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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

Ran Through the Streets with
Clothing all Ablaze.
Died Today.

One of the most horrible acci-
dents that has ever occurred in
the city took place Tuesday
evening at 6 o'clock when Stella,
the seven year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Guski of 1st
avenue east and 9th street was
burned so badly that she died
today.
The child, with other com
panions, was playing around a
fire at the corner of 7th street
and 1st avenue when her cloth
ing caught fire. The little child
endeavored to put out the blaze
with her hands but when her
flesh began to burn she started
off down the street in the
direction of her home. Dozens
of children who saw the child
running down the street en-
deavored to catch her and put
out the blaze but she outdis-
tanced them. AS the child began
nearing the home the flames
began to envelop her entire body
and as she rushed into her home
she dropped exhausted.
A Ayoungman who was stopping
at the Guski home, in his frantic
efforts to put out the blaze which
was consuming the child's body,
dashed a pail of cold water upon
the child.
Doctor Frey was called to the
home and it was found that the
child's body was burned from
her ankles to her arms, practic-
ally half of the skin being burn
ed from the body.
1t is a common occurance for
children to play around fires,
especially at this time of the
year when rubbish is being
burned, and the above case
should be a warning to parents.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

campaign.
A start has been made about
school buildings and children
have started the work of clean
ing up the school yards and i'm
proving the lawns. People about
the city are also becoming inter-
ested in the campaign and in
order to help brighten up the
city many people will paint their
dwellings this season. Mer-
chants will improve the looks of
main street by painting their
store fronts and making other
improvements.
Washburn can be made one of
the most beautiful little cities in
the state if a united effort is put
behind this movement and all
people who are interested should
lend a helping hand.
Begin at home by making
your property look just a little
bit nicer than your neighbors
and see how rapidly the move
ment will spread.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
BOAT OVERTURNED BY ICE
Rescuing Parties Have Mar
row Escape From Ice Floes.
Sadness at Madeline
Island.

There is sadness at Madeline
Island as the result of a drown
ing accident in which three resi-
dents lost their lives Monday
afternoon. Two others escaped
a similar fate. The three men
who were drowned are Charles
G. Russell, age so, Nels Tigen,
age 65, and Chauncey Wright,
age %. The men who were
saved were Captain Angus and
Bill Johnson.
Monday morning Captain
Angus and Bill Johnson, the
mail carrier, started for Bayfield,
to get the mail and some supplies.
There was an open stretch of
water from Madeline Island to
the mainland and no ice was en-
countered on the trip. The men
remained around Bayfield, during
the day and had decided to start
back to the Island at about four
o'clock in the afternoon.
During the day Charles G.
Russell, Nels Tigen and Chauncey
Wright asked the two if they
might accompany them back to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

the Island and at about four
thirty o'clock the five started out
in the boat for the island. They
were warned about the ice
foes but they thought everything
would be all right for the return
trip. When the boat, carrying
the five passengers, began near
ing Madeline the ice began
crowding in around the boat and
the men had difficulty in making
headway. The oars were used
for pushing the ice aside, one
man standing in the bow OF the
boat and doing this work while
the others rowed.
While pushing aside the ice
the man in the bow of the boat
slipped and fell and this over
turned the boat and the men
were thrown into the icy waters
of Lake Superior. The men
clung to the overturned boat for
a time but it rapidly filled with
water and began to sink. Cap
tain Angus suggested that the
boat be turned bottom-side up
and this was done and the men
climbed unto the overturned
boat. The oars were used
against the ice to keep the boat
steady. For a time everything
worked we'll but the men soon
became chilled to the bone from
exposure and Charles G. Russell
was the first to loose his hold
and slip from the boat.
Russell went under the ice
but came up again and an oar
was pushed to him by Chauncey
Wright and for a time Russell
was kept above water. In the
endeavor to save Russell Wright
lost his hold from the boat and
slipped under the ice. The two
drowned together.
The remaining members of
the party clung to their boat and
it was some time before Nels
Tigen slipped from the boat and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

ing here from Cumberland with
her parents. She is a young
lady of pleasing disposition who
has endeared herself to all who
have made the pleasure of her
acquaintance.
The groom is the son of Mr..
Ole Rowe of Engoe and has been
located at st. Paul for some years
where he has been engaged in
the business of contractor. He
is a young man of sterling
quality.
The couple left today for St.
Paul and will be at home to their
many friends at 1869 ST. Clare
street after May 1st.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
WORK FOR ABOUT 200 MEN
Supt. Beers Now in the East.
Work to Start Soon. Barks-
dale Plant to be Busy
Place.

There will be much doing at
the dynamite plant of the Du-
Pont Powder company at Barks-
dale the coming sumner accord
ing to a statement given to The
Times this week by Superintend-
ent F. T. Beers. Mr.. Beers left
Monday evening for Wilmington,
Delaware, where he will confer
with officials of the company
regarding improvements to be
made.
The plans now being prepared
call for a new triton line, doubling
the capacity Of this branch Of
the plant at Barksdale. But the
building of the triton line is but
a small part of the work to be
done. A new set Of boilers will
be added to the power station in
order to increase the power at
the plant and the acid plants will
be enlarged in order to handle
the extra amount of work that
will be put upon them. An en-
largement of the plant all through
is in substance what the i'm
provements will include.
The company is now employing
of one hundred and
fifty men in the building of a
new water system at the plant,
in addition to the regular en-
ployees, and as soon as this work
is completed the men will be
transferred to the construction
department. The construction
work at the plant during the
summer months will employ up
wards of two hundred men.
The building of this new triton
line at the plant means that be-
tween thirty-five and forty
additional men will be given
employment and will become a
part of the regular crew at the
Barksdale works.
The dynamite company is now
employing over four hundred
men at their works and this
number may be increased to
nearly five hundred before the
summer is over. These men are
being paid good wages and busi-
ness conditions in Washburn
ought to be the best they have
have been in years. Washburn
is one of the few places in the
country that has not felt the
business depression of the past
year and the present indications
are that the coming summer will
be one of the best the city has
ever seen.
The dynamite plant at Barks-
dale has proven to be a big thing
for Washburn and the business
at the present time is but in it's
infancy. 1t will continue to grow
in size from year to year.
In addition to the work being
done at Barksdale the powder
company will also rebuild the
Sheridan Block in this city and
this will be used as club rooms
for the employees at the Barks-
dale works. The work on the
building will be done as soon as
weather permits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
Buys a New Car

Truman Ellicson has just
closed deal for the purchase
of a new Dodge car and the
same will arrive shortly after
the first of May. This is the
first Dodge car in the city and
they are said to be beauties.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

The rooms over the Estabrook
store building, between 1st and End
avenue west, are being fitted up and
will be occupied by the Sphinx
Club.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15
At Congregational Church
Here Today
Delegates Present From all
Parts of Bayfield, County.
Meeting Tonight.

Delegates from all parts of
Bayfield, county are in attendance
at the Bayfield, County Sunday
School Institute which is being
conducted in this city today at
the Congregational church. Miss
Bailey of Neenah, State Primary
Superintendent, is present and
delivered a number of addresses
during the day. Short talks
were also given by local people.
A series of these Institutes are
being held. On Wednesday an
institute was held at Cable and
on Friday another institute will
be conducted at Bayfield,.
Delegates representing all
Protestant English speaking
churches are attending the in
stitute.
This evening an address will
be given at the congregational
church by Rev. M. E. Taylor of
Ashland. The public is invited
to attend. Rev. Taylor is fine
talker and his address will be
worth listening to.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-15

II you want to keep posted on
local things read The Times.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-23

On the Great Lakes and on
Champlain navies were created to
meet the emergency. On Erie,
Perry engaged in ship-building
duel with Barclay. Perry won,
and in the engagement his supe-
riority In long guns was as 3 to
2 and In carronades 2 to /.
Against Barclays ships and
broadside of 459 pounds, Perry
opposed 9 ships with broadside
of 500 pounds; he had sag men
aboard to Barclays 440.
On Lake Ontario the American
commander, Chauncey, had an
other building contert against
Yeo, but before a decis i've action
peace was declared.
Most decisive of the Lakes en-
gagements was that of September
IL, 1914, when Macdonough, one
of the brilliant young men of the
navy, destroyed at Plattsburg the
fleet. that had been built to CO.
operate with Prevost's army of
invasion. Macdonough's achieve
ment drove back Provost and
forced England to abandon In the
north any further offensive cam
paigns.
At New Orleans our navy help
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-23
[WILIGlH|1T SLEEP

(EDITOR's NOTE-This is
the second of three inter-
views on painless child
birth" by DIR. Francis ID.
Wakefield, recognized as any
American authority ON the
use of copolamin for "twi-
light sleep" maternity.
SAN FRANCISCO. April a.
The whole object to be accom-
plished by the use of scopolamin,
the drug that induces the 'twi
light sleep In which childbirth
takes place without memory OF
pain on the part Of the mother,
is to produce semi-conscious
condition without interfering with
the normal progress of labor, :
says DR.. Francis b. Wakefield,
who has had many twilight
sleep" cases.
This may sound easy on paper.
but is really very difficult treat
ment to carry out successfully. 1t
Is easy enough to get the patient
into the desired condition, but 1t
is by no means so easy to perpetu-
ate this state over an extended
period, often from IL to Is hours.
Particularly is IL difficult to main
tain the delicate half-sleep toward
the conclusion of childbirth.
Will Recall Pain.
"A sharp sound will throw the
patient out of this delicate psyche
logical eQuipoise. If labor Is we'll
advanced 1t is then almost impos-
sible to again induce the semi-con-
scious state, and most certainly
the patient will carry away the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-23
BY JOHN NJ. OSKISON.
CHAPTER vi.

England, however, sadly under
estimated the capacity of our
handful of ships, and the skill Of
their commanders. Captain Isaac
Hull limited at this when he made
his dramatic escape from Broke's
J squadron. Then Hull engaged the
Constitution against the Guer-
riere, sinking that crack frigate,
creating wave of wild enthusi-
asm all over the country, bring
ing vote of thanks from con-
grsss and $4,000 of prize money.
Constitutions Victory really
meant the continuation of our
navy.
Humphreys had all but insured
Hull's victory when he designed
the Constitution. The American,
though rated A, carried SIS
guns to the Englishman's 40, a
crew of 468 to 263; the weight Of
the Constitution broadside was
736 pounds to $40 for the Guer-
riere.
Next, the United States met
and overcame the new British
frigate Macedonian. Captain De-
catur's ship, the "Old Wagner,
of the American fleet, was far
slower than the new Britisher,
but in weight Of metal, in gun
merry and in crew efficiency he
had a great advantage.
To point the lesson, Captain
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-23

Lawrence, who had come to the
command of the 36-gun frigate
Chesapeake after brilliant work
with the sloop Hornet, sailed out
OF Boston harbor against the fine
English frigate Shannon, a YES
sci Of 3S guns which was SUI
perbly manned by a competent
commander. Lawrence went out
without due preparation, lacking
his chief officer and second Off
GER, with a crew that had not
been shaken down. His vessel
was badly handled and succumbed
to the British frigate in Is min
utes. Three out of four single
ship actions by the American
frigates brought quick victories;
and the Americans won out of
8 single-ship sloop engagements.
In every case, experience and
weight of metal were the deciding
clements.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-23
Baby's Happiness
Depends On Health


Cross. fretful babies usually
need a laxative to make them
comfortable, and comfort be-
gets happiness. Constipation
Is the cause OF much discom-
fort. Mothers should watch
closely the condition OF their
children's bowels and see that
they are regular.
A mild, pleasant tasting lax
alive such as DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin, Is ideal for
children because OF It's natural
composition and gentle action,
and because II contains no
opiate. narcotic or other harm
full habit-forming drug. DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is
sold by druggists everywhere.
A teaspoonful at bedtime will
bring easy, certain relief.
A free trial bottle can he OBJ
tanned by writing to DR.. w. Il.
Caldwell, 452 Washington St.,
Monticello, Ills.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-23

ment, relatively few promise to
make a brilliant success of II.
And much OF that success will
depend upon the staff of expert
assistants with whom they will
be able to surround themselves.
Treatment More Costly.
Naturally the treatment will
require more care than the old
accouchments because the doctor
In charge will have to devote his
full time to every delivery, from
beginning to end. This neces-
states sacrifice OF other office
practice in the meantime. It is
not going to be popular with the
average man of the profession.
And 1t is for this reason
largely that twilight sleep is be-
ing knocked so persistently in
the medical profession.
THE results to the mothers
and children OF the new method
OF childbirth, however, amply
justify all sacrifices, and the
time Is certainly coming when
popular demand will compel all
OF the larger cities at least to
have twilight sleep wards in their
hospitals.
Those obstetricians who have
delivered women under the SEQ
polamin treatment and who have
the slightest degree of human
feeling, assert that they would
under no circumstance go back
to the old method where wom-
an was allowed to undergo her
ordeal with the full measure OF
useless suffering. would GER
tainly not go back to the old
bungling methods"
ITO be continued tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-23

memory of q certain amount of
pain, thus, in her estimation, MAX
ing the twilight sleep treatment
unsuccessful.
She will not consider the pains
she has been spared, but only
carry away from the treatment
recolleetions of those she felt at
the time the drugs potency had
been shattered by the noise, con-
fusion or failure of the attending
physicians to preserve the anne
STA.
Ideal Conditions Necessary.
1.-THE twilight sleep treatment
promises never to come into gen
eral use in public hospitals as at
present conducted. The condi-
lions required for the successful
use of scopolamin in obstetrics are
not TO be secured in the average
hospital handling multiplicity
of cases.
I'm the first place, the delivery
room must be SO situated and so
equipped that the patient can be
made comfortable for any number
OF hours at time, and at the
same time be protected from light,
noise and confusion OF any kind.
The attending accoucheur must
remain with the patient during
the entire time of labor after she
is under the Influence of the
drug. He must watch her close
ly. Her condition must be care
fully guaged, and fresh doses adj
ministered whenever there are
signs of the drugs effects wear
ing off.
> Few Likely to Use IT, <.
while it is quite possible to
carry lout the treatment in per-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-23


ed the Carolina, attacking the
invaders from the river, and the
Louisiana sending a naval bat
terry ashore to enfilade the British
troops.
In the War of 1912, about 500
American ships-war vessels and
privateers--captured or destroyed
1850 British ships. While the
land fights we're going against
the Americans, our navy was win
ming victories on the sea so con-
sistently that confidence In our
arms was never shaken. The
treaty of Client, December "a,
1914, left us in fine shape on the
sea.
Then we had to finish the job
In the Mediterranean. War was
declared against Algiers on March
2, 1915, and two squadrons were
fitted out to punish the corsairs.
Decatur in six weeks brought the
Dey of Algiers to terms. Balm
bridge arrived with his squadron
too late to share the fighting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-23
Veneer Plant to
Reopen in Month

PUYALLUP, April 23.-Mark
Graves has purchased the inter
ests OF j. A. and +. ID. Davis In
the Panama Lumber Co. New
machienry is being installed In
the veneer plant and the factory
is expected to resume operations
In 80 days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-23
REFUSE TO IMPROVE
SANITARIUM FURTHER

Despite plea from the anti
tuberculosis league, the county
commissioners have decided not
to make any further improve
ments on the sanitarium.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-23

(The next installment of this
tabloid history of the American
navy will be told In this paper
tomorrow
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-25

such conditions Is a question with me,
 but I am inclined to think it cannot.
 The fruit here is fair to behold, large and smooth, but not so good ill quality as that grown where the growth is slower. and the soil contains less nitro gen. Whether the different methods of fertiIizing orchards ill the East are practiced here, I do not know, but 1 think the trees should be held back as much as possible to get the best results.
 The horses and the cattle are sleek and fat, although they are grazing on pastures that are dry. Those seem compare favOrably with the New Eng
 land dairy COW. Our train is speeding rapidly towards Oakland and I am go- ing to be obliged to get off there for the ticket will take me no farther. It will seem good to be on ground again, and to sleep somewhere beside i'll a Pullman sleeper, although have noth- ing but praise for them. This is the first day of June and good time to begin life over again, ill q land where everything is new except myself, and even though such thing were desired, it would be impossible for one has at all times the same old "self," and what we do in this line must be in the line of interpreting the newly acquired kno Hledge, sizing it up or making it over into our own eXperinces, and no matter how much we know or how fast and perfectly we digest and as simulate the new, it all has to be done along the line of past experiences or If knowledge already acquired. Thus the process is always one of analysis and synthesis, of tearing apart and putting together. Construction and destruction are but two sides of the same process, and the one is impossi- bIe without the other, and it makes no difference whether it is used in the material or the mental, the process is similar. No one is really positive as to their present status, for the exper- fences of the day may change it and while write this I realize I am not what was and yet 1 am the same for all sides of nature are combined in one and the same person, and one cannot help changing for nature is made up of changes, or as one has said Life is but series of mistakes,'' and without these mistakes there would be no
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-25
The Beautiful Cypress.

Of all the trees in America the cy- press is ill summer the most beautiful Ever fresh and green. it's tiny lpauct> resemble the choicest ferns. Young. il k q thing of charm; older. il i,S mspir ing and interesting; mature. il becomes majestic, towering. with long. straight, thick trunk. which makes the best of durable lumber.
 It is q tree of rapid growth It is hardy anywhere in the corn belt. and sOuthward it has no insect enemies or diseases. X man could plant Il cypress tree in his lawn. enjoy its wonderful presence during his life, and his son might cut it and with the proceeds send the grandson to college for a year What other tree will afford shade. add beauty and make fine lumber at the same time?
 Cypress trees transplant easily. though they should be mulched the first year and looked after occasionally. Once established, they are able to for age for themselves. Cypress leaves have been found unchanged in blocks of coal deep down in the earth.- Breed. CTS Gazette.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-25

ward great fields of fruit and alfalfa lie all around us. The land here is we'll supplied with water and the crops are immense. The air is fine; hot but not sultry. The heat does not seem to take hold as it did in Chicago while there The alfalfa has been cut and the large stacks seen everywhere stand ing out in the open, without protection indicate that they do not expect rain for long time. The yield must have been enormous.
 The homes are we'll kept and beauti- ful and the people seem to be prosper ous. We have just passed Tulare Lake, said to be the largest in Califor- mia. It is about ten miles square and can be seen from the train i'll passing. We are now in the California Oil Fields, and it is from here that pipe lines run to the Northern portion of the state The oil is pumped through them up to the Standard Oil Company's s Refineries, which are at Richmond. Richmond is about fifteen miles from Oakland and has a population of about eighteen thousand people, good many of whom work at the Standard Oil Re fineries and at the Pullman Car Yards
 The land in this section of the state is fine and is very high, ranging in price from one hundred dollars per acre up.
 Hanford has just passed out Ot my sight. Here lives one of my Tennessee friends. George Aydelott. He owns the ice plant here. I saw the plant and as the train does not stand long had no chance to inquire bout him but should think he lived in a good section of California for here as at Bakersfield, the land is fine and the country all that could be expected, and I am told there is none better in the state. The land all along is set out to the raisin, peaches and apricots and they are loaded with their tremendous crops. The land must be very fertile to produce as it does. The trees grow very fast, have long seasons in which to grow, and are short lived. I see so much difference between the trees here and in New England, where the growth is slower and the tree sturdier. Here the limbs have to be cut back so much, that the bearing area is lessened, and whether 8 tree can do it's best under