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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-01-15
Made the Che.se Himself.

Charles Reade's liberal drawings
upon authorities in his passion for
accuracy of detail gave rise to some
foolish charges Of plagiarism. partic-
ularly in the case of The ClOister and
the Hearth" His reply to- the charges
was characteristic and clinching. 81
!nilked 300 cows for 1t" said he. but
he cheese ! made is mine" For &C.
rentricities Reade can claim high
place even among authors. few Of
whom are without their fads. He
could not write away from his own
room, with its innumerable volumes of
cuttings and indexes. and he could not
write well. he declared. except when
standing up He never took lunch.
terming that meal ''an insult to ones
breakfast" detested soup and beef.
preferred herring to every other fish,
was connoisseur 0f wine. but never
touched spirits. and loathed the very
sroeII af tohacco.- London Chronicle.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-01-15
THE RED
BLOOD BREED
Revenge Of a Sailor on a
Brutal First Officer.
BY L. X. DEvENDORF
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co.

When the smell of the sea once get,
fixed in mans noStris it's fixed FOL
the length of his days.
There's ever longing for the sharp
salty tang that comes across the bows
when he first raises his head above the
deck at dawn.
He bankers for the heavy swell and
the soft. gliding slide as she drops
down into the trough; the creak of the
boom is music; the weblike cracks Oh
the painted deck lightly pull at the
bottoms of his bare feet as he feels
the water slip beneath the beam.
The dancing skies and the picture
clouds, in an unending canopy. float
lazily and soothingly across his up.
turned face as he sprawls on the deck
at the days end.
1t is no wonder, then, that big Tom
Calvin. who had forsaken the sea NC
less than five times, once more re-
spOnded to the call when he saw the
dun tcolored bows of the Dora Thorne
swung into her berth at Santa Lucia.
He ducked the swinging boom of
the coal derrick that he'd sworn at for
months. and, still squatting on his
launches, he watched her three tall
sticks move back and forth in con-
stantly decreasing arcs until they
pointed.
He shook himself out. walked quick
ly down to the dock and crossed over
to her bowline.
1t was rough and ragged. but it mat
tered not; he'd set again, for bowlines
and open seams didn't always rate a
ship.
He leaned lazily across the top Of the
snubbing post and waited for the cap
tain to come ashore.
When he did Calvin braced him
after the fashion OF his kind.
want any extra haTds?' be asked
The captain looked at him moment
for there was coal dust in his ears. 1t
sparkled in the wisps of yellow hair,
and great smear was across his lips.
From the top of his right ear and
down halfway across his cheek was
livid scar. with small whittier knots at
intervals. But his neck was thick and
short. his arms were long, the first
knuckles Of his hands were higher than
the others. and the thumb curled in
rope hands-and the captain answered:
whats your line?
able seaman, SIR
Got your papers?"
Calvin smiled and drew his right
hand across his throat.
"Hum, l thought sor' he grunted.
go aboard and keep your mouth
shut he added. walking away.
Calvin shuffled up the gangway and
stopped beside man who hung over
the ships rail. dropping crumbs to the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-01-15

YOU'VE SAVED MY LIFE CALVIN. HERE'S
MY HAND.
4 black fin and the pointed ripple OF a
shark. still many yards behind the mop
Of wet hair yet decreasing the distance
I'm every second so fast and sure that
he knew long before the boat could be
cut from the davits and reach the mate
the shark would have blotched the
green sea with red and the widening
ripple would have been lost in the
swell
He snatched his knife from the
sheath at his side.
shark he yelled. poised himself
for an instant. then. bending his body,
he dived from the stern.
Coming to the surface he fairly slid
across the intervening space between
himself and the mate.
shark" he called as he passed him.
Keep on
Barely two boats lengths from him
the black snout broke the water.
Again Calvin dived The dull shad
ow was above him. Extending his
arm. he drove the knife to his knuckles
into the white belly just back Of the
bubbling mouth and pulled.
The rough hide grated across his
hand. and the fiat tail whipped his face
as the fish turned to the depths and
Calvin shot up into the sunshine.
There was feeling Of exultation as
ha n Ia n INT h1
had not forgotten the trick-that trick
of warm seas and coral shoals.
He saw them draw Schall into the
boat and then pull for him.
When they came abreast it was the
mates hand that was nearest him, but
he ignored it and took the Portu-
gueses. who pulled him in.
Schall climbed across the thwarts
toward him.
You saved me. Calvin. Here's my
hand" he said. You're the right
stuff I amt treated you white. You
name the price and
The look of indeScribabre scorn that
flashed across Galvin's face halted the
words Schall would have spoken.
The sluggish blood Of years of ser
Witty quickened into the flow Of mas.
terry.
lie saw through the thin veil of
atonement the thing by which the
mate measured his gratitude-and the
revolt came.
Huh" he grunted rs they drew into
the ships shadow. You don't owe me
nothin'. 1t want to save you. want
ed to see II I'd forgot the trick
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-01-15
to take the hemp In his hand. The
ship tackled and swung into the wind.


Calvin pulled ut the rope. It caught
snugly around Schalrs legs. and he
pitched with Il running start toward
the stern rail His great hulk crasheG
INTO the rotten barrier. and ii gave
way.
win yell he slipped over the side
into the swirl of water.
Ihere was Il sound of rushing feet.
SHOUTS ana an attempt Ia launch the
Stern boat. but one of the ro.es caught
IN Il crack In the wooden block. and the
wheel jammed. aS they generally do.
hanging the boat with bow down.
The Dora ThOrne kept straight on
and was slowly drawing away from
the swimmer. though Calvin knew
she'd he hauled about MS soon as
could be.
He watched the mate throw off his
coat and turn on his side.
He was swimming easily and
strongly.
The ship had already begun to sag
and the stern boat had been cut free
but Galvin's eye caught the simmer of
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-01-15

MAYBE YOU'RE AFRAID I'LL SHOW VOC
UP" SAID SCHALL.
swarm of black fish in the narrow
strip Of water between dock and bilge.
Who's mate here?' he asked.
"Schall." answered the man without
looking up.
The skunk. eh?' muttered Calvin,
glancing sharply about the deck.
The man looked up now
You know him?' he said wisely.
Calvin nodded.
He did know him. Every man who
hung TO the trade that swung in the
warm waters Of the east coast knew
him-and hated him.
Two years before Calvin had DELHI
erately gone ashore at Castries and
9atly refused to return to the ship on
which Schdll was mate. for he knew IL
he went back that some time within
the next twenty-four hours there
would be good and sufficient reasons
for the company mailing the remainder
Of either his or Schall's months pay
to his nearest kin.
1t appeared TO him that killing was
to be Schalrs portion. and he felt thar
for some reason he was to serve IL tn
him. But as yet he was not ready. SO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-30
MADE MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF SHIP
SUCCESS: SECRET-SkILLFUL ADVERTISING

How an enterprising young
American from Indiana, an Off
Ger in the British navy, got pos
session of floating junk pile and
made il earn him millions of dol
lars, Is the theme of one OF the
strangest stories ever written out
side OF fiction.
He is Capt ID. II. Smith, and
the junk heap Is the convict ship
Success, the oldest ship in the
world, now at the Tacoma NUM-
cipal dock.
He staked his savings on her in
a gamble with chance and a
"hunch" as she lay in the
Thames, at London, eight years
ago, a white elephant on the
hands of her owners.
He has converted her into a
perpetual gold mine, and now,
at AZ, he is worrying because he
can't let go of her.
Moored at Obscure Dock.
Capt. Smith was born in In
diana OF English parents. On his
Sth birthday, at their insistence,
he entered the British navy, and
sailed all over the world. He
heard many times of the Success,
and took an interest in her.
She was moored at an obscure
pier in London, and London knew
nothing of her. She was just
little "tu'pen'y show" She lay
there for years, a miserable frost,
and her Australian owners,
10000 miles from home, were
sick of her, and longed TO get rid
of her.
Smith found her one day as he
was exploring through London
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-30
Tacoma Greeks Nav
Go to War, But Not
For Some Time Yet

it. Didn't they take Nick's bel
ligerency as seriously as Nick?
asked another If he intended
to force the Dardanelles, or drive
his way to Sofia. If he'd been an
American-born, Id have called
the noise he made hcarse boot.
One a Pacificist.
II gotta da good job here" he
said, and nothing that ! could say
could switch him from his posi-
ton that it wasn't up to him to
travel a long ways just to shoot
a lot of strangers who never had
done him any harm. A pacificist,
plainly; mollycoddle, if you're
a disciple of T. r.
But Nick was different. Why
did he fight? The hated Bulgar-
ians. Did he know any Bulgar-
ians? No; but one of them had
swindled brother of his In Port
land. What was the fight about?
Right here Nick blew up. Wow!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-30
LEGAL NOTICES.

other liquor or liquid containing
Intoxicating properties, which is
capable of being used rs bever-
age. whether medieated or not, and
all liquids, whether proprietary,
patented or not, which contain any
alcohol, which are capable of being
used as n beverage.
Section 2.--It shall be unlawful
for any person within the City of
keep for sale or other disposition,
or to sell, barter, exchange, give
away, furnish or otherwise dispose
of any intoxicating liquor to any
other person; except that 1t shall
not be unlawful for person to
give away Intoxicating liquor. to
be drunk on the premises. to a
guest in his private dwelling or
apartment, which Is not place OF
public resort.
Section 3.-The possession of a
United States internal revenue tax
receipt by any person, licensing
him to sell Intoxicating liquor in
said City. coupled with the pos
session of any such liquor. shall be
taken as prima facie evidence that
such liquor is being kept for the
purpose Of sale or other disposition
thereof, in violation of this ordi-
nance.
Section 1.-THE possession by
any person within said City of more
than two quarts of Intoxicating
liquor other than beer, or of more
than twelve quarts of beer. shall
be prima facie evidence that such
liquor or beer is being kept for the
purpose of sale or other disposition
thereof in violation of this ordi-
nance.
Section >5.-Nothing in this ordi-
nance shall be construed to pro-
hibit n registered druggist or phar-
maeist from selling Intoxicating
liquor for medicinal purposes, up
on the prescription OF a licensed
physician, or for sacramental pur-
poses, upon the order OF a clergy
man, or from selling alcohol for
mechanical or chemical purposes
only; but 1t shall be unlawful for
such druggist or pharmacist to
permit any such liquor to be drunk
upon the premises where sold.
Section 6.-The word person"
wlfereyer used in this ordinance,
shall De held and construed to mean
and Include natural persons, firms.
and all associations of natural per-
SONS. whether acting by them
selves or by a servant, agent or
empioye.
Section "A person convicted of
the Violation of this ordinance
shall be fined in any sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars or inn
prisoned in the City jail for a peri
cd not exceeding thirty days. or
bothstin the discretion of the Court.
Passed Sept. 20, 1915.
4ssG A. v. FAwcETT.
Mayor.
.Attest; w. d. NrCKEUS,
City Clerk.
Cant an 1918
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By A. J. Eldred

Nick Is going back 10
Greece, war and glory.
He told me so this morn
ing as he shined my shoes at
u lower Pacific NV. stand.
Just when he il going;
how he is going; where he is
going, and where he'll be
sent to fight Nick isn't SO
sure.
What he is tremendously
sure of, is that the vile Bull
garians and unspeakable
Turks soon will feel the
heat of his wrath. King and
country call.
Whip them? Bah! With one
land! What Greek but who can
whip a company "a regiment Of
But all the while the rest Of
the boys in the stand had just
race of a smile. | wondered al
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-30
Pricesl'eid Wholesale Deal.
ers For Vegetables. Fruls

Fruits-Bananss, 4hc Id. Or
ange, $50; Cali. grape fruit.
$3.50; pineapples, cents lib;
cantaloupes, $1.35; plums, 81 20
$50; Jonathan apples, $I35;
harvest apples, $1.35 box; Yellow
Transparent apples. $L75; Yaki-
ma pears. 90c0$1; grapes. black,
81 basket; Malagas, $1.35 basket;
Concords, 22@25c bskt; Tokays.
1920; Huckleberries, &c lb;
prunes, 30c; lemons, $3.50 % 4;
pears, $1.35L q 1.50 box; Grave
stein apples, Toe box; peaches, As
a soc; crabapples, 81 box: Italian
&c; Yakima Melted Gem potatoes.
$18 ton: cranberries, 50 barrel;
grape fruits, 15c each. 4
Vegetables - Onions. Walla
walla, 65 @ 75c; lettuce, 81; ruta-
bagas. $1.s5 sack: carrots, S1.7b:
cabbages. 1 10 Id; Ore. cauliflow-
er, 1886 crate; Chilli peppers,
$2.35; green corn, 15c doz.; to-
matoes. As a SOC box: egg plant,
81 box; beets. 81; sweet pota-
toes, $1.75 cwt; squash. 20 Id;
pumpkins. Nc; Hubbard squash
&c; Melted Gem potatoes, SIS ton
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Foreigners, savages, barbarians
infidels! Glory. honor, patriot
ism, empire! King, native land,
freedom.
If 7. r. only could have heard
him.
Other Explains.
But the boy next door, who
was very busy shining shoes, still
was smiling at Nick. A kind OF
knowing smile, like some base
ball experts or a man who under
stands motorboats wear.
] wondered about II.
So after Nick had finished, and
had given ME a half-dozen re.
sounding swats with the brush
as he explained how he'd teal
through a Bulgarian regiment,
asked what the joke was.
The young fellow took me
aside. lie was quite secretive.
20, Nick he said, The no-a
fight. lie goa back to old coun'
try. Free trip. Maybe no fight.
ing. Just free ride"
Oh, we'll! When will these
mollycoddle, Chinafied poltroons
quit belittling real heroes?
- Not Yet Completed.
Louis Palantas, high-up in
Greek-American organizations, is
very professional about the mat
ter. Greece may go to war; il
may not. The reserves have been
called to the colors. In Tacoma
there are so Greeks subject to
service. In the northwest, sew
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now. in reviewing that exciting
day.
He moved the ugly vessel from
her obscure berth to a pier near
the Strand, In the heart of Lon
don; he collected historical relics
OF torture and historical data,
and he hired trained lecturers to
conduct the crowds over the ship.
Also he raised the price of ad-
mission from 'tuppence' to a
shilling.
Then he sat down and listened
to the rapid beating of his heart,
as he waited for the newspapers
to come out. They came, and
with them the crowd, which
swarmed over the old vessel,
wide-eyed and marvellous.
Cleared Him u Million.
The shillings began rolling in,
and as fast as they rolled in Capt.
Smith gathered them up and took
them to the business offices of
the dailies, where he bought more
advertising. lie says some OF
the London dailies charged him
81 100 an issue. But he got re-
suits.
When he bought that S0-day
option he told himself the ship
either would break him, or she
would pay for herself in a year.
She did neither. She paid for
herself In six months.
She lay at that pier three years,
the longest show ever ran in
London. And when after a cruise
to other English cities and around
the Irish coast, he sailed away
for America. the ship had cleared
him a million dollars!
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advertised her!
= Capt. Smith had a little money
saved up. With part of Il he got
a SO-day option on the battered
old ship, and then he FASTENED to
the British museum. where he
read mp on the old convict system,
taking notes as he read. What he
found astounded him. He had
dreamed OF no such blot on the
pages of Britain's history. He
picked up his notes and hurried
to the editorial offices OF the 16
leading dailies of London.
The editors sat up and rubbed
their eyes. IL was new stuff to
them. They saw news in it-all
but the stately Times. the official
organ OF the government-''the
watchdog of Great Britain" The
Times suspected a yelled attack
on the government, and would
have none of IL.
Spends Whole Roll.
Captain Smith frankly unfolded
his plan to the editors. He would
open the Success to the public II
they would give him their edi-
torial support. He had never
been in newspaper work himself,
but he pointed out the news value
of the Success in a way that
made their mouths water, and Is
of them promised to back him.
Then Capt. Smith dashed down.
stairs to the business offices of
these 10 dailies and spent all the
money he had left in the world
CATER getting the option) in the
first days advertising.
Il figured I'd either lose it
quick or make it quick" he says
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Sept. 1880. Oct. !. 1915. As''e'.

LOCAL Improvement District No.
s23.-Notice Is hereby given that
In pursuance of Ordinance No. 3111
of the City of Tacoma, roll has
been placed in my hands for the
collection of the Sth annual INSTALL
ment of the assessment levied for
Improving South 3rd, South 4th and
South 9Th Streets, from the present
pavement of TX" Street to their IN
tersections with Division Avenue;
North 3rd, North 4th and North 9Th
Streets, from the present pavement
on North TX" Street to their inter-
sections with Division Avenue;
Division Avenne from TX" Street to
Ainsworth Avenue. and North Aims
worth Avenue from Division Ave-
nue. to Steele Street.
Said improvement consisted IN
grading said portions OF said streets
to the established grade, with .
roadway thirty (30) feet In width,
except on Division Avenue, where
IL shall be fifty t5o) feet In width.
and In laying down on said road
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-30

Herman Candies and Sophia ELI
oft, both Seattle; Gust Weekman
and Helen Ecklund, both Tacoma.
DIR. Il. b. Fisher Of Chicago
tells Park Universa;ists that their
religion should be more than
opinion or theory.
w. H. PringIe, G. G. William
son, H. H. Weir. j. r. Thompson
and e. F. Freeman, Tacoma, form
Mountain View Development Co.,
a $4,000 real estate concern.
Union Pacific operating en-
penses last year 5.4 per cent un-
der normal. and revenues 90 per
cent low.
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pNP1 DNt' ~
LOCAL Improvement District No.
327.-Notice is hereby given
that In pursuance OF Ordinance NO;
has been placed in my hands for
the collection of the Sth annual In
stallment of the assessment levied
for improving South 18th Street
and South 18th Street from the
present pavement on &C" street to
the present Pavement on Tacoma
Avenue, and South 10Th Street from
the present pavement on Jefferson
Street to the east curb line OF Ia
coma Avenue.
Said Improvement shall consist in
grading said portions of said
streets to the established grade,
with roadways fifty-siX t56) feet
in width, and laying down on said
roadways permanent pavement
of sandstone blocks on a concrete
foundation. All of said pavement
to have brick cutters, concrete and
granite curbs together with the
necessary storm water drainage.
Where necessary, said improve
ment shall be supported by concrete
retaining walls; said Improvement
shall also consist In altering such
pavements as do not coincide with
new improvements, extending all
sidewalks to curbs, taking up and
relaying same where necessary.
Provided that street intersec-
tions already paved; are not to be
included in this Improvement.
Said installment may be paid on
or before October 16th, 1915, but
IL not paid on or before said date.
added Interest. penalty and costs
will attach.
CHAS. ID. ATKINS,
City Treasurer.
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Sept 1s-2s-so, 1915.

LOCAL Improvement District No.
1103--Notice is hereby given that
in pursuance of Ordinance No. 4721
of the City of Tacoma, q roll has
been placed in my hands for the
collection of the 4th annual INSTALL
ment of the assessment levied for
the laying of sewer of eight inch
(s") pipe, together with all neces-
sary wyes, tees. risers. manholes
and connections with present sewer.
laid on the following described
lines:
On the alley between North 31st
and North 32nd Streets from a
point 200 feet West of the West
line Of Stevens Street to a connec-
ton with the present sewer on
Mason Avenue.
Said installment may be paid on
or before October 10th, 1915, but
IL not paid on or before said date.
added Interest. penalty and costs
will attach.
CHAS. d. ATKINS,
81 City Treasurer.
SAINT 1s-23-s0. 1ei6'
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LEGAL NOTICES

LOCAL Improvement District No.
1l00-Notice is hereby given that
I'm pursuance of Ordinance No. APO
of the City of Tacoma, roll has
been placed in my hands for the
collection of the 4th annual Install
ment of the assessment levied for
the laying of an eight inch (SD
pipe, together with present sewers,
laid on South 25th Street, South
27th Street and South 2Sth Street;
the alley between South 25th Street
and South 26th Street; the alley be-
tween South 26th Street and South
9th Street; South 9th Street and
South 2Sth Street. from East 'K'
Street to East IL Street; on East
Il" Street from South 2Sth street
to the alley between South 26th
and South eth Streets; on East
TX" Street from the alley between
South 26th Street and South 9th
Street to a connection with the
present manhole in the alley be-
tween Puyallup Avenue and South
26th Street.
Said installment may be paid on
or before October 10th, 1915, but
II not paid on or before said date,
added Interest, penalty and costs
will attach.
CHAS. d. ATKINS,
=. 4, NJ m
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WHOLESALE
QUOTATIONS
Prices Paid Producers For
Meats, Butter. Eggs. Poultry

Livestock - Cows. l06hc;
hogs. 6h q SC; lambs. SC; dress
ed hogs, 12c; steers, 7@7Hc.
heifers, 6k 07hc; dressed veal,
go lie.
Butter and EgGs-Ranch but.
ter, 30@31c; strictly fresh ranch,
eggs, 81 @32c.
Poultry - Chic.iens. crossed
11@15c; ducks, lie; squads,
16 a 1Sc; ducks, 1201Sc; squads.
2.25; springs, 15c.
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LOCAL. Improvement District No.
663.--Notice Is hereby given that
in puysuance of Ordinance No. 1905
of The city of Tacoma, a roll has
been placed in my hands for the
collection of the 9Th annual In
stallment OF the assessment levied
for the. Improvement of Fairbanks
Street from Portland Avenue to
East W Street.
Said Improvement consists in
grading said portion OF said street
to the established grade with a
roadway thirty (s0) feet In width.
and the necessary approaches and
drainage.
Said instaliment may be paid on
SslDefore October 30th, 1916. but
III not paid on or before said date
added Interest. penalty and costs
CHAS. d. ATKINS.
City Treasurer.
Sept -. Oct. TIA, 1915.
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eral thousand.
All will be called to go back.
Their fare will be paid. Any
other Greeks beside the 60 will
gladly be taken back.
But arrangements have not yet
been completed.
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CITY TO Give
5-YR. PROMISE

Any person signing up with the
city for electric current under the
new 1-cent rate for large build
ings will be sure of no increase
in rate until January l, 1921, ac-
cording to an ordinance passed by
the council yesterday. The ordi-
nance was demanded by large
downtown stores, which said it
would cost them large sums to
change over their machinery.