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PAGE FOUR. MBMIIKK or TIIK ucturra NORTHWEST I.BAUIiH OF NEWSPAPERS. Telegraphic News Service of the United I'rvaa AaaoHnllou by direct I.Kurd Wire. Entered at the poatom.-r, Taroma, Wink,, aa aeroad-clasa matirr. Published by the Taesnia Times Pub. Co. livery Kvenlna; Except »ndny. We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.— Declaration of Independence. THEY LOVE 'EM AFTER THEY'RE DEAD Your true conservath'e is the man who worships a dead radical. We are not sure whether the above sentiment is original or plagarized. We know, however, that is a perfectly good statement of fact. AVitness J. P. Morgan contributing to the library of congress the auto graphs of signers of the declaration of independence. John Hancock is dead. So is Samuel Adams. It is all right, therefore, for Mr. Morgan to say that the memory of these men shall be properly honored and that their handwriting shall not be lost to posterity. Suppose Adams were to come to life and to begin to talk his political sen timents. His talk would sound very much like that of Bob LaFollette or Will iam J. Bryan. ', The men who signed the declaration would talk about "inalienable rights," and about "liberty" and what governments are for, and why governments which oppress should be overthrown. Such sentiments would be regarded as shocking by Mr. Morgan. They would shock President Taft, and they would be heartily discountenanced by all the trustees of Mr. Morgan's museums and the directors of his banks and the operators of his railroads. No. Let us have the signatures of the "fathers" preserved; but not their sentiments. Let us commemorate their features in bronze, but forget their talk. Let us not "stir np discontent," as did Robert Treat Paine, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, Richard Henry Lee and Thomas Jefferson. WILL FAMINE FOLLOW WHEN EVERYBODY IS CURED? Correspondent William O. Shepherd's dispatches from Europe seem to hold out hope that tuberculosis will suon take its place among the diseases that will cease to ravage. It will be one of the lost plagues —an extinct pestilence. A strange, but important question arises in this connection. As we mas ter disease, what shall we do with all the population? Is it not certain that as we refrain from war and kill of pestilence, we must be careful or famine will come on to do the work of both? With a population as sparse as ours this problem seems afar off. But with natural opportunities for self-employment monopolized, it may not be so remote after all. Monopoly brings poverty on long before the country is fully peopled. , The cure of one disease after another and the increase in population should admonish us that the time is coming when the only title to the posses sion of any sort of land shall be the use of it, and when nobody shall be al lowed to exercise the power of taking from the stream of prodticed wealth ex cept by helping in its production. THEIR ATTITUDE The invariable result of police department investigations in American cities has been this: That as soon as a man becomes a policeman he is bereft of all sense of proportion; he gets the "police attitude". Now, there is no denying that policemen who do their duty have no path of roses to tread upon, and veiy often, the policeman is subjected to an noyances that would try the patience of an angel. But the general tendency of policemen, especially those elevated to "plain-clothes" rank, is to hold themselves aloof, to consider that if a man is arrested he is as good as con victed —and the vicious j>raetices of the "third degree" are familiar to news paper readers. If it is true that a Tacoma detective gratuitously baited the young man now suing to recover damages for false arrest, the present admin istrator of the police department should see that such behavior is omitted. The police—just as the firemen, the public works staff and the street clean ers—are paid servants of the people. They are not the agents of a bureaucracy. If bad luck hits you a wallop tomor row, you may blame it on the stars. It's Friday the Thirteenth! You can't realize how fast Tacoma is growing till you come upon a photo graph of Pacific avenue taken 14 years ago. Yes, there is a difference. With moving picture theaters as an adjunct to the schools, what need has Tacoma for truant officers now? It's a safe bet it will be a real happy Christmas for the municipal workers who had their pay boosted up a notch or two yesterday. If it is true that we have police detec tives who make it a practice to bait prisoners, the sooner we put the skids under such city servants the better. It looks as if Tacoma has rejuven ated in baseball. With Joe McQinnity in town as the sole owner of the Taco ma Tigers, everybody is interested in the team. The Bank of California ■■'.-*'''. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION >-'-•':~- ■ ■; EatabUabed 186*. [ Capital and 5urp1u5......516,300,000.00 ,; San Francisco Portland % ' Tacoma ' " Seattle ' TACOMA BRANCH ■:-■•-.- X , The Bank of California Building, Tacoma. iiij.jii „,.! i' 'i jj _.'.i<<n«mil£jhhi ' - - ■ •■ -'■ ■-- i ■ - - ..... Turn to the MiNtS* Want Ads editorial Pao,e of Cfic Cacoraa Cimes The new food inspector seems to be getting real busy on her job. Date your letters 12-12-12 today. You will be dead before you get another chance for it will not come for 100 years. That $6,000 net profit on the munici pal dock in the last year puts the Times in a good position to rise and remark, "We told you so". Don't worry about whether there shall be one or two terms for a presi dent. The probabilities are you will never get there in either event. High school boys want work during the Christmas holidays and they have established a bureau at the school to get in touch with merchants desiring their services. There are a lot of these boys who are working their way through to get an education, and the business men, particularly those who are rushed during the Yuletide season, might find a place for them. Man Coughs and Breaks Ribs • After a frightful coughing spoil a man In Neenah, Wis., felt terri ble pains in bis side and his doc tor found two ribs had been brok en. What agony Dr. King's New Discovery would have saved him. A few teaßpoonsful ends a late cough while persistent use routs obstinate coughs, expels stubborn colds or heals weak, sore lungs. "I feel sure its a Godsend to hu manity," writes Mrs. Kffio Morton, Columbia, Mo., "for I believe I would have consumption today If I had not used this great remedy." Its guaranteed to satisfy, and you can get a froo trial bottle or 50 --cent or $1.00 size at Ryner Mal strom Drug Co., 938 Pacific ay. THE TACOMA TIMES. M£e i^t^u^^^ Sherlock Again. Mr. Holmes — I notice that you have a new kitchen maid. Mrs. Borden- Lodge—l have. But 1 think it's perfectly won derful how you can make such accurate deduc tions. Mr. Holmes — Quite simple, ma'am. I've been comparing the thumbpriuts on the plates.—Chi cago News. Tough One. Housewife (to tramp)—-I don't approve of people begging. Any man can find work if he looks hard enough. Tramp— Alas, mum, dats just de trouble; I'm such a hard looker dat no one will give me a job. — Boston Transcript. He —■ Darling, there has been something trem bling ou my lips for the last two months—■ She —Yes; so I notice. Why don't you shave it off? JOSH WISE SAYS: "Bill Kainit, our oldest in habitant, claims to remember away back when stovepipe hats were much worn by others be sides comedians, com doctors and cabmen." No Frills or Feathers. Matt Denner of Union town ship was arrested Saturday for plain drunk.—Columbia City (Ind.) Commercial. Moving pictures are popular in many parts of China. A Cornell freshman reports that he lived on 85 cents a week. Almost anybody could do that —a week. It will take 34 miles of wire rope to operate the elevators in tho new Woolworth building, New York. Familiar Newspaper Stories. Smith was a poor man two years ago, but today has a for tune of at least $2,000,000. Mrs. Smith's lawyer refused to make public the name of the chorus girl. Chicago barbers are raising prices. Which disposes of the ancient thoory that barbers al ways work at cut rates. Several of the largest railways entering London are planning to erect a freight house for their joint use, 1,300 feet long, 500 feet wide, eight storios high, land, building and mechanical equip ment to cost $75,000,000. Th'tnils Kno ugh. We baptized this dear sister In a bath tub when we were pastor in Oregon, 111. —Cleveland Resti tution, religious paper. Many large haberdasheries In the east have women clerks ex clusively. No simple method of testing the quality of platinum ever has been devised. Do you know where your car goes? Neither do we. A Chicago man paid $2 5 for a charm to make him invisible. It worked better than you might think. It made the man who sold It invisible. '. £* The Mfakev .arc- IM . .v. CDeHron. CD:rale-u Be kind to the waiter, Be patient and sweet, Though his thumb's in your soup And the etew that you eat, Don't ever grow angry, But smile right along, Though he gets every part Of your order all wrong. Be kind to the waiter — Poor down-trodden mope-~- Though you wish you could lynch him. And long for a rope; What Would Christmas Be Wtihout— The steamer Knplertcla arrived in Montreal from Singapore the other day with 1,500.000 gallons of gasoline. No smoking was al lowed on the voyage and the gal ley fire was lighted only a few times. In addition to the regular trow there was a squad of watch men whose duty was principally to see that there was no smok ing. MR. SKYGACK FROM MARS Harvard explorers report find ing traces of a prehistoric people in Nebraska. Original Bryan men. American furniture, which has had a ready sale in Germany, Is being crowded out by German furniture. It can be made much cheaper, even when the lumber is imported from the United States. Misdirected energy— Feeding a chorus girl. Milking a plumber promise something. Lighting candles on a Christ mas tree. Buckwheat cakes without ma ple syrup. He doesn't make more Than ten dollars a d»3', Which everyone knows Is deplorable pay! Be kind to the waiter, No ; matter how rotten, No matter how much Of your needs he's forgotten; This dope la the wisest "-: ■: Wherever .you've boea;« i ■ Be kind to the waitir r S You • may come . again! Revengeful. "Why did you insist on having your wife join the Suffragette Club?" "Because," re plied Mr. Meek ton grimly, "I want to see that Suffragette Club get all the trou ble that's coming to it." —Wash- ington Star. Athletics. "How about your geometry? I want you to do something i n that." "Well, it's this way, father. Un less I make a cer tain percentage In football, they won't let me take geometry at all.—Kansas City Journal. . Mrs. Shopley— Oh, Henry, I bought the love liest set of books today on the in stallment plan. All I have to pay is $1.50 a month. Shopley — For how many months? Mrs. Shopley —Mercy! I for got to ask. — Boston Tran script. A Humane Betrayal. The friends of Lawrence Har ming, east of town, have arranged a surprise on him tomorrow. — Delaven (111.) Times. A British army officer visiting in New York, says American women over 25 are too fat. But there are no American women over 25. Trying to revive a withered chrysanthemum that looks like sauerkraut. The first street cap in the world was run ia New York Nor, 20, 1832. Makes the Nation Gasp The awful list of Injuries cm a Fourth of July staggers humanity. Set over against it, however, ia the wonderful healing, by Buck len's Arnica Salve, of thousands, who suffered from burns, cutß, bruises, bullot wounds or explo sions. Its the quick healer of boils," ulcers, eczema, sore lips or piles. 25c at Ryner Malstrom Drug Co., 938 Pacific ay. KT?£s»£p| A Ranking Home? If not, this bank, organized in 1906, cordially invites your account, feeling confident that the careful management which has made it grow larger and more useful to the people of 'i'aroma monthly, .till please you in every particular. Talk with our cashier today! Capital 1200,000.00. Scandinavian American Hank of Tacoiua nitnlirCl flaslnesa Office Main 12. rnllNr 1 Circulation lirpt. Main 12. * **Vri*l«*»-» Editorial ' Wept. Main 7U4. OFFICE—77O-778 COMMKIUT: ST. English Priest Hammers American Divorce tvil FATHER BERNARD VAUGHN IN CHARACTERISTIC SPEAK ING AT TITUDE. The. Cost of High Living, the Craving to Swing on a Mcrrj- Go-Kound of Pleasure Is Cheat ing Life of Health, Efficiency and Strength, Declares Father Vaughn. FATHER VAUGHN'S ANALYSIS These startling pronounce menu were uttered by Father Vnughon in aft interview re cently. The annual list of a hun dred thousand divorces in the United States finds its source in race suicide. I .(in against socialism, though in sympathy with the socialist. If society is to hold its place the hi us of the in dustrial classes iiiii.-.t be mended or ended. In the United States least of .ill is there any excuse fop socialism. There is in most trades a living wage fur .my ■ nun. It is fur more difficult to got work done properly than to get the money to pay for it promptly. There is something more prevalent than the high cost of living, and that is the cost of high living. Father Iternnrd Vaughn, priest of the celebrated Farn st. church of London, denouncer of society, orator, author and reformer, who recently visited Taeonia and is well known in this city, lm-. come out with v scutching denunciation of American divorces, which, lie gays, tends to race suicide. Built for Comfort I Oriental 1 I Limited 1 I To Spokane, Twin Cities and 1 I Chicago 1 I WITHOUT CHANGE § I Leaves Union Statiem, 1 I Tacoma, 5:25 p. m. I ■ Mlectrio Berth Lights, Vacuum Cl«an- 1 4 Ing MaoMn*, Dally Telegraph Nevi 1 ■ 3*rvioe, Five o'Clock Tea in Observa- ffl tlon Car, Telephone Connections in 3 I Cities, M«als Popular a la Carte Plan. jj| Try It On Your Next Trip East. f For rate*, routep and berth reservations, cat! or addrest \ F, P. HKRUKKT. O. P. &t. A., E. J. HBAI-Y, Gen. A«t. I Bankers Truet Bldg., 'Racoma, Wash. Tel. Main 163. " I Thursday, Dec. 12, 1912. "The annunl list of a. hundred thousand divorces in the United States finds its prolific source in MM suicide," declares Father Vnughan. "Living us man ami wife and yet practicing artificial methods to client (iod and to deceive the. country is nothing better than v legalized form of prostitution," lie says. "On© of the sins crying to heaven for vengeance Is the hid eous example given by the smart Bet to their domestics and re tainers. The vices that they prac tice in their drawing rooms, din ing halls and boudoirs are sup plied by their powdered footmen and their ladies' maids to the trades-people, who in their turn retail them to their customers across the counter, till I find tihat my friends in the East End Of London know more about the smart set's vile practices than I myself do, living in their midst In the West End." For a year in London Father Vaughan was a much talked of man. Ho was scored by the news papers, attacked aa a demagogue, scorhed by the classes and wor shipped by the m«88«s. In his pulpit at Farn St., which ia situated in the midst of May fair, where the wealthy of the world is gathered, this priest haa attracted the nobility of Europe and among his frequent hearers in the time of Father Vaughan's campaign against Society was the late King Edward VII of Eng land, who once remarked as lie came out of the church: "Now that's tho kind of stuff we want in Kngland today. He knows what he's talking about."