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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19

is below zero.
Every motorist knows that
these conditions could never be
endured by the ordinary gasoline
engine, particularly when the
changes are SO abrupt as In the
modern high-speed airplane.
Ii is hard enough to get power
out of an engine zero weather,
without having to cope with the
much more serious problem of
constantly decreasing air densities.
The power developed by an air
plane engine depends directly on
the amount and proportions of
gasoline and air exploded at each
piston stroke.
Hence when at the four-mile
level only half the amount of air
is taken In at each stroke, only
half the amount OF power can be
developed, unless artificial means
are adopted to offset this.
Now American scientists and in
ventors have worked out numer-
Gus devices for neutralizing the
effects of cold and high attitudes,
all Of which must be tested out
and parferted
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19
Here and Elsewhere

Shannon, employee of st. Paul Il
Tacoma Lumber Co., at Orting,
who is said to have left job and
taken with him $50 and suit be-
longing to another workman.
Capt. McGregOr, of wrecked
steamer Al-Ki, returns from Chi
cagof island, believing engines can
be salvaged.
Warren s. Young, social secre-
tary, oldest employe of White
House, is dead at 70.
Campbell's Ship AIDES and Axes.
Palace Hardware Co., 1911 Pacific
ave. adv.
Texas appeals to U. s. for $780,
100000 to save cattle threatened
with death by drought.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19

Eat manatee steak and cut
down the butchers bill.
This Is the advice of DR.. Alex
ander Graham Bell, famous SCENT
list, inventor and educator, who
foresees the day when the sea-
COW Common name for manatee)
will be domesticated in the la
goons of Florida and it's meat
found on every table in the civil
lied world.
"These huge and inoffensive
creatures" says DR.. Bell, used
to Craze in countless herds upon
sea weeds and water plants, but
have been nearly exterminated
like the buffalo. There is now
one protected herd in the Miami
river.
In 1907 the Florida legislature
placed a fine of $500 on the kill
ing of manatees by insane tour
lists. Since then they have in
creased wonderfully.
Unlike many new meats, the
flesh of the manatee is universally
liked by every one who has tasted
it. 1t is often compared to veal
outlets, altho some have likened
1t to lean pork or tender beef.
But all agree in praising its white
ness, delicacy and flavor. When
sailed, it is like excellent bacon,
and keeps we'll. The tail is often
picked and eaten cold, great
delicacy.
with good veal, beef, and
other similar meats retailing at
an average of SO cents a pound,
the economic worth of an animal
weighing possibly nalf a ton with
IS per cent available as saleable
meat, and as well constructed for
cutting as is the manatee, is easily
Seen"
The manatee resembles q long
bodied seal. There are no hind
limbs, but a broad rounded tail for
swimming. The skin is like that
Of an elephant, sparsely covered
with hairs and about one inch
thick. The animal attains maxi
mum length of Is to Is feet, and
old bulls weigh as much as three
quarters OF a ton.
The fore limbs are flapper
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19
WHITE RACE
WILL RESIST
Especial to The Times,)

WASHINGTO, ID. c., Nov. 10
Despite the tremendous loss of life
and the suffering, starvation and
disease visited on many of the Eu-
ropean nations and racial groups,
it is not probable any of them will
disappear as a result of the war,
or even enter into a period of de-
cline.
Such is the tremendous vitality
of the white breeds of humanity
that they can come back" after
almost any kind of ordeal.
Only a few races of dark
skinned Pacific islanders, and
some tribes of Indians, have failed
to exhibit this tenacity in histori-
cal times.
DR.. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of
the division Of physical anthro-
pology in the U. S. national mu-
scum, does not look for any racial
degeneracy in Europe and rather
expects that all the belligerent ma
tons, in a generation or two. will
be strong and flourishing, almost
as If nothing had happened to
them.
The capacity of the human breed
to come back, not only after the
defamation of war, but after GEN.
turtles of stunted and cramped
economic life, scanty food, poor
clothing and shelter, seems to
prove that in the mysterious SUBJ
stance called the germ plasm'
there is preserved thru countless
generations a possibility of reach
ing a certain stage of physical and
mental perfection, whenever the
proper environment - food and
warmth and shelter-is provided.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19
DESERVES GOLD
: MEDAL FOR This
Cincinnati authority tells
how to dry up a corn
so it lifts out.

You corn-pestered man and
women need suffer no longer.
Wear the shoes that nearly killed
you before, says this Cincinnati
authority, because few drops of
freezone applied directly on a ten
der, aching corn stops soreness at
once and soon the corn loosens so
1t can be lifted out, root and all,
without pain.
A quarter of an ounce of free
Zone costs very little at any drug
store, but is sufficient to take off
every hard or soft corn or callus.
This should be tried, as 1t is mex
pensive and is said not to inflame
or even irritate the surrounding
tissue or skin,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19
80 Miles Faster
Than AnV Other

Just how important the results
OF these tests are was explained
by one of the scientists connect
ed with the work: IF we are
able to perfect devices which will
keep the Liberty motor working at
anything like full power at three
or four miles altitude, we will be
able to give the air plane in which
the motor Is mounted a speed of
over 200 MILES AN HOUR-50
miles faster than anything now in
the air.
THE same power that will drive
a plane 1875 miles an hour at sea
level will give 1t more than 200
miles an hour when you pass the
three-mile level. What a speed
advantage of so miles an hour
over the German planes would be
worth, any fighting air pilot of
the allies can tell YOU"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19

SKANEATELES, N. ", Nov. 10.
Casper Hendricks is charged with
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses He sold English grammars
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19
26 LETTERS
in ONE MAIL

Mail is an uncertain thing for
Tacoma boys Somewhere in
France"
Sergt. August C. Erspamer, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Erspamer,
who is serving in the medical
corps, had to spend nearly a day
reading 26 letters and postal
card, which arrived in one mail.
1T was one of the happ,est days
of my life; they are the first lot
tiers have received for a month
and a half" he writes to the folks
back home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19

shaped, and are used for convey
ing food to the mouth. The fe-
male carries her young beneath
the flapper and suckles it in this
position, a circumstance which
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19
Artificial Means Must
Be Used to Help

It Is practically Impossible to
make the necessary tests on an
a!rplane flying at great heights.
The best foreign experimenters
have done was to set up labora-
tories on mountain tops. But
this does not permit the effect of
rapid changes; besides, there are
no high mountains in the east,
near the airplane factories.
So Uncle Sans experts had a
happy thought: why not create
four-mile altitude conditions here
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19

Toledo Red Cross sends batch
of towels and kettle holders to
Camp Lewis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19
Test Liberty Motors For Every
Altitude in One Room at Capital
in our own laboratory"

in our own laboratory"
Simple enough. Put In re-
frigerating plant. Hitch big air
pump to the room and pump out
the air.
So they built a special testing
chamber with walls, foot thick,
of concrete heavily reinforced with
steel bars TO prevent the walls
from being crushed by the heavy
pressure of the air outside when
the air within was exhausted.
They put in refrigerating plant
that will produce zero weather in
a few minutes, and huge air
pump capable of drawing out the
air at the rate Of. 600 cubic feet
a minute. And now they are ready
to test and perfect the Liberty mo-
taro e.,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19

ii. Il. Vanters, REPRESENTING ex-
emption board of Venice, Cal,
comes to Camp Lewis to learn how
men from his district are faring.
Reports that he finds them all
pleased with conditions.
Everything in Military Goods.
Hofstetter's 1903 Pacific ave. adv.
Gen. Pershing visits graves of
three Americans lost in trench
raid of Nov. 3.
16-in. and aft. slab wood. Key
stone Lumber Co. Main 32S. adv.
University district churches, Sc
attic, set aside week of prayer for
delivery from vice element.
Potato Chips. The crispy kind.
Duenwald's, 1112 Broadway. adv.
Camp Lewis puts in Sunday
of picnicking, entertaining and
visiting.
DR.. Cozza, dentist, x03 Provi.
dent. adv.
Recent death of Arvid For
strum under N. p. train at Gen.
tralia results in $4,000 damage
suit by heirs.
DIR. hurry, Dentist, Warburton BID.
adv.
Toledo Red Cross sends batch
of towels and kettle holders to
Camp Lewis.
SKANEATELES, N. ", Nov. 10.
Casper Hendricks is charged with
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses He sold English prammArs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19
ELTINCE FILM
COMING NEXT

Julian Eltinge will make his
first appearance in Tacoma in
films at the Tacoma theater next
Wednesday in his new comedy
drama, Princess Charming"
Performance will be continuous
from o'clock to 1880 p. m.
daily.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-19
Experience Every
Climate in Half Hour

At sea level the air pressure is
Is pounds to the square inch, but
at the altitude of Pike Peak 1t is
only 9 pounds, and when we pass
the 10000 mark, the present-day
fighting level, 1t drops to about
Z pounds. Furthermore, at the
fOur-mile level the temperature
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Rush to Join Officers
Camp Smoothly Handled

Examinations and the general hand
Ing Of applicants for the Officers
Thinning Camp az Plattsburg increased
% greatly in efficiency yesterday thai
there was little congestion, despite the
tg crowd that visited the Offices at 10
Vest Forty-fOurth Street and on Gov
trnor's Island
To speed up the physical tests for
ne thousands Of applicants new Offices
we're opened I'm the Metropolitan Tower,
IVenty-third Street and Madison
Squsre, for the examining surgeons. IN
addition 10 the main examining Office
IN the College Of Physicians and Sur
geons. Fifty-ninth Street and Tenth
Avenue, and the Brooklyn examining
enee, al 20 Court Street
Many Reserve Corps officers viii oe
ssiidered 10 report at Plattsburg about
way 70 aid in preparing for the big
n'h on May s and Z. when the civilian
apphcants arrive. IL was announced By
ne Military Training Camps AsSocia-
non yesterday. At the same time e
as said that there was no authority
ior the statement that all civilians at
ending the camp would be paid 500 "a
Honth
Many types continued 10 crowd the
,arolllng Offices for the camp ycster-
'sy AZ one time in the line Of appli-
ants there were "A former National
vuard officer who commanded a com
lsny on the border. his former first
sergeant and his former major. The
RAZOR and the company commander
,sappen TO be under thirty-fve and the
.hi sergeant Dis over forty, 50 10 is
sAble tho sergeant viii obtain "a
gher commission In the new army
aar hls former officers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Baker Will Approve
Harvard Camp Plan
General Scott Endorses Project
for Training Students of
Many Colleges

Washington. April p Secretary
Baker will approve. it was unoficially
announced to-day. the special Harvard
training camp proposal presented 10
him earlier in the week by President
Lowell of Harvard University. The
Harvard plan was forwarded TO Secre-
tarv Baker to-day with the Endorsement
Of General Scott, chief of staff, TO whom
10 had been referred.
Students from mahT Eastern colleges
will be recruited 10 the Harvard camp
and enrolled as special students in the
military training courses, according to
tho plans of the Harvard authorities.
Members Of the present Harvard req.
mept who meet the age qualification OF
twenty years and nine months on May
s will be urged by the college officials
10 enroll at Plattsburg or other train
ing camps. Remaining members of the
regiment will continue their training at
the special training camp TO be au-
thoriZed.
The new Harvard camp viii serve as
a feeder to other training camps, the
men attending IL being sent 70 tho reg
Mar government camps as rapidly as
they qualify for advanced instruction
and meet the age requirements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Buildings Here
Insured Against
Hostile Attack
Several Hundred Millions
in Policies Covering War
Losses Written

New York City is insurng itself
against bomberdment. During the last
two weeks several hundred millions in
policies. protecting the owners Of Man
haitian skyscrapers against loss through
Zeppelin and submarine raids, have
been written The rush for war in
surance is at its height
Insurance against bombardment from
the sea or sky, and protection against
property losses through invasion, in
surrection and riots is offered by
forty-fve of the biggest insurance com
panies here. Since uniform rates were
established. April 10, the companies
writing war risks have been swamped
with WORK.
While the war policies are offered
throughout the country, it is only along
the seaboard and for a zone Of five
miles inland that the naval lombard
ment risks are written. If Zeppelin
should cross the Atlantic, it might
stray inland and find every munition
factory plastered with insurance poll
cies.
The war declaration produced more
than a dozen new policies covering eX-
plosions of all sorts. aerial, military
and naval bombardment; the damage
done by the shells and the fire result
ing: full fire cover, insurlng the holder
against all direct losses caused by acts
of war including not only invasion and
riots. but also civil war losses; dam
ages caused by strikes, by military or
usurped power. and by alien enemies
and terrorists. Ordinary policies do
rot cover losses caused by wars dcvas-
tation.
The rates are declared to be low
compared with those in European coun-
tries. The rates for bombardment in
surance run from 2375 per cent for
acid plants down to .275 per cent for
churches. schools. asylums and yacht
clubs. The full war risk ranges from
1915 per cent for plants manufacturing
explosives to 1925 for churches,
schools. asylums and lumber yards.
i. H. Patterson, manager Of the war
ri,k department Of the Aetna, said yes
terday that the New York Office in
William Street was now operating
twenty-four hours a day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
EooseUelt of to Chicago;
Makes Reply to Letter

q, eolonel Roosevelt left New York for
teago yesterday afternoon. His
E'aeipal speech there will be made
~ a. the stockyards: then nc
return % his Oyster Bay home.
TIC Colonel was in high spirits when
reached the Pennsylvania station,
,SSompsniei by S. Stanwood Menken,
me National Security League. and
shed appreciatively when a friend
a. returned from Chicago predicted
~ oggest kind OF a demonstration in
"s sWndy city.
"a ValeagO's awake" said this friend.
80. ~ a patriotic standpoint II is in
~ shape than New York"
aueSgo," replied the Colonel. "ls all
s~ ~ is my type OF e town. 10 can
Ts De depended upon"
-. colonel made answer to Joseph
49, 49, and others who would have him
~. .o'aw his request for permission 10
a. men 20 France at once.
o., 80 man" said he. "can misunder-
49, my position unless he deliber-
- chooses 20 do so. ! most car
80 and heartily favor the principle
eohgatory military service. I wish
H. ~ tNNiNNANtN ANNmNAlhN'AN w.
n. ar and ] also wish to see u made
permanent policy Of the nation. ]
sssi.,ely and heartily support the Ad-
NJ. ,ttia'ion's proposal in this direc-
because II is step in the right
ss'on. Ny proposal is 20 supple
49, MS step by the immediate use o.
OF the men who would be exempt
81 me Administrations bill.
49,. simply silly not 20 encourage
t.,.ao OF forbidding the use Of eff
s,.a men who otherwise should not be
-, ~ all. Moreover, IL is all wrong
81 y send an expeditionary force at
~, earliest possible moment. As a
49, OF fact, half Of the training
a,e Dc given on the other side Of
,str. We should put one division
ts.s 'front.' al the earliest moment,
49,, ~ ranks full and put other divi-
4k Nas BY side with II just as rap
e possible"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
New York City Recruiting
Al Lowest Point; SO Enlist

Recruiting In the city yesterday
cached its lowest record for all
b,,nebes Of military service. a total
a % was recorded for the army ana
no Marine Corps together.
The army enlisted 80 men, the navy
q ana the Marine Corps 8. Enrolling
h the Naval Reserve was proportion
,,sly slow. only IS men having been &C
rented by noon yesterday.
Jane Cowl was the principal speaker
II the meeting Of the Midday Recruit
M Committee yesterday. She was so
rTeh interested in the Ambrose band.
Of S. Malachi's Ocean Home, which
gave concert during the meeting, that
she invited the players TO attend the
theatre where she is playing.
The gunnery instruction stations re-
Gently established at az Wall Street.
the Fillmore Hotel and 125th Street
and Seventh Avenue are proving so sue
cessful that arrangements are beng
made for civilian instructors 10 replace
the regulars in case they are called to
tetiye service Arthur Dewey Lee. Of
Is East Eighteenth Street, Brooklyn,
and Harold Reed Freeman, Of 2l24 Dor
4ester Road, Brooklyn, both Naval
Reseryists, were enrolled yesterday as
ggnners' mates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28

ternationsl law TO reserve army officers
IN training camps this summer.
The membership Of the society con-
sists largely Of international law pro-
fessors in colleges and universities. or
authorities on diplomatic subjects. En-
Phasis was laid at to-day's meetings on
the necessity Of instructing officers IN
elements of law which they must OBJ
serve in war operations.
Organizations OF all nations under
& common system OF legislatures, courts
and executive branches was the sub
jet of a long discussion. Professor Ra..
leigh c. Minor, of the University OF
Virginia. advocated an international
legislature to formulate laws for all ma
tons. Each proposed law. he suggested,
should be passed twice before becoming
efrective-once with each constituent
nation casting a single vote, and again
with nations allowed voting power pro-
portionate to their Representative
populations" Any nation should have
the power TO veto measure. but the
veto might be overridden by two votes
of three-fourths majorities each.
Creation of an international court,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Marine Recruits
Expected to Fill
Ranks by Monday
Navy Also May Reach Its
Authorized Strength by
That Time
Army Enlistments Fall
New York Back in Second
Place with l42; Illinois
Once More in Lead
Army Enlistments all

Washington, April 27.-The Marine
c.-,s at the present rate Of enlist
-, will be up 10 its authorized
oh OF 17.4OO by Monday night
r.,i.tments yesterday Of 1875 brought
=, orescnt strength Of that branch Of
-. service 10 1862.
The prospects Of the navy reaching
70. ,rescnt authorized strength Of 81
nso hy Monday night also are good.
ug.b 1877 cnhstments yesterday and
a, COZ for the month. the strength Of
-, enlisted personnel OF the navy
,.oos last night at s3,664, or within g.
,,s Of the goal. Congress has already
..,horizcd an increase in fhe enlisted
,,,,Bgtb Of the navy 10 100000, and
,,s row pending a bill providing a fur
.ssr increase 70 10000.
F,listmcnts in the regular army con-
..,ne 10 drop, yesterdays recruits num-
$50 only 1875. Illinois reCained
-, rank IN the list Of enlistments
- iS2: New York got back TO second
-. With 142, and Pennsylvania
banned from first TO third place with
s,vf New Jersey enhstments numbered
q while army cnlistments in the New
T,gIand states were as follows; Con-
..t,ieut. 6: Maine. 2; Massachusetts,
y. Rhode Island, T; New Hampshire
d. Vermont, ..
Nevada. having already exceeded her
Its Of enlistments for the army, re-
,s,.ed thirteen more yesterday, bring
- her total TO 1856. or twenty-four
a.. tbsn asked for from that state by
he War Department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28

Service Commission, was master OF
ceremonies.
The centre Of the array was the steps
of the City Hall. At the base OF tne
steps stood a group OF boys clad in the
national costumes of the European ma
tions allied against Germany. In 'front.'
stood a girl dressed as Liberty and
bearing a large American flag
The whole assembly ssluted the nag.
With heads barred, the children sang
patriotic songs. They were addressed
by Mayor Mitchell and Controller PREM
dergast. The Mayor said in part;
"rhe greatest service that you can
render 10 your country is 70 bring home
TO your people. many OF whom nave
come here from other countries 70 seek
the opportunity that America holds out
that 70 perpetuate these democratic IN
stitutions, to make good TO the genera
tions that are 70 come the same oppor-
tunities that they enjoy and that you
hone to enjoy, America must recognize
that obligation and must crystalline Pt
into a law prescribing universal com,
pulsory military training and service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Mayor Designates
Week to SpeedUp
Navy Enlistments
New York Tagging, He Says, in
Proclamation; Period
Begins To-day

Mayor Mitchell yesterday issued the
following proclamation fixing the com
ing week, including Saturday, May 5
as Navy Week" to stimulate recruit
ing for the navy:
To the People Of New York City:
The President Of the United States
has called upon the country for more
men in the navy.
The quota established for New
York City is 1000. The enlistment
including April 20, was only goo.
The navy is the first line Of de-
fence; its support is, therefore, our
first duty.
Our citizens have been particularly
active in demanding protection OF
American rights and enforcement Of
American obligations. In all our his
toric past we have stood in the fore
front Of the nations defenders and
have done more than our part.
Il must not be said, now when the
whole world is afame. that we lag
behind; yet to-day, i'm the matter Of
navy enlistment. we are being eX-
celled by our fellow cOuntrymcn.
hefcpI pIoCldlH NHt pei iVN " anu
including Saturday, May >, Navy
Week. and earnestly request the peo-
pie Of New York City that they con-
centra.e their attention upon raising
and even exceeding their quota. To
do 50 we must make sacrifices Of
time. money and effort. and, most of
all, our young men must be made to
see their duty.
The recruits for the regular army
and navy may be the only volunteers
called for. Let us show the rest Of
the state and the country that New
Workers are ready to stand by their
principles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
To Protect Enlisted Men
Bill Will Prevent Slight to
Uniforms Anywhere in U. ).


Washington. April 27.-Representa-
tive John Jacob Rogers, Of Lowell,
Mass. to-day introduced bill IN the
House to prevent discrimination against
enlisted men wearing the uniforms OF
the military or naval forces Of the
United States in places Of public en-
tertainment
A similar law enacted in 1906 pre-
vents such discrimination in the Dis
trict Of Columbia apd IN the territorial
possessions Of the United States. The
Rogers proposal would make this law
effective in all states as well. The
measure will have the support of the
Administration, It is stated