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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01
MOTOR DRIVER TIRED
OF HORRORS OF WAR
ChIcagoan Deaf and Dumb, His
Hair Almost White.

Chicago.-A remarkable war letter
was made public here. 1t was from
Robert Beck. former owner Of taxi
cab business In Chicago, to his friend
Charles Grand. Beck Joined the allies az
driver of an armored automobile.
Il am glad to have the chance to
tell you that l am alive. and that IL
ALL" the letter reads. my bglr is near
" white now. I am deaf and dumb
through shock and wounds. ! am a
motorcycle dispatch bearer and armor-
ed car driver.
II WINS driving sixty horsepower
armored car. l could not drive fast
enough because the dead bodies and
horses were so thick that l could not
get through. All at once shell hit
my car and blew 1t up.
"When they got me from underneath
the wrecked car was deaf and dumb.
with my ribs crushed and spine hurt.
The other three men carried with me
in the armored car were blown to bits.
''This was a month ago. The doctors
have tried to bring my speech and
hearing back. but they cannot The
doctors say they will come back In
time because now my nerves are shat
tered through hardships.
"Charlie. am tired Of killing peo-
pie. have been driving an armored
car with three Maxim guns inside OF
1t and three men working the guns.
These fire 500 shots a minute, and !
carry 10000 rounds inside the car. The
car weighs four tons. SO you can see
what fun we have on the battlefield.
have seen times when drove my car
forty miles an hour into regiment.
"This summer has been bad for flies.
There were millions Of flies around US
because there are thousands Of dead
bodies Of men and horses not buried
properly. The bodies are thrown any
where"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01
PLANS SINGLE PROBE.

Single manufacturer OF the west
coast will be interested to know that
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce is to start an investigation
of roofing materials. This investi'
CATION will deal largely with shingles
and the bureau will try to ascertain
why the shingles have been so largely
superseded by Substitutes"
G. A. Weber, of the bureau. will
be in direct charge of the investiga-
ton and he hopes to carry 1t on in a
large measure from the Office here.
Several of the field agents will gather
statistics of various kinds. The
single production for some years
back will be gone into, prices, etc.
No date has yet been set for begin
ming this investigation. but 1t PROB
ably will be begun within the next
month or so. Mr.. Weber thinks
that it will take from six to elght
months to complete the work.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01
FLAG ISLAND AERIAL BASE.
Property Owned by Peary Recon-.
mended For Maine Coast Station.

mended For Maine Coast Station.
Portland. Ne.-A report favoring
Flag island, In CascO bay, the property
Of Rear Admiral Robert T. Peary, as
one Of the stations of the proposed
aerial coast patrol was made by Henry
A. Wise Wood. vice president Of the
Aero Club of America, to Alan Haw-
ley, its president. The use Of the is
land already has been rendered to the
club by Rear Admiral Peary. The re-
port says:
"With minimum Of effort and time
aerial observers working from Flag
island may command the Offshore ap-
proaches to Portland and Bath and the
inner waters of Casco bay. which lie
behind the Portland defenses. The i'm
portance of constant aerial surveil-
lance of Casco bay in the event Of hos
tilities cannot be overestimated. as the
bay provides perhaps one of the best
hiding places for submarine vessels to
be found anywhere along the New Eng
land coast"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01
NO HOPE FOR BAD BOY.
Doctor Says Operation Didn't Cure
Youth Who Set Refuge Attire.

New York.-Henry Samara, sixteen
years old, Of 2O6O Washington avenue.
the Bronx. who tried to set fire to the
house of refuge out of sheer vicious
ness last april, was sentenced to the
Elmira. reformatory by Judge Malone
in general sessions. The judge acted
upon report submitted by DR.. Greg.
DRY. chief of the pSychopathic ward
in Bellevue hospital. who informed the
court that the boy was not of unsound
mind. but so thoroughly bad that he
would be source of danger to the COM
munity.
While the boy was under observation
in the psychopathic ward he was OPP
Grated upon for Il depressed fracture
Of the skull. which was thought at
first to be responsible for his mental
alterations and lack Of moral sense.
However. DR.. Gregory states that he
does not believe the fracture had any
thing to do with the patients vicious.
ness.
Samara was sent to the house of
refuge in July. 1914. for attempting to
kill his stepfather and for trying to
set fire to building in the neighbor-
hood of his home.
On April last. while he was en-
pioyed in the laundry of the house of
refuge. he piled bundle of papers
under the stairs and threw lighted
match among them. The fire was ex-
tinguished. and the boy later pleaded
guilty to arson. He was sent to Belle
vue hospital for observation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01
AVIAToRS WILL HUNT
IN SEARCH FOR SEALS
Fur Men Engage Aeroplanes TO
Overcome winter Difficulties.

New York.-No ice pack hereafter
will prevent successful seasons eaten
Of seals. Aeroplanes have been en-
gagged by the sealing companies OF the
northern states and Canada. with ex-
pert aviators to help locate the herds.
The preparation for the coming sea
son have been thrust upon sealers by
the disastrous ice conditions along the
eastern coast and the gulf Of 81. LAW
renee. All hast winter constant inshore
winds piled hummOcks Of ice wherever
the water Swallowed.
These high wallis Of broken Ice pre-
vented the l0OkOuts IN the sealing
steamers and sailing vessels from To-
eating the seal herds. As result the
catch was one Of the smallest On rex
ord. the total being less than bO.OO0
pelts. This has meant a financial loss
to the sealing companies Of not less
than $25OOO0.
Cruising along the shores. the aero
planes will follow scouting tactics. not
only locating the herds. but returning
to the vessels and plotting them to
the navigable channels through the Ice.
As these "leads" change from hour to
hour, the need for the aviator is con-
slant. This will prevent fruitless
months Of search on the part Of the
sailing vessels. M
Moreover. the aerOplanes will be able
to report adverse Ice conditions ut a
distance. so that vessels will be able to
make their way to point Of safety
before the heralded ice pack comes
down to crush them. This alone will
mean the saving Of many vessels, an
nually caught by the treacherous doe.
Owing to the restriction on the kill
ing of fur seals. which are extinct ex-
cept in the Boring seq. the pelt OF the
true seal Is in great demand. The
greater ease in locating the herds Will
give the sealing companies the oppor-
tunity to select the bigger and more
mature animals.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01
WHAT HAPPENED IN OLYMPIA AND
STATE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

From The Washington Standard
for October 8, 1890. Vol. XXI. No.
45.
Two men, Cumming" q ride on q
Northern Pacific freight train, were
killed at Tenino Sunday when the
freight train, speeding around the
curve and down the steep grade by
which the line enters the town,
crashed into, the Portland-Tacoma
express train standing at the depot.
The freight train had no air brakes.
The passengers on the express were
warned in sufficient time for them to
scramble out of the train before the
crash.
Hardwood In four-foot lengths
now sells at 1925 per cord.
The Union Pacific contractors are
massing their forces along the line
north of the city.
The dam of the Electric Light &
Power company at Tumwater is
nearly completed.
The big Bowers dredger arrived
this morning in our harbor and will
at once be placed at work filling in
the Northern Pacific depot grounds.
It will force mud through a pipe a
mile long.
The death of w. c. Hill, the Sc
attic millionaire, reminds the Wash
ington Farmer of the incident by
which he obtained all his wealth
When Hill and r. B. Kline were
both clerks in the U. s. land ONCE
at Washington City. Kline observed
that DR.. Maynard did not prove up
on his homestead at Seattle with the
same wife that he had when he took
the land. Kline told Hill about it
and informed him that to plaster
Valentine scrip on that claim would
secure it. Hill acted on Kinne's
promptings and made the filing and
thus became a millionaire. The fill
ing was on the best portion OF Sc
attle's waterfront.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01
CRAZED IN GRAND CANYON.
new Hampshire Tourist Wanders
Without Food or Drink.

"'N"o0t fooC or Crink.
Hrand Canyon. Ariz.-After wander
ing Tor three days in the depths of the
Gfand Canyon without food or water
W. ii. Harvey. retired merchant of
Manchester. n. H.. was rescued in
Hells Half Acre. one of the most per-
iious parts of the canyon. Mr.. Harvey
was crazed from thirst and hunger. He
was rescued by Rudolph Reimer. Jr.,
OF Brooklyn, n. Y. Grand CANYON
guide.
Mr.. Harvey and James II. Hyde of
New York started down Hermit Trail.
eight miles west Of Grand Canyon no.
tel. They took neither food, water
nor guide. intending to follow the riv-
er along the bottom of the canyon back
to the foot of Bright Angel Trail, which
leads to the canyon bottom from here
Soon after leaving the foot Of Her.
NIT Trail they became lost in the waste
of rock formations. The alkali water
which they were forced to drink
caused both men to lose their minds
temporarily. Mr.. Hyde became sep
arated from Mr.. Harvey and found
his way out Of the canyon. but was un-
able to direct searchers to the spot
where he had left his companion.
Parties searched the canyon for two
days and found no trace of Mr.. Har-
vey. Finally he was discovered in a
delirious condition. his outer clothing
gone. He was brought out Of the can
yOn on pack burro. He is recovering
from his hardships.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01
MARRIED AT MIDNIGHT.
Brides Brother and Sister Surprised
Witnesses on Auto Trip.


5 West Orange. n. ia courtship OF
eleven years eached climax when.
after an automobile ride through the
Orange mountains. Charles J. Grady
and. Miss Ella NJ. Enderlin. daughter
Of Herman Enderlin OF this town.
aroused the Rev. Louis SHIELD. pastor
Of the German Presbyterian church in
pleasantdaIe. and had him marry them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grady. in company
with Miss Clara Enderlin and Herbert
Enderln. started out in the autOmo-
bile of Grady for ride. Shortly after
midnight Grady told his companions
that he brought them along as wit
nesses to his marriage to their sister.
The ceremony over. Mr.. and Mrs.
Grady continued their honeymoon in
the machine after leaving the latter's
sister and brother at their home.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01
PINE ENRlcHEs INDIANS.
Chippswas Get Property Valued at
$020,50o.


Ashland, Wis.-Pine timber valued
at $500, 800 on the Bad River reserva-
ton, near Ashland. will be distributed
among SAT Indians, many Of whom are
children, according to official notice re-
ceived by the Indian Office from the
secretary Of the interior.
In addition to the timber each Indian
will have title to the land on which the
timber stands. averaging about eighty
acres for each person.
1t IL claimed by government experts
that the Chippewa Indians Of the Bad
River reservation are the richest tribe
In America. with one exception. They
have more than $1.5OO,0O0 to their
credit in the vaults of Ashland and
Duluth from the sale Of pine from for
mer allotments.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01
MOVE WHOLE TOWN.
Wisnsr, Miss, Being Taken Ten Miles
Away.

Laurel, Miss.-The town of Wisner,
headquarters Of the lumber camps OF
the Eastman Gardner Lumber compa-
ny, located in Smith county, Is being
moved to a point twelve miles west OF
the present location.
1t has mayor and board Of alder
men and q complete set Of ordinances.
It will probably be several weeks be-
fore the name Of the postofiice will be
changed, although the moving Is prac-
tically complete.
The present town Of Wisner contains
800 citizens and boasts one OF the finest
Y. M. G. A. organizations In the coun-
try, postoffice. general store. drug
store, meat market, barber shop, cleo
trio light plant and many other con-
yeniences Of an ordinary city.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01
FINANCIAL NOTES

Options on 1900 acres, including
greater part of unsold coal land of
Luzerne township, Fayette county.
Pa, were taken for $2,5OO,00O by
Pittsburgh interests.
The Brown Shoe company of St.
Louis did the largest August bust
ness in it's history. The gain in ship
ments was $152,561 over August a
year ago.
Nathaniel Curry, president Of Can
adian Car & Foundry company. said
his company had booked more than
$10O,000,O00 of war orders for Rus
sian government.
Sir Thomas Upton will pay 81
100000 out of his own pocket to
make good deficiencies in capital ac-
count and stocks of Upton Limited.
of which he IL founder and chairman.
Deficit Is due to speculations Of sub
ordinates.
Directors Of La Belle Iron Works
at Steubenville, Ohio. have awarded
contract for construction of by-prod-
uct coking plant which will consist
of 96 ovens and cost $4,000, 900; the
plant will be built on West Virginia
side of Ohio river opposite the COM
pany's mills here. A bridge which
will cost 100000 will connect the
plants.
Seaboard Air Line has awarded
contract for new shops at Ports
mouth. Va. to cost 100000. Force
of mechanics will be increased from
700 to 400.
Steel mills in Pittsburgh are oper-
ating as close to capacity as 1t is pos
sible for them to get, but are still
falling behind on deliveries. while
untitled tonnages are mounting.
Total of domestic orders which
Bethlehem Steel has on hand Is be-
lieved to be larger by Is per cent
than at close of best previous year in
its history. Company is planning an
other battery of blast furnaces to
cost $2,5O0,O00.
Railroads have protested the order
of treasury department requiring
public moneys and securities to be
transported between treasury and
sub-treasuries by registered mail in
stead of express. 1t Is asserted net
result of order Is to force railroads
to render the transportation for prac-
tically nothing. Express companies
hitherto earned about 100000
yearly, of which the railroads re-
ceived about $250,000. or so per
cent.
There was shipped from Lynn
Mass, recently seven tons of leather
making machinery for Buenos Aires
and Montevideo. Hemingway Ma
chine company was producer and the
shipment was the second within q
fortnight. Previous to war, leather
making machines were manufactured
in Germany.
Richmond, Va, dispatch says two
equipment trust agreements have
been filed by Chesapeake & Ohio with
state corporation commission for "a
locomotives and 80 box cars, involv.
ing an expenditure of $1,250,000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01
TWO teeth, $3.50 PER.
Judge Fines Man For Knocking Thorn
Out.

Salina, Kan. According to Judge
Dan II. Wagstaff of the Salina police
court, a tooth is worth $3.50 in a WON
ans head. and any one who dislodges
one Of them must pay that amount.
Anna Conrad caused the arrest Of
James Barnes on a charge Of assault,
and when she showed the Judge the
vacant space in her teeth where two
had been removed the judge forthwith
assessed a fine Of SIS against Barnes.
$3.50 per tooth.
Anna objected to playing the part Of
Famine unless she received the money,
but the Judge ordered that the SIS 60
Into the city treasury.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01

Nine times out Of ten when wo-
man jumps at a conclusion she finds
that it isn't there.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01

Ananias is a much-maligned char
acter. The souse who brags that he
has been married 10 years and has
never had a fuss with his wife IL
afraid to go home because he knows
that the light Of his life Is waiting
for him with blood in her eye.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01

And there would be more pros
perity in this country If we would re-
member that we are working for our
selves when We are working for
others.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-01

:. Az OAG 4
'..'s'' '-ss'sS YS+++.sssssx
Nine times out OF ten when q wo-
man jumps at conclusion she finds
that it isn't there.
Why is 1t that q woman cant pass
barber shop without looking in?
And some Of them haven't any mus
taches, either.
Another OF the sure things Or Iife
10 that you can't find man who win
admit that his salary ID increasing =
fast as the cost Of living.
II you hate man you also regard
his dog - the sneakingest. ornesysst
brute In the world.
!. There may be other funny sights.
But one Of the funniest Il to go fat
woman trying to tiptoe across floor.
A member Of one Of the big politi-
cal parties imagines that he ID ex-
tremely broad minded and charitable
when he admits that there are few
good men in the other big political
party.
The ornery cuss who can't save =
nickel always justifies his course BY
saying: ooh, well. you can't take It
with you when you die
Married men are all bluffers. After
Tom Jefferson had written the decla-
ration Of independence he went homo
and played dead and rolled over and
jumped through every time Mrs. Tom
snapped her fingers.
You may have noticed that II II
usually the man whose wife takes n
boarders or takes In washing who han
the most time to stand around and
indignate about the porch climbing
trusts and the robber monopolies-
What has become Of the Old-fash-
toned boy who wore long curis over
his shoulders until he got his first
pair of long pants.
Before they are married she will
let him brag about himself for hours
at time and she will let on that she
believes every word he says. But
later on, when they are married. he
is afraid to do any Dragging for two
reasons: She wouldn't listen to him
and il she did, she would know that
he was a wall-eyed liar.
And there would be more pros
perity in this country If we would re-
member that we are working for our
selves when we are working for
others.
Ananias is a much-maligned char
acter. The souse who brags that he
has been married 10 years and has
never had a fuss with his wife IL
afraid to go home because he knows
that the light of his life is waiting
for him with blood in her eye.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-31

HAS NEW NOTION

Carl Mccullough, the .lcver com
cdinu at the Lyric this week, takes
issue with some performers whu When
their net does not max. hit, talk
about the rotten audience Speak.
lng " this little failing uu the part ut
some members NJ the IN trsduu, he
sail at his hotel today:
Whenever the play doesn't 50 just
right II Is rotten audience Whenever
tragedy fails to rlug true. whenever
drama fails to grip whenever comedy
ls not greeted with laughter II is nj.
ways rotten audience II is never
rotten acting
Herein He's the inherent failure NJ
the majority Vt the members " the
Theatrical profession to reach the right
point " view toward that big crowd
across the footllghts How few there
urr who will cuucrde 10 the public The
right to know H. own mlud
"a year age was booked ON an In.
trriur circuit tu the Orpheum NJ very
good salary. helug In excess NJ my
present weekly wage. From the tim,
opened ON the tour | was n frost
The critics slated me aud sneered NJ
the blg cities for liking me even lit
tie bit The audiences were Callous tt
my best efforts until It 80 worked ot
my uinl and nerves that several times
/ was on the verge NJ cAnceling my en-
gRgement, and only the frantic effort
NJ the resident managers kept me n
work Were these rotten audiences,
/ Nut at all They were simply pe0pl,
who did not understand what wa'
driving nt did not possess the uni
vcrsul appeal My plea 10 the mana
gers was, Please let me go back 4
where they understand and like me-
Right here is where the other sid
NJ this rotten audience question come
IN. II was no reflection IN my worl
that did not please those audiences
The fact that dld not get over wa
due 10 the fact that my art wns nd
dressed to people In an altogether dii
fprcut frame " mind from those VIII
usually come tn n vaudeville theate
lo bc amused hut Il was not Il 'rot
ten audience II was nm audience d
pcople who come tn shoe store I
buy groceries They did not know
was shoe store. for the pruprietc
had sign MP advertising groCerie
! Can YOU blame themw,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-31

mculs " supreme Interest which ne
intelligent opinion as tu the future ui
business I'm this country can afford
tu ignore This war. which viii cost
Europe untold billions, not Co speak Of
lncnlrulublr human misery. X being
principally financed hy England whu>e
financial resources are proving vastly
beyond all possible expectation In
addition 10 her own huge outlnyS, she
has made enormous loans IN the allies
France. Russia aud Belgium, without
as vet showing the least sign ~ undue
strain In Hll probability she has
loaned hIg sums tu Italy and Hou-
mania II size enters the war may soon
be- asking Tor needed loans which ter
many has refused London exchange
Is selling at very much smaller dis.
count than thnt ~ amy other financial
center lu Europe AS the end ~ the
struggle Is not yet In sight, further eN-
pendlturcs uu thi, same vast scale are
inevitable, aud for months 10 come
| Englnnd's vast financial abilities will
De- wholly absorbed In war finance.
London will thu, have little 10 spare
Tor ordinary Investments, aud the
world will hc compelled 10 turn To New
York us the only important financial
center free to finance war or not nt It's
pleasure As matter " fnct We are al
already giving the belIlgerrnts very
ready giving the bcligcrents very mate
rrial financial aid. Important crelil'
have been granted to the allies much 4
not all of which * being expended her,
In munitions " war The aid thus ey
tended 10y the United States to Europ,
emphasizes our growing independence
and strength In international finance
Such aid needless to say, win he 4
very important factor In hastening NJ
end NJ the war This N its chief justl
flcation from either moral or finan
cial point " view
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-31

college competitions stiles gave the
athletic shurps taste ot his mcttlc ms
% hroud Jumper May 10, by making "a
tremendous Jump " - feet ~ Inches
the longest running leap made since
\ l.. Guttcrsun won the Olympic
rhnmulonship fur the T. = A. nt stock
holm three years ago
STILES h. mWrsliuunhly one " the
mp.t remarkable Young jumpers ever
developed iu TIM, country As school
hoy hr cleared 23 feet q inches, and
hr won the national broad jump cham
uouship from Il big field including
putt Adams ~ the New York Aihlcti,
club. who rs considered the greatest nl
around jumper In the world, before h,
WI, twenty years old The accompany
lnv rm shows STILES IN action AT th,
tnp W his rise aud about tu CON
summntr his great lcup boy pluuginl
| his frct forward un instant before the,
hit the turf
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-31
STATE WILL DEFEND

Attorney General Freezing has been
requested by the governor To defend In
the district court of Tulsa county the
cases against Lee Cruce. former gov
eruor. aud Frank VI Canton und Win
field Scott brought by X. j. Allison.
The suits grew ont of the order made
! by Cucc while he was governor plnc
Ing Tulsa under martial law at the
time the races were suppressed there
/ The governor notes that the suits are
brought against Cruce, Canton and
Scott ns individuals, hut slucc they are
based upon uu net ~ the governor he
| thinks they should be- defended by the
legal department " the state.
Attorney General Freezing has slguI
fled his willingness tu appear on be
half of the defendants.