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PAGE SIX fODAKi % Shaw Supply | M 915 919 Pacific Aye. m M We hardly need any introduction to tho Taeoina Public in the Photo Supply line. "That's the way we got our start" —20 yean ago —in a little office room in the Berlin Building. We've beeu growing ever since. Well, KODAKS are still our "long suit." Our store is the center of gravity in the kodak life of Tacoma. A kodak that came from Shaw's is worth twice as much an one which came from any other place —because of the great help which our force of expert photographers gives to all our customers. Don't depri c your chil- dren of a Brownie camera | another year. Why should | you when you can get one 1 rf*\ for .SI.OO, $2.00 or $3.00 |^ and Shaw free instruction. ~^4 :;=~===?=^*' few years, AND then • •(Hues Dad or the grown boys J^. and girls. They want the "Post OB Card Size" or what we call the ■»?&>. & 3-A Kodak at $20.00. It's a ■ Rffel dandx and will last a whole jXT lijjjjl Don't forget thai when you bin H^r^^"r**§^ here you not only get your Ql>-^ moneys worth—but you get the benefit of Shaw free service instruction. That's worth a whole lot. Well look for you tomorrow. Open Evenings Till 9:30 Shaw Supply Co., Inc. 915 919 Pacific Aye. Tacoma. BELGIAN HARES FOR JAIL DINNER All of the county's awards, have the prisoners in the county Jail, will eat thicken for Christ mas dinner. Leigian hare will be the headline on the menu for the prisoners. The rabbits have been fattening ?t the county farm. I 4 sri «r* I mi\ F"l f* V 7" l^^^'i^^ jh, #cm.vM. \ Ms*i^& ss&'i*' The Boys' Magazine __JlsL*Mj ■','■ '' '"* Some ripping Rood stories, of course, for It's certainly the liveliest magazine for boys that men who have been boys and real live boys at that—ever turned out for boys. Then there's the carpentry department, with full Illustrated directions of how to build a—; oh well, let us send you the next copy and you'll be building It. And the stamp and coin news and the amateur photographers' own corner and a whole hat full of other good things. *OU CAN HAVE IT FOR A WHOLE YKAK FREE! AH you need to do Is to use a little of your spare time to get th» liveliest magazine you ever heard of A whole year's sub scription and not a cent to pay. Just sign the coupon, fill In, clip, paste on a post card and we'll start the magazine to you for a whole year. GET Bl SV RIGHT NOW ONE -NEW SUBSCRIPTION TO THK inns AND IT'S YOURS Coupon—Clip Here I am not now a subscriber to the Tacoma Times, but here with enter my subscription for 3 months, for which I agre4 to pay the carrier each month on bis regular collection day. NAME Address Phone PleaLo send the Bore' Magazine for one year to (Writ* plainly) (Magazine will start with nest iMue) SAYS SHE HAD TO WEAR CAST OFFS Catie Bueantch filed suit for divorce yesterday from Frank Busanirh became he failed to provide clothing for her, accord- Ing to her complaint. She clam g she had to use l.er mother's cast off clothing. TURKS CLAIM BIG VICTORY BERLIN, Dec. 21.—The Con stantinople war office today claimed a great victory In battle when the. Britiiht roops wera withdrawn from Qalllpoll. "The enemy was defeated at Anafarta and Arlburna, and a British counter attack at Seddul Bahr was repulsed," said the statement. Tries to Bust Up Her Wedding The Young Men's Commercial club stage.! a wedding last night at the Uuy-at-Uonie exposition In the Arcade building. Arthur A. Cook and Fred Cromwell represented .Miss Ta foma and Mr. Home Product, M. K. Norton, representing Out tide Product, tried to rush in and spoil the wedding, but was unsuccess ful. The wedding was perform ed, and MiKs Tacoma bought home made products ever afterward. An elaborate musical program was given during the evening. .Members of the Pierce County Orange will be the visitors to night and will be entertained by the St. Leo's band. Discuss Plans For 1916 Fesfo Tentative plans made at the meeting of the Young Men's Com mercial club last night Indicated that the next Festo will be a re turn to the Carnival of Nations celebration. It was decided to re duce the cowt or admission to the Stadium celebration to 25 cents. Street parades, including the Carnival of Nation's, were favored. Water carnrvaTs and pageants of school children were suggest ed as possible features. Council Holds Secret Meeting For the first tlnie In a year, members of the city council held a "star chamber 1' session today. Taking advantage of the ab sence of Mayor Fawcett, who U 111 at home, the four T. R. & P. commissioners met in Mills' office this morning and held a secret session lasting more than an hour. It was learned that Mills, who has to cut off 11 firemen and I abolish at least one station, at-! tempted to Induce the other com missioners to take the responsi bility, and, according to report, the others informed him that the job was In hie department auj he would have to handle it- LOGGING ENGINE IS DYNAMITED SEATTLE, Dp<\ 21. —Police of ficers are hunting for a clue In connection with we mysterious dynamiting last night of a lopfftag engine owned by tiie W. F. Man ning Contracting Co. The dy namite was placed in the fire box of the engine. Select Your Xmas Turkey from a stack of 200 choice fat birds, 4tlso your GcMe, Ducks, Chickens and Rabbits, as we are displaying the finest lot in the tity. Our prices are the lowest. Strictly fregh Eggs, doz. 42He Select Storage Eggs, doz. ..:(Oc Something new in the Butter line-Special 1-lb. cartons of Olymims Brand Butter. . . .:>Ac Fine grade Creamery Butter 27 M , 30c and «2c A fine line of imported and do mestic Cheese. For the Cheese epicure we have fine "imported Italian Ourgonzola Cheese- at, per pound •. . 4Oc And Fancy 'Roquefort Cheese, at, the pound 50c This is fine Cheese for after dinner, and more especially with your Turkey. Fancy "Kai«er Wllhelm Brand" Limburger Cheese, each...2sc Mild Tillamook, lb 2Oc Wisconsin Swiss, lb 20c Fancy Cream Brick, 1b....2ftc Fancy Young American, lb. 23c Imported French Cemembert, each 2.1 c FOWLETTE POULTRY MARKET J. OOZZA A SONS 1146 Market St. CENTRAL HITTER STORE 1144 Pacific Aye. rimnm, Main -17.V IHHI. \NDY THE AD MAN THE TACOMA THCE6 BUY? RED CROSS SEALS Members of the Pierce County Anti-Tuberculosis league report a good sale this year in Red Cross Seals. Besides distributing the little stamps among school chil dren of the entire county, club women of Tacoma have taken up the campaign, and with good re sults. Proceeds of the Red Cross Seal sale In Tacoma go to maintain the anti-tuberculosis department at the city hall. The surplus this year will be placed in a fund which ie Intended to be used in OLD-FASHIONED XMAS DINNER FOR NEWSIES Tacoma newsies will sit down i to a real old fashioned barbacue dinner Christmas day. They will be allowed to eat until they can hold no more. The dinner will be served In the Broadway public market. All the food and fixings of the "big feed"/wlll be donated. The meat will be donated by the Shel don Lunch Co.. and will be bar bacued by Joe Sherrlll. The rest of the food anct baked article* will be given by the merchants of th« Broadway public market. An orchestra, donated by the SLINGS IT AT WILSON "Byzantine logothete," as Col.. Roosevelt used it in reference to President Wilson, is a term of profound contempt, explained Prof. Basil Olldj)rsle«ve retired professor of GreeK at Johns Hop kins university and the foremost classical student In America. "It is derived," he says, "from 'a Greek word, logothete*, m«aa> I a year or two for erecting a chil dren's ward at the Mountain View sanitarium. At present, the chil dren are forced to remain In the same general ward with jxown up patients. 4r Today and tomorrow tlieTnixir culosls fighters r.-o collecting books. All Tacoma is asked to donate books for the Mountain View patients. The patients are not allowed to take out library books, and thus their scant sup ply of readables at the hospital hag been read and re-reed. Books Tacoma Musicians' association, will play throughout the meal, which will begin at 11 o'clock. The merchants who are behind the movement and who have add ed to the contributions are: Joe Thomas, Bam Levy, John Staniris, C. Mlgagiwa, J. L. Thomas. Miller St Amas will give some meat, while the baking will be donated by Kraemer's Bakery and the Steam Baking Co. After the newsboys have been thoroughly fed, the table will be cleared and the unemployed will given a Christmas dinner. Ing a scrivener who draws up papers. It Is the name of a sub ordinate who does the work of a! secretary and holds purely a minor position. "I think Roosevelt raked up this scathing term from some his tory he had probably read recent ly. It 1b by no means a com monly known word." (Moral: Hire a Pretty Cashier and Save Money!) are being collected at the Co lonial theater, both inside the foyer and on the outside of the doors. GREEKS FIRE ON FRENCH BERLIN, Dec. 21. —Greeks at Fort Karaburn flrad on a French detachment which failed to he^d their command to halt, according to dUpßtches today. The French are reported to have fled. The Greeks hold the fort despite the French request to deliver It to the allies. VILLA OFFICER CAUGHT IN U. S. EL PASO, Dec. 21.—Hlpolito Villa, one of Gen. Vila's officers, crossed the border lent night and wag arrested by federal officers. He will be released providing he remains Inactive while on Ameri can soil, it is siild. Gen. Villa is said to have cross ed the bortier last night and is in hiding near here. It is said he signed a peace compact recently agreeing to lay down arms and surrender his holdings. TOOK EARNINGS OF GIRL, IS CHARGE Information v.as filed yester day against John Anich, proprie tor of the Savoy hotel, charging him with taking earnings of Marie Dunbar. Anich was ar rested last week during the Inal of Harold Reaßiin, wiio was found guilty of living on the earning of the Dunbar girl. SMUGGLE GEMS BY THE HUNDRED NEW YORK, Dec. 21. —Dia- monds valued at $5,000,000 havo U <■>! smuggled into the United States from Antwerp during thp last year, according to informa tion given the federal authorities today. The plo* was exposed a fortnight ago when a package valued at half a million was seiz ed aboard a vessel bound for New York. SOCIALISTS PLAN PEACE CAMPAIGN SAN FRAXOISCO, Dec. 21. — At a meeting Ijere yesterday of the socialist party, resolutions were adopted to be placed before President Wilson urging him tc call an immediate meeting of rep resentatives of neutral countrluy with a view towards stopping tha war. JOMET, 111 , Dec. 20.—Janptr Perry, serving 14 years for at tempted murder, killed Frank Harrod, a fellow prisoner, yester day with a chair leg. The pris oners were marching Into dinner when the hh.h k was made. Perry hit Harrod one crushing blow. The Utter diod In an hour. PATRONS <$//£, jQ4 * A TACOMA Open Evenings 22nd, 23rd and 24th DURING THE LAST THREE SHOPPING DAYS AND EVENINGS We offer practical and fashionable Christmas Gifti tor men arid women. Handsome Silk Waists from .. .$ 2.45 to $ 7.50 Handsome Silk Petticoats from $ 2.45 to $ 7.50 Fine Fur Sets from $15.00 t0575.00 Fashionable Ladies' Suits from $18.50 to $35.00 Plush Coats, plain and fur trim med, from $25.00 t0535.00 Cloak Coats, good and wearable, from $10.00 t0525.00 Men's Smoking Jackets from . .$ 5.00 to $10.00 Men's Hath Kobes from ._ $ 5.00t0$ 6.50 Men's Suits and Overcoats from $15.00 to $30.00 Men's Hats, Clarkson brand ... $ 3.00 YOUR CREDIT IS BETTER THAN EVER Broadway (iS^S-Sniiw—l^rV-ißroadway V^^Outf Itting (££*' Merchandise of Merit Only. LONDON, Nov. 21.—London's antt-treatlng law Is no joke. It Is no American Sunday closing af fair. It's the real, unadulterated article. When American city fathers agree urn there shall he no Sunday saloons they draw up their ordinance nnd notify the sa loonkeepers. I.it they don't lock the hack doorx. England does. Also the windows. Also the cel lars. The vast oif'erence between American and British observance is startlingly shown in the effects of this latent r.tcp against intem perance. In one month drinking has diminished 2 5 to 40 per cent in England. Drunkenness in down 40 per cent an,l still decreasing. Careful investigation proves to day that there 1b no treating in London. Fashionable cafes in London's dowitown district now havo many eirpty chairs. Lead- Ing hotel bar;* lack the little groups of "sti-;!legists" who gath ered daily to d'Scusß the war over whisky and, woJa. Professional "nioochers," we!l CAPT. BOY ED, SAYS RUMOR IN CAPITAL KISS MACKAY-SMITK It is rumored in Washington that Virginia Mackay-Smith, daughter of the late Hishop Alex ander Mack ay-Hm Ith, former rec tor of St. John's Episcopal church, one of the most exclusive congregations of the capital, is engaged to »Capt. Karl Boy-Ed, the German military attache who hag been recalled by his govern ment, on the request of the United States. Pile, t'urrd la € <o 14 !>«>• DriifdrlHta ri-fund money If I'AZO OINTMENT fall* to cure It. l.iim. Blind, Hlf .linn or Protruding Piles. First application give* relief. 50c. Tuesday, Dec. 21,1910, known in London, have been an nihilated by the law which says they may have no drink unless they pay for it. Semi-respectable restaurant - public - houses have been hard lilt. No groups gather to talk over ale and bitter. Tho patrons are dunking almost pa thetically alone. Thel ower el.-ue of public housa has uffered lesi Laborers still drop in for their morning anj evening nip or tankard of ale. They paid for it themselves bo fore, anyhow. Few < <><■ kijifJK At a certain American bar an<t hotel well known to Americana the veteran barmaid who makes the best Bronx cocktail In Eng land, admits vli<> isn't making so many nowadays. She knows many of the most prominent Americana in London and many who fre quently come over, but she admits she's not seeing them co often. Police court figures show that where London ;>roduced 1,000 ar» rests weekly for drunkenness be fore, there are now no more than 600. MEN Consult a i^m **S izes— Ailments I charge nothing for con sultation. My foes aro very low and you can pay as able in weekly or monthly installments. Do not let money matters keep you away. Call and talk it over with me. Dr. W. F. Blair 952 1/ 2 Pacific Avonue Tacoma, Wash. Hours —9 a m. to 5 p. m. daily; Wednesday and Saturday eveningß, 7 to 8 o'clocl.; Sundays, 10 to 12 cnly. BY WILSON