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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-11
Confessions ofaM1fe

Pain only brings out inarticulate
sounds and pleasure Is best ex-
pressed by smiles and laughter.
A look may not express the con-
ventional sympathy that some
may wish to declare, but a look
has conveyed to me more than
any word | have ever heard.
But, little book, if Molly has
not much of that rather super
fluous affectation of sympathy,
she has the quickest and most
sympathetic understanding that |
have ever known.
Today when she came she
must have seen by my pain-drawn
| face that | was very near the
place where | would welcome in
sanity If it meant forgetting the
present intolerable situation.
She also knew my sense of
humor was one of my strongest
characteristics, and she took the
chance that | would perhaps
smile at a story in which for me
the horror would be sardonic, to
say the least.
by the way, Margie, I heard
a story today, which you will ap-
preciate," she said.
"A man who had been born and
brought up on the range and had
never seen or known woman, rode
in to a border town to see the
sights.
Immediately he fell in love
with buxom waitress and they
were married.
THE cowpuncher bought an
other horse and the couple rode
away to the far off ranch, sup
posedly happy and content.
Two days afterward the cow
puncher came back, looking very
sorrowful - leading the other
horse.
Why where is your wife,"
asked all the men about the hotel
in concert as he rode up.
4" She broke her leg the second
day out answered the cow
puncher, and / had to shoot her.
L tell you, l hated to do it,
she was such good woman he
added with groan.'
| could not help smiling, little
book, but just the same / some
times wonder il it were not for
the best at that.
Continued Tomorrow.)
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Drat the
Weather,
TheySay

The bad weather of the last
week has just about sent all
of the auto dealers in the city
to the mad house.
The few bright days of last
week got the auto bug working
in a larger number of pros
pectives" than any previous
spring. The local dealers were
swamped with orders. Every
blooming, blasted thing with
four wheels was being sold, and
then came the rain and the
chill.
There has been much weep
ing and wailing In all of the
agencies. The dealers are
unanimous in their belief that
this year will be the greatest
of all for sales, if only the
weather will change.
Many buyers who began to
have visions of shiny new
bus, changed their minds and
will use the old car until June,
or loter.
As 1t is, early orders have
been far in excess of any year
vet.
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Maxim Company Pays
Dreamer" $2,000,0
for "Gas" Substitute

NEW YORK, May 11.-Louis
Enricht has sold the secret form
ula of his penny-and-a-half-a-gai-
Ion substitute for gasoline for
100000!
Enricht's neighbors in the little
village of Farmingdale, down on
Long Island, thought Enricht
dreaming when he claimed he
could operate an automobile with
a mysterious green liquid he in
vented.
But the Maxim Munition Co.
figured the formula SO good 1t
has agreed to pay 100000 in
cash and 100000 In stock to
the inventor.
The process of manufacture,
according to Enricht, is very SIM
pie.
Four ounces of a strange chem
ical mixture, green in color, is
stirred into five gallons of water.
The solution goes into the auto's
tank and the auto runs just as
it would II fed with gasoline.
4
Henry Ford visited the inven-
tor, who is 70, and he came away
convinced that Enricht's discov-
cry was genuine.
The cost of manufacturing the
liquid is one and one-half cents
a gallon.
Here is as much of an explana-
ton of his invention as Enricht
is willing to make: The addition
of his green mystery to the
water in the gas" tank of an
auto releases the hydrogen gas
In the water. The hydrogen
passes into the carburetor, where
it comes into contact with the nj
trogen of the air, taken into the
engine through the air intake
pipe. The explosive energy to
drive the engine is the result of
this combination.
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Worlds
Mark Is
Claimed

A worlds record for contin-
uous mileage is claimed for a
Tacoma automobile. A Rec
car, sold to the public works
department of the city in 1909
by the American Automobile
Co., is the car.
1t has run more than 200,-
600 miles and is still going. II
Is being used now as an eX-
press truck on the Sixth ave
line. And from all indications
the old bus is good for 100000
miles more.
Tom Miller was the driver
for the car when it was used
by the city and he says he
never saw such a faithful serv-
ant. He has been heard to say
the car even had brains.
The American Automobile
Co. is having an exceptional
business, Secretary Ralph
Schafer reports. The new
model REQ is taking with the
riding public more than any OF
the models of recent years
Schafer says that a little warm
weather will be sufficient to
swamp the city with REQ cars
that is If the factory can sup
ply his orders.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

All the lots in Blocks and 8,
Lavender & Hollis Add. to Fern
Hill, Pierce County. w. T.
All the lots in Block 9, Hollidge
Pacific Avenue Add. to Fern HILL,
Wash.
All the lots In Blocks and s.,
Stamford Add. to Fern Hill, Pierce
County, Wash.
All the lots in Blocks Z and s,
Myrtle Addition to Tacoma, Wash.
Unpuatted land described as fol-
lows:
The North u of the N. e. !. of
the N. W. Y of Section SO.
The West 2-3 of the n. w. u of
the I'm n "; z Of N n F. F. I Sec 49, >,
the S. 4. 4 of N. w. Z See. SO.
The East u of the S. f. a of the
n. W. u of Sec. 33.
The East II of the S. Il. u of the
S. w. 4 of n. w. a Sec. 33.
The S. W. q of the S. Il. a of the
n. w. a of Sec 80.
The East " of the ~ w. u of the
s. w. a of Sec. 80.
The East u of the S. w. 4 of
Section 33.
IS. W. 4 of the S. w. 4 Sec. 80.
Commencing on the East line of
"A" Street at its intersection with
the South line of South saith street;
thence South on said East line of
"A" street to the North line of
South 96th street; thence East ass
feet; thence North parallel to the
East line of "A" Street to inter-
sect the South line of South saith
street: thence West to place of be-
ginning.
All being In Section SO. t. 20 N,
r. o Il. W. M.
on the inside portion of the en-
larged district, the real property to
be benefited and assessed for said
Improvement. Is described as fol-
lows:
All the Lots In Block 8, Amend.
Plat of Lavender & Wallace's Add.
to Fern Hill, Pierce County, Wash.
All the Lots In Block l. Il. II. Per-
rvs Add. to Fern Hill, Pierce Cotfh-
~. Wash.
All the Lots In Block 1, Hollidge
Pacific Avenue Add. to Fern Hill.
Wash.
Tracts of unpiatted land describ-
ed as follows:
Commencing on the East line of
Pacific Avenue at its intersection
with the North line of Section 80,
thence South on said East line OF
Pacific Avenue to the North line Of
South Sand street; thence East 100
East line of Pacific Avenue to the
North line of Section SO, thence
West 100 feet to place of beginning,
Commencing on the West line of
Pacific Avenue at it's Intersection
with the North line of South send
street: thence North to the South
line of South s0th Street; thence
West 100 feet; thence South parallel
TO the West line of Pacific Avenue
to the North line of South S2nd
Street; thence East to place of be
| ginning.
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LEGAL NOTICES

terest at the rate of six per cent
(6T) per annum on deferred pay
ments
That the work of said improve
| ment be done and said special as
| sessments be levied ana collected
SS of the Acts of the Legislature of
the State of Washington Of 1911.
| and Ordinance No. 4611 of said City.
That all persons who may desire
to object to the making of said i'm
provement In the manner above set
file said remonstrance with the City
Clerk at or prior to $3.50 A. NJ. on
| the date set for hearing before this
Council to 1e held at the Council
! Chamber In the City Hall on Mon
day, the a9th day of May, 1916,
at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
That the Commissioners Of Public
at a date prior to said 2sth day of
May, 1918. the estimated cost
| of said Improvement: a statement Of
the proportionate amount thereof
which should be borne by the prop
erty within the proposed ASSESS
aggregate assessed value Of the
real estate. exclusive of improve
ments, within said district accord
ing to the valuation last placed
upon 1t for tho purpose of general
taxation; together with a diagram
or print showing thereon the lots,
tracts and narcels of land and other
property which will be specially
benefited by said improvement and
the estimated amount Of the cost
and expense of the improvement to
be borne by each lot. tract, or par
eel of land or other property; and
r That the City Clerk publish this
resolution in two consecutive Is
required by law.
| May 10, 1915.
| Adopted on roll call:
| Yeas; Nays-0; Absent o.
| A. v. FAWCETT, :
Mayor.
Attest: w. ID. NICKEUS,
| City Clerk
May IL, IL. 1916.
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EDITORIALS
Confirms Income Tax Fraud Charges

of The Times the
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois remark
delivered Illinois
Branding those seated with him the luxurious board tax
He
told the assembled manufacturers and bankers:
Preparedness When enacted the in
Since that informed by officials
prosecutions
tempting dodge Those not the who will have to fight
battles will
probably do who will the business of the while else
fighting to preserve them
will patriotic like this
distinguished speakers
tate condemn condemn without full knowledge why condemn
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LEGAL NOTICES.

Commencing on the East line of
Pacific Avenue where 1t intersects
the South line OF South Saith Street;
thence South on the East line of
Pacific Avenue to the North line
of South 96th Street; thence East
100 feet; thence North parallel to
the East line of Pacific Avenue to
the South line of South saith Street;
thence West 100 feet to place Of
beginning.
Commencing on the West line of
Pacific Avenue at its intersection
with the South line of South seth
street; thence South on the West
line of Pacific Avenue to the North
line of South 96th Street; thence
West 100 feet: thence North parallel
to the West line of Pacific Avenue,
to the South line of South seth
Street: thence East 120 feet to place
of beginning.
All being in Section SS, T. 20 N.
II. 3 Il. w. NJ.
And the following property which
will be assessed to pay its portion
or the storm water drainage which
is necessary to the paving
All the lots in Blocks l and 2, e.
II. Perry's Add. to Fern Hill, Pierce
County, Wash.
All the lots in Blocks 1, 2, 3 4, 6,
IL s, Amendatory Plat OF Caven-
der q Wallace's Add. to Fern Hill,
Pierce County. Wash.
All the lots in Blocks l and ., Map
of Cavender's Addition to Fern HILL
w. T.
All the lots in Blocks 9. 4. 8. 8.
& 3, Lavender a. Hollis Add. to Fern
Hill, Pierce County, w. T.
All the lots in Blocks 1 and 2, Hol-
lidge Pacific Avenue Addition to
Ali tba tots In plocLs ana o
Grays Fern Hill Heights Add. to
Tacoma.
All the Lots In Block 1, Map of
B0ulton d Robertson's Tacoma Ave.
nue. Add. to the City of Tacoma
Lots 3 to y Inclusive in Block
Y, 3 & 4. Cavender's Second Add, to
Fern Hill. Pierce County, Wash.
Implanted land described as fol-
lows:-
Commencing at the N. Il. corner
Of Cavender's ADD to. Fern Hill
thence North sSl.T feet; thence
3si.4s feet; thence East $3.50 feet
to point of beginning.
Commencing on the East line OF
q" street where Ii intersects the
South line Of Lavender e. Hollis Ad-
dition TO Fern Hill, thence East
3o4.35 feet to West line of Gray's
Fern Hill Heights; thence South
| 662.61 feet; thence Northwesterly &c
| place of beginning.
The West v OF the N. w. u OF
S. E, u of the N, w. Y.
The 8. w. u of the 8. e. Y of the
n. w. u.
The East " of the s. e. 4 of TIN
s. w. z of the N. w. u.
The South u of the N. w. u o.
the NJ w. u.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

INITIAL RESOLUTION 6jS3-FOR
PAVING AND DRAINAGE I'M
PROVEN ENT.
BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Ia
COMA:
That 1t is the intention of said
council to order the local improve
ment hereinafter set forth, and to
levy and collect special assessments
to pay the cost and expense of such
Improvement. upon the real prop.
erty which Is hereinafter described
TO the extent that such property
shah be benefited thereby.
That such Improvement shall con-
sist OF grading to the established
grade. Pacific Avenue from South
S0th Street to South 96th street
with a roadway twenty seven t27l
feet In width, and parking and
ditch area on each side of said
roadway, from the edge of roadway
to toe of slope, of 5.5 feet in width
laying down on said roadway a
pavement twenty t2OD feet In
width, with an asphaltfc surface on
either concrete or crushed rock OF
storm water drainage, as follows.
On Pacific Avenue from South
s6th Street to South seth Street pro.
duced. a conduit equivalent to a Is
inch pipe,
on South sSth street produced
from 'E'' Street to Pacific Avenue
an is-ineh pipe, g., ss. s,..,
to s4th Street, a 2l-inch pipe.
ON Il" Street from saith Street t.
SIND Street, a 24-inch pipe.
On send Street from 'E" street to
Tacoma Avenue. 24-inch pipe.
On Tacoma Avenue from send
Street. to point 450 feet north. q
z4-inch pipe.
on saith Street from "E" street te
Pacific Avenue, a 12-inch pipe; to.
under road crossing, inlets, eonnec-
lions, manhOles and outlets.
And whereas IL appears that the
Improvement herein proposed to bs
made IL of such a character that the
special benefits resulting therefrom
will extend outside OF the boundar.
lee Of the sbutting property of the
district above described, Il liz pro.
p0sed to create an enlarged distric,
which shall include as near as may
be. all the property specially bene-
fitted by said Improvement to pay Z
portion OF the cost and expense OF
said improvement.
The following real property shall
be all the property benefited ant
asseNsed In the outside district:
All the lots I'm Blocks 8 and 4
Cavonder's Second Add. TO Fern Hill
Fierce County. Wash.
All the lots in Blocks 3, 4, 3, 6 ans
Z. Amend. Plat of Lavender a. Wal
lase's Addition to Fern Hill, Pierc'
County, Wash.
All the lots in Blocks. 2. and 4
y n. Psrry's Add. 10 Fern hlll
Ptsece County, Wash.
Inta la ulnrkO q
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LEGAL NOTICES

the N. L. u of the N. w. "a.
Commencing on the East line OF
Pacific Avenue where 1t intersects
the South line of South saith Street
thence South on the East line OF "a,
cific Avenue to the North line OF
South 92nd Street produced East
thence East to a point $40 feet
West of the center line of said Sec
ton 80; thence North on q line par
allel to the center line. of said Sec
ton 80, to the South line of South
saith Street; thence West to place OF
beginning.
Commencing at the Southwest
corner of Gray's Fern Hill Heights
thence East on the center line Of
Section 33, to the West line OK Pa
cific Avenue: thence South to Inter,
sect the North line of South 92nt
Street produced East; thence IVES,
on said North line of South 92nc
Street to the center of South &c
Street; thence northwesterlyJ ~ e
place Of beginning. 4xA :,
All being in Section 3s, I. N
r. q r.. w. M.
The above described property be-
ing all the property included with
outer boundary lines of such prop
! erty constituting the boundary linei
of such district, and which viii con,
stitute Local Improvement Districl
No. 1856. And the sum of $S,217 0t
of the cost and expense OF said inn
provement shall be assessed again
that portion of the AUDITING prop
| erty of the above described eir
| larged district lying between thu
| termini of the improvement and eS,
tending back from the margiha
lines thereof to the middle of tht
block on each side thereof for plat
ted property. and extending bach
| 100 feet from the said margina
lines on unplatted property; and
the sum of $i2,500.o0 shall be borne
and paid by the City of Tacoma from
available funds, and the remainder
of such cost and expense shall b.
distributed and assessed against al
the property included In the re
mainder of such enlarged distric
I'm accordance with special benefits
accrulng thereto from said paving
and said drainage.
| The assessments levied agains
said lots and property to becom
due and payable at the option o
the property owners In ten az
equal, annual installments. with II
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MOLLIE is NOT
MAWKISHLY SENTIMENTAL.

l.
1t was morning and the dim
light of the breaking day came
through the window when fell
asleep from pure exhaustion. |
remembered thinking, as
dropped into unconsoiousness.
how wonderful it would be IL |
could only know | was never CON-
ing back.
Yes, | know, little book, this is
all very owardly-and have
often told you that / hate cow
ardice more than anything else in
the world-but you see my brain
and heart are both perfectly well.
/ can think the most wonderful
plans which | cannot carry out,
and my heart beats to the most
witching music in the world-the
music of action, and yet | lie
supine. My nerves Jingle to pro-
pei my physical being along its
way, to disseminate the force of
their desire, until their beating
against this plaster cast becomes
such martyrdom as only those
burned at the stake might have
known.
Nature, in her blind following
of the law, at times is merciful
after ALL fell asleep and did not
wake until long after luncheon
and | awoke so weak and worn
that l could not think of my mis-
cry nor could | wish for brighter
days. ! only knew | was awake.
And then Mollie came in.
Inever knew how | missed Mol
lie, until she returned bringing to
me all the strength of her won
derful understanding.
Mollie is not now, nor has she
ever been mawkishly sympathetic
about my illness.
1 don't like people to say, Il
am so sorry for you"
They generally say 81 am so
sorry for you," when the only
thought they have about 1t is the
10 that they are not in my posi-
ton and | am in theirs.
After all, little book, how
meaningless are words. There is
no man in the world that has not
sometimes cried out against the
paucity of words in which to ex-
press his love. We are silent
when we are really grief stricken
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What the Rate Fight Means

"KNOCK OUT THE DIFFERENTIAL!
What does
EQUALITY with California in the of round trip railway
from Eastern cities.
the tourist will NO LONGER HAVE PAY A BONUS of
$3.50 o via the Northwest to the Coast.
PER CENT COOL
NORTHERN WAY, via Puget Sound to this
1t that CALIFORNIA WILL NO LONGER HOLD MONOPOLY
ON 80 PER CENT OF THE TOURIST TRAY Ell the round
1t that the NORTHWEST WILL BECOME VACATION SPOT
renowned the world
that 100000 MORE CASH WILL BE SPENT EVERY YEAR
IN THE HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND SUMNER PLEASURE RE
SORTS TACOMA
MORE FIRST HOTELS PEOPLE MORE
NEW HOMES!
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Considers Them Plain Nuisances

1acomns
Gill Police Chief Rockingham
attic drug and who have been opheyng that the energetic officials
have been making themselves liable for damage actions apparently have
other think
Gill and his chief carried their slnasg-teIay
mangthe joints apparently understanding thoroughly what
doing and their rights in tn mat
The trouble with their critics be that they thought Gill
the dry law Justification
Tending drug that they that
right abae with the different
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-11
BUYS White Truck

The Rainier National Park
Co. has just purchased a ton
and a half White truck from
the j. F. Hickey Motor Car Co.
for use in transporting sup
plies.
This firm announced that it
would be three months before
the next shipment would be
here.
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Factory Too Deliberate

Lou Schabel, daddy of the
Saxon and King agency, is an
other dealer who is having his
troubles getting enough cars.
He claims he can sell all of
the Saxon, Six runabouts he
can get hts hands on, but the
factory can't turn them out.
Schabel unloaded four skies
and two tours last week and
his shop looks like a deserted
border town now. Another
car load will be unloaded next
week.
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Unload New Mitchells

The McDonald-Goodwin Co.
purveyors to Mitchell tastes,
are grabbed on the weather.
They have any number of
clients, but they can't get an
opportunity to show off the
carload of the new series of
Mitchells just unloaded.
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Sells 81 Fords in Week

George Davis, Of the Ford
agency, says that they sold 81
Fords in Tacoma alone last
week and that this week will
Sc nearly as many sales.
But he, too, said the weather
stepped in and spoiled matters.
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Used Cars in Demand

Little & Kennedy had some
80 odd used cars for sale
earlier in the year, but now
they have all been replaced by
a new line.
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with the stamp of approval
placed on the trucks used in
Mexico by the punitive expedi-
ton. The "quads" covered the
muddy roads in muck and sand
up to the hubs without diff
Guilty.
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Meeker Coming Across

Ezra Meeker will make his
the middle of May from Wash
ington, d. c., to Puget Sound.
But this year he will make the
trip in a Pathfinder automobile
with his old prairie schooner
for a boSy.
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Open Tire Hospital

Badly & Block, tire rejuven-
ators, began operation in their
new quarters on the Commerce
street side of the Donnelly no.
tel the first of the week.
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Q.-Please tell me the
present population of Ger
many? A READER.
A.-The estimated population
of Germany, according to the
World Almanac for 1915, Is o.
100000.
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The Man for the Job

Billy Sunday
him
repentance cajole right
n PerShin scamn j
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0. KID bY u. s.

The local agents for the
Jeffrey car are tickled to death
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TURN TO THE CLASSIFIED
WANT ADS ON PAGE 2 FOR
RESULTS. SEE PAGE SEVEN.
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|lII|II|II|II|IIlIIIIIII IIIIIH|N|II|NN
la ~ S WERS 8
BY CYNTHIA GREY :
IuII|nInIn|II||II N||||na

Q.-Suppose that Mr.. Stub
borness takes his friend
Miss Criticism to an as
sumed place, at which place
they meet Mr.. Talkativeness,
accompanied by Miss Quiet
ness. The frequent speaking
of Mr.. s. and Mr.. 7. during
intermissions causes the an
ger of Miss c. Later =. Miss
G. censures Mr.. s., which re-
suits in disagreement. From
the viewpoint of Justice, and
the Christian spirit, by whom
should an apology be offered
for rudeness?
PEACEMAKER.
A.-By nobody. Why increas
the present confusion by NOR
words?
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Q.-My Dear Miss Grey:
am reminded by a plague of
ants that you frequently have
requests for methods of get
ting rid of them. / have
tried everything. and several
years ago | discovered a sure
and simple process. find
that soap suds in which
clothes have been washed
will destroy ants OF any
kind. Three doses will destroy
the nests and kill every ant.
shovel off the top of the nest SC
as to let the water run in. II al
the foot of tree or bush, make
a bank of earth around the nest
to keep the water in. The suds
will not hurt any tree or shrub
and the ants will never try that
place again. BY destroying the
ants in the yard, you can keel
the house free from them.
A FARMER READER.
A.-Thank you for the infOr,
nation.
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Q.--Is IL true that Vernon
Castle, the dancer, has gone
to England and Joined the
aviation force in the war?
Wasn't. he an American citi-
zen? CASTLE FANS.
A.-VernOn Castle is a British
subject. He was born in Nor.
witch, England. He volunteered
for military service.