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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-10
SEICHI SAKAI.
Grade v. Age a.
Kurtistown School, Hawaii.
E,ax-,,,s., fe 1afr

:
February is, 1911.
Editor Honolulu Star,Bulletin.
I Honolulu. T. H.
Dear Sir: This has been very
very dry week. Some of our plants
are growing we'll some are eaten by
the insects, and some are dying.
We ARE watering cur drumfhead
cabbages with soap water TO kill the
insects.
We drove dogs ana chickens away
from our garden. M
Our new plants are now about four
inches high and some are three
inches high.
We are hoeing, wedding, softening
the earth and watering our plants
every day.
Yours respectfully,
N0BORU MURAKANII,
Grade v. Age Ia
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-10

Contestant for the Home Garden
Prize.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-10
South Kona, Hawaii.

south Mona, HaWail -. -
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Dear Sir: Ny crops is not doing
we'll. Last night the cows came in
and ate all the things The things
that are left are beans. cucumbers,
muskmelCEs and cabbages. Some
beans are eaten by the cows
Our schoolyard is near pasture.
They are bad cows. They jump over
the fence. We are making the stone
wall very high.
It is just like that We plant the
tEings and then feed the cows.
Very respectfully yours.
EOICHf kUBO.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-10
TWO WIDEAWAKE
HOMELETTERS'
OFLAlJPAHOEHOE
Laupahoehoe. 7. r. Laupahoeho'

Laupahoehoe, 7. H., Laupahoehoe
School, Mar. 2. 1917.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
SIR: I am writing to you this week
how my home garden is getting along.
I planted beans about three weeks
aSD and they are just as high as the
lrish potatoes. At first when I saw
the two leaves sprouting out of the
ground ! was very glad to see them
coming up 90 soon. I enjoy watch
ing the beans 50 much that want to
water them every day after school
10 took about four days for those beans
to come up.
Ny garden is much larger now than
u was before. I'm going TO put more
seeds such % tomatoes, beets. pep
pers and cucumbers.
The reason why I am so fond Of
planting beans IL because they come
up so soon. ! planted some more
beans on Monday and when the others
are ready TO eat, those viii be com
Ing mp. ] think by planting more
and more Il will keep my garden in
good condition.
We had heavy rainfall here these
few days and u came down Just to
water my garden and also the school
garden.
, Our friends the COWS, chickens and
horses are still visiting my garden and
I have 20 keep an eye on them every
day.
think Il win take about two weeks
more before those beans are ready
to cat When they are ready / will
let you know by mail, also about the
other plants. This is the only gar
den news which can write to you
about this week. Hoping you will
print ahis letter OF mine in the Star
Bulletin 90 that Z I may not forget
abont.my green beans. ] remain,
An interested home gardener,
IRENE lLALA0LE,
~. se Grade VI.
Laupahoehoe, T. H., March 2, 1917.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Sir: My garden Is 7 It long and
O. vide.
In the garden were many lilies and
We hadia hard time to take them out.
Wednesday morning some children
came 10 our garden and said, You
cenR die TIE lilies out We said,
-'y1 ocI'Id They said, The roots
VI. 1I60 again
We wanted 70 give up our garden
but De teaclier said. do not give
I'VE 6lt planting beans. lettuce and
~. 4 q not too late Cor me 70
800 I0tss truly,
4, HfElIlo 0eA4yAs
NJ = = Grade III.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-10
MISFORTUNE At
HONAlINAU, KONA

HonaunRu School, Napoopoo, P. d,
South Kona. Eawaii, Feb. 90, 1917.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin. ~
Dear Sir: My crops are all eaten
up by the animal. My corn is about
s inches high, and my muskmelon are
about inches high. The crops we're
very fine. The COW came in over the
fence and ate UP all the corn and
stepped on the muskmelons and rad
ishes. It seems just like we mustifeef
other peoples cows. ~
Very respectfully yours,
MITSUYUKI ToGOFUKU.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-31
POLICE Els
RABBITS ARE STOLEN

Julius Van Oteeham IS a rabbit fan
c5er He would like TO know who took
four Of his most valued Belgian harez
from p pen in Fhe rear of his home at
1920 Fifth street. Moline The theft
according to Mr Van oreghem. took
place some time last evening The
police promised 10 keep On the watch
for the rabbits. They are valued at SIS.
Charles Holmgren and Albert Carl
son. arrested last evening On Railroad
avenue. Moline. were each fined 81 ana
costs in police court This morning on
charges Of iur0ElcaJlCu.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-31
Ell, ks WILL PLAY SKAT
WEDNESDAY EVENING

Moline Eiks skat tournament. sched-
ulad for Wednesday evening Of last
week and indefinitely postponed be-
cause Fred Peters was out IF town
and there is something lacking IN a
tourney if he Is not present-wtU be
acid next wednesday evening. This
win be the last scheduled play Of the
club before the national tournament
10 be held in Chicago. and n which
q number OF local players will enter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-31

enabled several hundred thou
explains why h allied
sighting defensvey
The almost lncoseque character Of rhe 6ghanE on Other fronts
reached
Here
coapses
points Of
definitely positively
German line, the ot Arras ana that Of Lao1~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-31
SENIORS FINISH
SCHOOL STUDIES
Diplomas WIZ Be Awarded 60 116
Graduates st commencement Ex-
ercises Tomorrow.

Seniors Of the Moline high school TO
sac number OF 116 viii receive their
diplomas as commencement exercises
10 b. held tomorrow evening at s in
raa local high school auditorium Final
examinations are ended. This IS the
largest class 30 be graduated from the
local institution and has a greater
number oa The honor roll than any
Glass IN history of the school.
DR. Thomas ~ Madeu viii deliver
taa address Of the evening Alfred
Liuabio0m. one Of ia graduates, has
uul missed a day OF school since be
started lH the FIRST grade. Following
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-31

is The list 81 graduates:
Helen AIDE Alice Erickson
William Arnold Elvira Esping
g-z-r- Edith Fahlstrom
Edna Farquhar
@eAEA 6alt Lima Fink
Ruth BaumEart- Mary Foster
uer Mildred Frisk
Paul Becker Ethel Gallagher
Louise Ealousli Harlow Gaylord
Dorothy Benson Bessie Goldberg
Ruth Benson Edna Grant
Eawlu Berg Marvel GrigEs
Raymond Berger Harlo Guckert
SON Lima Hall
Beatrice Berry Metba Hammer
Hog EueloW Elizabeth Honey
john .aisFn @Hjalmar Hanson
laE Cariuz ~Lucile Hastings
Earl W. Carlson John Hedlund
Paul Carlson William Hokinson
EuuLg Ch.Iander Frank Johnson
mildred ehiuund Harold Johnson
ErEel Mae Clark Harry Johnson
Grace Clarke Mildred Johnson
Paul Johnson Rose Montgomery
Raymond Johnson Octavia Newquist
Edward Kelley Walter Person
Charles Eerna Dorothy Peterson
William kieI Elsie Peterson
glagucay Eirsay Mildred Peterson
fernando Kline Marion Pierce
Amy Hr0ager Alice R0huberg
Marguerite Eroe- Clarence Rohwer
COR Harry Samuels
Harry Iauau Alice Sdmuelson
EDNA LaugE0ra Lillian Schlotfeldt
Alfred Lnahioom John Seids
Louis Link Chalmers Seymour
Ruth Long Hazel SheIlberg
Claude LuawleE Allen Simmons
Della Eunsaea Julian Smith
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-31
aI.rER Is MN

Harry Berger Of East Moline re-
rase5 word this morning or the death
~ his sister IN Ottawa Word came
Through q message from the Ottawa
police To the local department.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-31
7tCH 10 CT WILSON MESSAGE.

Chicago May 3I-A copy Of Presi-
dent wilson war message will be
given to each man who registers for
tae draft on June s, in Chicago, It was
announced today.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
TRAINED HUMAN RESOURCES
AT GOVERNMENTS DISPOSAL
College Mems War Bureau Re
ceiveS Endorsement of War
and Navy Secretaries.

The plan announced by William Nc
Clellan. dean OF the Wharton school OF
the University of Pennsylvania. for
the organization of an intercollegiate
intelligence bureau to put at the dis
posal of the government the trained
of the American college
world has received the official indorse-
ment Of Secretaries Daniels and Bak-
CIR. Dean Mcclellan conferred in Wash.
ington with the secretaries.
Not only did they give the plan
their warm Endorsement" he said,
but. despite the fact that the State,
War and Navy building is closed to
visitors, they invited the conference
TO meet them in the reception room OF
this building.
The bureau would place at the dis
posal of the government in cas- Of Wal
the trained services of the best bust
ness, scientific and professional men
Of the college world. 1t has met with
instant approval, both among govern
ment officials and the leading college
men of the country
Acceptances of the suggestion fol
the organization of the bureau have
been received from a large number OF
the leading universities of the country
Most Of them not only agreed TO par
ticipate I'm the conference, but sen
names Of their representatives.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
potato PATRIOTS" NEEDED.
MODERATE League Urges Boys and
Girls to Help Nation.

Ernest Thompson Seton, chief of the
Woodcraft League Of America, has sent
an appeal to the members Of the league
asking them to shoulder the hoe and
hoe your country's way to victory" In
the campaign to increase the food sup
ply OF the nation. The league believes
that potatoes may decide the great
war and urges boys and girls wishing
to become potato patriots TO join the
Woodcraft potato clubs.
Each patriot will agree TO plant and
raise not less than fifty hills Of this
very necessary vegetable and donate
the receipts to some worthy war fund
Those who Join win receive a club but
ton ana complete instructions for plant
ing and caring for their potato crop.
An American flag and "a Moodcraft
League Potato club p|euuaut VIII bc
given to the patriot raising the best
crop from $50 square feet. Groups of
five viii receive "a charter personally
signed by Ernest Thompson seton
Free seed potatoes for planting TWEEN.
ty-fve hills will be given e the first
hundred applicants.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
BOY STUCK IN BIG GUN.
With the Help OF a Rope He Came Ou,
All Riqht.

South Bethlehem. Pa.-The Bethle-
hem Steel works recently forged the
first sixteen inch gun for the United
States navy, the second made In this
country. The first one, also cast here,
guards the Atlantic entrance to the
Panama canal and can fire a shot al
los sixteen miles.
A slender apprentice wanted TO have
the honor Of having crawled through
the sixteen inch naval gun 1t wasn't
IN easy job TO work himself along. and
halfway through he got stuck and
yelled for help. Some OF the men want
ed To pull him u backward. but one
of the mechanics sympathized with the
boy and pushed In a rope from the
front. Tie managed to get II around
his shoulders and eventually landed
head foremost.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
MADISON GRAIN MARKET.
SIOUX CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET

Sioux city, May 24.- Cattle supply
at hand for the midweek session was
Of fair proportions, estimate calling
for $500 head. A week ago the run
was $3.50, but this number included
s%outherns e%ntransit. OF the supply
about 80 per cent We're killers with
the big end in beef steers. This big
run proved a little -burdensome and
prices on most classes developed a
degree of weakness. sales being rated
as about a dime lower than yester-
day.
Dizziness continued the chief char
acteristic of the stocker and feeder
trade, and prices We're forced still
lower, downturn of from 25 q soc
being quoted in the market for the
three expired days this week.
Expansion in hog receipts gave
packers I'M opportunity to take a
swat at hog prices. and for the most
part sales We're on IS 25c lower ay-
erage than IN yesterday Tops land
ed at $15.95, while the bulk of sales
We're made at a spread of $l5.400
1850.
only a very limited showing OF
live mutton arrived and prices We're
quoted as steady with yesterday in
all branches.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
OF HEARING PETITION FoR
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.

State Of South Dakota. County ut
Lake. SIS. IN County Court. ln the mate
ter of the estate of David Melville Iiu-
ME. deceased. The state of South oa-
kota sends greetings to sarah 2. iluui.s
Frank q. II. Finnie. Pearl ". tluuie and
Ruby Lavone Finpie. heirs at law ana
next of kin of David Melville ttuuie.
deceased. and to all 10 whom 1Ae-n pre@
euts may come. Notice Dis hereby 4iN =
that Sarah J.. Ftnnie h8s flied Mlth tHs
Judge Of this court, q petition uraNln2
for letters of administration ~ the e-
tate OF David Melville Fiunie. deceased
and tina Tuesday. the -9th day ot May
1917. ait 2 o'clock b. M ot said da<. be.
ing 81 day of "a regular term ut tIIS
court. to-Wit. OF the May term. 1851
at the office of the county judEe, inn tbs
city Of Madison. in the said county -
Lake. has been set for hearing said pt-
tition. when and where any person inter.
ested may appear and show cause why
the said petition should not be granted
Dated at Madison. South Dakota. this
.i1th day Of May. a. d. 1917.
A. wv. SponholZ.
Judge OF the County Court
Attest.
p. l.. Burnett. CLERK.
Han Urdahl,
Attorney for Petitioner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
BOARD FOR WAR METALS.
Members to Deal With Supply OF Brass
and Aluminium.

Washington.-To deal with problems
OF brass and aluminium supply for the
army and navy the Council of National
Defense created two committees 10 act
in conjunction with the raw materials
committee OF the Civilian Advisory
Commission. The two new committees
are expected to bring highly valuable
technical Information to the army and
navy. Committees to deal with other
raw materials vital to the conduct of
the war are being formed and will be
announced later.
The two committees announced fol
low.
Brass-Charles II. BROKER and G. -.
Goss. Waterbury. Conn; Lewis III
Jones, Detroit: Barton Hazelton. Rome,
N. Y, and r. j. Kingsbury. Bridgeport,
Conn.
Aluminum-Arthur +. Davis, New
York; f. Il. Allyne. Cleveland. and 10.
seph A. Janney, Philadelphia.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
JAIL De LUKE, BUT EMPTY
Westohester Offers Marble Baths. Etc.
but Can't Get Convicts.

New York;. Eyerit Macy, multi
millionaire commissioner Of correction
OF Westehester county, has taken over
the new penitendary de luxe at East
View, but he cannot get any prisoners
10 fill Ii.
There are plenty of Westchester men
serving sentences-200, In faet-but
they were committed to Blackwell's is
land for their full terms, and there
seems nc legal way to transfer them.
New York would like to let 60 Of them,
but can't. Mr.. Macy needs at least
forty at once or there will be no gar
den truck In the summer, there being
no one TO plant the garden.
The prison has marble shower baths,
writing desks, real linen for the tables
and pretty much all the comforts OF
home except freedom.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
BATTALION OF GIRLS TO
PATROL JERSEY COAST
Governor Accepts Offer of Services
Made by an instructor.

Trenton, N. New Jersey win
probably be the only state In the I'm
lon this summer to have a coast pa
troll guard composed entirely of young
ONE Miss Ethel A.. Grosscup,
daughter of State Purchasing Agent
Edward II. Grosscup. Will be in charge
of a battalion of 200 girls who will
have a camp mt Seaside Park and who
will spend the entire summer I'm coast
patrol duty and training In Red Cross
work.
Miss Grosscup is a teacher Of phys
ical training In Hollins college. Holllns,
Va, one Of the largest girls schools I'm
the south. She Is already drilling daily
a battalion Of girls, using the Major
Moss military code. She has volun-
teered to Governor Edge and Adjutant
General Barber to establish a camp al
Seaside Park and to patrol the coast
during the summer months.
Both Governor Edge and Adjutant
General Barber have already approved
OF the plan and have agreed to furnish
camp and garrison equipment. The
camp site will be on land owned by
Miss Grcsscup.
Miss Grosscup's offer was accepted
by the governor and adjutant general
and the girls have received the permits.
sion OF their families to take part In
the service. Miss Grosscup has been al
Hollins college for the last year. Pre-
vious to that she studied In Madrid
and made the trip home through the
barred zone.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
NOVEL RECRUITING METHOD.
Premier of Australia's Plea Given ORA
matio Effect.

London-Dlspatches from Australia
describe a scene that occurred In sgd
ney while Premier Hughes was adj
dressing a crowd OF 10000 people and
appealing for recruits. As he was
speaking some troopers Of the light
horse led into the square fifty riderless
horses carrying white cloths inscribed
Who will fill an empty saddleT"
You are living" Mr.. Hughes plead
I'd You are Australians. Your coun
try is In danger. God will be with you"
Within twenty minutes every horse
mad a rider, and the jangling bits and
the Gathering hoofs had reused the
crowd TO "A state of intense excitement
II is expected that this dramatic Incl
dent will help in stimulating the re
ruiting campaign.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
EVERYBODY KNOWS HIM.
lloyd George Now Discovers He Had
Hundreds of Schoolmates.

London.-Lloyd George told "A friend
the other day that he was beginning 10
think that he had had almost as many
schoolmates as there We're passengers
on the Maylower, which carried the
pilgrim fathers TO the American coast
n the seventeenth century.
The premier made this observation
after the amusing discovery that he
had thousands of schoolmates when he
was a schoolboy in Wales. He said the
attendance never exceeded thirty, but
that almost every day his mail in
cludes a letter from somebody who be-
gins by saying, Il was once at school
with you"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
LOST as JOBS JUST
BECAUSE ne IS GERMAN

+ Emil Harms, who said he was !
r a sailor on the German freight I
+ er Main when she was laid up It
+ Baltimore at the beginning OF 4
+ the IA visited police headquar-
+ ters at Hoboken. ". j.. a few !
+ days ago.
+ Il got ashore soon after the
+ Main went out OF service" he I
+ said. IL got a job. but two days !
+ later | lost Ii because the man 1
+ worked for didn't like Ger 1
+ mans. | got another job, and .
+ after a week the same thing hap &.
+ pened. i.
+ Il have had eighty-tive jobs In :
+ two years and a half. aud I've +.
+ lost every one because | am a .
+ German. It's getting monot- Il.
+ onous. Make me an American
+ citizen, will your
+ Harms was told to go to Ellis
+ Island with his troubles.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
MUSCLE SORENESS RELIEVED.

Unusual work, bending and IiftiuE or
strenuous exercise is "a strain on the
muscles. they become sore and stiff. you
are crippled and in pain. Sloan'S Lini-
ment brings YOU quick relief. easy to
apply. il peuetrates without rubbing and
drives out the soreness. a clear, liquid,
cleaner than mussy p~lastCrs ur ulut-
ments. IL does not stain the skin pr clos
the pores. Always have "a bottle handy
for the pains aches of rheumatism. gout.
.lumbagO, grippe, bruises. stiffness,
backache and all external pain. At your
druggist, rs cents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24

Put 2 or 3 drops Of "Gets-Tt" on the
corr right away. Pain and intiam-
nation will disappear, the corn wifi
begin to shrivel from that instant
then ii ~loosens and falls right off.
There's no other corn-remover in
the world that acts like 'Gets-It."
No new discovery has been made in
corn-removers since "Gets-It" was
born. Don't forget that fact Gets
1t" does away forever with the use
make a bundle of your toe. plasters
that half do the work, knives and
scissors that draw blood. Use Gets
tho more digging or, cutting.
"Gets-It' Is sold everywhere, 25c "A
bottle, or sent on receipt OF price by
Il. Lawrence & Co, Chicago. Ill.
Sold n Madison and recommends
as the worlds best corn remedy, b
G. Smith, j. G. Schultz.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
MEOW, A TAX ON CATS!
New York State Senator introduces
Bill imposing 25 Cents a Head.

The combined cat population Of the
state of New York will now proceed to
whet it's claws for Senator Douglass
Robinson.
The senator leaped into the legisla-
tive arena the other day with a bill
imposing a tax of % cents each upon
the cats maintained in the state of New
York.
With the milk trust raising the price
of milk and the state seeking to i'm
pose a poll tax upon the tabby inhab-
itants. this lis no time in New York to
be a cat.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
BILL TO PROTECT
THE PRESIDENT

: The national senate has passed !
= without opposition n bin making
+ 1t a felony punishable by a fine
+ not to exceed 81 1000 or impris-
+ onment not exceeding five years, !
= or both, TO threaten the life or j
+ safety of the president. The !
+ house had already adopted the !
+ bill. 1t reads:
= BE ii enacted by the senate I
+ and house Of representatives of 1
+ the United States of America i'm !
+ congress assembled, That any !
+ person who knowingly and will !
+ fully deposits or causes to be !
+ deposited for conveyance in the !
= mail or for delivery from any :
+ p~ostotiice or by any letter car i.
+ rier any letter, paper. writing. /.
+ print, missive or document con :
+ tanning any threat to take the :
+ life Of or to intlict body harm :
+ upon the president Of the United
+ States or who knowingly and
+ willfully otherwise makes any
+ such threat against the president
+ shall upon conviction be fined
+ not exceeding 81 1000 or imprison-
+ ment not exceeding five years.
+ or both"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
Tablets Kill Solon's Wife.

Washington, May 23.-Mrs. Mary
Louise Hull, aged f~orty-six, wife of
Representative Harry Hull of Iowa, is
dead from bichloride OF mercury poi
soning. She had been suffering from
headache and took what she supposed
to be headache tablets.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
HEARS HIS WIFE PREACH.
Overworked Minister'S Place Taken by
Spouse, Congregation is Pleased.

Chicago.-Most married men hear SER
mons and are glad they are delivered
in private. But the Rev. O. Fairlee
Jordan. pastor of the Evanston Chris
tian church, probably is n of the few
men who ever sat back In peace and
comfort listening to a public preach
ment by their wives.
Mr.. Jordan faced the task OF a ''dou-
BILE header" after a week OF nightly
sermoning. He was aweary. His wife
sympathized. I'm take your place liz
the pulpit this evening" she offered.
She did IL not only TO friend husbands
satisfaction, but to the pleasure OF an
verfiow congregation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-24
SOLDIERS ABOARD VATERLAND
German Infantry, Artillery and Cavalry
Found on Bic Steamship.


Hoboken, N. J.-Twenty-fve German
soldiers in full uniform were found
on the big liner Vaterland in Ho-
boken. They were discovered by a Gus
toms guard In a cabin Of the liner.
Some of them were infantrymen. 9TH
ers artillerymen and a few cavalry
men.
But-they were made of tin.
The box of them, which had appar-
emily been left behind by a youthful
passenger ON the liners last trip here
and put aside by a steward to delight
some future small passenger, was taken
20 the pier with other articles, and Col
'ector Malone was notified.
The collector decided to present them
TO Commodore Hans Ruser, Jr., son OF
the Vaterland's captain, who is living
With his mother in Hoboken. Young
Commodore Hans was delighted with
the gift, When he opened the box he
asked If 1t was Christmas.