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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
Speed Upon the Water.

A boat has been designed by d. N.
Brown of Grand Haven, Mich, which
on test runs has attained a speed of
40 miles an hour, says Popular Sci
ence. The body Of the craft is made
of thin galvanized iron over bass
wood framework two feet wide and
twenty feet long. Two galvanized iron
air tanks are attached to an outrigger
five feet from the rear end on both
sides. When the four-cylinder motor,
set in the rear, whirls a six-inch pro-
peller, the prov rises out of the water
and the craft skins along like huge
bird over the surface, the entire
weight resting on about three feet Of
the stern. The two tanks maintain
the equilibrium.
The boat has proved a success in all
ways, and the inventor believes, with
an improved design, that he will have
a craft capable Of making 60 miles
an hour without being crowded.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
BELGIAN BELLS WAR VICTIMS
Famous Towers and Carillons in Un-
fortunate Country Have Been De-
stroyed in the Conflict.

Among the many unfortunate con-
sequences of the European war is the
destruction of many of the bell towers
Gorham Rice, in his "Carillons Of Bel
GUM and Holland" explains that the
carillons are a set of tower bells at
tuned to intervals of the chromatic
scale. Sometimes there are more than
four octaves of bells, the lowest sew
eral tons in weight, whereas the small
est scarcely weighs twenty pounds.
The bells are connected with key
board by means of which the perform
er causes their clappers to strike the
inside of their sound bow, or with a
clockwork mechanism that causes a
hammer to strike the outside.
The correspondent of a London
newspaper, describing a recital CIV
en- by Joseph Denyn, municipal CARL
lonneur of Mechlin (Malines), wrote:
"In these northern countries the day
is long in August, and it was still twi-
light. Against the southern sky rose
the broad, rugged tower of st. Rom
bold's. High up near the top of the
tower shone a faint light. After the
clock ceased striking and the vibra-
ton of its deep and solemn tones had
died away, there was silence. So long
a silence it seemed that we wondered
If 1t was ever to be broken.
"Then, pianissimo, from the highest,
lightest bells, as if very gently shaken
from the sky itself, came trills and
runs that were angelic. Rapidly they
grew in volume and majesty as they
descended the scale, until the entire
heavens seemed full of music.
SEATED in the garden, we watched
the little light in the tower, where we
knew the unseen carillonneur sat at
his clavier, and yet we somehow felt
that the music came from somewhere
far above the tower, and was pro-
duced by superhuman hands. Some
times in winter there comes thaw,
and one by one the icicleS tinkle
down; gently and timidly at first, then
louder and louder, until, like an ava
lanche, the largest ones crash down
with a mighty roar. All that the
music suggested.
"It was low, it was loud; it was
from one bell, and it was from chords
of bells; 1t was majestic, it was SIM
pie. And every note seemed to fall
from above, from such heights that
the whole land heard it's melody.
Sometimes the sounds were so
faint and delicate that we found our
selves bending forward to hear them.
At other times, great chords, in the
volumes of many organs, burst forth
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
LIFE
81
90
By
HAROLD CARTER
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Copyright, 1916. by W. G. Chapman
Esther had not seen Hyam for
nearly year, but his absence did not
dull the tenderness of her memories.
They had come over to America as
children together, in the same ship.
Esther's father had started peddling,
and Hyam's, who had little capital,
had opened a tiny store in the heart
of the Ghetto.
Some day." said Hyam's father
graciously to his old friend, "our chill
dren shall marry. Esther, wilt thou
take my son to be thy husband when
thou art grown?"
The little girl, not knowing that the
words were half jocular, agreed in sol
emn, childish fashion. However, fate
dispenses as she pleases, and so it
came to pass that both the fathers
died without savings, and Esther, then
fifteen, went to work in big cloth
ing store, while Hyam secured a job
as an Office boy.
Three years later, Esther, by the
utmost sacrifice had saved nearly
$500. Hyam heard of this and came
to her.
Esther, do you remember what our
fathers agreed?" he asked.
Esther nodded and smiled. She had
always loved Hyam, but he did not
suspect that the bargain he was to
propose had anything romantic about
it.
Lend me your five hundred, Els
Their, and save for me two hundred
dollars year." he said. "Then l can
go through the dental college and
have a profession. I shall soon be-
come rich, and l will marry you"
1t was the sort of bargain common
In the Ghetto. Esther trustfully drew
out her savings and gave them to
Hyam, who, overcome with gratitude,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
Insurance "Renews" Property.

Speaking of generalization" says
Merle Crowell In the American Maya
zine, IAN insurance man told me the
other day about conference between
q deacon in the middle West and fire
insurance company representative.
"The deacon had been burned out.
allow long had you had your ma
hogany bedstead? asked the agent.
est was a wedding present "a years
ago., replied the deacon, but 1t was
Just as good as new
"'And your ingram carpet?
"'Fifteen years. But it hadn't been
used much; it was just as good as
new
"'Uhmr said the agent. I see you
have a family Bible listed. What did
that cost your
"'Ten dollars
"'Ten it is then, announced the
agent. For, of course, that hadn't
been used much, either, and was just
as good as new
$50 among the things for which the
company settled was 'one unused fam
lily Bible-$10.'
"And the deacon is blinking yet"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
Cat Dives for Frous.

Warren Clement Of Millvale, while
at work in his bayfield,, heard loud
splash in a pond near by, and think
ing that perhaps horse mackerel had
got into the sheet Of water, noiseless-
ly approached the spot and was aston
ished, although he knew that he had
one of the brightest cats in Maine,
when he saw his pet Angora coon
cat dive from a stump and disappear
In the water, only to reappear within
a few seconds, bearing frog in its
mouth.
Depositing the now lifeless frog on
the ground, the four-footed coon
gained the stump again, crouched,
another spring, another dive, another
swim and another frog.-Bangor Com
mercial.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

kissed her awkwardly for the fist
time. So Hyam went to college, and
Esther toiled in the shop. Whenever
the other girls laughed at her as a
miser, she only smiled. She Rugged
her secret to her heart and went
about singing.
Koch, the owner of the big store,
was a widower. He had begun to look
about him for a wife; he hated loneli-
ness, and he had no children. His
eyes fell upon Esther. She attracted
him immensely. He thought what a
fine wife she would make for him;
how neat and pretty she was. He be-
gan to show her little favors. He adj
vanced her from the store to the Of
fee, for Esther was quick and had
already picked up bookkeeping. One
day he asked her to marry him.
Esther was in despair. Koch was
worth fifty thousand, and, as his wife,
she would live a life of ease. Koch
was a kind man, but there was one
element lacking-she did not love
him.
Hyam was in his third year. If she
refused Koch, he would probably dis
charge her, and that meant the end of
all Hyam's hopes. She dissimulated.
She told Koch she was too young to
know her own mind. and asked him to
wait until the end of the year. Koch,
pleased at the girls unmercenary at
titude, readily agreed.
In Hyam's last month she decided
to do something that she had never
done before-pay him visit at the
college. She had never wished to hui
initiate the young man by letting his
friends know that he was to marry a
girl who worked in a clothing store.
Secretly she had tried to improve her
self, so as to be able to face the world
as his wife She had spoken to Hyam
about this, and he had laughed at her
fears, and assured her that he could
not be ashamed of her. But Esther
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

is in line with the vessels SmOkeStack
and constantly kept there by moving
the glass. Bells ring simultaneously in
both these stations on the twenty
eighth, twenty-ninth and thirtieth Sec
Ond of each observation. On the third
bell both observers read the angles on
the scale and telephone those findings
to the men at the plotting board, big
semicircular table, equipped with
swinging brass arms to be moved
across the board to give angles and
distances.
That plotting room in firing time
sounds very much like the Old-fash-
Toned schoOlrOOm when the awful hour
came for oral arithmetic.
Only in the plotting room they throw
in a lot of decimals, and one man takes
up the problem at the instant it falls
from the lips of the one ahead of him,
and they not only have to think but
use lot of mathematical instruments
at the same time. And when you think
you have the answer, that is only the
beginning. That is merely the uncor-
rected range.
More figures are to tumble into the
situation as fast as a man can talk,
several men rather. The wind is blow
ing and something must be allowed
for that, three-tenths of degree, say,
for an eight-mile breeze. A man at the
wind-measuring table must figure that
out and contribute his bit. Don't for
get the tide. With reference to the
beach, where the gun is, the vessel on
the sea, there is a decimal or so higher
or lower for every shot. Somebody
figures that out. The ship is moving
over her course. Somebody else must
work on that trifie to see by what hun
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
ORGANIZE FIRST
MOTHERS POLICE
Women of New York'S East Side
Form Force to Regulate
District.
PROTECTION FOR THE GIRLS
Principal Crusade vii! Be Waged
AGAINST Cadet System and Mod
ern Dress and Movie Theater
Evils Will Be Fought.

New York.-What is said to be the
first mother police force in the his
tory of the world has been organized
on the lower East side Of New York
CITY. The primary purpose of the or
ganization, which is composed exclu-
sively of mothers of the district, is the
protection Of young gffls. To this end
it will make war on extremes in mod
ern day dress, wage a campaign
against that type of dance and movie
hall regularly known as the cadet,
and keep open house at all times for
the young girl in need of advice.
AS side lines of endeavor, the wom-
en- police will keep a look out for false
weights and tricky scales in trade
shops. instruct immigrants in the re-
ouisites of good citizenship, keep
watch on the public parks to prevent
waste paper, litter and other forms of
dissertation, and generally aim at The
upbuilding of community life.
The mother police" is the idea of
Harry III. Schlacht, a young attorney,
who started the boy police movement,
which has spread through the coun-
try with such rapidity the past few
wears. 1t was from the operation of
his boy police force that Mr.. Schlacht
received his inspiration for the organ
ization of this new department.
The Juvenile cops" as the boys
STYLED themselves, were denied en-
trance to dance halls and were looked
upon with disfavor at many moving
nicture theaters-or in general in fields
of endeavor fruitful for the cadet. The
Young attorney talked the situation
over with q number of mothers of the
East side and 100 of them volunteered
to lend their aid in the formation of an
organization to abate the cadet evil.
Mr., Schlacht assumed active charge of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

dredth part of a degree the travel of
the target affects the problem.
All in Half Minute.
Then the shot itself, in journey OF
six miles, is going to deviate some
from a straight line. Answer to that,
please. SO all these things are called
out to the man at the range board,
who must coordinate them and correct
the first answer. This, too, is all done
in 80 seconds. And by the time the
gun has been fired and loaded the OBJ
servers and the plotters have done
the thing all over again and flash the
next range to the men at the gun.
Then there is muZzle velocity, which
is never twice alike from two lots OF
powder. SO the coast artillerymen blend
their powder by hand, taking grains
from different cans Ga grain of nitro
cellulose is about the size of spool OF
thread) till they get the mixture they
like, make a trial shot with that to
see what muzzle velocity it gives, and
then figure on the factor remaining
the same so long as the same blend Is
used through one period of target prac-
tice. Of course, after little while a
change in the weather or temperature
will upset that calculation, and an
other blend has to be made.
And after all this care in blending
powder, all this precision in the ,mathe-
MATES of the thing, there comes in the
gun pointer, not the man behind the
gun, but the man crouched alongside
it on his narrow, shelflike platform,
with his eye on the target, too, and
his hand on the delicate mechanism
that in the last instant must be cor
rect to a hairs breadth if the shot is
going home.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
Expert Testimony.

Young Mrs. Cornell was a bride of
but short time. One afternoon she
confided to her friends at pink tea
that she was sure her husband never
played poker at his club. How" quer-
led one of the women, ibid you
find out?" "Oh," explained the
young bride. 81 met a couple of the
members of his club the other day and
l asked them: Can Perry play poker?'
They looked thoughtful for a moment
and then answered very sincerely
Nor"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
Brutal.

During the regular pastors summer
vacation the sermons at the church
were preached by well-known minis
ters from other churches. A list of
coming attractions was posted in the
yestibule. One morning. when making
his announcements for the coming
week, the days incumbent mislaid the
slip containing the name of his imme-
date successor, but he supplied the
information in this fashion: ION the
way out you will find the preacher for
next Sunday hanging up in the vesti-
bule!"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
Potash From Bananas.

An interesting discovery is reported
from England, which is along the line
of chemical research which is attract
Ing so much attention all over the
world in utilizing the waste. An Eng
lish chemist experimental with banana
stalks to determine whether the fiber
could be used for paper making. Dur
ing the examination he noticed that
the juice was sufficiently alkaline TO
cause irrieant ection on the skin, with
the result that he found there was
present large percentage of potash
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

and practically no soda. His analysis
has been confirmed by Doctor Hanley
Of the Leeds university. In fact, the
figures showed that the dried matter
of the original stalks was as rich in
potash as kainit. According to his
analysis ton of banana stalks would
yield 1SS pounds of dried matter con-
tanning 1871 per cent of potash, or "a
pounds of ash containing AIS per cent
of potash, or % pounds Of pure potash.
This offers an important addition to
the source of the article, as the plant
can be grown in the United States
Oil City Derrick.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

which no one on the island has been
able to determine.
A special in the Tampa Morning
Tribune saws: doctor Kels0 and E. r.
Burns. with J. A. Saunders as guide,
had caught about forty sOme-odd fine
tingfsh. and were on the verge of
returning to the land, when suddenly
tbe genial doctor realized the fact
that he had hooked wampus of some
kind, and after a strenuous tight. OF
of last fifteen minutes the strange fish
was pulled into the boat. 1t weighed
Is pounds, and was shaped a good deal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
Don't WorrYl

Health Is oftener undermined by
worry than by work. Lincoln wisely
said that no man ever sank under the
burden of the day. 1t is only when
the burden of tomorrow is added, that
the load becomes greater than man
can carry. Remember, then, to bear
your burden a day at time and don't
worry.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

deville houses, the prosecution of cigar
stores selling cigarettes to minors, the
throwing of inflammable refuse into
fire escapes, supervision of immigrant
girl employment and other reforms.
Every member of the force will be
equipped with police whistle and in
structed to summon regular police
man to her assistance at the first show
of trouble. Wherever 1t is necessary
the women will be directed to make ar
rests on their own initiative. under au-
thority of the law. A number of the
women have volunteered to act as SUI
pervisors of the play streets" recently
opened by the police. in addition to
their regular duties. These enlistments
are counted on to work wonders in the
way of juvenile reform, as well as to
reduce the percentage of deaths from
traffic accidents.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
CATCHES A STRANGE FISH
Knoxville Man Shows Florida PeouIe
Something New in Pisca-
toriaI Line.

Knoxville, Tenn.-It remained for a
Knoxvillian to show the people of
Florida something new in the way of
fish. Drs 81. ]. Kelso, who with Mrs.
Kelso is spending ten days at Pass-a-
Grille, Fla, hooked and landed a very
beautiful fish, the name or species Of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

the membership campaign and already
has succeeded in enrolling more than
5000 applications from mothers who
want to lend their support to the move
ment. The head of the force is Mrs.
Rose Kelhoffer, a strong, aggressive
woman upon whose shoulders rests con-
siderable responsibility. She has de-
clared herself for the removal Of
"blinds" for disreputable houses, dance
halls, moving picture houses and vau-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
Sure Thino.

Bill know q man who can tell the
time Of day by his pulse.
Jill-Quit you kiddin'. How could
he do that?
"He wears a wrist watch. That's By
his pulse, isn't it,"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

The worlds annual consumption OF
logwood is estimated at 100000 tons,
of which 10000 tons are used in the
United States.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

like a pompano, and had the most
beautiful scales ever seen on fish, be-
ing of a changeable nature, varying
from silver to gold, and the most Pc
culiar feature of the entire fish was its
tongue. which was exactly like calfs,
with an oblong spot in the center,
which was rough like emery paper"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

Almost any woman can make her
husband tremble by merely saying that
she has just heard something about
him.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03
Eittinu Is important.

Don't crowd an auto tire of wrong
size on a rim simply because you can
force it on. Make Ii fit.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

Education Is q ''leading OUT" our
book sharks too often think of 1t as
process of pouring in.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

For any sore-Hanford's Balsam.
Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-08-03

The beginning of each operation is
in the base-line observation stations.
two observatories 1900 yards apart
on the beach. In, each of them a man
is observing the moving battleship
through powerful glass; the intersec-
ton of the crossed hairs in the glass
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-07
COUNCIL DELAYS ON
the BELT Line VETO

The city franchise committee
postponed action on the mayors
veto of the port belt line franchise
for one week. Friday. Truck driv.
ers and transfers will be called up
on next Friday to tell the commit
tee whether another railroad line
would make Railroad ave. too mar.
row for convenient traffic at GER
tain points. The corporation coun.
sci has been ordered to present an
opinion covering the legal points
raised by the mayor In his veto.
The old council, at its last SEES
sion. granted the franchise. May
or GIL vetoed Il.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-07
SEES THE WORLD
ON The SCREEN
Notorious Prisoner Glimpses
the Outside After
40 Years
EVERYTHING CHANGED
BY KENNETH W. PAYNE

BY KENNETH w. PAYNE
BOSTON, Mass. April T.
Gagged for nearly half century
In a solitary cell OF steel and
stone. Jesse Pomeroy, the
worlds most notorious prisoner,
has at isst been allowed 10 get
glimpse Of outside world
And the world has been revo-
lutionixed since he was shut
away from II forever. az a 10.
year old boy. In 1870 years
ago.
The sudden glimpse OF the world
that Pomeroy has just had. how.
ever. was not direct. but only thru
the medium OF >he movies
This moral monster. who WAS sen.
fenced 10 solitary confinement for
life In Charlestown prison, as pun
ishment for murder. with abhOr.
rent cruelty. OF two little playmates.
has kept intact and keen his intel.
lect. despite a medieval form OF
punishment that made raying
maniacs OF prisoners in the dark
ages.
pomeroy 10 Gagged In a sun
less cell. allowed 10 see or be
seen by no human beinpl
To sit silent and solitary In
dark corner NJ chapel Sunday even.
ing IL his only new privilege, and
II was at n lecture there after the
services that he has just seen for
the first time the movies.
Pomeroy was an illiterate youth
when the steel gratings OF his soil.
iary cell closed upon him 40 years
ago.
For 20 years he was shut up 20
closely no person except his guards
and his mother. who came once
month. could see him.
And yet. Instead Of going In
sane. Instead Of losing the last
CLINT OF hls intelligence,
Pomeroy has actually taught
himself a dozen foreign Iangu.
ages, has read every one Of tho
5000 books In the prison H.
brary, and has developed his
mind, all unaided, TO q point OF
unusual keennessi
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-07
between HUGHES
AND 7. R. IS GOSSIP

WASHINGTON. April 7.--Cloak
room talk at the capitol indicated
today the republican presidential
nomination fight ia between Roose-
welt and Hughes.
Senators Warren. Curtin. Nelson
and Gallinser are openly for
Hughes.
"A dozen men who have at heart
no use for Hughes" said Senator
Poindexter. told me they were for
him. They see the trend OF senti-
ment toward Roosevelt and will do
anything 10 beat H."
Those intimate with Boies Pen
rose said he was likely 10 declare
himself for Roosevelt very soon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-07
J. RUFUS IN TOWN.

Suit TO recover $1,000 alleged 10
have been fraudulently obtained by
Amt Anderson. a contractor In the
Green building. was begun in SUI
perior court Friday by Bert A
Sumner.
Sumner says Anderson adver.
tised for n competent bookkeep-
err" and took his money as evf.
dence OF Summers good faith when
the latter applied last February.
Aitho he hung around the office
continually. Sumner says. he never
got Job nor the money back.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-07
HEAR FREE CONCERT
At HUMPHREY SITE

A frog choral club is giving
nightly concerts. report residents'
OF the locality NJ the Humphrey
postoffice pond. The concerts ara
free. Evidently discovering that III
was public site. and. seeing M
sign warning trespassers off. hug.
dreds OF frogs have made the HuA)p
phrey place their regular abode %
late. Their music gains new vol
urne each night.