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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-15
ENVOY REQUESTS
ABSENCE LEAVE
Colombian Minister Fears
Treaty With U. S. Will
Not be Ratified.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-Recog-
nizing the probability that the pend
ing treaty between the United States
and his country will not be ratified
hy the senate in SIS original form,
Julio Betancourt the Colombian
minister has asked his government
for a leave Of absence from Washing
ton. II is understood he will seek
permanent withdrawal il the treaty
is rejected or if senate accepts its
foreign relations committees amend
ments reducing indemnity for par
titiOn of Panama from $4,000, coo
to S15.OOO.0OO- and making the ex-
preston OF regret mutual.
In a statement Monday night Mr..
Eetancourt referred 10 the state OF
his health. which he said, made II
necessary for him TO leave Wash
ington.
Awaits senate Decision.
81 am only waiting" he said. Ito
know the decision Of the senate on
the pending treaty in order TO COM
municate a report OF is action to
my government, which will then put
before the Colombian congress the
treaty with whatever amendments
may be made 10 il. that is If il is now
approved without change as my gov
eminent expects IL will be.
II see with great concern the con-
version into a party question of an
international issue, which ought 70
be regarded as one Of continental
importance, considering the state of
affairs in the world today There
are powerful reasons which should
urge the solid union Of all the ma
tons of this continent as the most
effective TO insure the future peace
and prosperity Of America"
Cites other Efforts.
Efforts Of the Roosevelt Taft and
Wilson administrations to settle the
controversy with Colombia We're
cited by the minister TO prove that
no question of party was involved.
Gould this question be settled by
a popular vote in the United States
he added, II feel quite sure that il
would be decided in favor of Colon
hia. There are proofs in this lega-
ton of the strong leaning of the
most important commercial and in
dustriaI concerns of this great cOun-
try in favor of the treaty. / have
received a great many letters to this
effect"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-15
SPEND TOO FREELY
Two Men and a Woman Are Sus-
pected in Robbery Case.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 15.-Heavy
expenditures for food, clothing, liquor
and cabs has led 70 the arrest OF two
men and a woman who are being
held in connection with the robbery
last Friday night Of Andrew Jack
son. 80. who was severely beaten by
.hieves before 5000. his LIES savings.
was taken. The suspects are Ernest
Smith. 81; Joe SpurlOck. 60. and An
ME Jacket IS.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-15
TRAN HTS BUGGY.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 15.-An un-
identified man was injured probably
fatally Monday night when a buggy
in which he was riding was struck
by a passenger train on a crossing at
the outskirts Of the city. The buggy
had a storm front Nothing in the
victims clothes served 10 identify
him.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-15
THIS WILL INTEREST MOTHERS.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren. a Certain relief for Feverishness,
Headache. Bad StoTach, Teething DisOr-
ders. move and regulate the Bowels and
destroy Worms. They break up Colds
in - hours. They are 50 pleasant 70 the
taste Children ike them. over 10000 tes-
timonials. Used by Mothers for q years
They never fail Sold by all Druggists
25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address
Mother Gray Co, lie Roy. y. Y.--Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-15
To INVITE WILSON.

COLUMBUS, Ind. Feb. 1.-THE
directors OF the Bartholomew coun-
" fair association Monday decided TO
invite Pres't Wilson 10 attend the
fair which will be held from August
s 70 IL James Whitcomb Riley,
who was the guest Of honor on Chill
dren's day last year also hAs been
asked TO attend this yesA
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-15
HoNORs REOTIsITInN.

international News Service.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. Is. - Gov.
Ralston Monday honored a requisi-
tion for the return OF o. $. Mathews
now in Porter. Ind, TO Waukesha,
Wis. He is charged with forgery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-15

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1s.-
Elmer .-Goldsworthy, one Of Cali
fornia's crack tennis players and all
around athlete. has returned home
from the European war suffering
from so separate wounds. Colds
worthy was in one of the allied dd-
vance trenches when a German
grenade exploded in his vicinity. Ali
the other members of his squad were
Immediately killed. He will live, but
will be MANNED for life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
LEGAL NOTICES

ORDINANCE NO. G4S9.-An ordi-
nance relating to and regulating
the construction, alteration or re-
pair of buildings and structures I'm
the City of Tacoma for the purpose
of protecting the same from rats );
providing a penalty for the viola
tion hereof; and repeating Ordi-
nance No. 6083 and all ordinances
and parts of ordinances In con filct
herewith.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
OF TACOMA:
Section 1. The foundation walls
of all buildings hereafter erected
in the City of Tacoma built less
than eighteen inches above the level
of the ground at all points, shall
be of concrete or of brick or stone
laid In cement or mortar, or of
some other equally good rat-proof-
Ing material. The walls, II con-
structed of concrete, shall be not
less than six inches thick, and II
constructed Of brick or stone, not
less than eight inches thick. Such
walls shall extend around the en-
tire area to be occupied by the
building and below the surface of
the ground to depth of at least
eighteen inches. Any building in
which food stuffs of any kind,
whether for man or animals, are to
be stored or offered for sale, shall
have the full floor area covered by
concrete not less than three inches
thick, and all floors which are sit
uated below the level of the lowest
street on which the building i'm
pinges shall be similarly covered by
a layer of concrete not less than
three inches thick.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
LEGAL NOTICES

provided by the City Charter. and
make out and certify to the Coun-
ell an assessment roll, charging the
cost and expense OF said improve
ment against said lots. tracts and
parcels of land In the manner pro-
vided by law.
In calling for bids the Commits
sioner of Public Works shall state
that tho contractor doing the
work shall agree to accept at par
the bonds issued In pursuance of
this ordinance In payment of the
same, and shalt have no claim what
eyer on account thereof against the
city OF Tacoma except solely upon
said bonds. the special assessment
made and the fund hereby created.
Section 0, Under tho provisions
of Chapter 9S OF the Laws of the
state OF Washington of 1911, aud
this ordinance. there shall be Is
sued tive-year annual installnlcnt
local Improvement bonds against
said district amounting In the ag-
gregate to sum equal to the
amount OF said assessment remain
ing unpaid at the time of their Is
suance, but not In excess OF the
cost and expense of said improve
ment. which bonds shall bear ln-
terest at the rate OF six per cent
per annum from the date of their
Issuance, shall he numbered ,on-
secutively and be In denominations
of $4,000 each, except the first
numbered bond, which may be for
less sum IL necessary.
Said bonds shall be issued aud
dated not less than thirty days
after the expiration of the time
when said assessment may be paid
without interest, penalty or cost.
as fixed by the city Treasurer's
notice OF the assessment roll being
I'm his hands for collection.
Section 7. An emergency exists
and this ordinance shall take ef-
feet Immediately after publication.
Passed Nov. 3, 1916.
A. V. FAWCETT.
Mayor.
Attest. w. ID. NICK uS,
City Clerk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
LEGAL NOTICES.

Section .. No permit shall be Is
sued by the Building Inspector OF
the City OF Tacoma for tho con-
struction or any building or for tho
alteration or repair of any building
unless provision shall have been
made in the plans therefor for the
proper rat-proofing OF the same as
provided In this ordinance. Provid-
ed. however. that when the cost of
such alterations or repairs shall be
less than forty per cent of tho cost
OF the building being altered or re-
paired, such provision in said plans
may be waived by the city Council
when In their opinion the same Is
unnecessary or impracticable. and
provided, further, that this ordi-
nance shall not apply to buildings
used exclusively as garages.
Section 3. Any person. firm or
corporation violating any OF the
provisions of this ordinance shall.
upon conviction thereof be fined In
any sum not exceeding One Hun
dred Dollars. or imprisoned In the
City jail for a period not exceeding
thirty days.
Section 1. Ordinance No. 60S3.
passed April z, 1915. and all other
ordinances or parts of ordinances In
conflict herewith are hereby re-
Passed Nov. s, 1916.
A. ". FAWCETT,
Mayor.
Attest. w. ID. NICKEUS,
City Clerk.
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n'Hftt '.n'~n. susiricf No.
923.-Notice Is hereby given that
In pursuance OF Ordinance No. 1868
Of the Ctty Of Tacoma. roll mas
'-a', ,,.1 I'd In nv hands for th. col.
lection of the 2nd annual INSTALL
'"''b' :" III" assrssm"ut h.vi..a FOR
constructing cement concrete side
walks five t5) feet in width on
South 64th Street from Yakima
Avenue to South *" Street.
S"ld instal:nrpf may he pe'd en-
or before December End, 1915, but
IL not paid on or before said ds4s
added interest. penalty and costs
viii attach
JAMES c. DRAKE.
City Treasurer.
Nov. 2-9-lg. 1916.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
POULTRY AND EGGS

GASOLINE light systems and Ian
terms, especially made for poul-
try houses. Solar Light Co., 937
Commerce st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
BLUE PRINTS, MAPS,
SURVEYING

CITY and county surveys, maps.
Nicholson Eng. Co. sos Fidelity.
Jafn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
Nov. Q. 1916.

BOND CALlr-Notice is hereby
given that the following number
ed Bonds of the following number
cd Local Improvement Districts OF
the City of Tacoma, are called for
payment. and that interest on same
ceases Nov. ., 1916.
Local Improvement District No.
1926, Bonds 200 to 226 inclusive.
Local Improvement District No.
32S, Bonds 79i to S32 inclusive.
Local Improvement District No.
$50, Bonds | to 9 inclusive.
Local Improvement District No.
5503, Bonds l To 81 inclusive.
JAMES &. DRAKE,
city Treasurer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
REAL ESTATE

40 ACRES-IMPROVED
5-ROOM HOUSE. large barn and
all outbuildings, creek, cream
and mail route. one mile to pave
ment, l6 miles to Tacoma; hay.
tools, new separator. 8 mitch
cows, some young stock; team.
Price $4,000. Some cash, balance
easy.
JESSE O. THOMAS, JR.
320 Tacoma Bldg. Main 1918.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
EASY TERMS

6-room house, all modern conven-
fences, barn, garage, full lots,
excellent soil. streets graded. ce-
ment walks. all assessments
paid, close to car line and mani.
dist. Price $500. Payments like
rent.
HAVELOCK c. BOYLE g. co.
211 Calf. Bldg. Main %.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09


INITIAL RESOLUTION 6627, l.. 1,
u. 1131.-FOR SANITARY SEW
Err IMPROVEM ENf
BE 1T RESOLVED BY 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 assess
ments to pay the cost and expense
of such Improvement, upon the real
property which is hereinafter de-
scribed, to the extent that such
property shall be benefited thereby.
That said Improvement shall con-
slst of laying a Sanitary Sewer of
eight 60 inch pipe, together with
all necessary Tees, Wyes Risers,
Lamp holes and Manholes. In the
alley between Tacoma Avenue and
e. Street from South 45th Street
to South 4Sth street, an on South
10th Street between said Alley and
Tacoma Avenue.
That the real property to be ben
Gifted by said Improvement, and
which VIII constitute Local I'm
provement District No. 1871, Is de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
All of Blocks 100 and 101.
Amended Map of First School
Land Addition to the City of Ia
coma.
The assessments levied against
said lots and property to become
due and payable at the option of
the property owners, I'm five CD
equal, annual installments. with in
terest at the rate of six (6pt) per
annum on deferred payments.
That the work of said improve
ment be done and said special as
sessents be levied and collected in
the manner provided by Chapter
80 of the Acts of the Legislature
of the State of Washington of 1911,
and Ordinance No. 1911 of said City.
That all persons who may desire
to object to the making of said
Improvement in the manner above
set forth shall do so in writing and
file said remembrance with the City
Clerk at or prior to $40 A. NJ. on
the date set for hearing before this
Council to be held at the Council
Chamber In the City Hall on Mon
- No. .'1ber ~, 1915, at 10
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09

FOR SALI-Huntlng dog. Apply
513 So. 6lst st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09

FOR SALE-Heifer. Jersey and
Durham COW and calf. years
old. 1871 So. 4Sth and Wilkeson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
FLESH REDUCTION
MINING

FOR mining business or mining in
formation. enquire A. M p. Co..
320-321 Prov. Bldg, Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09

Bargains IN Heaters
rs HEATERS, 4 steel ranges with
water coil, to be closed out at
1927 Broadway. NJ. II. Ulvin, Main
6S44.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
SWAPS

70 EXCHANGE-One II grade Lee
fever hammerless shot gun; 30-in.
run choke barrels; automatic
cost SIS. Want one Remington
auto-loading shotgun, full choke;
must be perfect inside and out.
Guy 3. Beals. Puyallup, Wash.
Phone Red $40.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09

FOR SALE OR TRADE farm
wagon, l buggy, for poultry and
geese. o. G. Ludlow, Spanaway,
Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09

WANTED--Work by day or hour.
Phone Main $3.50. Mrs. Lay.
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Nov. Q. 1915.


ORDINANCE No. 64S7.-AN ORDI-
NANCE appropriating the sum of
Sf.334.69 from the several funds of
the city of Tacoma. to pay obliga-
tions audited and adjusted by the
emergency.
WHEREAS. the city Controller.
by his report to this Council of
claims against the City OF Tacoma,
been audited and adjusted by him,
NOW, THEREFORE,,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
Or TACOMA:
Section 1. That claims against
the City of Tacoma, In the sum of
$4.334.69 audited and adjusted by
the City Controller, November 9th,
1916. be allowed and paid.
Section 2. That to pay said
claims there be and Is hereby APP
proprlatcd from the several funds
OF the City of Tacoma, the follow
ing sums. to-wit:--
From the General Fund s2,173 .02
From the Light Fund. 49,. 1,749.gI
From the Water Fund. $50. 411.76
Total Observation-Disclosures. s4,33469
Section 3. An emergency exists
and this ordinance shall take effect
Immediately after publication.
Passed Nov. 8. 1915.
A. V. FAWETT,
Attest: w. ID. NICKEUS.
City Clerk.
Nov o. 1916
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE

CoMMp%N h..ALTH TITLE TRUST
CO, The Competent. Tel. Main lot'
109 So. l0th ST
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
MISUNDERSTANDING

w ANTED-Furnlsh or partly
furnished house. close in. Call
Main S37S evenings, room SIS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09

MUST sell at once--1 REQ truck. l
cylinder, in real good condition,
s75. Call at 12071a A st. Main
1851.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
SITUATION FEMALE

2o-a. tracts s25 acre. mr.. So. Prairie.
Terms. 319 California Bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
LOGGED OFF LAND

LAND
LOGGED-OFF land, close to Taco
ma. SIS an acre and up. E. r.
Gregory Co.. 2nd Floor National
Realty Bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09

IN Southwest Washington to SGT.
tiers only $500 per acre and up
wEYERHAEUSER TIMBER co.
Tacoma Bidg. Tacoma. Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
LOST

MONDAY afternoon. pair of black
automobile gloves, gauntlets, at
Rhodes Bvos.' store or Northwest
Grocery. Return to g23 Broad
way. Reward.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
AMBULANCES

TACOMA TITLE CO. uund floor
Fidelity Bldg. Main 2lji.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09
PHYSICIANS

Or, WARliEN Brown - Diseases
OF women and gent urinary and
skin diseases. lle3 Commerce st.
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HOTELS

rooms. 81. S2.5e and So per week
up SOC night up. 1916 Market
HOTEL, HiROSH MAYA, Cor. Mar
ket and 18th; modern: Soc, 75c, 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09

FOR SALE CHEAP-Good team of
work horses or will trade for
some cattle; also state tuberculin
tested Durham bull. Is months
old for sale. Inquire at Brook
Sta. Spa naWaY line.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-09

pE F. ~. SctiHOEDER-SK
AND GfSITn- URINARY DIS
EASES, FRENCH BLpI.. 1876
PACIFIC. MAIN 1875.
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VIM. FITZ-HENRY

WILL give team of horses to reli-
able party for their feed for the
winter. Inquire at 1920 NJ st.
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OK. PETERSEN. DANA, 229 Berlin
Bldg. Scandinavian Am. Bank)
Office. Main 337s; res, Main SIT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-22
A CLOSE SECOND SCHOOL OF FIRE
Chicago Almost as Rotten as
Hades, Says Zionist.
Churches and Society Are Also
Pretty Rotten.

Chicago, ILL.,, Feb. 22.-voliva, the
industrious prophet of Zion City.
pointed out Sunday a faint difference
that he said he had discovered be-
tween hell and Chicago.
The only difference is he said,
that there are a few decent people in
Chicago"
He had to concede that much, be-
cause he himself was preaching in
Chicago at that very minute, at the
Zion tabernacle, and on the platform
beside him were several presume bly,
decent elders.
Society is as rotten as -" de-
clared the prophet. And the churches
are as rotten as society, and Chicago
is rotten too. Why, do you know what
1 saw today in a public street in this
city,"
The prophet blushed and paused for
answer, but received none.
TN tell you" he said solemnly. 81
saw a girl with fur around her
ankles" From which it is assumed
that girls do not grow that way in
Zion CITY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-22
GOV. COOKE WILL STAY
Head, of Soldiers Home Has No
~-1 tc Thought of Resigning.

Governor Sidney G. Cooke of the
National Military Home at Leaven-
worth, here to attend the Democratic
love feast tonight, put damper on
all rumors to the effect that he is pre-
pairing to tender his resignation. Gov
ernOr Cooke has managed the affairs
of the second largest soldiers home in
the United States tor twelve years,
and, while Governor Cooke declares it
is a losing proposition from mono
tary standpoint, he doesn't by any
means intend to relinquish his hold
on the office. He has stood under fire
for ten years of Republican admins
tration and now with his own party
in power he intends to enjoy peace
full existence for the first time since
ne took office.
The military home has more mem
bers now than ever before in its his
tory and the increase in inmates of
the hospital is greater than in inmates
of the home proper The average
aga of veterans confined in the home
is 10 years and necessarily the amount
of care necessary is becoming greater
rapidly. Governor Cooke is interested
in a bank at his old town, Harrington,
and also in one in Kansas City, where
one of his sons is employed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-22
MANY CASES
OF RHEUMA-
TISM NOW
Says We Must Keep Feet Dry. Avoid
Exposure and Eat Less Meat.

Stay off the damp ground, avoid eX-
posture, keep feet dry, eat less meat,
drink lots of water and above all take
a spoonful of salts occasionally to
keep down uric acid.
Rheumatism is caused by poisonous
toxin, called uric acid, which is gem
Grated in the bowels and absorbed
into the blood. It is the function of
the kidneys to filter this acid from
the blood and cast 1t out in the urine.
The pores of the skin are also a
means of freeing the blood of this i'm
purity. In damp and chilly, cold
weather the skin pores are closed,
thus forcing the kidneys to do double
work. they become weak and slug
gish and fail to eliminate this uric
circulating through the system, event
ually settling in the joints and muscles,
causing stiffness, soreness and pain
called rheumatism.
At the first twinge of rheumatism
get from any pharmacy about four
ounces of Jad Salts; put a table,
spoonful in a glass of water and drink
before breakfast each morning for a
week. This is said to eliminate uric
acid by stimulating the kidneys to
normal action, thus Kidding the blood
of these impurities.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless
and is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice. combined with ithia
and is used with excellent results by
thousands of folks who are subject to
rheumatism Here you have a pleas
ant, effervescent Whitewater drink
which overcomes uric acid and is ben
efieial to your kidneys as well-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-22
200 Army Officers Learn tC
Kill at Sill.
Artillery Methods of Modern
Warfare Instructed.

Fort Sill, Ok, Feb. 22.-ArtilIery
fire, declared by army tacticians to be
the dominating factor in modern
warfare" holds the interest at the
United States Army School of Fire,
the ninth session of which opened here
today. In conjunction with the school
of fire the opening meeting of the
school of musketry, which is chiefly
concerned in the training of officers
in directing and controlling the fire of
bodies of troops, was held.
Field artillery officers of the regu-
lar army and the militia were busy
today with problems of accuracy and
range finding in the school of fire,
which is the outgrowth of the use of
entertainments in military operations.
Local officers pointed out that ac-
curacy was not considered so neces-
sary before the Russian-Japanese war,
when mass formations were in vogue.
With this war, however, came the in
PRODUCTION of trenches and their sub
sequent development in the European
war, together with the use of high
jects beyond the sight of those firing.
has made accuracy, it is said, more
and more important factor.
Three inch guns are used in the
school of fire. These guns shoot a
projectile which contains about 200
shrapnel bullets and has a maxim UNI
range for accurate firing of 5000
yards. The shell may be exploded at
any desired distance up to the maxi
mum distance, the shrapnel scattering
over the targets. The finding of the
range and the location of the invisible
targets is largely a question of math-
ematics and involves also the use of
delicate range finding instruments.
Observation Of the effect of the fir
ing, to eliminate errors. requires per-
feet eyesight, and for this reason the
eyes of each of the officers are eX-
amined when he enters the class and
again when the course is completed
About 200 commissioned and non
commissioned officers were here for
the school, which has a four months
term. Some of them, however were
here to attend the school of musketry.