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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
IF YOU Can DO THESE
STUNTS YOU Can PASS
ALL army REGULATIONS

This Is a story for men who are
going into the army, either by en-
listment or in the next draft.
VIII YOU make a model soldier
from a physical standpoint?
Oh, yes, you probably will get
past the examining boards all
right, but that isn't the question.
IL you can meet the following
requirements you will be up to
the standard for a model soldier:
Chin yourself 10 times.
n Jump eight feet from a
iS standing position.
Put q 12-rcund shot 33
feet.
Climb a 2O.fOot rope in is
seconds.
Dash so yards in seven Sec
Onds.
Run q mile In six minutes.
hft 6O-pOtmd weight
over your head with one
hand.
Sit up from a supine posi-
tiOn from the back Of your
head.
This series OF tests was pre-
sTibed by Captain Roard Z. Mel
hgan, director of athletics and
representative Of the war depart
ment commission on training camp
activities.
Here's what he says about It:
Besides showing the excellent
physical condition of the soldiers,
y the test demonstrates the value
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

Every American will find food
for thought in Anita Stewards
latest play, THE Message of the
Mouse" which opens three day
engagement at the Apollo Sunday.
Written by George Randolph
Chester and Lillian Chester, the
story carries a warning to Amer
leans of the dangers that will con-
front this country when the war
is over.
Publicists generally have recog-
nized the perils that will be faced
by the United States, including
industrial depression, commercial
warfare and financial stringency.
The United States, it is presumed,
will be the only nation able to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

May Sinclaire, accomplished vic.
liDist with Willie Tyler, cellist,
will put over a snappy musical act
at Pantages on the new bill start
ing Monday.
1t is just like old home week
when Bob Albright returns to
Tacoma. He is the featured
player on next weeks Pantages
bill, on which the Kinkaid Kilties
are the headliners.
The Kinkaids and Albright are
sure to share honors. Rosa
Maura, an eccentric funster with
10 Scotch lads and lassies have
rare bit of Caledonian fun to
offer and will make glad the
hearts of the clans. Dancing,
skirling pipes and a lot of lively
tunes will help to put the Kim
kaids over.
Mr.. Albright comes back again
with a full repertoire of new
songs except one. He is still
singing j. X. Emmett's lullaby
which always has been a rare ia
vorite.
The Five Metzettis, all men, are
athletes who do some remarkable
feats in the way of somersaulting
from shoulder to shoulder. Dou-
BILE and triple somersaults are
their specially.
June Mills, lively coincidence,
comes with a flock of new songs.
Sinclair and Tyler, man and
woman, play on cello and violin.
The lara Carmen trio rolls hoops
and twirls batons.
Wires of the WRATH" is the
10th episode Of who Is Number
One?"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
Juniors Take
School Title

Juniors of Lincoln high school
won the interclass wrestling
match yesterday by taking three
titles out of 10 competitions.
Each OF the other classes were
tied with two victories apiece.
Winners in the finals for the
juniors were Ivan Fithian, 115
pound class; Ernest Cook, 1876
pound class, and John Mund,
heavy class.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
SPORTS
WILLARD OFFERS
NEW EXCUSE FOR
DELAYING FIGHT
BILLY CAIRNS NEW
MANAGER OF THE
SHIPYARDS TEAM

will be called at the Stadium
some afternoon next week, and 1t
is expected that the Foundation
team will get into action shortly
afterwards. Because OF the soft
sand on the flats it is not prac-
ticable to practice there.
Roy Wilkowski, sensational
semi-pro player, will accept po-
sition with the Foundation COM
pany and play with the shipyards
team this season. Bruce Grant,
who left the company recently, is
expected to go back and join the
team. Bruce managed the fast
Shelter team last year.
Gus Davis, the Tacoma pitcher
who Joined with Vancouver, AL
Davis, the classy East Side catch
er, Tony ensen, former infielder
with the fast South Tacoma Tig-
ers, and Oscar Hauglund, pitcher
and outfielder, who played with
the Seattle Giants for a time, are
four sure members of the ship
yards team.
Among the other experienced
players who will try to get on the
team are F. Hoops, Joe Rae, Dub
Coblentz, George Adams, Red
Morse, William Reeves, Chick
Cook, VIM. Nagel, Guy Hall,
Ralph Riden, Slim Swiefel and
Guyer Graham.
Manager earns is planning an
active season, with lots of enter
tainments and banquets to keep
the players interested in the team.
The first dance netted the team
more than enough to purchase
uniforms and equipment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
TODAY'S BILLS
AT THE THEATERS

TACOMA
Orpheum vaudeville, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, matinee
and evening.
PANTAGES
krazy Kat All Girl Revue;
with vaudeville.
HlPPODROME
"A Night in Old Egypt"
with vaudeville.
OAK
"Izzy on tho Border" Monte
Carter Stock Co.
MOVIES
COLONIAL
"Amarilly of Clothes Line
Alley" with Mary Pickford.
APOLLO
broadway Ball." with Har-
old Lockwood. ..
MELBOURNE
Runaway R0many," with
Marion Davies.
LIBERTY
1.-THE Fields Of Honor with
Mae Marsh.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
COAL RULING

i@ WASHINGTON, D. c., March
12.--Reorganization Of the entire
o1tuminous coal industry began
ooday following announcement by
Huel Administrators Garfield of IA
producing zones within which con-
sumption will be largely confined.
Elimination Of thousands of
niles OF long cross-hauling with
subsequent increase in our utility
IRE the big result saimed at.
Regulations are effective Apr. 1.
Embargces by Director Gener-
- McAdoo will prevent violation
y DIR. Garfield's order.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

help in rebuilding the war-torn
countries.
The story of the Chester film
relates to a plot by five European
bassadors to divert fifty bill
lions of dollars from American
banks and industrial institutions
to their own countries, with the
result that Europe is assured a
restoration, while this country
writhes in the grip of panic,
bank failures and industrial par
alysis, attended by riots and
bloodshed.
The story is extremely vivid and
plausible and the plot is foiled
only thru the efforts of a patrio-
tic American girl, portrayed by
Anita Stewart.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
Baker Reports
Especial to The Times)

MACON, Ga, March 23-Frank
Baker has arrived here for prac-
tice with the rest of the Yankees.
The famous home run clouter pre-
diets trouble for the rest of the
American league since the addi-
ton of pair Of right-handed hit
ters to the staff.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

II Is that pursuit, coupled with the
purity league ponchant for un-
earthing disagreeable things at q
mile-a-minute gait, and a strange
man In town, and not ono OF the
four wise men able to declare posi-
Nvely that he IL not their very
own son, that calls forth loud
laughter and hsasty outlaws.
Audacious % be sura. but side
splitting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
kolb and Dill
Returning In
FarCiCal PLAY

Kolb and Dill in THE High Cost
of Loving" comes to the Tacoma
theater again Wednesday and
Thursday.
The Kolb and Dill farce is a
racy and bold breakaway from the
usual. having to do with four
esrfng men, all safely married, but
the indecent past pursuing them
and pursuing Them Historically.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

CHICAGO, March 23. - Jess
willard, horse buyer, today inter-
6ored with the affairs of j. Will
ard, pugilist. Jess wants to go
20 Baltimore Tuesday TO buy
horses for his farm and wants
Ais article signing seance with
Fred Fulton moved up to Mon
cay.
Promoter j. C. Miller today can
eel1ed the $105, 900 offer of Dom
mick Tortorich and Matt Hinkle,
who wanted to stage the match
In New Orleans. The two with
drew, claiming that Willard is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

At the Tacoma theater Monday
and Tuesday nights, Messrs. Lee
and j. j. Shubert offer their big
New York Winter Garden wonder
show, the "Show of Wonders"
This huge entertainment is said TO
excel in point of magnitude and
merit any Of the other twenty huge
spectacles that have preceded it.
1t lis truly a wonderful show.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

In its notable cast are such
luminaries as Eugene and Willie
Howard, Tom Lewis, Sidney Phil
lips, Write and Clayton, Flora
Lea, Charles Wright, Dan Quinlan,
Arthur Davis, Edmund Mulcahey,
Adele Ardsley, Patsie OHearn,
Virginia Smith, Myrtle Vietorine
and Irene ZoMr. There are fifteen
scenes of regal splendOr.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
Tom Gibbons
Shows Speed

DES MONIES, Ia, March 23.
Gus Christie, of Milwaukee,
didn't have a chance with Tommy
Gibbons, who averaged forty
blows to a round, so he lost In
az rounds OF the st. Paul speeder.
Gibbons was the winner from
start to finish.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

nucleus the life of Lilly Krados,
who is left penniless and alone,
but is gifted with unusual beauty.
She struggles for a livelihood amid
the temptations strewn in her path
and reveals the injustice of a man
who, in his pursuit of his own
selfish pleasures has no regard for
innocence or purity.
Mary Pickford closes her en-
gagement in "Armilly of Clothes
line Alley" tonight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

The cod is estimated to yield
100000 eggs each season. As
many as 100000, 5000, 900
and even 100000 eggs have
been found In the roe OF a single
cod. An eel was caught In Scot
land some years ago which con-
aimed upward Of 100000 eggs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

A man connected with the
heavy field artillery Is no more
likely to be killed than ono in
the employ Of . railroad. army
officers Say.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
Hoppe Again
Beats Fallon

SAN FRANCISCO. March a.
Willie Hoppe has two victories
over Joe Fulton to his credit to-
day as a result Of last nights ai-
fair at Dreamland rink. Hoppe
had the best of every round.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23
LEADING CHARACTERS

LEADING CHARACTERS
Lily KardOs. 49,. Elsie Ferguson
Stephen Bennett. Cecil Fletcher
Dick Laird. ...... Crawford Kent
Senator Calkins. Frank LOScc
Elsie Ferguson, one of the most
beautiful actresses in America,
will come to the Colonial Sunday
afternoon in THE Song of Songs
Edward Sheldon's dramatic mas
terpiece.
THE Song of Songs" has for its
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-23

Vanilla, which makes ice cream
80 popular, has been found in the
roots of oats.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-01
A YEAR OF FRIGUIFULNESS.

The German General Staff has now
had a year of ruthless submarine war
fare and the whole world is In q position
70 inventory the results. Great Britain
and France have not teen starved into
submission and are il no danger Of being
starved into submission. Instead OF the
million tons Of shipping month that the
U-boats were to sink, the total losses for
the year have been little more than
600 900 tons The British have lost
,033 vessels, of which 763 were Of more
than / 900 tons and 30 Of less than 1909
tons The French and Italian losses are
estimated at less than 100000 tons,
while the American losses are III ,06l tons.
Against these losses, in addition TO the
ships built during the year, must lie
counted the 6S0.494 tons OF German and
Austrian shipping seized by the United
States and put into commission. These
ships, including the Naterland rechris-
tened the Leviathan, are now carrying
American troops and American supplies
10 France.
During the year in which ruthless sub
marine warfare has Eeen ia unrestricted
operation, American exports amounted
TO the unprecedented gure of S6,226,-
09O,000 an increase Of S745 600 600
illE uIDOlAE ul4OtIaLOAA W tJJ% fbJJf-
900, an increase Of $500, BOZ, ,000. Ameri-
can imports and exports together show
q total increase Of 1905 300 600. We
have an army Of nearly 500 coo in France
and thus far have not lost sirgle man
on the transports. So much for the cal
culations Of the German General Staff
But that is not the whole record. How
ever critical the economic situation was
in Germany a year ago, it is far more
critical now. Except the blockade Of
Ger many's coast and ports by the Brit
ish navy. no heavier blow has been dealt
TO German power than the embargo order
of President Wilson which made il I'M
possible for neutrals to export food into
Germany and replonish their own stores
from the United States. The results OF
this order have been staggering and the
effect is continuing. 1t is something
from which there can be no means of
recovery unless Russia not only makes
separate peace but establishes condi-
ton Of political and economic stability
which would permit the exportation Of
large quantities OF food into Germany.
That possibility is more than renote.-
New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-01
The Matter OF Food Control.

That Food Administrator Hoover
should be concerned about the matter Of
food conservation, and deslrots Of having
the largest powers IN carrying out his
ideas Of what is best to bring about
practical results, is only natural. But it
may be wise to bring him down to the
plain fact that he cannot too far intrcnch
upon the established rights of the people.
Mr.. Hoover is now at odds with the
authorities in Congress lie seeks power
to control the traffic in food stuf1s, with
the idea of insuring their practical dis
tribution: to control the use OF food stufTs
in manufactures; to control the supplies
of commodities necessary for the produc-
ton and preservation Of foodstuffs. In
respects Of these matters he asks absolute
control
But it may be that Mr.. Hoover is ask
ing too much. For him to enter into
the domestic program of thousands OF
homes and insist upon a compliance with
regulations TO the extent of his official
desires is asking great deal.
There is no doubt the people of our
country are prepared 10 submit to any
amount of inconvenience in order to fur
ther the administration war program.
But there is such thing as forcing the
people too far, too soon. MIR. Hoover
should recognize this point and govern
himself accordingly
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-01
FkESS COMMENTS.
THE OKLAHOMA EXAMPLE.

There must be some mistake in the
report that seven persons are dead,
two are expected to die and 20 are i'll
from drinking cgg-nog mt Francis, Okla.
Surely no sclf-rospecting Oklahoman
would think Of dying or becoming i'll in
that way. Oklahoma is the pioneer spot
less plaza Of the Union; the cleanest and
most rcgenerate point on the map: u G
one brilliant star in the constellation of
States IL scintillates all there is Of good
in politics, in religion and in the social
uplift. 1t never has been cursed by liquor.
When admitted to the sisterhood Of
commonwealths il came in with steady
step. Its constitution included a pro-
mitigation Of all that is perfect including
prohibition, and an inhil ition of all that
is vicious in personal walk and conversa-
tion.
20 years ago to the present moment
Oklahoma has been conscious Of her own
rectItude and forthwith in her commits
sion as the keeper of the public con-
science. To be sure, her native sons pull
off an occasional train robbery, and the
nervous trigger finger of the average
citizen is responsi le for not infreuucf
homicides; but this is due. perhaps, TO her
youthful buoyancy, rather than to in
herent evil
We are constrained, therefore. to be-
lieve that the account OF this Oklahoma
tragedy has been distorted in transmits
sion; that possibly some ursanctified
uitlander present at the party Expressed
n wish for egg-nog and that il so shocked
those present that seven fell dead, two
became unconscious and 20 more were
stricken with the pip, or some other en-
tircly proper oklahoma alady. Newm
York Morning Telegraph.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-01
FRILLS IN TIE SOUP.

In the Weekly Bulletin issued by the
Food Administration there is an inter
csting estimate of the number of eggs
used in clar ing the consommc. 4 New
York chef figures that no less than II
thousand dozen is The toll IN that city
for single day. The staggering sum
for the whole country is given ms IS COO
900 eggs a year. IN the words Of the
Bulletin, this s all for turning sul'stan-
tial soups into fril soups" II is plain
that the public could help lot in the
necessary task Of saving food by rclcas-
ing these eggs for more important service
As matter Of fact. the most nutri-
tious soups are the most easily and cheaply
made The pot au fcu in France, tho
mincstorne in Italy, represent saving
instead of waste Meat trimmings, un-
used vcgeta' les, all kinds of wholesome
odds and erds go into the pot 10 simmer
gently until the SAVIOR is extracted from
them. There is whole meal in soup
like this, while consomme is hardly more
than An appetizer. prelude TO more
satisfying dishes. Let it ard its kindred
houillon he kept for invnlids if necessary.
The healthy need no frills in their soup at
such time as Philadelphia Ledger.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-01
As TO the Cost Of Eggs.

Every Evening knows of a man who Is
selling eggs at so cents a dozen and
refuses to take more. Ee buys his feed,
too, as he keeps his chickens at his place
of work, and he says he can sell the eggs
for that price and make q fair profit.
And yet our market people, most Of
whom raise their chicken feed, claim they
cannot afford to sell eggs for less than rs
cents a dozen.
We notice an increasing number of
automobiles backed up to the curb, to
take the place Of the old-fashioned market
wagons, despite their pleas for poverty.
Which may mean that there are still a
lot Of people in this community who
have more money than brains.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-01
THE EVENING SMILE.
THEIR POSITION EXPLAINED.

Two army doctors, while ballooning,
lost trace Of their whereabouts and, wish
ing TO know over which part Of tho country
they were passing, saw rustic at some
distance working in the fields, and
gradually descended.
When nearby overhead ono Of them
called out:
Hi, there, Johnny. can you tell US
where we arc2'
The rustic merely gaxed up in much
nmazcmcnt, Thinking he had not heard,
one OF the officers again shouted out,
louder than ever:
"Whcrc nre WEI"
just MS the balloon drifted past came tho
answer:
"Whoy, We be in balloon, bcan't
YET"
What the officers said when they
heard this is not rccordcd.--LoDdon Tit
Bits.
$50 your doctor said that there was
nothing wrong with your" "Ycs,"
did he examine your" "Not me
only my financial rating Buffalo Tx
press.
"No, sirF virsurusly said Mr.. Cap
Johnson of Rumpus Ridge, Ark. 81 don't
believe in a woman doing mans work
unless, of course, he happens TO have
something elsc on hand Judge.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-01
The Situation In Germany.

It is not at all surprising to read OF
internal disturbances throughout Ger
many That the German people should
be restless under present conditions, and
disposed to revolt at this time, is only
natural.
The German people, for the past half
century, have been 'fed up" with the
impression that they were the chosen
people of the world; that in them re-
posed all the elements Of civilization, and
that it was their bounden duty to impose
and enforce their ideas of civilization
upon all the rest of the world.
With this impression paramount, the
German people were driven into the
Great War. They shut their eyes to the
ravaging of Luxembourg and Bel
gium, in their initial war operations.
They lost sight of the absolute lack Of
merit behind their cause, and blindly
followed their kaiser and his General
staff in their mad lust for world conquest.
And now the people Of Germany, APP
parently, have aroused to a realization
Of their position, and are rising in revolu-
ton against the policy of world domina-
ton, so arrogantiy entered upon by
their ruling military class in August,
1914. They arc, a, last, giving attention
TO the important matter OF having the
voice OF the people made potent in the
policy of government.
This is the reason for the internal dis
turbanocs in Germany that we now read
about. This is why We may look for
n popular uprising there at any moment.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-01
A PIG In EVERY HOME.

The war has given hi -th to o multi
fude Of 'heories -ome Of them a c
good Most o. them, however are 50
lud c. Gus Us {. bIins s'Inny mile TO the
face OF the eternal Couch. A pig in
ever home i0' instance
THIS sl.'gan has i'een suggested as tie
so!ut on O. . d fficult OBJ eiq +. a State
food commissioner. fiicaciou'. in
d ed could it ke ceaxed ut, practical
gre alton Thint the eAtandins ia-
fuence would have nn tile sandw CHI
Fancs the emp that it would rIt ~
the pork aci ing ectIon Of Chcag, Ap
entlr tfe food rommissonI y .I,e TT
know hogs o. h" hn MT . wnIk ny know =
edge Of the aver tge Gotham fiat Either
the diininutive "a inca pir or the e&, an
sive ia of the fam m9~t ha:e been
IN bis m.rd~ eve at the { me OF the theo-
,..... -Ap osion
some he more uNu ious houses
thc rig mi2h' q. s'bls De ltaated but
ut" b. less -etea.t 90 home he c. uld
hardl' .,e cuee es unless he wee iced
'Btr ham and ')ae n and even then he
would hsse 10 be cut t"ishtY thlD -.
Ph.lade'u ia Even & TIE eg eD1.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-01
WHERE BRYAN is WRONG.

Mr.. Bryan is wrong wen he accuses
liquor men generally Of trcasona hle sell
ing TO soldiers. The exceptional dive
keeper is the cause Of trouble, just as
the lawhrcaking saloon Keeper is the cause
of most of the dry fanati ism.
Mr. Bryan is wrong again when he
denounces alcohol uncquivucallv az q
poison He is makirg the fanatics
mistake of regarding the evils of abuse
and neglecting the proved facts of ra-
tional use. He is wrong for the third
time when he supports the un-American
principle OF letting the Legislature of
North Dakota dictate on habit and GUS
tom to the people Of New York.-New
York World
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-01
JUST FOLKS
Py Edgar A. Guest.
THE VANISHED coal SHED.


! We shivcr at the wintry blast
And grumblc at the cold.
Yet pondcring on the winters past
And boyhood days Of old.
! balance all the Joys that are
| With woes that used to be
And count thc present lusurics lar
Superior to me.
! Those winters brought into my soul
| Full many n day Of dread
For every buckctfuIl Of coal
| | carried from the shed.
We had no spacious cellar then
| Wherein the coal was stored;
That pleasure but the richest men
We're able TO afford
| So ut the limits Of the yard
A little shack was built
Where our supply of fuel hard
Was regularly split.
Then every morning ! would roll
Rcbeliiously from bed
To u tho glowing stove with coal
I'd carried from the shed.
II snow had fallen through the night
Id take the rusty spade
And work with all my youthful might
UntIl path q made.
The way was long, the work was hard,
And bitter was the breeze,
II seemed tn me in our back yard
To death man could fruszc.
! know that Pcary at the pole
Would not have cared To tread
The path daily trod for coal
In that far-distant shed
Today the coal bins nearer home
Than what il used to be.
Our children do not have To roam
On paths long known TO me.
They never face the icy blast
Nor trudge through drifts Of snow.
Such terrors now are of the past
And hallOwed long ago.
And now. a gay and cheerful soul,
I'm glad those days have sped
When every bucketfull Of coal
| carried from the shed.