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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-26
BY o. 9. Lyon


WITH THE AMERICAN
TROOPS IN FRANCE, Sept.
20. - President Wilson Is alb
eolutely right In assuming II In
the German autocracy, and not
the rank and file, that is be-
hind this world war.
have Just had the rare priv
ilege of interviewing a number
OF German war prisoners.
There was not an officer
among them. Tbey were all en-
listed men, 80 their views are
likely to reflect the sentiments
Of the millions of Germans
plunged into the war without
any say-so on their part.
There were two spokesman
for the SO odd German prison.
ers who gathered around me.
One was a man Of 80, who had
lived in Buffalo, N. Y, three
years preceding the war. The
other was an architect Of %, q
graduate of a great German
university.
What are your feelings to-
ward America now that we have
come into the war against Ger
many" l asked them. do you
hate us?"
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Times Man Talks
With so Captives

had nothing to say In tho
making of the war;" said
:. the architect. 1--WE were
called out and we either
had to 90 or be shot.
Hundreds of thousands
of us have been killed.
many more wounded, our
businesses revived and our
families left to get along a.
best they can. Want war?
There isn't n prisoner that
wouldn't cry for Joy II
peace were declared today.
We want to get home"
Again the crowd voiced ap-
prevail when he explained what
he had said.
One young German pushe
his way thru and offered me his
hand, talking rapidly in Ger
man.
The Buffalonian, interpret
ing for him, said:
HE says he has two cousins
native born Americans, one now
a soldier with the American
army in France. He wonders
II you know him?'
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Homo made Mayonnaise nj
Duenwald's, 11f1 Broadway. adv
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E5I!SU.RATED


For Dyspepsia, indigestion,
Heartburn. Belching. Sour Acid
a teaspoonful of Bisurated Mag
nesia in a half a glass OF hot water
after eating. Is safe, pleasant, and
harmless to use and gives almost
instant relief. 1t neutralizes stom-
ach acldity and sweetens the food
contents so that digestion 10 easy
and painless. SoN by druggists
everywhere.
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TACOMA OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

TACOMA OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Tacoma Office, Central Bus Sta.
Aberdeen Off,. Washington Hotel.
TIME CARD
For Aberdeen
Leave Tacoma, $3.50 q. m,
1880 q. M; Olympia, 10 q. m.
IL noon; McCleary, IL a. M.
D. M; Elma, 1880 a. m, 1880
D. m; Montesano. IL noon, 2 p. m.
For Tacoma
Leave Aberdeen for Tacoma. 8
D. m, 4:45 p. m: Montesano,
b. m. $3.50. p. M; Elms, 1880 D.
m, 9 p. M; McCleary, s p. m.
$50 p. M: Olympia. 8 p. m.
1880 p. M
Subject to Change without Notice
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Commercial club win jssae In
vftations soon for first OF series
If dinner dances to be given for
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Dr.. COMA, dentisA 2os Proyi.
dent. adv.
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All Say NAV"

"Not at ALL" the architect
replied. You'd be surprised
how many of us have relatives
and good friends In America.
We can't forget them. I had
felt for a long time America
might get into the war but I
had hoped 1t would all be over
before that"
He told his comrades in Ger
man what he had said and they
all nodded approval.
"HOw many of you fell =
lows wanted this war;" was
my next question, directed
at the German from Buff
falo. "Take a poll"
He did. There was
chorus of "Naw."
"Why should we want war;"
he asked. Take my own case.
l have wife and two children.
was Just getting a good start
In America. Early in 1914 I
returned to Germany to take
my family back to America.
MY father got sick. remained
with him. The war came on
and ! was sent into the first
line. / would have been an
American citizen by now"
He added he and his family
we're going to America as soon
as the war Is over.
10 Emigrate
Wight or ten others to this
crowd OF prisoners are also
going to America to live," he
said. That wouldn't indicate
our masses hate America, would
it?"
"The masses in Germany
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Library board considers heating
library with electricity because oil
high prices of fuel.
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TODA Y
MARKET
PRICES

D q . 3 . o q o $, a % . n D > >
. WHAT RETAILERS PAY o
. . 10 . 4 y q q . . . o . 90
POufIrv
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Mrs. Eta SAlbrecht, wife of
rancher who disappeared several
years ago. is unable to identify
skeleton found Sunday near Gen.
tralia as that of her husband.
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The new U. 8. N. A. are In
stock at Hofstetter's, 18th and
Pacific. adv.
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COMMERCIAL BINDERY q
PRINTING co. Main ait. adv.
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Second Of Y. NJ. O. A. buildings
at Camp Lewis dedicated.
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BIRTHS

One birth certificate was filed
Tuesday. To Mr.. and Mrs. Terrell
Leroy Lowe, 81 80. Yakima av.,
Sept. "a. daughter.
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Capt. George Guynemar, famous
French aviator. believed to be
dead.
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TACOMA-ABERDE
Lv. Tacoma-s:30 a. nj. 1870 p. m.
Lv. Aberdeen-s:o0 a. m. $500 p. m
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West Coast LumbeGmen's aAso
citation to hold monthly meeting
in Tacoma hotel Friday, 4
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Lv. Tacoma-s a. m. and 500 D. m,
Lie Ashford-s a: N. and Zoo p. m.
KAPOWSfN-TACOM
Lv. Tacoma-8:00 a. m. 100. 4 D. m.
Lv. Kapowsin-S:00 a. m. ]. 1. b. IN.
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Seattle milk dealers say price
Of milk there viii jump to Ia
cents a quart within next 80 days.
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Albert. Mondes, a Mexican, ii,
arrested In Tacoma on charge of
failing to register In draft.
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CAPITAL CITY STAGE.

Fare one way 81. Round trip si.ss
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Here and Elsewhere

members and officers Of Aational
army at Camp Lewis. FifSt dance
will be held Saturday evening,
Oct. 9.
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MINERAL-TACOMA

E1be, Alder, Ls Grnnde
Lv. Tacoma $500 a. m. and 500 D. m
Lv. Mineral 1880 a. m. and / 80 o. m
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Tacoma butchers say whale
meat is plentiful on local market.
1t goes at 12ls cents pound. and
it's all peat.
State offices now located in Sc
attic will be moved to Olympia
within a year when new capitol Of
fioe building Is completed.
h p. Marsh president Of state
federation of labor, may resign
position and also from state coun-
Gil Of defense because OF his duties
on federal commission for investi-
CATION of labor disputes.
Washing Machines, Wringers,
Mops, etc. Palace Hardware Co.,
1911 Pacific av. adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-03-10
How young Meade faces a
great crisis and what he does in
trying to avert serious trouble
Is told in a thrilling chapter in
the next instalIment.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
FORGET DATE HAS CHANGED
That So Many Forgot to Write 1917"
Proves That Man Is Creature
Of Habit.

"That man Is creature of habit"
ness firm, "is amply demonstrated by
the letters we receive. This letter
which l hold In my hand contains an
error generally made at this time Of
the year. not because the writer's are
careless but because they have cult
waited the habit of writing a certain
thing mechanically.
During the life of the year now ex-
pired the writer's had grown accus-
toned to putting down the numerals
1916. Doubtless at first 1t required ef-
fort on their part to bear in mind that
the last figure Of the set was 6 and not
5, but after a time the writing of g
became a mechanical act rather than
mental act. 1t became second ma
ture for them to write the date cor
rectly.
with the birth of q new year, how.
ever, the mechanical writer's must ex-
ert mental effort. When they don't
they err. Take this case, for instance.
You see the writer has turned out
what he considers a perfect letter. He
probably reread 1t and sealed it salts
fed that it was correct. But he never
thought to look at the date, at least
the year part of 1t. The result is that
instead of dating 1t January, 1917, he
has dated it January, 1916. Just a
mechanical error, that's all.
"a peculiar phase Of the matter Is
that the error is usually made by per-
sons who write their own correspond
ence, especially in long hand. Stenog-
ruphers who are paid to write the cor
respondence of others on typewriters
have developed the habit of being &C.
curate."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-03-10
To Protect Moose.

The secretary Of agriculture at
Washington has issued the following
amendment to the regulations for the
protection Of game in Alaska, with the
object of protecting moose and noun
tain sheep on the Kenai peninsula and
adjoining region in Alaska, the New
York Herald says:
THE sale of carcasses or parts
thereof of moose and sheep in the re-
gion south Of latitude 62 degrees north
and between longitude 141 degrees west
and the western outlet of Lake Clark,
in longitude 155 degrees west, or the
shipment of carcasses or parts thereof
of said animals for sale FROM Anchor
age, Seward or other points on the
Kenai peninsula. is hereby prohibited
until October !, 1918, and no carcasses
or parts thereof Of said animals shall
be accepted for shipment to other
points in Alaska unless accompanied
by affidavit of the owner that they
were not purchased and are not in
tended for SALE"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-03-10
CHAPTER w.
The DETECTION in the Member.

Three days after the departure of
the Illingworth party the young en-
gineer fell i'll with follicular tonsilitis,
which is about the meanest small thing
that can lay a strong man low. He
fretted over his enforced absence from
the work and in the end had to pay for
that very fretting, for he got up too
soon and went out too quickly, and was
promptly forced to bed again as con-
sequence of his Impotence.
Now, after a weeks confinement In
his cabin he felt strong enough to VEN
ture out again and to attack his prob
lens. They were personal problems
now, much more intimate than before,
for he was building not only the bridge
but weaving In It's web of steel his own
future happiness.
OF course he had been able to get
out on the rough porch Of his ealvan-
lied iron shack where he had the
bridge in full view, and the day before
he had even walked unsteadily down to
the river bank, where he had been
equally surprised and delighted at the
progress that had been made. Abbott
was a driver after his own heart. Real
iy things seemed to have gone on just
as we'll without him as If he had been
on the job. He had not been lonely in
his Illness, for all of the chief men con-
nected with the construction had done
their best to beguile the tedium of his
hours by visiting him whenever they
could spare the time.
Abbott had been especially kind in
his somewhat rough-and-ready way
The big construction superintendent
was fond of heade. although he I'm,
dervalued him. He regarded him more
as a theoretical than a practical mar
and the inevitable antagonism between
the theorist and the practical man
when they are not combined in one per
SOnality, was latent in AbbOtt's heart
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0 Orchard 0
Inflammation
WINTER SPRAYING FOR CURL
Disease Sufficiently Abundant in Sec
tons of Missouri to Do Injury
to Peach Trees.

During last summer tnc coIlnra of
agriculture at Columbia received n
good many inquiries concerning. - dis.
ease which WAS affecting the leaves
Of peach trees. Samples of this dis
ease. examined hy Dr. j. C. Written,
Professor Of horticulture, showed that
the trouble was leaf cur. Dh>crva.
tiouS On The part of the men doing rx-
tension work from the department. of
horticulture showed also thar in 81 few
sections of the state. leaf curl WAS SUI
ticicntly abundant to do considerable
INJURY jo peach trees.
PeaCh-i'ai curl first makes its APP
pearancc shortly after the blOSSoming
season of the peach. The disease is
caused by Il fungus which grows in the
leaves. The affected part of the leaf
has thickcned, pulled appearance
that is more or less Cur,ri or wrinkled.
If the weather Is cool particularly, IL
reddish color is likely to occur along
the border Of som" OF these puttrd and
thckcnod areas. Injury 10 the leaves
is likely I" continue until some time
in june when the diseased portions,
for the most part turn black, soft, and
badly-intcctcd leaves drop.
1t is not feasible To check this leaf
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arose from the boat which promptly
Shccred off into midstream.
Helen Illingworth's back had been
toward Meade as he seized her. She
had seen as he had everything that
happened. Recovering himself at last,
he stepped back slowly, almost drag
ging her until they were a safe dis
lance from the edge. His face was
chastity white in the moonlight. Sweat
covered his forehead. He was shaking
Ike wind-blOwn leaf.
1.-THE whole world went black when
saw you 60" he said slowly.
do you care that muchF asked the
girl, trembling herself.
There was no necessity for maidenly
retiCence now.
Carer" said the man. carer
I'm all right now
"YOu are more fortunate than L. l
stood to lose you. you stood to lose
only life. Don't you see? Can't you
understands"
Suddenly he swept her to his breast
as this time she faced him. She was
very near him and she did not make
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Ingenious Rabbit Trap.

ter, but about two-thirds from one
side. Cut notches on upper edge of
barrel in which ends or rod rest. Then
fasten the screen door spring to short
side of lid and the other end to bot
tom of barrel, so it will just hold lid
level. AS soon as rabbit hops on
lid, down it goes and he is deposited
in the barrel. The lid rights itself
again, and is ready for the next one.
A small ear of corn may be tied on
lid for bait.
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That Broad Expanse.

'I tell you, gentlemen" said the
great explorer to the crowd in the
hotel smoking room, who were listening
breathlessly, you can't imagine what
things are like out in the Arctic re-
gions."
ooh. l don't know" said one. Even
If we haven't seen 1t, We can imagine
what 1t feels like"
81 doubt it. It's impossible until
you've seen it; until you've stood
there. a small, insignificant atom, sur
rounded by vast stretches Of white"
Eyes, know. I've been like that"
"Really? Where was it, may I askT'
First time l appeared in public In a
dress shirt"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-03-10
CLEAN ORCHARD AND GARDEN
Dozen or More Of Most Destructive
Pests May Be Destroyed by Gath
ering Up Rubbish.

Cleaning up about the orchard and
garden will destroy a dozen or more
of our most destructive pests. For ex-
ample, the plum curculio wintering as
a full grown beetle in the trash and
litter along the fencerOws or about
the trees; the codling moth in the
worm stage within q silken cocoon
tucked away under the shelly bark OF
dead trees and dead limbs; and the
fruit tree bark beetles or shot hole
borers wintering mostly as adult bee
ties in dead or dying trees.
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ness of both men, while the colonel
laughed grimly.
That's about the size Of it," said the
old man. no matter how you put II.
One thing at time. Meade, | don't
know anybody on earth | would rather
have for my son-in-law than clean.
honest, able American with record
like yours. \ man who can look me
in the eye ap1 grasp me by the hand.
like this"
ILe put out his hand as he spoke
Meade's own palm met il and the two
men shook hands Internationally but
firmly. after the manner of the self
restrained, practical American, who is
always fearful of Il scene and does not
wear his heart upon his sleeve. The
colonel threw away his cigar, slipped
his arm around his daughters waist,
kissed her softly on the forehead.
II hate To lose you, Helen. hate to
give you up To anyone. We have been
very happy together since your mother
died leaving you little girl 10 me
but it had to come, suppose, and per
/ haps | shall be glad in the end. Good
night, Meade. You will be coming in
! presently. HelenY'
/ He turned and walked away as they
/ answered him. They watched him &c
| slowly with Bonded head. They
watched him climb. rather heavily, vi
! the steps To the Car-that he was al
! old man seemed rather suddenly borne
in upon them. He stood for n moment
in the light, smiling, remembering, anC
then turned and marched within the
car. He switched the light out as ht
passed down the corridor.
wasn't he splendid?" said Helen
when she had time to breathe and free
dom to speak.
zone Of the finest old men on earth
He and father would make grea
team"
81 was interested in the bridge, be
FORE" said the woman, but think how
l shall watch it now. You must writ
me every day and tell me every incl
that you have gained"
Trust me, I'll measure it in MILL
meters"
And now, sweet love, good night,
she whispered. And she laughed a
she looked back at him through tn
door.
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CHAPTER II-Continued.

/ b spite of herself the woman looked
him.
| But now" she whispered as he hes
} red. and then she turned her head
n fearful Of his answer.
n am almost afraid to say It," he
N. lowering his voice to match her
D.
IA soldier of Steel" she said, "and
laid"
: We'll, then. all that was the second
takes the third place.
And before your father cOmesT
But she did not give him time TO an
or. Come" she said, "let us go out
the bridge"
rkt's a rough place for you. Those
HE slippers you wear"
He looked down, and as If In obedi-
Xee TO his glance she Outthrust her
h from her gown. 1t was not the
y allest foot that ever upbOre wom-
I Quite the contrary. Which Is not
hing II was too large, not at all. 1t
J inst right for her height and fig
\. and its shape and shoe left moth
to be desired.
sNeyer mind the slippers" she said;
hey are stronger than they look.
bgll serve"
But the distance between here ana
p bridge is inches deep in dust"
Dust !" she exclaimed in dismay.
4 don't mind rough walking, but
N-"
[lT never thought of that" admitted
- man. "The fact is 1 have thought
NJ nothing but you since saw you.
J \ now we'll have to go back or"
II shall not go back" she answered
hbmly.
|njHe stepped down off the platform,
, before she knew what he would be
he lifted her straight up in his
Inns. He did not carry her like a
by he held her erect, crushed
!. hInst his breast, and before she had
Lame to utter a protest, or even to say
~ word, he started through the dusty
midway toward the bridgehead.
III Il was strange position. She knew
J, Ne ought to protest, but the words
culd not come. Whilst she was try
Z x to think them up, they had crossed
be little desert that interviewed be-
\ xeen the portal of the bridge and the
nd Of the platform. Then he set her
Z Own gently.
vi Thank you," she said simply, that
; ms very nice Of you. You are Won
erfully strong"
The moon, by this time, had passed
! be floor level and the cross-bracing
as. network Of shadows over them,
pon track and floor beams and string
rs The silence of the half-light, the
| MYSTERY Of 1t all oppressed them a
little. It was with beating hearts that
; hey pressed on.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-03-10

steel angle bars. C-1O-R and its parallel
member. C-10-L, in the left
hand truss. carried the entire weight
of the cantilevCr span To the shoe rest
ing on the pier. These members We're
sixty feet long and five feet wide. The
webs were over four feet deep AMI in
size and responsibility the great struts
were the most important of the whole
structure.
To say that C-1O-R was out Of line
meant that il had huCklod, or bent. or
was Springing, and had departed from
that rigid rectangularity and parallel
ism which was absolutely necessary TO
maintain the stability and immohility
of the truss and the strength ot the
bridge. To the theoriSt nothing on
earth could be more terribly por-
tentOuS than such statement,
if it were true. To the prac-
teal man. who, to do him justice. had
never dealt With such vast structures
and he was not singular in thar be-
cause the bridge was unique on ac-
count of its Size-the detection noted
meant little or nothing.
Good Cod" exclaimed Meade,
| atlamC on the instant with anxious ap-
| prchcnSion. The night was warm and
| he was dressed in his pajamaS and had
! been lying on the bed. As if he had
| been shocked into action he sat up, for
getful of his weakness. "DetlcctiOn ~
he fairly shouted at Abbott, who re-
Garded him with half-amuscd astOniSh-
ment, "a Gambler in C-l0-K? Why
didn't you tell me-"
BY this time Meade had got his feet
into his slippers and was standing
erect.
ut isn't enough to make any differ
ence," answered Abbott quickly, per-
haps little disdainfully.
ut makes all the difference on
EARTH" cried Meade. 1T means the
ruin of the bridge"
He reached for his jacket, hanging
ut the foot of the bed, and dragged il
on him.
Don't worry about it, yOungSter.'
said Abbott rather contemptuously, al
though he meant to be soothing. I'm
going to jack it into line and-here,'
he cried as Meade bolted out of the
door, you'd better not excite yourself
that way. Come back to bed, man.
and"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-03-10
PREVENT GNAWING OF TREES
Simple Way to Keep Mice From Doing
Injury Is to Make Earth Bank
of Few Inches.

The simplest way to stop mice from
gnawing young fruit trees Is to bank
them well with earth six to ten inches
high in the autumn, then tramp the
first snow hard around them so that
the mice cannot easily reach the tree
trunk. Wrapping the trunk with heavy
paper or tying around it lath, pieces
of single or veneer is effective. Many
orchardsts use wire guards, which are
made of heavy galvanized wire with
four or five meshes to the inch. These
will last for several years.
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CHAPTER IN.
Fall and Revelation.

Its rather confused In here" said
pc man. but We will soon get out
nward the end and then the view is
magnificent. You can see up and down
NE river for miles and the night boat
viii be along in a few minutes"
Isn't that It'll" asked the woman,
pointing up the river to where a clus-
Yer OF lights rounded huge bend not
ar away. and swung out in midstream.
Yes" said the man, IF we listen I
mink we can hear her"
They both stopped and, sure enough,
uintiy across the water came the
noise OF clanking paddles Of the big
nver steamer. With that sound also
mingled the song Of the night wind.
'or a wonder comparatively gentle,
making strange, weird harmonies as II
afted through the taut and rigid bars
o. steel. She listened enchanted with
he sound.
The big floor beams extended from
ne side to the ether Of the bridge.
etween the trusses at intervals of
MY feet. At right angles to them and
II feet apart, the stringers ran length.
says parallel to the trusses. Here and
mere pieces Of timber falsework had
oeen thrown across the strlngers for
me convenience Of the workmen, but
Is these two slowly moved toward mid
sream at last these pieces becam,
iewer, and finally there was nothins
70 be seen but the heavy floor beam,
and tho lIuhtar StrI, -.