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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-26
WOMEN BESIEGE PASTOR
Omitted Press Leased Wire,


SAN FRANCISCO Jan. 126.-Three
derworld marched this afternoon
church and hurled at Rev. Paul Smith, PASTOR question:
What will the who to Uptown
Tenderloin in San Francisco obtain employment
women and girls who will be deprived
. result of the crusader"
Rev. Mr.. Smith has been the
being conducted here
dramatic staged In the church the
filed Mrs Rose Camel pleaded the the night jewellers
For the minister
rapidfire
after listening to Mrs. Gambes pathetic plea
This is the saddest fe,"
the question that began
still unanswered"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-26
Yesterdays Late News
LAUNCH GREAT SHIP
UNITED Press Leased Wire.

NEWPORT NEWS Jan. 25.-The third batteship
gppof ten times the displacement of the
today with impressive ceremonies which Secretary
The Navy Daniels presided
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-26
WANT HAWAII DRY.
UNITED Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON JAN 25Congress another shove the
prohibition uggenaut territories
reported favorable bill make the Hawaiian islands
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-12-26
.NOOMAN'S OPINION OF
COUNTY DRAFT BOARD
(Baulette Regionl.

Gentlemen: 'Tis sorry we are to
have to ask such a good bunch of
scouts as you fellows to get on the
receiving end of a roasting, but your
judgment of last week looks SO raw
that we believe roasting will not be
out of place. In the first place. fel-
lows, take a good square look at the
map and you will find that the world
does not end just north Of Bemidji,
and when you have given it the once
over, allow us to put you adjacent
to the fact that the drafted boys from
this neck Of the woods are kicking
holes in the sky because of your
judgment in the matter of selecting
the twelve men to represent this
county in the coast guards in Cali
fornia. ,IS$
Let's that a good square slant at
the facts. Last week you were noti-
fled that there were vacancies in the
coast guard in California, and that a
men would be allowed to enlist. And
what did you do in the matter? Did
you notify the boys in this section of
the fact and give them achance to
get in on the ground floor? Not on
your tintype. You allowed the quota
to be filled at Bemidji and vicinity,
and when the boys UP here heard of
it, the vacancies in the quota re-
sembled a photograph of dough-
nut. Is it any wonder that they are
sore all over like giraffe with a
sore neck, and while they are not say
ing very much about your judgment
they could get ten days in the guard
house for what they think of it.
It pains us beyond measure to
think that we are to chOloform our
hopes of getting the proper kind of
consideration from you fellows, and
you may shout until you are purple
in the face that no wrong was in
tended, but the fact remains that you
didn't see the bunch up here at all.
Allow us to inform you that there
are no frigid feet among the drafted
boys of this place, and there were no
loud sobs coming from them when
the draft was announced. They are
just as anxious to cuff the kaiser as
anybody else, but at the same time
they haven't acquired the habit of
looking the other way when the
plums are being handed out, and
they are wondering why in thunder
you didn't think of them as we'll as
the boys who happen to hang up their
hats in Bemidji and vicinity. 49,
Perhaps you think we are enter
ing into the spirit of this letter with
a little more enthusiasm than is alb
solutely necessary, and you will
probobly favor us with few sixty
h. p. glares in return, along with
the reply that it was more conven-
lent to take boys close to you. Which
is all very we'll in it's way, but you
can hardly expect them to laugh
themselves to death over your de-
cision. f.
Now that we have got this off our
chest we are going to ring off, wish
ing you a Merry Christmas, and If
you have any explanation to offer,
this great household necessity will be
glad to turn the space over to you.<
-'@ Sincerely,
THE REGION.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-12-26
Is FOOD CONSERVATION FA1L1NG9

that
the should what
would be- 1t has been
time
this the month
month last
hystera in the matter Of will get nowhere 1t Is
with the of possible famine All
impossible the and
earning these
perhaps much
o. increase in consumption.
the matter
nature wndfalla streak
things continue indefinitely
will
their old The who while taking
legitimate advantage of inflated the time practices
the will be living Easy street when
fellow style living match his
condition will
will impossible maintain
conditions change.
decided maintain the Allies to
ability supplies going to
armies together with home
conditions will be imperative that the
con This not
the their the matter
systematically violated
the other than take
perseny to comply with the requests in the
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-12-26
BRANDT sPOILS M1ZPAH's CHRISTMAS

emagne the gloom in Mozpah which is north Of Gemme
Bemd by j. B. Brandt chief Of the
with them
Brandt enroute
vicinity doubt Brandt evidently had feeling
Christmas in the county Jail instead of Mizpah
literature the lib
mentioned
dictator entirely due to
rgty that the public has not been
nursing presidential ambionsMnnea
polls Tribune.
though generally
y'know.
coming the of 1134,246 miles
can't the with which auocacy rushing to its
the end of the proe
writer claims his people the most civilized earth
The disprove his claim
famine would have terrors these days t....
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-12-26
CAN'T BLAME PEOPLE FOR COMPLAINING.
Minneapolis Tribune).

, minneapolis Tribune).
the British the French
desperate
think in what predment would be
Allied and iron Germany
Britain keeping the German
elsewhere ourselves
until to
balance their
Of the
in this with broomsicks
until they
Will ships them there? Heaven grant
meantime American be blamed he
plains him Washington gets his nerves
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

many. should Germany prove VIC
torious in the present war. But
Germany will not win this conflict
even with Russia out of 1t, and WHOM
peace Is finally restored. 1t is to be
imagined that the Germans would
look with greedy eyes toward Rus
sia, land rich and helpless and
without friend in the world, for it
is not likely that the allies. would
take up the cudgels in behalf of a
people who threw them over in the
midst of their present struggle for
existence. Certainly, we in America
would not.
All manner of possibilities lie in
the wake of failure of the govern
ment. The end may be the ruin
alton of the whole country. With
anarchy rampant, murder, pillaSe
and famine abroad in the land and
no power sufficient to surb the tur-
bulent forces and bring order out of
chaos, Russia would present prob
l6m in government the like of which
tho world has never seen. If the
Russians arc wise they will do as a
majority of the people of Petrograd
appear TO have done-rally loyalty
10 the support of the provisional
government and work such changes
as they desire from within instead of
from without.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
BEWARE OF MISGUIDED THRIFT
is WARNING OF S. W. STRAUS

sponded in a grand way to the needs
of the hour. We are going to con-
serve our resources and increase
our food supply in a way that will
astonish the world, but in doing this
we stand face to face with economic
hardships unless each individual is
governed by common sense, prudence
and foresight.
I'm brief, administer your eXpen-
ditures in a clean, honest, legitimate
and patriotic manner. Eliminate
waste of food. bearing in mind that
every mouthful you save may be
the sustenance of some starving fell
low-human being abroad. We should
not tear down on one hand while we
are trying to build up on the other.
Those in business should not hesi-
tate-be courageous and keep on
going. America has everything to
make herself prosperous. The bill
lions of dollars which are being
raised for war purposes will even
tually return into the pockets of
the people. Even the money which
we loan to our allies is being spent
Immediately in America. The nation
al bond issue means that for some
years to come this country will be
paying back the obligations incurred
to-day. America is still in the midst
of the greatest era of material pros
perity the country has ever known.
"In the matter of individual ex-
penditure every man should be guild
ed by his own necessities and the
needs of his country. Let none of
us be a Stacker in the business world.
This is no day for the coward or
weakling. Be brave and confident.
Remember the most acute needs OF
our nation to-day is intelligent, pro-
ductive, constructive thrift"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
The Food Hog

"a Ballad With a MoraD
The Hog to his butler said, one day,
"Replenish the larder while you may,
Nor heed what food controllers say.
Man is an animal, plainly meant
To eat and drink to his hearts con-
Forswearlng 'meatless days - and
Lent.
with barons of beef, and saddles of
lamb,
Shoulders OF mutton and chicken and
ham,
Every corner and erevice cram.
"As food grows less. buy more and
more,
Depicting the stocks of stall and
Then bolt and bar the larder door,"
The Hog took no account of right
Or wrong, but felt a fierce delight
In gratifying his appetite.
Wherever he walked about the town,
His jaws were moving up and down.
Munching sandwiches, white or
brown.
AT lthB III thC ldHiily uOSIOI odihp
"In a week or so you will be dead.
And the burial service will be read
And sure enough. on the seventh day,
The soul of the Food Hog passed
away
And left behind its sty of clay.
The sexton said, when his work was
done, ~
As he unused on his spade in the set
ting sun,
"The Hog is the kifsman of the Hun"
And this was the epitaph each might
read,
OF the man whose death was a boon
indeed
To his country in heF hour of need;
EPITAPH
Good patriots all, there lies beneath
A Hog unworthy of wreath,
Who dug his own grave with his
teeth"
Clyde Foster in Answers, London
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Lieutenant Governor Frank B.
McClain is spending the weekend
in Pittsburgh with legislators making
Inspections of hispitals.
Prof. Thomas j. Kirby of Pitts
burgh, says it is only a question OF
time until colleges adopt vocational
education courses.
DR.. S. II. Baum, coroner of Fay
ette county, has gone into the med
ical reserve.
Congressman Thomas s. Crago,
former National Guardsman, was
here during this week on military
matters.
Mayor Rhodes, of Altoona, re-
ceived a check of $1,000 from Ben
iamin Cohn; an Altoona business
man. to buy seed potatoes for all
corners.
George DeForest, sheriff of War
rem county, has ordered that fire.
works shall not be permitted in his
county during the war.
Bishop Eugene A. Garvey, of AL
toona, who has been i'll, is improv-
ing.
Congressman w. w. Griest's ia
tber was a blacksmith by trade. a
soldier by choice, self-made man,
who attained prominence locally As
editor. writer and speaker, and
whose one ambition had been to rep
resent his district in Congress.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The George Washington. German,
and the Martha Washington. rian,
are among the interned ships seized
by the United States. That august
pair may now comprehend what they
risked by discarding the ortStn al
Georges warning against "entangling
alliances abroad."-New York Sun.
Der Tag had a dawn. 1t must have
a sunset.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Hang up the fiddle and the bow;
take down the shovel and the hoe
indianapolis Star.
Wouldn't Billy Sunday make a grand
chaplain for RooseVelts division!--
New York Morning Telegraph.
The Hindenburg line. as Central
might say, Is busy.-Boston Tran
script
1t is a wise bride who knows
whether it's Cupid or conscription.-
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
May Day in Germany may have
passed off like q picnic; but why so
much secrecy?-New York World,
Once again are the majority of our
citizens shouting the battle cry of
freedom. Let every one of us do what
he can to make II unanimous! - Dry
Goods Economist,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

ference was held by Governor Town
send with several of the most dis
tinguished colored men of his State.
1t was decided that the colored popu-
lation should form a State commit
tee and an organization was effected.
When we think of the Spanish
American war, with the heroes Of the
Tenth Cavalry and other regiments.
the Philippine campaign, the Mexi-
can expedition and other crucial
chapters of the nation, we must real
ize how loyal and brave and
patriotic our colored citizens have
always been. In their civic activities
and wherever they have been given
half a chance the colored people
have made good in way that has
enriched the annals of the country.
And so it will be in the present
great struggle. They will do their
part bravely and modestly and with
a devotion to duty that knows neither
failure nor weakness.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
Poeitica ;n
Pe~~a4esa~io
BY the Ex-Committeemnn

Auditor General Charles A. Snyder
will probably announce a number of
changes next week, It being his plan
to defer reorganization of his de-
partment until the coordinate branch
of the government, the State Treas
ury, passes into the hands of the
new Treasurer. Harmon NJ. Kephart.
Mr.. Snyder has been making q series
of inquiries into the work actually
done by the men in his department,
and the snlaries paid. being especially
interested in the increases given to
some clerks early this year and the
disparity between men in the same
bureaus.
1t is said that he will name a
number of new clerks next week and
drop some of the Powell personal ap-
pointees, a course which was follow
ed by the late Auditor General when
he came into Office and changed reg
ulars" for Bull Moosers.
The Auditor Generals department
presents a very different appearance
at nights now, compared to what 1t
did in the time of the great excite
ment. The offices are dark except for
one or two lights which are going so
that the departmental watchmau can
see his way about. The suite is no
longer lighted up until 2 a. m. as
sign of vigilance and the detective
force has been scattered. The squad
of students engaged in separating
settlement sheets for state taxes and
correspondence has been dismissed
and once more things are normal. In
addition to the heavy expense for
electric lights and detectives the
state had to pay for the audit by the
experts and a large amount of other
work. the purpose of which is being
Investigated very carefully.
Miss Helen Glenn, supervisor of
mothers pensions, has created some
excitement in Philadelphia by de-
claring that the lot of widows with
families is worse under the present
labor law than before. In the Phila-
delphia Bulletin of last night she Is
quoted as making some sharp COM
ments.
Charles Johnson, ex-Insurance
Commissioner, win likely be named
to a place in the Treasury Depart
ment this summer.
Suffrage leaders throughout the
state are making things hot for Leg
islators who voted against the suf-
frage resolution, and in a number
of cases are charging of breaking of
pledges. The resolutions denouncing
Legislators are being sent to them and
the suffragists are making threats of
what they will do next year.
Allegheny county's judicial con-
test will be one of the liveIiest in the
state this year and there are already
dozen candidates for the place
Philadelphia will also have an un-
usual number of judges to elect.
j. Linn Harris. former State For
estry Commissioner. is being men,
toned as likely to be named to
one of the places in the State Treas
ury.
Legislators are taking big in
terest in the convention of the State
Federation of Labor, which will open
here on Monday, because the labor
people will make a strong drive to
get action on compensation law
amendments which are now in COM
mittee. 1t is expected that the bills
will be reported back to the House
| during the week.
Robert J. McGrath. OF Pitts
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
SITUATION IN RUSSIA

s,sGot situation or, in. in r. Russia ,sn over r,
the present government is
overthrown anarchy, with all it's hor-
rors, will almost certainly ensue
Those at the head of affairs now are
sincere and able men. Those who
would succeed them are the Red"
Socialists-little better than anar-
chists; and for the most part igno-
rant self-seekers entirely untitled in
every respect to head the govern
ment of such mighty empire as that
of Russia.
Doubtless some of those who car
ried flags in the antigovernment
demonstration of this week fond
ly imagine that by withdrawing from
the present war they can insure
peace for their country. These are
sincere, but mistaken. There can be
no peace for democracy dwelling
upon the borders of such an anhl
tious military power as that of Geg-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
Signals

Strawberry shortcake on counters,
Kidlets a dance on the walk,
Sages in confab on sunny park
benches,
Lovers quite lost in their talk;
Rollicking tunes from street organs,
Open cars speeding so gay,
Careless of breezes and passengers
Sneezes,
Sweet spnngtime is coming this
way!
Sodas with fragrant fruit flavors.
Push carts with pink lemonade,
Violets and pansles on corners,
Baby carts out on parade.
New hats to startle and dazzle,
Each girl in her Sunday best gown.
Her thoughts all a clutter of frivol
and fiutter
For Springs coming down on the
town!
Everyone's restless and eager.
With the stirring of green things
that grow;
Don't talk of your hot waves and
sunstrokes,
There may yet be a furry of snow!
But to-day there's the keen joy of
living
Meath a canopy bright with the
sun;
You see by the skies, IL you open
your eyes,
That Springtime has really begun!
Green gauze over slim silver birches,
Fleecy cloudlets adrift in the blue,
Golden crocus and jonquils a-blow-
ing,
Then a nip in the air: Ah-a-achoo!
You are sure of one thing and one
only,
While the mercury runs up and
down,
With snowfakes and sunshine, Ca
pricious, delicious,
Young Springs coming down on
the town!
Alice Lovett McCord, in The Peo-
pies Home Journal,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
Harden, a Man of Vision
IFrom the Nav York World. ]

FROM the New YORK World.I
At time when free speech, free
publication and free communication
are limited or suppressed as to all
others. Macmillan Harden boldly
tells Germany the truth. Sweeping
away the whole fabric of falsehood
which a reptile press has reared
against the United States, he pro-
claims the necessity for our entrance
into the war, eulogizes the ideals by
which we are inspired and calls upon
his countrymen Ito make their house
habita BILE and not an eyesore to the
world"
In his assault upon the military au-
tocracy, even the Emperor II left in
no doubt as to the meaning of Mr..
Harden's words. He pleads for DEM
ocracy as the one hope of peace now
and hereafter, for liberty to speak
and to write, and, most significant or
all, perhaps he demands new men In
government "headed toward the goal
Indicated by President Wilson" Final
ly, he condemns Germasl's peace pro-
posaIs as insincere and only an excuse
for relentless submarine warfare, and,
with his mind evidently upon the War
Lord, he declares that peace must
come on the responsibility of the ma
tion and not upon that of amy prince
or family"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05

burgh, is being doomed as a candi-
date for the presidency of the State
Federation, which is held by James
II. Maurer, the Reading legislator.
Steve Mcdonald, Scranton labor lead
er and publisher, is also a candidate.
Action will probably be taken
next week by the House committee
in charge of the Corbin bill to make
Perry. Juniata and Miffiin counties
one judicial district
announcement that Judge II. A.
Fuller. of Luzerne county, would be
a candidate for reelection, has been
followed by an announcement of the
candidacy of Thomas d. Shea, Wilkes
Barre lawyer, for the same place. The
two have long been rivals and Shea
was behind the attempt made in the
legislative session o. 1913 to impeach
Judge Fuller.
Important changes are to be
made in the borough code by the
McVicar bill. The bill will be on
third reading next week.
Robert G. Hicks. general In
spector in the Department of Public
Works of Philadelphia, and highly
recommended, has been made chief
of the new Street Cleaning Bureau in
Philadelphia.
Third class city officials are COM
mencing to turn their attention to
the Senate because of the probability
that there will be strenuous doings
when the Ramsey bill reaches that
body and meets the Beidleman bill In
committee. The latter bill has the
partisan feature with the councilmen
elected by wards; the Ramsey bill, as
amended provides for nonpartisan
elections.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
e of the greatest dangers
that confronts us at this

moment is misguided thrift,
declares a statement issued to-day
by S. w. Straus, president of the
American Society for Thrift.
In our efforts to be patriotically
economical, we find ourselves going
to extremes in the opposite direc-
ton, which is just as great q menace
as wastefulness and extravaganza"
said he. One of the worst calami-
ties that could befall our nation at
any time would be to stop the wheels
of industry. but more especially
NOW.
The point is to differentiate be-
tween destructive and constructive
thrift. In times of peace or war,
waste is reprehensible, but indis-
criminate tight-fistedness is worse,
because in such conditions the provi-
dent are made to suffer with the i'm
proVident.
because the whole nation sud-
denly has become conscious of the
necessity of thrift, we as individuals
should take care not to defect from
their normal courses the tides of the
nations money that turn the
wheels of industry. America as ma
ton is not in any danger of running
short of money, but we are threat
ened with a food shortage because
on us rests the duty and RESPONSE
bility of Feeding our allies.
Everyone can distinguish the
difference between prudent living
and wastefulness. If a man buys a
suit of clothes. pair of shoes or a
hat, his money goes into legitimate
circulation and furnishes uses for
capital and employment for labor.
THE American people have re-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
Clearing the Plate"
[From the Brooklyn Eagle1

LFrom the Brooklyn sEaglel
Some gray-headed men who grew
up in New England rem ember the
custom that prevailed in many fami-
lies of making a boy or girl "clear
the plate" or eat what was left at
another meal before getting anything
else. That was not irrational or cruel.
The child was permitted to help him
self or herself. If too much was
taken the discipline of having to eat
1t sooner or later was wholesomely
educative. We may get back to 1t.
Waste is never justified in prosper
Gus families or other families 1t Is
a big element in giving children an
utterly false idea of what makes
prosperity. at lea st in binding young
sters to the vitalism of thrift on
which all accumulation is based.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-05
Charles M. Schwab says:-
By BRIGGS

Nothing is more fatal to success
than taking ones job as a matter of
course. If more persons would get so
enthused over their days work that
some one would have to remind them
to go out to lunch there would be
more happiness in the world and less
digestion. If you must be glutton,
be a glutton for work. A trained ear
can do tremendous business in the OBJ
struction line. Sometimes it listens
so intently for the toot of the quitting
whistle that it quite loses the sense
of spoken orders.