real estate business
$500 Berlin
whole period he's the utrk
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An npiation to the whole neighbohood that's what some
Modah city detective He
Gently bought rough lots at South 3sh and street AND
Since made that
garden During his
other tasks his lots had to be graded
delivery that
of Modahls invention.
we'd have have Clean
again.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-02

OF Germany's merchant tonnage
100000 tons all told, GIL ves-
sells. of 2,341, 900 tons, or 43 per
cent of the total fleet, are lying
idle in neutral waters.
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senator from TacomG-Yo,
anything him and can't make him
IL doesn't show it. 1t takes good deal tt
Jesses temper.
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Coppeck who the cigar stand in the lobby OF the
you'll find He
THANK you" buy nickel cake
O
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KIND WORDS
CLUB,
BY THE PINK EDITOR

is-our constitution. How
would full number of things
should all be kings?" II don't like it,
send i'm suggestion
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MRS SHERLOCK

the good lady, transfer drives
trunk snow I'll know whether not the baggage
really with things they said to be-
will you know" asked her friend.
put egg here and there among cothes"-Judge
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Tacoma and the Wa

Due to the possibility of this coun-
trys entry into the European conflict
there are undoubtedly few of us who
feel dubious as to what the coming year
or two may bring to this city in bust
ness way.
Our misgivings are surely ill-advised.
War will mean that our shipyards un-
der contemplation or actual construc
ton will be rushed to completion; prob
ably double the number of men will be
employed that was originally anticipat-
ed.
In the event of hostilities the copper
smelling industry would undoubtedly
require additional labor and all plants
would be operated to the limit of output.
Powder companies would speed up
production to the fullest capacity.
The possibility of an international
conflict will, no doubt, mean that the
army post will be laid out and barracks
established at much earlier date and
men placed in training in much greater
numbers than originally anticipated.
Every line Of industry will feel the
stimulus of operations made necessary
by military needs and Tacoma will see
the greatest activity in every line that it
has experienced in its history.
Whether peace or war, this city has In
store an industrial and business expan.
sion that cannot be INSTRUCTED.
Tacoma RailUay and
PoUer Company
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"AMERICA FIRST" SAYS SUFFRAGETTE
UNITED Press Leased Wire.l
TWO DEAD. 1s MISSING I'M SINKING
BAD ACCIDENT IN LAUNCHING
limited Press Ieased Wirel

WASHINGTON, March 31-Two Americana and Is
afternoon dispatches de-
parment regarding the sinking of the British Cpn
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8. Guilberson, jr., and Il. l..
Richards of Los Angeles, CAL,
have just invented this periscope
rifle to make trench warfare safer.
The soldiers head Is below the en-
trenchment while he fires his rifle
sighting il through the periscope.
The rifle is being tested by tho
war department.