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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-25

WAS betrayed by one or his associates, who
ressed to man he supposed to be n Catholic
priest. The was not n priest but a disguised
Confederate soldier. The secrets of the confess
sional of course, did not apply in such case and
the brave spy was hanged. Hattie Lewis, Web
sters sweetheart, got audience with Mrs. JET
ferson Davis and begged her with tears In her
eyes, to save the man she loved. Instead Hattie
Lewis herself was convicted of being a Union spy
and served a years Imprisonment.
There was girl who won the rank of ma Tor
In the Union army. She Pauline Cushman an
actress, who became one Of the best and most
famous spies in the Union army. Often and often
Major Pauline acted sort Of advance guard
to the Federal army. Twice the Confederates
captured her, but both occasions she escaped
The first time she came being released after
nrst search, but second revealed the fact
that In a hidden recess In her garters there were
orders from Thomas. She was about to be hanged
when Thomas captured Nashville and saved her.
Secretary Stanton commissioned her as major In
the Union army, and she the only woman who
held that rank except Maj. Belle Reynolds the
wife OF captain in the Seventeen Illinois, who
went to the war with her husband and performed
such prodlgies of vaor that Stanton honored her
with commission.
Sam Davis the boy Spy Of the Confederacy, left
an imperishable record of heroism He was only
fourteen when he Joined the Confederate service
at first private soldier. His talents as a
spy were great and throughout Braggs long war
fare In Tennessee he continually made of the
brave little fellow. Davis was finally betrayed
ana captured IN NASHVILLE. He was taken before
Gen. Grenville NJ. Dodge, whose story of the hear
Ing makes companion piece to the last days Of
Nathan Hale Here Is the story as General Dodge
tells 1t:
Il took him to my private office and told him
1t was very serious charge brought against him;
that he was a spy, and from what found upon
his person. he had accurate information In regard
to my army, and must know where he obtained
1t. l told him he was a young man and did not
seem to realize the danger he In. Up to that
time he had said nothing, but then he replied In
a most respectful and dignihed manner:
General Dodge, l know the danger Of my
situation. and 1 willing to take the conse-
quences
I know that I'll have to die but will not tell
where 1 got the Information And there Is no
power on earth that make me tell. You
doing your duty soldier, and 1 doing
mine. If have to die, do so feeling that am
doing my duty to God and my country
II pleaded with him and urged him with all the
power that possessed to give chance to
his life, for I had discovered that he was a
most admirable young fellow with the highest
character and strctest integrity. He then said:
1t is useless to talk to me. do not intend to do
the trust reposed in me- He thanked me for the
interest had taken In him, and sent him back
to prison. 1 Immediately called a court-nartial
to try him."
Even then the boy received offers Of liberty II
he would betray his confederate. He would not.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-25

JACKSON'S Valley
campaign was one of the great
deeds of history. Not since Ma
poleon's time have men been so
dnzzled as they were by that great
exploit of his. Yet Stonewall might
have gone down the Valley in defeat
had 1t not been for little college
girl named Belle Boyd. On May %,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29
Painless Parker---OutlalD
His Confessions

TO $3.50 mt the outside limit. For a
single gold crown, to quote another
example, the "ethlcal" men charge
all the way from so 10 $40. The
material used costs from 30 ceHts
to $3.50.
These are Just samples of tho
sethicaI" way of holding the gun
to the public. I shall explain more
ut length later I'm this series. but
Just now 1 want TO emphasize this
enc points
/ am "unethical" because l don't
and won't charge these burglar
prices. My definition of "etbicnl" In
lust like the other fellows. My
practice, however, seems to be rndi-
eaiIy different.
1 Believe II is "unethical" (un-
mOraD to charge patient ten
times what the job In worth. 1 don't
care how many dentists band to-
gether I'm all sorts of associations,
adopt rules and pass resolutions
cOndemning the man who will cut
who "cOmbine In restraint of trade"
are just as guilty rs the 'malefae-
tors Of great wealth" that Uncae
Sam sends to prison.
"Ethicalss Does your Dental So
ciety cOnspiratOr have sense of hu-
NOR enough to realise how ridicu-
lous he In when he makes this claim
for hImseIfs
I'm going to write very frank
history of my own career first ms
an "ethical" and Inter rs nm San
ethical" dentist. And I shall tell
some IudicrOus things about the
sethical" ways of the amslgamated
foot plumbers.
ITO Be Continued)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29
bYN!C!
b.: r.;

Oh I've just got to sing of Sir Julian Byng,
The name has ring irresistible.
What JOY it must bring to his country and king
To think that the hero Sir Julian Byng,
Has proved that the tail of the lion, by jung,
Is something that's wholly untwistable
And think how old Hindenburg's heart it must wiring
When hinged on the bean by Sir Julian Byng.
When Sir Julian Byng all ready to spring
He sprang with zing undeniable;
And the Germans took wing, dropping every old thing,
In the rush of the troops of Sir Julian Byng
Who showed in one gorgeous splendiferous fling
That Hndenburg's line quite friable;
They broke it with like thin piece of string,
When ordered to charge by Sir Julian Byngl
sOh glory shall cling to Sir Julian Byng
The poets shall sing him in history
m verses that swing they will tell what sting
There was to the charge Of Sir Julian Byng
While Hindenburg's language was bstery;
9o jingle the cymbals and let the bells ring
This Great single bingle Of Julian Byngl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29
AN WERS !
BY CYNTHIA GREY )

pleasant and agreeable you can,
not stay. Surely her pride will
come to her rescue.
Dear Miss Grey: I noticed
in one of your letters not long
ago that Ebert Hubbard was
lost on the Lusitania. On Au-
gust 20, 1917, l received the
following letter signed by
Ebert Hubbard:
II have a few copies of my
fathers favorite photograph,
which has never been published
These are suitable for framing,
and | should like to distribute
them among his friends who
are in sympathy with the Roy
croft Ideals. My object in do
ing this is to further the enter
prise to which he gave his life."
This may seem a foolish
question to those who know, but
/ wish to ask, who was Ebert
Hubbard, and what are the
Roycroft Ideals?
A READER.
Elbert Hubbard was a world
famous author and lecturer. He
was proprietor Of the Roycroft
Shop, which was devoted to max.
Ing dc luxe editions Of the classics.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29
MARGIE MUST BE SHOWN

l couldn't help being amused at
Dick, he acted SO much like a
small boy who had determined not
to play in my yard, but l was a
little angry too when he turned to
Jim and asked:
Wont you have a cocktail,
Jim?"
NO." answered Jim, shortly.
We'll, I'm going to have one.
"Oh Dick!" l gasped, for the
doctor had expressly said no alco-
hol on account of his heart.
Don't be a blooming ass, old
chap" said Jim cheerfully, Just
because Margie doesn't want to
play the way you do with the book
concern is no reason why you
should attempt suicide before our
eyes,"
"Oh, all right, have it your
own way, but I don't think one lit
tie cocktail would hurt me-"
/ wanted to say that knew one
little cocktail would hurt anyone,
but l knew it would be putting
oil in fire las Dick thought my OBJ
lection to any kind of alcoholic
liquor was a personal jab at him
self, and SO / kept still. am
learning to keep still, little book,
when l know it will not do me
any good to speak.
The dinner came and we ate al
most in silence, much to the en-
barrassment of Jim, who tried his
best to keep up conversation.
/ could see, however, that
Dicks cross mood was wearing off
somewhat as he ate and l could
not help smiling as I thought how
many times Annie had said to me:
IF your man comes home cross,
Miss Margaret, don't say word
until you've got his stomach full.
When his digestion is workin
good, he is sleepy and calm like
a cow, altho he might be raging
bull before"
Jim asked me where I had been
and | told him about my clever
little "sales-person," and Dick
said gruffly:
"She had better take any man
she can get before she loses her
good looks, for most men know
that clever wife or one that
thinks she is clever is a nuisance.
lab No I at me. let IL pass,
but l could see Jim squirm.
Poor, poor Dick, he hates to be
crossed as much as his mother
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Qt16&&Ss1t911s
Wife

does. And he will never get over
the idea that any wife is the same
sort of foolish woman that his
mother is. He never understood
Jacks wife Mary, and her won
derful business ability, and altho
l made him save his first money,
he still thinks that he did it all
and that l would have spent 1t all
If he had not been there to re-
strain me. 1t will take him q long
while to learn to give any woman
credit for business ability.
Of course you remember, little
book, the terrible quarrel we had
when l first declined to put all
the money I had saved into stock
in the book concern. / could see
l was in for Just about such an
other battle when 1t came to talk
ing about voting my own stock.
Dick ate his dinner rapidly and
waited impatiently while l drank
my coffee. l confess | did not
hurry, little book. 1t made me
furious that he should be so sure
that / would do just what he
wanted me to do without any rea-
son except that l wanted it. This
l might do in personal matters
that would make him happy, but
whenit came to things concerning
my own business, / must have a
reason, Beside there was a great
principle involved. / must know
where l stood before allowed
anyone to vote my stock.
had hardly set my cup down
when Dick arose from the table
abruptly.
Come on, Jim, I expect we've
got to go over that whole matter
with Margie," he said. "And of
all things deliver me from ex-
planning business to women. But
we've got to have things ready for
the meeting tomorrow. If I'd
have known that Margie was go
ing to be from Missouri I would
have kept her home from that
COMPOUNDED shopping tour and
shown her."
Ito BE Continued.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29
Kultur for the German.IriSh

Welcome to our midst the Irische Batter
Batter is the appropriate English for it, but, in
Berlin you plt dish or couple of fly-specks
over the ga" and it means Leaves
The Irische Batter is the new Berlin publica-
tion just given birth to by the Berlin German
Irish Society, its parents in particular being Pro
fessor Eduard Meyer the wel-known British
lion tail-twister DR.. Karl Goldsmith, one of the
Krupps war profiteers; Professor Schiemann the
kaisers favorite diagnostician of municipalities,
and others who love all the possible German there
may be in the Irish.
The purpose of the Irische Blatter is to en-
courage Irshmen of Great Britain and America
to rebel and riot, thus aiding their dear German
friends war proceedings, and we repeat that we
greet the birth of the Irische Batter with cher
full acclaim; it's because of this excerpt from the
Blatter's editorial columns:
"The German-I Irish Society will devote its en-
ergies to reopening Ireland to the world, and
especially to Germany"
You see, it's the German trying to fool the
Irishman. There are tombstones in most all of
our cemeteries representing fatal failures of such
propaganda What true Irshman will do to
crowd bent on handing Ireland over to Germany,
especially, will be plenty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

Dear Miss Grey: l am 81.
For four years after my mother
died father and / lived alone.
Then he married a year ago and
Thought new life had be-
gun for me. / have never had
any very serious trouble with
his wife. She has snubbed my
friends, and seems to think l
should not invite even my old
est and best friends to the
house at any time or occasion.
am getting disguised with my
life and my nerves are going
to pieces. Don't advise me to
talk to my father. l have, and
he blames her for it. He could
make things different for me,
but he would have to have
trouble with his wife. Can you
suggest any way at all for me?
ERNESTINE.
II you think it Is impossible t.
do anything with your father
why not talk to your stepmothcr?
Tell her frankly, but kindly, that
il your home life cannot be more
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

Thanksgiving was a day of mar
rsages in Tacoma. Wednesday ~
licenses were issued by the Pierce
county auditor, a record number
for one day.
Many of the grooms were SOL
diers stationed at Camp Lewis.
The list of those procuring IL
censes included: Louis Wather
and Catherine H. Caste of Ia
coma: John r. Ohneck and Matte
McTee of Eatonv!lle; Austin M.
Drinkwater of San Jose, Cal, and
Frances Marie Burler of Sebasto-
pol; Ross Smith of San Francisco
and Nora Shaw of Bremerton;
Fred Wallace Kelly Of New York
city and Dorothy Albaugh Of La
Crosse, Wis.,; d. r. Buchanon OF
Seattle and Georgia Taylor of AS
toria, Ore; Joseph A. ]. Cole Of
Riverside, Cal. and Ethel Mitch 81,
OF Lodi, CAL; Fred Bartell OF New
mons Grove, Neb., and Agnes
Madsen of Portland; John Pruyn
of Elizabethien, KY, and Oriel
Shipp of Portland; George s.
Weivoda of Missoula and Anna
Morizcan OF Roman, Mont; Myron
l.. Carr OF Great Falls, Mont, and
Mildred Muscek of Tacoma; A.
j. Urquhart of Lind, Wash, and
Geraldine Flynn of San Francisco:
Basil X. Woods of Berkeley, and
Alice Phelps of Bevada City, Cal. !;
Walter w. Miller and Marguerite
A. Coovert of Tenino; Ward Nc
Kenney and Dorothy X. Brandt of
San Francisco; Andrew Bush and
Pauline Medgard of Seattle; Mich
ael Angona and Marry e. Hold
son Of Los Angeles; Philij M.
Luton and Edith l.. Martin of
Long Beach, CAL; A. G. Smith of
Seattle and Florence McCorkie of
Grand Rapids, Mich; Clarence ID.
Lockead of Portland and Mary A..
Padden of Tacoma; John A. Wat
son and Elizabeth Shickling of Ia
coma; Bryan Boyle and Annie Cal
lagher of Tacoma; J. c. Mccain
and Ruby Stronider of Tacoma;
Daniel J. Conan and Mary Fran
ces Fox of Portland; Robert s.
Dodds and Loretta M. Brophy of
Tacoma; Elmer A. Hughes and
Maud Mayhem Of Tacoma.
The Day Nursery Sewing club
will hold a Christmas sale Satur-
day at 913 Broadway.
Porrit f. Gault is commissioned
as first lieutenant in artillery at
Fort Smelling and Henry B. Cald-
well, another Tacoman, first lieu
tenant at Fort Sheridan.
Phi Kappa Psis of Tacoma and
Camp Lewis held a rousing re-
union at the Woman's clubhouse
Wednesday night. Those pres
ent were: John A. Rea of Cornell
university, who acted as toastmas-
ter; Capt. Albert Rolling and Corp.
w. A. Kettlewell. of the University
Of Iowa; Dellard Salley. of the
University of Washington; b. Nj
Cherrington and Lieut.. H. s. Tay-
ior. of the University of Nebras-
ka; H. A. Dunn, of Swathmore
college; Lieut.. 8. r. Pfund, J. A.
Armstead, N. Smith, OF the Uni
versity OF California; w. r.
Thompson OF Wittenberg college;
L. r. Comets, w. l.. Mccormick
and J. T. 8. Lyle. OF the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin; A. II. Barn
hisel, OF Stanford university; r.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

Dear Miss Grey: l would
like to say something in regard
to the item that suggests pay
Ing a 10-cent bounty on cats.
In the first place, birds de-
stroy by eating our fruit and
grain and cats do not destroy
anything of much value. I
know there are too many cats at
large; but cat that has a
home and is we'll fed will not
eat birds. There are SO many
poor hungry cats that have to
rustic their living I think IL
would be a nice way to raise
some Red Cross money by put
ting a tax on them the same
as on dogs, for who would be
willing to pay 81 Spyear for a
male cat or 5 2fof female
when they will save that and
over In what one mouse will
destroy?
also believe a law to this
erect would stop the cruelty to
animals which some people
practice by raising every batch
of kittens till they are half
grown, then taking them and
dropping them on the streets to
starve or be killed by dogs and
boys and cars in an inbuman
way.
Another thing-if a bounty
were paid for cats, the cats we
have trained and love would be
picked up along with the strays.
Let us pay license on cats
rather than bounty. M. s.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

moral code.
These dental societies here have
drawn up q schedule of minimum
fees which are 10 he charged for
work done by their members.. Ac-
cOrding to the rules II is ''unethi-
ear to charge below these fixed
prices.
There are some funny items I'm
this fee schedule. Take Ii down the
line the "cthicaI. dentists are
banded together 10 charge from five
10 ten times what the actual work
costs. They are leagued TO charge
for instance $40 per. tooth for
bridgewOrk, the material for which
does not cost more than 80 cents
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

B. Gault, of Cornell college: Lieut..
Wilfred Lewis, of the University
of Illinois; l.. r. GaGult, of the
University of Kansas.
Tacoma branch, Collegiate
Alumnae, announces in it's current
bulletin the following new MEM
bers: Miss Lois X. Hartman, Miss
l.. Foreman, Miss Elizabeth Drum
mond, Miss Eneola Mcintyre, Mrs.
Charles Spear, Mrs. f. X. Rey-
nolds, Miss Ethel Radford, Miss
Helen Oldfield, Miss Sylvia Miller,
Mss Anna o. Miller, Mrs. Wallace
Macpherson, Mrs. j. p. KKane,
Miss Allie Laird, Miss Zaidia Bon
ney, Miss Helen M. Pinkerton,
Miss Inez Cook, Miss Mildred
Pope.
The drama section Of the Collie
giate Alumnae will hold its next
meeting on Monday at the home
of Miss Nessenson, 1907 North
Prospect. Subject, plays of
Pinero;" leader, Miss Emma Hop
kins.
"A hardtime dance will be given
Thursday at Lincoln dancing aca-
deny.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29
:: THE CLINGING VINE::
An Editorial For Women
BY CYNTHIA. GREY.

"The ingng vine girl extinct War has changed girls entirely
The butterfly
who lived with finite fe has disappeared
The idle life the old would
girl"
Surely qualified speak She
in
Bradford girls schools the United
States
Miss Knott fashions There
the oki seriously winter Then
the athletic bought mems shops The
society ourhed affecting utterly silly indifference the useful
side of M The reaction this life seriously winter Then
suffrage caught girls adventure Next dancing and skating
became the sole interests Of all fair maids
Thru all the changing styles girls the cngng still lived
Now the making fashionable for girls busy
1t perfectly astonishing how busy girls ookand get
thing done.
Since Eve started make skirt and then decided
big enough has had starting things and
them And adm1ng all the pretty foget to notice there
never results
There homes conducted this prncpemo unstable unhappy
homes
Now the great reality demands that ACHIEVE for
her stitches in street How how socks has she
FINISHED? Bradford the their dinner
girl there has knit II
the housewife TALK Hoover
ACTUALLY meaess and weaess days? she saving fats
and by small and painful economies?
is not enough to have "a particular plan or "a definite purpose
own Xeron and without mans notice applause approval
When she really ceased to
But how the sprouts struggle for cxstence The old root dies hard
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29
CHAPTER II

wherever you
heay Painless
Parker toast ed
by his brother
dentists or by
those who have
fallen for their
"bunk.- you will
hear the word
"unethical."
There's the In
dictuent In a
nutshell.
Being "ethi-
caI" In Obeying
the simple rules
of moral con-
duet. That's
about what the
dictionary defl-
milton amounts
to. So. I'm ac-
eussNd NJ fntIIm1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29
Who'll Paw the Cost?

whether Tacoma or Olympia
should bear most of the cost Of
the pipe line between here and
Olympia was the question before
the public service commission
Wednesday in the hearing of the
proposed increase in rates asked
by the Tacoma Gas Co.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29
Secretary Wilson Is
Back on Job Today

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 29.-
Secretary of Labor Wilson was
sufficiently recovered from his
recent illness today to resume his
duties as chairman of the presi-
dents special mediation board.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29
Telephone Girls TriCked

Telephone Telegraph proved Tacoma exactly
what operators call off their strike claimed 1t
proved faihess.
girls accordance with the mediation
But when they returned to the
them they could
would considered applicants They would
have to take their turn for a
This is plain breach of faith.
The the United States has virtually been made laugh
Labor Wilson and mediation board
kind agreement settled which
heraded binding the and the operators
with the government the third party of interest.
this mediation is permit the
girls belong the union which the
agreed to recognize
the stand for that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

Reserve corps officers are hot because regulars re-
ker to them as preserves" Steady, boys! Those
regulars may be bowling and praying for the "pre
serves" some day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

The field of sculpture unusual for women Belle
Kinney whose work known
York also recognize her genius
has become center interest the world
Miss Kinney her ideas sculpture
been styled
made statues in honor of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

Just as Tammany is considering wide-op Great
White Way along comes the fuel dictator and says
lights out at II p. m. They're bound to make that
Way pretty tough place for fellow with conscien
ous scrupes before they get thru tinkering with it,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

Dear Miss Grey: I have kept
steady company with a young
man who has now Joined the
army. l have promised to wait
for him. Is 1t right to go out
with other young men when /
have promised him will wait
! for him? ERMA
II would not be right to accept
serious attention from others, bu,
you may go out occasionally with
other friends without being dis.
loyal to the man in the army.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

Maybe being under fire Of the German guns will be
valuable experience to those congressman when they
come to run for reelection.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-29

"A maritime dance will be given
Thursday at Lincoln dancing aca-
deny.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-26
SHERLOCK HOLMES
SYSTEM CONDEMNED
IN COAST COLLEGES

San Francisco, Nov. 26.-spying in
the enemy's territory is to be a thing
of the past in Pacific coast preserves
If all Of the colleges concerned follow
the lead Of California and Washing
ton. These institutions have made a
pact that in future when a represent
alive Of one side goes to look over the
opposition talent he shall announce
his presence, obtain a pass, and stand
on the sidelines. Football wiseacres say
that in days gone past coaches an
their representatives used to ssum
false whiskers, gum shoes and other
camouf1age in order to "get a line on
the opposition's methods of attack and
defense.
Coach Andy Smith Of California
takes the stand that when a team is
hard pressed it will uncover every
thing it has, and future opponents Of
said team can learn all there is to be
learned without resorting to Sherlock
Holmes subterfuges. On the other
hand when a team wants to cover
up" in practice, he contends, all Of the
public and private detectives in the
world could not get a line on it's
tricks.