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now far behind the times. These old
or vessels are being refitted and kept
ready for action on two days notice.
This fact is considered significant
here.
There is also great activity in all the
navy yards, despite the fleets absence
in Cuba. All are running with regu-
lar or increased forces. Much work
is being done on small craft, which
European conflict is showing to have
great usefulness in certain cases. Sew
eral vessels now being put in fighting
trim have suffered from minor neglect
because of the pressing needs of larger
ships.
For instance, the converted yacht
Aileen, which has been the school ship
for the Rhode Island naval militia, has
now been taken to the New York navy
yard, overhauled and fitted with real
guns instead of it's toy saluting pieces.
1t will be ready for scouting purposes
and river reconnaissance.
Ordnance Works Hum.
In the naval ordnance works there
is a hum of activity, too. Both from
the Watervliet On. W arsenal, where
big guns are turned out, and at the
Indian Head (Md.) arsenal where pow
der is manufactured for the 10, IL and
14-inch guns, increased output is re-
ported. At the naval torpedo station,
Newport, r. l., the largest number of
civilian employees on record is en-
gagged.
Navy men just now are interested
in the plans for the war game at New
York. This game will serve to show
the American people what their feet
can do and at the same time serve as
a drill. The plan contemplates a
massed attack upon the port by a
score or more of dreadnaughts and bat
tleships, representing hostile force,
and defense of the harbor by the
coast artillery corps Of the army, by
submarines and destroyers, and per
haps by the battleships in reserve.
manned for the occasion by the naval
militia. Aeroplanes, hydro-aeroplanes,
dummy mines and other apparatus OF
modern war would be utilized. The
fliers would practice detecting sub.
merged undersea boats, and would
throw dummy bombs.
There would be some additional eX-
pense connected with this game. It
would cost something to commission
the reserve fleet and man it with the
naval militia, but the present scarcity
of personnel for the navy makes this
only a slight drawback and one over.
balanced by the advantages offered.
About one hundred and twenty-five
vessels would take part in the game,
At least twenty submarines would be
detailed, besides six to eight divisions
of destroyers.
This war game, If it takes place.
will create popular interest in the navy
and should bring many visitors to New
| York
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01
Man JUDGED .by His Clothes,

The one best bet in this town is
your glad rags, says the New YorA
Times. II you haven't fine raiment
you may as. well stay in the back
ground, for man is'Jjudged by tho
clothes he wears. Good clothes and g
good line of lingo will put you in the
money class. Take this from HDia
mond Jim Brady, known as the
worlds greatest salesman. He in
vested all his earnings in attractive
regaIia and his vocabulary helped him
do the rest. Clothes are my hobby,
said he, "and | advise everybody to
wear as fine garments as they can af
ford. Fine clothes get you hearing
and that is frequently the most neces
sary thing. Even office boys are inn
pressed by fine clothes, and the word
of an office boy has frequently most
vital influence upon your getting into
the inner Office"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01
TO DRILL HOLES IN GLASS
Copper Wire With a Mixture of Emery
and Oil, VIII Do the Work Well
and Quickly.

The following is a satisfactory
method of drilling holes in glass:
Take a piece of straight copper the
size of the hole that it is required ia
drill. The tubing SHOULD have wall
of one-thirty-second of an inch or
more in thickness, depending upon
the diameter The tube is set up in a
drill chuck and driven at a speed cor
responding to that of a twist drill of
the same size. The tube is fed down
on to the glass with an intermittent
movement, and mixture of emery
and oil is dropped on to the glass at
the point where the hole is to be
drilled. After ring has been cut
in >the glass on one side tie work is
turned over and the drilling COM
pleted from the opposite side. This
will prevent chipping the glass when
the drill nears the opposite side. The
copper tubing is soft, so that it holds
the emery, and as copper is an excel
lent conductor of heat it draws the
heat away from the glass, preventing
it from being cracked. An idea of
the ra.pidity with which holes can be
drilled in this way may be. gathered
from the fact that five-sixteenths-
inch hole can be drilled through an
ordinary sheet of window glass in
seven minutes.
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having it so soft?' they frequently say
to themselves. And you can't blame
them.
Instead of dozen high-priced men
stepping on each others toes, I believe
that the day is coming when six will
be the limit any club carries. Stallings
has shown to the present generation
that it can be done.
"Back in the eighties, when l was
pitching, John Clarkson, another fell
low and myself would do the bulk of
the work. And it didn't hurt us any,
either. We were in shape and had to
keep so.
at was seldom one heard a pitcher
say he was feeling bad then, or had a
kink in the arm. He had to get out
and work or lose his job.
"They can talk all they want to
about baseballs improvement. But l
fail to see it that way. We could teach
the present-day players lot about the
game, and I'm not the only one who
thinks so.
lizard work never hurt any ball
player. You see what it did for the
Boston Braves. 1t won them worlds
championship"
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SMALL STAFF SYSTEM BACK
Baseball Returning to Old Plan OF Car
rying but Five Pitchers-Game
Has Not improved.

Jimmy Ryan, former Cub star, be-
lieyes baseball is going back to the
system of the old days, when five
pitchers were all a club would carry.
"Stallings has amply demonstrated
that the former scheme, was best"
says Ryan. when / was with the Chi
cago Colts Callahan, Clark Griffith and
a third pitcher would work in turn.
You could always select the twirler for
the next game.
1--WE had a couple of pitchers on the
bench for relief duty, but no more.
AT present we find clubs with ten
and more twirlers on the pay roll,
when three or four are actually doing
all the work What is the result?
Why, because they have to perform
the heavy tasks and at the same time
see eight or nine men sitting on the
bench drawing pay and performing no
actual labor in the championship
games the real good men often get
sulky.
"'Why do / have to do so much and
wear myself out when those guys are
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01
BANS EXPORT OF ABSINTHE
Frsnch Law SURPRISING Manufacture
Is Also Made to include For
eign Trade.

Paris.-The measure for the sup
preston of the manufacture of alb
sinthe, passed by the chamber Of dep
uties, included it's manufacture for ex
port 1t was pointed out that the ex
port trade amounted to only 1000 hec
toliters out of total manufacture un
der ordinary conditions of $4,000 hec
toliters and that it was immoral tt
manufacture poison" for foreigners
the sale of which was prohibited il
France.
The defenders of absinthe vainly
proposed to limit it's suppression tt
the duration of the war. The ques
ton of indemnities was discussed, the
government promising to introduce &
bill regulating this question before
May /.
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| In The (1f'iip
| of Fear
BY
HAROLD CARTER
(Copyright, 1915, BY W. G. Chapmanl

Tomorrow" said Cynthia softly.
Tomorrow"
Charley Askew swung round in his
chair and faced his wife decisfvely.
Cynthia, dear. | don't want You to
do it," he said.
mot once more, dearest? For the
last time before we are free?"
ooh Cynthia" he cried, IF you knew
what it means to me. sit here every
night like timid woman until the
time comes to 90 round to the circus
entrance for you. Even one night
more will drive me mad, Cynthia"
But you must bear up one night
more. for both our sakes, dearest" his
young wife answered.
Three weeks before Charles Askew,
a young clerk in brokers' office, saw
no future before him. On twenty dol
lars week, which might perhaps rise
to forty by the time he was a middle
aged man, he was trying to support
CYNTHIA, whom he had married six
months before. They boarded-and
HOW I0Gy ndtOu tuG DOolu il6 -uOuoO'
How they longed for that home which
always eluded them, phantomlike, even
with the possibility of installment fur
niture, simply because it was impos-
sible to get the bare monthly rent
ahead. They had married for love. and
love was all-except the twenty dol
lars a week-that they had to live on.
However, they forgot their troubles
in their mutual love until Cynthia de-
veloped signs of lung trouble. 1t was
not as yet serious--it would never be-
come serious, and would probably be-
come perfectly well if he could take
his wife West. But that was totally
out of the question.
They had dreamed all their lives of
a little farm. Both were city bred !;
both longed for the country life as one
In which they could find their high
est ideal come true. And If only they
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01

each possible and Of these craft. four
viii carry the new t4-inch rife.
Except for Great Britain's new
Queen Elizabeth class superdread-
naughts the only guns as large as
14-inch on any vessel are those borne
by the American ships Texas and New
York. Each carries ten such rifles.
Until Great Britain put the Queen
Elizabeth into commission the United
States navy was the only one in the
word to have afloat guns as large as
14inch diameter The Queen Eliza
beth has eight 15-inch guns. The SUI
periority of these to 14-inch rifles Is
not certain. They may give greater
smashing power to their projectiles,
but probably do not increase the
range Drawbacks may develop.
Heavy Guns.
Our 14-inch gun does not have a
greater effective range than the earlier
12-inch gun. The latter is regarded as
one of the most efficient types possible
to produce. Its length is Is times its
diameter, which gives great accuracy
in sighting. In the 14-inch guns 1t was
found necessary to reduce the length
to 45 times the diameter, or As cali
bers."
Perhaps the 12-inch gun is the more
accurate, but the 14-inch projectile
weighs LOO pounds, against $40
pounds for the smaller weapon. Both
are enormously effective at an Smile
range. Critics think this is the dis
lance at which the great naval battle
between dreadnaughts. an engagement
the like Of which the world has never
seen, will be fought.
In target practice OF the Virginia
capes recently, Gunpointer William
Ruff of the Texas scored eight straight
hits with a 14-inch gun on a moving
target IL miles away. This sounds
encouraging.
In addition to the Oklahoma and Ne
vada, the navy officials are now hur-
rying work on five much larger ves-
sels-the Pennsylvania, Arizona, Cali
fornia, Idaho and Mississippi, each of
which will have $4,000 tons displace-
ment and carry twelve 14-inch guns.
They will not be ready in 1915.
First Line of Fleet.
BY next month the first line of the
United States navy will consist of the
following:
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EARTH CATCHES sakDIO WAVE
Experiments Demonstrate That Aerial
Antennae Are Not Needed to Trans
nit Wireless Messages.

Medford, Mass.-Experiments con
Quoted by the Wireless society of Tufts
college have shown that radio mes.
sages may be TRANSMITTED and received
without the use of ae.-~'l antenuae.
The results of the experiments, the
announcement says, may work a
change in the use of wireless appara.
tus, which in this way might be made
ready for use within a third of the
time required for setting up the aerial
equipment. In the experiments the
best results from the use of the ground
antennae were obtained.
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could raise seven hundred dollars they
saw their way clear. Seven hundred
They might as well have cried for sew
enty thousand.
Then Cynthia had done a daring
thing. She had seen an advertisement
for young woman of courage-Cyn-
thia felt sure she had courage-to play
a small part in the circus. Cynthia
thought it was with the lions. She
had gone, and had found herself one
of five hundred applicants. There were
tail girls and short girls, stout and
thin girls, spruce girls and slatternly
ones-but she-she was the one picked
by the manager.
Indeed there was nothing strange
about that, for she had that air and
breeding which were sine qua non
for the task But Cynthia thought it
was miracle.
She was to be strapped into an au-
tomobile which looped the loop every
night. And for the five minutes which
the whole duty required she was to re-
ceiye fifty dollars nightly for three
weeks-in all nine hundred dollars.
There amt no risk at ALL" the
manager explained. We've tried it
out hundred times. I'll show you"
Cynthia saw the old performer, who
was retiring that week, go through the
performance. When the girl came
back from her terrifying ride, she was
white and shaking.
Lost her nerve" the manager ex-
planned They all do sooner or later.
Then it's for the next one. No, ! don t
know why it is. They don't mind it
the first week or two, but month s
about the limit for all of 'enl. How
ever, the show moves South in three
weeks, and / amt goiag to take you
with us, because your time to lose
your nerve would come as soon as we'd
paid your fare to Cuba. So it's just
for three weeks. Are you on?"
Cynthia was "on." But, after she
had signed her agreement and told
Charley the hardest task lay before
her.
At first he positively refused to
sanction it. 1t was only after ter.
rible scene, in which Cynthia lied
brazenly about the work she was to
do, that her husband consented. And
that was because he knew that if they
couldn't earn this money N'meant that
Cynthia must die of the lung trouble
that was becoming obvious.
Three nights passed, during which
period Charley thought his wife was
simply a passenger in a racing auto
mobile. On the fourth he went to the
circus and discovered the truth. Then
then. was another scene. He even
went to the manager. but that worthy
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showed him the agreement and
laughed in his face.
mo money till Saturday" he said.
eff she don't stay out the week she
don't get a penny"
Cynthia stayed out that week, and
another, and most of the third. This
was the last night, the last Saturday.
and Charley had pleaded with her to
let the weeks salary go and be con
tent with the six hundred.
But three hundred dollars seemed a
stiff price to pay for single night,
and at last he sullenly acquiesced. But
when Cynthia had gone he sat in their
room overwhelmed with the fears that
would insist in creeping upon him,
numbing his brain and paralyzing his
courage.
The last night! Reason told him
that no harm could come to her, and
yet in his minds eye was picture Of
that awful leap Of the heavy automo-
bile through space. He saw Cynthia
upside down, strapped helpless, the
automobile missing the track and hurl-
ing it's tons Of metal through the air.
pinning Cynthia beneath the wreck
age. She would have no chance at all /;
she would never even know that she
had died.
The sweat dripped from his brow.
He remembered their happy life to-
gether. On Monday they had planned
to start for the West with their nine
hundred dollars. He had already re.
signed his position. Now it
was unbearable.
The fearful premonition would not
down; it grew and grew until it be.
came certainty. At last he flung on
his hat and ran down the stairs, out
into the street, and toward the circus
entrance.
Something had seemed to snap in
his heart, and he was sure now that
Cynthia was dead. He tore, painting,
along the street, reached the side door
of the circus, and tried to force his
way past the doorkeeper.
"Now then, young Teller" remon.
strated that bemedaled functionary.
my wife!" gasped Charley; but the
doorkeeper saw in him only jealous
husband who had come perhaps to ere.
ate a disturbance within. And Charley
was too incoherent to explain. He
struggled. The doorkeeper tried tc
fling him out. Circus hands came run
ming up.
81 tell you my wife's in there!'
gasped the frantic man. she's dead!
She's in the dip of death. She"
They thought he was mailman
now. And suddenly, as they were
forcing him to the door, Cynthia stood
before him, radiant.
Charley" she cried. This is my
husband! How dare you strike him I
Charley, what Is it? Why /.
you were afraid for me?"
He fell back, fainting from the re
action, while, under her directions the
doorkeeper. changed from lion 60 Q
lamb, famed the mans face And
tapped him in kindly fashion upon the
shoulder
"You didn't have an eccldent"
gasped Charley Askew family.
why, no, dear" cried his wife
And I've got the money, too. Three
hundred dollars-and we leave for the
West Monday"
"Whoop!" shouted Charley, spring
ing upon his feet and trying to EN-
brace the doorkeeper. But that func
tionary had discreetly withdrawn, sc
Charley kissed the nex> most acces
kissed before.
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q
.SPOHDO.

An English writer tells us that golf
is killing cricket.
Christy Mathewson fears that three
leagues will spoil major league base
ball. Her"
The interscholastic track meets
have been assigned, and they will be-
gin May 8.
Frank Baker says the reason why
he quit the game was because he alb
horred the road life.
Ed Willis is receiving a number OF
horses so that he will have another
busy season at Lexington.
Wrestling has taken firm hold on
eastern colleges, with swimming and
running a close second in interest.
Connie Mack certainly faces hard
task to build up winning team with
out a Frank Baker and an Eddie Col
Inns.
Falkenburg hasn't jumped this
year; possibly because there is no
place left to jump, excepting into the
lake.
Buck O'Brien, the former White
SoX pitcher. refuses to come to terms
with the Memphis club unless given a
raise. a
Buck Weaver of the White Sox is q
wrestling fan--hoping, possibly, to see
someone make as many wild throws
as he can.
It is believed that in time American
league pitchers will recover from the
shock caused by the retirement of j.
Franklin Baker.
Tony James, the portly catcher
known more or less to big league fans,
has retired from the game and taken
up the practice of law.
The University Of Michigan spent
more than $4,000 on football in 1914,
but the receipts for this branch OF
sports were over $4,000.
The veteran Charley (Kid) Nichols
has been engaged to coach the ball
team of Missouri Valley college at
Marshall. Mo-, this spring.
One of the reasons for the short
age Of holdouts this year is that every
time a player threatens to quit the
owner emits three rousing cheers.
Union Club, three-year-old by
General Watts that ,trotted a half i'll
1:06 last year, has been bought by
John r. Townsend, the Goshen presi-
dent.
James Hart, the former Cub mag
nate. has turned globe trotter. Hart
has just returned from a sojourn in
Egypt. and viii leave for Japan in the
near future.
The Lake Erie circuit opens at Co
shocton on June IA and runs until
October Z with no less than "a meet
ings many of them punched In the
same weeks
The Dodgers may finish in the Sec
ond division. but you bet no one will
say that they olafed on Charles Her
cules Ebbetts. He has arranged AZ
exhibition games.
Joe Tinker says there Is littl3
chance that Hendrix, the Whales
pitcher, will be traded to the Brook
feds. Lee Magee has been angling
for him, but evidently underestimates
his worth.
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These are the ships which would
bear the brunt of the onslaught if We
engaged in a first-class naval power
A big gun can fire twice in three min
utes. The Atlantic feet could throw
240 shells at an enemy in the first
three minutes of action. Their total
weight could be 227 200 pounds and it
is to be remembered that they are
filled with high explosives.
In the Second Line.
The second line consists of the pre-
dreadnaughts Connecticut, Louisiana,
Kansas, Vermont, Minnesota, New
Hampshire, Georgia, Virginia, New
Jersey, Rhode Island and Nebraska.
In reserve are IL older battleships,
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HIDDEN FORTUNE NOT FOUND
Long Search Fails to Disclose Where
anouts of Supposed Hoard of
Dead Recluse.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Search for a
fortune supposed to have been hidden
in the shack of James Kehoe, a recluse
in Bloomington township, who died re-
Gently, ended in failure. The old man
left two bank accounts totaling $4,000,
but his brother, William Kehoe,
thought more money would be found
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01
Held to the Death.

Constantinople. Four hundred
horsemen held the bridge at the en-
trance to Miandoab, called the gate
way to Persia" until Turks had killed
all save four, but during the ten
hours fight all refugees escaped to
Maragha, so miles south of TabEs5.
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captain huston IL HopefuI.

Captain r. L. Huston is hopeful that
the New Yorks will finish in first the d.
vision next season. If the club shows
such Improvement under Manager
Donovan the captain will guarantee
the boys a trip to Cuba in the winter
time.
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SaIve for British Feet.

London-The average weekly issue
of ointment for the feet of British sol
diers is five tons. They also use about
ten thousand pounds of shoe backing
every month.
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In the house. With e. S. St Martin,
the town clerk, he ransacked the place,
but found no money. E. S. st. Martin
was appointed administrator of the es-
cate by Probate Judge John A. Dahl.
James Kehoe had lived in Blooming
ton FOR nearly forty years.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01
First Aids.

IAN invalided soldier was asked
what gave him most comfort on the
firing line
What was his answer"
Tobacco first and next to that a
machine gun"
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VIII Keen Raw Collins,

The story has been going the rounds
that Bill Carrigan was to turn Ray
Collins lose. Carrigan has nailed the
report by saying there is no chance
for anything of the kind to take place.
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MOT in II.

Oldboy-I suppose your many adj
mirers are getting jealous of me?
Miss Liveleigh-Oh, no! On account
of your age they all think you are
calling on me-. Ar.-Jrdge.
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School for tie Manned.

Paris.-The Frenca cabinet has de
cided to establish at st. Maurice a ma
tional school at which mutilated sol
diers will be taught trades.
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NAVAL PROGRAM
FOR THIS YEAR
EXTENSIVE ONE
General Board Is Bent Upon
Complete Reorganization OF
the Fleet.
HURRYlNG WORK ON VESSELS

Strongest Fleet Ever Seen Under
stars and Stripes Now at Guam
tanamo-Repairing of Rents
and Creating Of New Fight
ing Machines Going On
as Never Before.
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daredevil driver
automobile after an absence of five Ch
pilots
competition He
highest that
ton dspace ninetythree cubic inches
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Joe Tinker says there Is littl3
chance that Hendrix, the Whales
pitcher, will be traded to the Brook
feds. Lee Magee has been angling
for him, but evidently underestimate
his worth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01

Frank Baker says the reason why
he quit the game was because he abb
horred the road life.
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Ed Willis Is receiving a number OF
busy season at Lexington.