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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-10
SENATORIAL FIGHTER is
Chamberlain Of OREGON
(SpeciaI TO The Times.l


WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept
10.-Did you ever watch large
alligator in a zoo? Eyes closed
body log of wood, feet flopped
on the ground, he looks abso-
lutely dead.
Poke him with a cane and
watch the eyes open, the body
lunge quickly forward and the
iron jaws snap viciously.
Without insinuating that he is
reptilian or ugly, Senator George
f. Chamberlain of Oregon, re-
minds you of that alligator.
See him when he is in charge
of a bill. The sultry air of the
senate chamber seems to put him
in a somnolent condition. He
Tolls way back in a chair. His
eyes seem closed. He looks the
picture of repose.
Then 1t Happens.
Then Senator Gore of Okla
homa makes some nasty fling, and
quicker than wink Chamber
lain is on his feet denouncing the
Oklahoman. You could hardly
realize there was all that fire and
swiftness in Chamberlain make
up.
He has steered to passage
more important measures to help
this country win the war than any
other senator.
That Chamberlain stands for a
bill recommends 1t to his col
leagues. He is solid. There is no
fluff, no flub-dub about him. He
does not indulge in rhetoric.
The same qualities that COM
mended Chamberlain to Wilson
and the senate made his fortunes
as a southern-born democrat in
the republican state of Oregon.
Out there he was legislator,
district attorney, Attorney general,
then governor for two terms and
is now in his second term as sena-
tor. Following is list of bills
he has put over as chairman OF
the committee on military af-
fairs:
Some List.
Creating aviation section Of the
army signal corps.
Revision of articles of war by
army appropriation bill amend
ment.
Authorizing sales by supply de-
partment of army to certain milf
tary schools and colleges having
army officers detailed as teachers
of military science.
March IT, 1916, increasing the
army in an emergency to it's maxi
mum during troubles on Mexican
border.
Increasing number of cadets al
military academy.
Further reorganizing the army
and bringing it up to $4,000.
Creating council of national de-
Tense.
Selective draft act.
Providing $640,000,00 for avn
alton program.
As Gore refused to back the az
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-10
DANCES TACOMANS WILL TRY OUT THIS FALL
By Mabel Abbott.

Jazz, ramble, military walk,
Chinese toddle!
These are the gaits that will he
seen in Tacoma ball rooms this
winter.
Ragged fragments of melody by
Jazz orehestras will set the pace
for the frantic antics of St. Vitus
dancers, who will gasp frazzled
scraps of song with what little
breath they have left.
Those who prefer to peram bu-
late more sedately may amble
thru the ramhle, or stalk in the
military walk, or hobble in the
toddle, and still be in style.
There Is An "If'
These are the most striking of
the new dances evolved by the
revolving fancies of the dancing
masters for the tripping not only
of the light fantastic toe but even
more of the clumsy one.
= IF!
There" says Prof. p. F. Sloan,
Tacoma Instructor in ballroom
athletics, is the point.
These dances will be taught.
But from experience. | don't be-
lieve they will be very popular. Ia
coma people have never been err
IRENE in styles of ballroom dane
ing. And this summer ! visited a
number of large cities and made it
a point to find out how the new
dances are taking, and | found
that people everywhere else are
just about the same.
Novelties Hard to Start
They prefer to dance the
dances they know. There are al
ways some people who try to push
a few novelties every season., and
some who learn them and like
them; but the majority stick to
the old steps.
people will dance to fox-trot
and the one-step and the waltz.
That is certain. Whether they
will toddle or ramble or do any
of these other things is not GER
tain.
And anyway, the new dances
this season are just new combina-
lions of old steps. The only
trouble in learning them is to re-
member the combination.
Dancing masters of the north
west get together every fall and
discuss the new dances, so that
they will be sure that they all
teach them alike.
But after that it's up to the
people who dance. And you can't
make them dance the new dances
IL they don't want to-"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-10
BY K. Y. z.

We had waffles for breakfast
Both my son and l are very fond
of waffles.
You can imagine my surprise
and concern, when my son, wear
ing a long face, viciously stabbed
his waffle, hot, thickly buttered
and afloat in maple syrup, with a
fork, and said:
Darn it,"
My wife remarked, severely
that there were many poor little
boys who would be glad to have
nice, hot waffles for breakfast.
Il hate SCHOOL," said my son.
Then | remembered that this
is the first day of school, and
laughed. "Chtp off the old
block" ] said. For l, too, hated
school when | was a boy.
He Insists.
My wife assured our son that
he was mistaken; that he liked
school; that all nice boys liked
school.
81 hate it," he said again.
My wife pictured for our son the
delights of education. How would
he like to grow up in ignorance?
How much better to have knowl-
edge and the respect and adm.ra-
ton of other men! Mothers prec-
ious pet must not say he hates
school.
II hate it," and-under his
breath-"And can the baby talk!
Whereat 1 laughed again. Plain
ly our sons breast was too full OF
black despair for any other emo
ton. Nevertheless he consented
to finish his waffle. Indeed, he
finished four waffles.
n But He Does Go.
Then he dragged reluctant feet
to school.
When he was gone from the
house, my wife said: 1T was
wrong of you to laugh when he
said he hated school,"
my DEAR" said I, "all normal
boys hate school and all normal
girls like school,
az don't believe It," my wife
said.
l stopped at the school on my
way to the office. l saw scowls
and smiles entering the door. But
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-10
BY G.. G. LYON

Censored-Freteck Palmer Officer)
AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP France, Sept TO-
America chief contribution to the allied cause
must be MEN, GUNS, AIRPLANES, and FOOD.
The more quickly all are set down in France, the
sooner the war will end in an allied victory.
TO land them in France means ships, manufacture
ling, business organization and capital.
AT this time wish particularly to tell of the urgent
lneed for men. guns and airplaneS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-10
BOY HATES SCHOOL: >
DAD LEARNS REASON

there were more smiles than
scowls.
This puzzled me, for | could not
believe that child nature has
changed. Perhaps schools had
changed. couldn't visualize q
normal boy liking school.
Was Gentleman.
| once knew boy, who was a
perfect little gentleman who
liked school. Also he liked to
help his mother wash dishes. Also
he preferred playing with girls to
playing with boys. He wasn't a
normal boy.
well, said l, addressing boy
who looked normal, Il suppose
you're glad to go to school again.
expected him to say NO" l
expected him to say Darn it," as
my son had done. He said lyon
bet!"
| asked another boy, and an
other-I asked a dozen. And they
all said You bet!" or Eyes sir
or "Uh-huh."
sought out the principal. |
told him about my sons not liking
school and about my theory that
1t wasn't natural for a normal boy
to like school. confessed was
beginning to doubt the correct
ness of my theory.
Spoiled.
The principal smiled and said:
Your son is an only child, l take
it."
That is true.
1--WE have some difficulty with
only children" he said. Only
at first, tho. The only child is
likely to be spoiled. Before he
enters school there is no give and
take, no compromise in his life,
and not much discipline. School
life soon cures him, however"
Then boys nowadays do actual
ly like school?"
"Of course. II compulsory at
tendance were abolished today, 95
per cent of the boys would be at
their desks tomorrow"
1T doesn't seem right, some
how" / said.
Teaching Changed.
ut is perfectly right" the prin-
cipal corrected. Teaching meth
ode have changed since un- went
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-10

CABINET
RESIGNS

Omitted Press Leased Wire.D
PARIS, Sept. 10.-Failure of
Premier Ribot to form a new
ministry was formally announced
today. His resignation, with the
entire cabinet, is believed to
have been submitted.
The Echo de Paris announced
in it's early edition that the pres
ent minister of war, M. Painleve,
would be entrusted with the task
of forming new ministry.
Ribot informed President Poin-
care of his inability to form a
new cabinet here last night. The
socialists, who had forced the min
isterial crisis, refused to collab-
crate.
Albert Thomas, minister of mu-
nitions and a socialist, had pre-
viously withdrawn his support
from Ribot, in pursuance of his
party's decision.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-10

to school. The teachers you re-
member were prim, hard, cold dis
ciplinarians. They did not enjoy
their work and they disliked chill
dren. You sat with hands folded
so. You could not turn your
head. You could not whisper. You
could not pass notes or throw pa
per wads. Bad boys were thrash
ed.
"Of course" said l.
1.-THE modern teacher likes
children and enjoys teaching.
The work is broken by peri
DDS of rest, OF games, of mu-
sic and marching. The whole
atmosphere of the school
room has changed. DO You,
as a parent, ever visit the
schools?"
was ashamed to have to
confess that 1 did not.
do so. 1t is important, IL you
are to carry on in the home the
work we are doing in the schools.
When your boy has settled down
to his school work, visit his school.
think you will find a woman and
a room full of boys and girls al
having a good time together
Doting Parents.
But" said |, returning to the
selfish thought that troubled me,
my boy doesn't like school any
more than l did"
ut is not the schools fault
And, certainly 1t isn't the boys
fault"
Whose, them"
II may be wrong" the princi.
pal sad, but / suspect it is the
fault of the dotins parents of an
nrlv ehfld.r
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-10
INEVITABLE
SAYS PAPER
Omitted Press Leased Wire

PORTLAND. Or, Sept. 10. =
The Deutsche Zeitung, today COM
menting on the Swedish expose,
says:
= "The attitude of Sweden has
been friendly to Germany from
the very outbreak of the war. The
neutrality of Sweden, from our
point of view has not been neu-
trality at all, while the former
neutrality of America from
Sweden's standpoint was not neu-
trality. The situation is regret
table, but is inevitable so long as
nations, like individuals, seek to
formulate their own code of eth
ics and demand that others con-
form to that code"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-10

TURN TO THE CIAssIRIzD
WANT ADS ON PAGE SIX ron
RESULTS. SEE PAGE sIx.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-10

.
Until / got up to the front and
saw war as it actually is, l held
the popular notion that guns -
meaning artillery - was the big
gest single factor for success. 1T
is NOT TRUE.
Infantry comes first of all. In
the final analysis, it's the fellow
with a gun on his shoulder who
wins or loses the war.
In all the big engagements that
have taken place on the eastern
front, the artillery has done
work of far-reaching importance
in Smelling the German positions,
PAVING THE WAY for the in
fantry to rush forward and take
advanced ground.
But all the artillery assistance
would have gone for nothing IL
the infantry had not been able to
HOLD what it had captured.
Ii is, therefore, the firm be-
lief of those best posted on
conditions on the western
front, that the biggest thing
America can do to help crush
out Prussian militarism is to
get a million men over here
in the shortest possible time,
and to have another million
in reserve back home to send
over ii they are needed.
The TWO things Germany
DOESN'T want America to throw
into the war are men and guns.
This Is because Germany has
reached the limit of her man
power. She can't stand any more
killings. Unquestionably, the SEN
timent of the rank and file in
Germany favors getting out of the
war with the least possible amount
of additional bloodshed.
A big American army, backed
up with plenty of artillery, will do
more than anything else, in the
judgment of war experts, in bring
ing Germany to "a realization that
the struggle is hopeless for her.
Now, as TO airplanes.
Reports reaching France that
congress had appropriated some
$500, 100000 for aircraft and that
at least $4,000 planes would be
sent over here, has thrilled all the
allies, and everybody has accepted
1t as a factor that will have an
important bearing on the termina-
ton Of the war.
But those American airplanes
are needed NOW!
The long suspension of HOSTILE
ties on the Russian front, due to
international disturbances, enabled
Germany to release large numbers
of her eastern front airplanes and
to rush them to the western front.
The result of this shift was won
derfully improved the German air
service in France, according to ex-
perts who have been studying this
branch Of the war game.
These experts will tell you that
control of-the air on the western
front is now practically a standoff
between Germany and the allies.
Before l left America, the pub
lie had come to believe that the
allies had virtually blinded" the
Germans in France thru a superb
GRITTY in aircraft.
That was probably true at that
time, but the Russian lull changed
the situation, and now there is q
vital need for American airplanes
to turn once more the balance sub
stantially in favor of the alliese.
Air experts tell me that to
give absolute control of the
air to the allies and thus
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-10

l stopped at the school on my
way to the office. saw scowls
and smiles entering the door But
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-10
Rush Men To France,
Word Sent Back From
us. CampNear Front

Men, and apanes must be rushed to France America
to
S he
respondent Lyon Times attached
lean expeditionary
American FOOD won't win for and allies
from the AMERICAN
FRONT where he to the BIG things and the HUMAN
things entry the Times
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-10

is likely to advance still further dur ing the season of 1918. The charge for hotel accommodations and meals, both on the trains and while playing in rival cities have reached figures far beyond those existing in previous years. The war tax alone on railroad and Pullman reservations will add something like IS per cent. to the transportation charges of travelling teams.
 That numerous pennants have been won in past years by clubs with con- siderable less than the number of players allowed at this time is shown by search of the records of the na- tional game. During the early seven- ties National League teams played through the season without approach ing the IS player total. The first of the American League clubs ranged from IT to 20.
 A fair line of the number of play CTS used in recent years can be gained from the lists of eligib1es for the World Series as promulgated by the National Commission each season since 1905. The teams, of course, in each case were the winners of their respective league pennants and yet the records disclose that there has been hardly a case where the full number of eligibles were actually called into action. Eighteen players registered by the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1905 is the minimum and the aver i age for the entire 13 years is 22 and fraction players per team The list follows:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-10
DISCUSSION OF IS PLAYER LIMIT BY
 BIG LEAGUE HEADS

New York, Dec. 10-One of the ef- rects Of the war is the necessity for a radical readjustment of the pro- 1essional baseball structure and of the many proposed innovations and curtailments suggested, the limitation of each club roster to IS players has aroused the greatest discussion. Mag mates in both of the major leagues are sharply aligned in favor or oppo- sition to this amendment to the rules and it Is likely that there will be con- isedarble controversy before the mat ter is adjusted.
 Tie proposal is one which permits of much argument with plenty of facts to support the contentious of the debaters. For instance it has been pointed out that no club is re- required, at the present time, to carry the full limit of players and might go through the season with 15 if it so desired. Clubs favoring a maxi mum of IS offer in rebuttal the state- ment that certain organizations, fnan- cially capable of supporting a 25- player team, would under such condi- tion have a decided advantage over the club which could not afford, in war times, to carry more than 20 at the outside. From other so unofficial sources comes the claim that the re- duction is advocated by certain clubs the pennant chances of which would be greatly strengthened if other for midable opponents were forced to cut down their playing staff to conform with the proposed requirements.
 The adoption of the rule would also require, in all probability, a change in the National agreement which at the present time places a maximum limit of 25 players upon the clubs of the American and National Leagues during the greater portion of the playing season. This is further re- duced to 22- in the case of the Ma tional League through regulation in force in the senior organization while the American League holds to 25.
 One baseball authority brings out the point that the cost of maintaining 8 big league team has increased tre- l mendously in the past 12 months and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-10
BRIDGEPORT HIGH TO
 PLAY N. H. H. S. ALUMNI

Bridgeport High school will encoun- ter one of it's formidable opponents of the year on basketball court, Saturday, when 1t tackles the strong New Haven High School alumni team, the same aggregation which admins tered to it severe drubbing year ago.
 The local team was defeated by the New Haven team last year in an ex- tra period contest. Although beaten last season the locals figure they have & better team this year and are will ling to stack up against anybody. Although they have only played three games the local players have shown up remarkably we'll.
 Although the locals have no such individual stars as they had last year they have a far better team when it comes to teamwork and 1t is thought that this will help out quite 8 bit. AS yet nobody has been appointed to coach the team but as soon as the school authorities give permission it is expected that Dick Clancy, crack guard of last years team, will be ap- pointed coach.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-10
MAY RECONSTRUCT. COLLEGE ATHLETICS

New York. Dec. 10-Sentiment in favor of a reconstruction of college athletics after the war upon what has been termed a safe and sane basis, is said to be increasing at eastern educational institutions and IS likely to be the subject of consider ation at the coming annual meeting of the National Collegiate Athletic ssociation. An idea of the attitude n this direction as the result of what might be considered experiments conducted during the football season just closed. can be gained from two statements from prominent eastern universities touching upon the sub ject.
 Faunce Favors Plan.
 President Faunce, of Brown uni- versity, in a recent address upon col lege athletics at the Providence insti- tuition said:
 we are well pleased with the re- suit of keeping up intercollegiate sports on a simple and inexpensive basis in war time. Out of last years football squad of 50 men. 30 entered
 
 wholesome outdoor sports, kept with in bounds, are a good preparation for the soldiers life If our camps cannot go without outdoor games, our col. leges need not fear to encourage them. Letus hope that the enforced absence of training tables in all our colleges, and huge expenditure and faring publicity for individuals means the introduction of saner poli- cies when the war is ended, and that the overgrown business of securing {. gate receipts may give way to the genuine play of college boys who, stronger men"
 Almost simultaneously the Yale Alumni Weekly, in reviewing the football season at New Haven, printed the following commentary:
 "A look ahead suggests one for midable need. Football will be re- stunned at Yale as at Harvard and Princeton, just as soon as condit ons at present beyond the control of any individual permit. The Yale f. esh- man football team, everyone ct the eleven and substitutes being m&mbera of the university training units and subject to their exacting schedules gave an account of itself which should not be overlooked. Good material but better spirit brought 1t through 8 season in which the score board told an interesting story and in which the character of the team end it's training amounted to an inspiration"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-10
HEpaIGAN WINNER OF
 CROSS-COUNTRY RUN

Boston. Dec. 10,-Jinzny Henigan nE the Dorchester Club, who won the National senior A. A. U. cross-coun- try cbanp4onship couple of weeks ago. was the winner Saturday after noon of the N D. A. A. A. c. 10-nile Championship road race, held under the auspices of St. Phillips A. A. It is the second successive year that he has won the title.
 The race had the appearance Of being more of a. Dorchester Club run, for the eight starters in 1t were mem bers of that club. It was foregone conclusion that Henigan would be the winner.
 When the contest started, shortly after 8 o'clock, cold northeast wind was blowing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-10

the beginning of the ar This includes the establishment of the national ranking list, the challenge cup and all titles and trophies which were held in abeyanee last season.
 It Is not proposed, however, to hold the competitions without patriotic purpose. The Eat revenue derived from all tournaments, whether from entry fees or admissions. will be do- mated to the fund of the War Depart ment Commission on Training Camp Activities.
 Secretary of War Baker has in. dorsed the plans and actions of the National association. A copy was submitted to him before the executive committee meeting.
 Edward F. Torrey, the secretary ot the National association. went to Washington where he had several conferences with Secretary Baker. Partially at the suggestion of the lat ter, a resolution was prepared in which was set forth the plan of re- storing championship and other com. petitions. When this had been pre- pared, Secretary Baker gave the ap- proval of the administration to the proposal The resolution as prepared was adopted by the executive com nittee. 1 In the effort to keep the game of the coruts active, the committee an- nounced policy of avoiding all dis cussion of a, controversial nature un- til after the war. For that reason there will be no action taken as to the amateur rule. the equalization of voting mower and matters of this de- scription.