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Is It Going Back?
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I• _b the Central Improvement league going back to
Mm slough from which Tacoma^ extricated itself ,in
8 adapting, the -commission plan of government?
:• Ma* league committee is said to* favor divorcing
j Ik* legislative and administrative branches of the
municipality. That is just what the city had before.
And it did not work. In fact the one big argument
for the commission plan was to get things so re
sponsibility could be fastened somewhere.
Under the old plan the mayor was for the gravity
| water system. The ; council was opposed, and al
though the people had voted for immediate construc
tion the mayor could not carry out the people's de
mand because of the council, and then the council
shifted the blame onto the mayor.
The restricted district was opened and the coun
cil blamed the mayor, the mayor blamed the council
and before they got through' everybody in : the city
haH was embroiled. : - /
The council would order improvements and the
mayor did not believe in them and blocked the game.
The city engineer, commissioner of public works,
.chief of police, mayor and council were always em
broiled as to who was responsible for shortcomings.
|y 80 the people fixed it so the commissioners who
legislate shall carry out their own legislation. Then
the people know whom to blame or praise. There is
no evasion, no misinterpretation of the legislation.
The legislators know what they want and go and do
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Kit is the system for greatest possible economy arid
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The things the people complain of are not of the
"charter but because the people themselves have made
the mistake of not electing men big enough to' grasp
the situation. It would not help any to change the
charter, the remedy is to change the men. And the
people may be depended on to attend to this in time.
It is a dangerous time now to begin tinkering with
the charter. „ 70:-700777777:7 : i7, ■'-;,•
The people will need all their attention at the next
: election devoted to getting good men and their minds
should not be diverted to the important problem of
charter tinkering. , .y**- 3 7:
|^A controlling majority of the commission is to be
sleeted next spring.
I* Sulser says he's a poorer man than when he be
came governor. v Alas! ?he has ) lost that which does
not enrich the j thief who takes it and leaves the
loser a pauper, indeed;" 77i r I
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Wmo "THE i SECRET PRIED LOOSE" .
Miss Dillpickles Relates How She Nearly Had Jus
tice Winging by Her Obstinancy in the Far- .
snip Trust Prosecution.
00ii70J. 0":.70- :BY FRED SOHAEFER. ... y'ajsg2fffs
mS__V?*P* then, tn steps a U.S. Marshal announcing a pinch."* ' I
V.W__MtWn»aeui.f7 •- -.
:'l Right . when yon; think you've
arrived on - Easy street, yon _ find
k ttot the car won't stop until it's
f earned I yea f beyond. Ain't it j a
tost!
& Sere jI 5 has * the Job of jmy lit*
I Bate the Parsnip trust, stenogging
;*r the parsnip king, J. P. Mock
oraage." and making good. In the
ekground .2: hovers the .United
g|siSS With Its eagle-eye watching
(mat cost of | parsnips .* .soaring to
tights never before & attained.
hat taa* it d«j tot secretly ' in
tiel Mr. orange on about 67
leasts, each one good.; for five
Samp*la zebra-costume! gWm&_
fcfi Hot ttot : At'- ailed '„with an
fp_iek memr Mr. Msshsrange stato
ing jup i against % his Just retribu
tion. JHe J had 1 caused fa s parsnip
famine to I stalk gtn the streets,
and . had ; the infanta of the poor
crying , pitifully for nourishing
parsnips when. said j delicacy waa
entirely out of , their reach. But
goodness || grief!—when win g I
ever draw down 30 plunks a week
again? That's what j hurts j me.
iy Mr. Mockorange wan ] pleasant
ly, dictating a ) letter directing j the
price of parsnips '. to be boosted "•■ 3
cents a ?pound j all ! along; the I line,
when. Just j then, in j steps j a U. B.
marshal* announcing a pinch.
Likewise the government seizes
all | my,' notebooks and summons
me a« a witness.
(Continued.)
MARY BOYLE O'REILLY, INVESTIGATING JEWISH PERSECUTION
FINDS CZAR'S TYRANNY HAS MADE CHILDREN EARTH EATERS
Ifj&S (Mary* Boyle . O'ReiHy, the y
0. Times* 5; famous f correspond- y
0 ent, no w In Russia '* for ;\ the 0
Scripps ■ims f apsie,*-a^|to.|^
* jrestlgate i the . alleged ' perse-;
m cutors I there [of i the, Jews jby 11
ii the: officials ;of 4 the y rear's [y,
--0 government, has * left ** Kiev, 'i .'•':
-, where ( the '• Mai lof *"' Mendel
Belllte is going on, to travel
B through the l*ale to learn, at
very first hand, the life .
,'< these . "chosen . people" - lend. :
* r y Her & first y story, 0 printed 0
0 here, reveals snch: allocking ;
conditions that it seems the
p civilized ■• world v, cannot ! al
low them to go on.)
]> BY MARY BOYLK O'KKHaI.Y.?
(Copyrighted, 101S, by the News
| paper ■ Enterprise Association.)
'■: ■-.-* ::-", HKHARARIA,: r
• - socthkrn* Russia;' Oct. 10.
Intuition warned us that some
thing . was. wrong—horribly, ver
ily .. wrong—with *, the,: house!' • •' • "*.
lint what were we to do?.-:*;
:._, The horses,*; weary .'■ beyond * ef
fort—ourselves ' all - but - exhaust
ed—no other inn for miles.:
"Let ■_. us chance } it,",** ■■■ said:'■•' I.
"Remember, we have the revol
ver *" •_.:■-:: -.. ■•:; y ■
. In ' defiance of protest, , remon
strance ' and common sense, . we
two, ■ Madeleine Vesparlnl, m
Russian | woman and myself, I bad
set out |to ; investigate . the living
conditions of the Russian Pale
that borderland stretching : from
the ' Baltic .to : the ■ black ' sea into
which the ruthless, terrible Rus
sian | government, has driven the
Jews, the chosen people—
en," alas, for new , sucerings;
drives them -to sicken x and ■ to
starve as helpless . "reconcentra
dos" of industry! :'
; n "Speaking y of y the '70. moated
grange,", observed Mile. Vespa
rini, in '.>,. her yy quaintly i precise
English, as her. riding whip in
dicated .- the . strange looking hos
etlry.'yyy 'jyy- -, ■ ,: ■.*..-. : --.
::■ The ' shack" was " built .of ' logs
stuffed - with reindeer - moss,
mildewed, leprous with .. lichens,
a gallows-like sign standard pro
jecting * below Hhe : eaves, , the
solitary : attic guestroom I entered
by an outside ladder! It looked
assuredly an unpromising house
of entertainment.
Spend Night in . Peasant's Home.
y Our . host waited in the ■ low
browed doorway. . The • man was
a* giant even' among the moujlks
(peasants) of Southern Russia.
He was bearded like a prophet—
or ; a ■;■ —and * gaunt with
cruel y overwork -■: or : prolonged
misery.'* * --y-y'.- ; ,
v "Zulus nochuyu." (We will
pass the night here.) ; '
:.■ "Da,: da" (yes, yes), he re
plied. S '-77: ..:,.. -- ,-- ■
.That was all, but he lifted us
from our saddles, pointed to the
closed door, and thrusting his
THE WHY OF IT.
7, "Yes," mused the old sea cap
i tain, , "when . I ■ was shipwrecked
In South America I came across
a tribe of wild women who had
no tongues." ; >. ' . -•'•,■*■.
"Mercy!" cried one of his list
' eners of the fair sex. "How could
they •slk?":.v:::-- ,-***.'-;.; : .r-"y
- "They couldn't," snapped the
old salt. "That's what made 'em
wild."—N. Y. World. ?00000
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, - "So you killed you dog! Was
he mad?" o''o"f :0
' "Well, he didn't seem any too
well pleased."—N. _Y. World. "•;
'7707 *'.; CLOSE. ;y
-."Is Charlie much of r*a* spend
er?" y.,y ox.: :..,..-. [.-■:[.:-■ y- -'.
> "The only thing I ever &aw him
spend was an evening. out .at the
house."N. Y. World. ..': -';,-, f
WILLING.
■0 "May I : see - yon '■» across the
street?",".: 'yy.-yy. -.' ":.-;/
"Certainly. That'll be fine. Yon
stay on this side and I'll cross."
— Y. Worid. V ;---oy
yy.--.*y-,— '■:;.. .. •_
yy TAKE IT ANYHOW.
■.. "Now take that medicine three
times a day after meals.".X
y "But, doctor, it ;is only a very
rare thing when I get a meal." .-'._.
"Well, •* in i that case '. you * had
better j take it I three' times Ia 1 day
before \ meals.**N. - Y. World, j_,
IF YOU ARE A
PRINKING MAN
Yon bad better stop at once or
you'll - lose ; your Job. m Every line
of business is closing its doors to
"Drinking" men. £ It may be your
turn next 7 By the aid of ORRIN
thousands :of j men have | been re
stored to lives of sobriety and ; in
dustry. '-:■'■ 7'0,-:,7y 7 7-y:-,ooyio
yy. We are so sure . that 7 ORRINE
will I benefit you that we say to
you.that If after a trial you fall
to I get . any benefit j from its use,
your money will be refunded.
■». When. you *g stop,'? "Drinking,"
think , of the .money,' you'll X save
besides, ' sober ■ men - are worth
more to'their employers and get
: higher I wages. :■ y:07.7.y-'o:>p']
-. £JCosts only g 91.00 a box. We
; have an Interesting booklet about
> RINK that wn are giving away
free on request. f Call at our store
. and talk It over.';,■y:,._ : . . -', .
m French l Drug Co., 113 th and I Pa
; cific; Owl Drug Co., 904 C st.
•mmaa^»tmae^t,-i-7:y'yr--^:7Mu»nmfm
I Bloodless surgery and all advanced
methods. ' Nervous, chronic ■ and i all
spoclal disorders of men and women.
If ■ out at I town, write. *„ Hours '»: a
ai. to I p. m. .._♦«, Pac Aye. Next
door. to -National Bank of Tacoma
I.lß.maJaaTl.li'Mlll I aMS'I I 1 mi__'i<_l i i a a i i ll
•xi mm ■>!■« xAMta X*amr_wta* .__%
,:.TaMrgfXAO\)mA■-. TIWI :- :
Above, a Typical Dwelling: ! ta
the Pale of Russia; in the OM
tor, a Russian Jew, in Native
costume, at Prayer, and, in * the
Oval, a Portrait of Miss O'Reilly ;
In Her Traveling Furs In Which 1
She Is Making Her Tom- TVough *
I Bleak "Little Russia." H ' «Wl»Ji"
■y. ■' -y7.y-.'-, "■:" ■■:--: ' - * via-.-'
arm through both bridles, led the
tired horses toward the cart
Aed. o*i -?u
y Impatient, we knocked and
waited.-v From within came ' the
)i£afC sxj^mx3E
f\/2__E_m_\ OPP FOR SCHOOL
Bill's gone to college and I'm glad that he's begin
.ning i it; v- y , .>-'■•"/■■"-..*-.. ...v-.y-'.".■;*. ".v.-'-, -..
H He's wanted to be going for a long, long spell
For life's a lively struggle and In order to be win
Kyi s-i ning. It*;- - „-<-.. yyy- •-..,■. 7
A fellow's education must be learned right well;
Bill's gone to college and I'm tickled he Is going
'. y there. "v.. . A:y7-:-r '.: :y_707y..:*.. .
I didn't I have the chances which have come t<
070,kXmFi77. ■-■07 7, y-- -,y : ... vv " .
And BUI Is smart as blazes and he'll surely make t
showing there; '-
He's full of big ambitions to the very brim!
Bill's gone; to college— not a swell . and . fancj
,"."-. one i,;!; * -■•..-. ■*:-;-y *. yy'.'-y-y yy .'■"!_•.-.■' .
With *. Greek and Latin classics and a lot like
* r : w-y:that,--yy-. ■ ■■:. ■■: yo7y:;,.i-'' -:.,0
Bill's gone to college, but not a nice ' Miss Nancy one
% Where they'd : feed him up *on "culchah" «In a
000, real * swell ■ f rtt; .:-.- y, Vyy *;*,.,_y y .-.0: ...* ■■.
Bill's college courses are not favored In society, ,7. .
They! won't turn him weary of the good . brown
-.'.'*.</ ;yloamoy. .'■ -.7 '. .-:-:.-oyy '",:-• .y •*. yy ■•
They'll mold -of him a farmer of the up-to-date va
'.77,-o.riety,-*7:. ... ■ ... : .A;^gfMMnMH)p;
Who'll • make the farm 'a '• hummer i when '• be get*
X-000 back kome! ; Yvft_te_m3___W&Bma&BnM_
Bill's gone to- college, a college educational.
To learn : the farming • business as a man should
do, ) ' 77':- 00007*7 .. ■■; y-'y:..- '••■;■„ ;
To; get. a sort of culture that .Is sensible and ra
'■^^%Uoaas\x)7X-:. _7yyyy -..yy,:,. y. ,7 ,
And not a -classic "polish" and* a swelled head,
■y'X _«- too; a* ;*■}..-: ■:;■■■ ■■•:.:,.■. y*..*-.; 'yy■:■•::-•■:■,7 .-:.*■
ill's gone to .college—but the country isn't losing
....;' * him ~7 i v-y _.y •:."- yy My' j* : :■*.*. - •■yy. yy-y .....
■He isn't | going jto listen to the city's charm,
rhe glamor ■Of the city streets j would i scarcely be
~- s song* to him; : i.y.yyy:,.y--y.yy.---...■■ .'.,--
Bill's gone le college where he'll learn to farm.
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sound of a woman's voice, whis
pering, an Indefinable rustling,
the thud of heavy footfalls. Then
the . heavy door whined on Its
.hinges, and a housewife obvious-
Iy nervous bade us embarrassed
welcome.
Tbe single room was reason
ably clean, the tall, plastered
'stove elowine. a samovar alight.
DID WELL.
I "You are the first girt 1 ever
kissed." .
"Then yon deserve to be com
plimented."— Y. World.
NO!
"Was the circus exciting?"
"Yes, the action was intense."
—N. Y. World.
The fewer hairs a man has the
more carefully he combs them.
If you must believe in one or
the other, better believe in mas
cots than In jinxes.
At Hlncllffe. Miss., they first
lynched a negro and then passed
resolutions that lynching IS
naughty. f.-*y??-. y,!'.;-^;vr>-;*%
Some people Imagine they are
working for the general uplift
when they are merely tugging at
their own bootstraps.
A toothless man in Chicago was
arrested on suspicion of having
bitten another man's thumb off.
There's more of that higher de
tectivism. : -■ „ •
It may be as the result of all
their cutting up, they will have
two Mexican republics instead of
ona.o,.:*:*: y ■--■.--y: gS9
■--:■ Now to keep one's Income down
to the 93,900 mark. And then
to make the tax collectors believe
ityyvyv ; ';y,yy a ■„■/ :,y :■■.
Our patent double-rhyme gives
us first base on fielder's choice:
"We may be happy yet - At golf,
Uuimet... You bet." ' •
iy: Some ■ men. take the opposing
side of an argument not because
they . love that j side, but ; because
they love , that argument. * "7 5*^pM
.When Greek meets Greek there
Is a new shoe-shining stand es
tablishment. Journal. -,
Uncle Joe -.- Cannon - has shied
his castor into the ring. He says
two s years . is '. long enough \ for a
man i to \ stay,- out . of ; congress.—
Augusta Chronicle. I. "-*.-.-,y-yi
1 i
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Before our second glass of tea ths
man entered. ...
"Piste Pletroff. at your ser
vice, nobility. The horses can
not go farther.- Tomorrow, per
emphatic suudders end
ed the sentence.
Laws of Land Keep Them
STARVING
"This Is a famine government,
Batinshka, (little father)?" I
asked.
"Last year was famine. Now
we do not starve —but we go hun
gry," he said. *
"Explain," I asked. "You are
not a Jew." . _
It appeared he was glad to hold
our attention. '
"Know, then, nobility,
' that the driven people of the
Pale are not all Zhida
(Jews). Where ten men
seek one job, nine must fall.
With us a farm-worker earns
30 kopeck (IS cents) a day.
Ten million roam the roads,
' seeking such work. Russia Is
. starving. Ask the starost
(village idler). He will tell
you our fields yield 15 kilos
, of grain the acre— In
: Europe yields 500 kilos. We
i have nothing to put back on
; the land. Before the free
dom was serfage. - Now free
Russians must pay taxes.
The land laws keep us niou-
Jlks, Jews and all, STARV
ING!
Across the sudden silence drifted
the uncanny, rustling. sound as of
one who, hiding, stirs.
: The woAan's eyes grew furtive
with alarm.
j "We wish rest. ' Show us to our
room," I ordered. Eager and re
lieved, she obeyed.
j Safely upstairs, the business-like
little revolver on her knee, Mile.
Yesparini drew a long breath.
"There are limits to my Interest
ln the conditions of the Russian
OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE
Tha Beet Foodrink Lunch at Fountain* "
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WF insist Upon •'
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SERKi. HORLICK'S t
'„>'*■'.'*;.-' lril*-^-«>*^^ 1
Avoid litiHatlotim-TmAo Mo SwtwtMutm
Rich milk, malted grain, in powder form. More'; healthful ; than tea or * coffee.
For infants, invalid* and growing children. Agrees with the weakest* digestion.'
Pure nut-ilion, upbuild ing lhe whole body. Keep it on your sideboard at horse.
Invigorates nursing mother* sad the aged. ; A quick luttdi iu*oat*4 in a minute.
Tueeday, Oet &* 1918
Pals," she observed. "I could even
wish—Husht What wa» thatr*," y
Again we heard the eerie whis
pering, growing to a whinebe
coming human. "Mon Dleti! They
are abusing a child—no, two chil
dren. Listen i Distinguish * theV., -
voices boy's—and a girl's."
. ... Find Children Eating Kartfc.
.There could be no doubt of the
unutterable horror. In low, can-, i
tious tones of concentrated anger, .
husband and wife were attempting r
to terrify two little ones! A min
ute and.we were down the. ladder,
listening, The - house was utterly
lonely. Around It lay the grim,
lifeless steppe; above, the wonder
ful, luminous iilghV; about us, the
absolute silence of Russia.
Then we opened the door,
3 Plate Pletroff and his wife faced
about in dumb - despair, the chil
dren with dull curiosity. '*
Shock-headed, dark-eyed, not no
ticeably thin, both were almost de
formed by the shockingly swollen
abdomens that some sort of wrong
eating produces. BUT OF FEAR OK
ILL USAGE THEY SHOWED NO
SIGN. . ' —- ,
■ "Whose ar« these children?" de
manded Mile. Vesparlnl. Instinc- ''
lively my fingers loosed their hold
on the revolver In ray ulster pocket.
Humbly, as one who confesses,
tho woman gave way to broken
hearted tears.
"Ours, your nobility, ours, though
we tried to protect them. You see
them— was the faminelast year.
Over 16 of our Russian govern
ments were —village on
village suffered.
-"Me, I made bread to the last—i
cinnamon bread, nobility. When
our flour failed, what could we do?
Only mlv what remained WITH
GROUND WOOD— with fod
der.
"Every one did ithundreds, ays ..
thousands —hungered!
"Public relief? ■■•••,
"Nu, there was none!
"It went to the U'lilnn (officials)
—as always!
"Men sickened—children died.'
Ours—ours were spared as you see
—a disgrace to themselves forever,
I take oath we have tried to cure
them. Often we make them handle
clean food—green things, even
poultry. But it does no good. Their
sick stomachs craveand crave the .'
other!"
"What Is it?"
,'.' "Ah-h, Barlna, how can 1 tell the I
shame? ■•
"They— poor cblldrra—xtarv- .
ed until now—until non—they are
earth-eaters!'* •
And (hut, I find, Is the condition .
of many of the children ln the Pais *
—famine drove them at last to eat
ing the dirt, aad new. their dying 9
stomachs refune food!
They will go on eating dirt until !
they die! . * - '