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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08
Council of Big Men

Leaving It to the historians to clear up
the story of tho lost pages Of the Journal,
and TO link up with it, If they can, the
accidentally discovered BuChanan-Penrose
letter. II IL Of interest To note that thc
Representatives OF the Twcnty-fourth Con-
grcss included such men as John Quincy
Adams and Caleb Gushing, Of AIassachlI-
setts Henry A. Wise, of Virginia Thomas
Corwin, of Ohio, and James X. Polk, of
Tennessee.
A casual examination of the old Journal
shows that "Mr InEersoll, of Pennsylvania.
presented memorial for custom house
at Philadelphia" Just what success Mr..
lngerSoll had with his measure Is NOT
stated. The pork barrel" was not then in
vented TO hamper appropriation bills.
Philadelphia eventually obtained a custom
house, but II did not get IL until after
Andrew Jackson succeeded in putting the
Bank of the United States out Of business
The magnificent building, on Chestnut street
east of Fifth which Nicholas Biddle had
reared with so much pride for the purnosea
of the bank, and from which he retired
after seven years of assault by jackson
fell into Federal hands and became mo
Philadelphia Custom House In 1871 n
has served that purpose now for more than
three-quarters OF n century, and will ba ro.
lieved only upon the passage of the novt
public buildings bill. which contains n nro,
vision for a new site. Even this hin came,
now be considered until the next session .,
Congress, and only then in spite Of s,ct
opposition as was recently meted out IN The
rivers and harbors bill. But Philadelnbia
at last is In fair way TO get new cn.l
tom House. J. HAMPTON MOORE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08
THE ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME

DEACE will be near when there are
i radical changes on tho battlefront in
FLANDERS, and not only in the Cabinet at
Berlin The Hohcn2ollcrns with any
other servants would he tho same.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08
VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Writer Thinks Japan Should
Send Army to Europc-Status
Of the Negro

1rsh 10 ,rpr,ss tLrir opinions on subI'CtS Of
current INTEREST 10 IS 0'} open forum uHd ~"
E5.guirg Ic8JrI assumes pU TtRVuuH Iblifu tor
tHe r'f.lrg Of IFS gpuud'rt7. Ir't'rS must
h, ojuu,d by the oun" and 0afrt'g of the
lrr.,cr.. not u,ccs,arrl Tor pubr~aron, but as
guarantee Of gyUi ram.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08

In the midst OF the heat OF Ger.
nan political shake-ups, Doctor Kuehl
rbann. the new Foreign Secretary, will
have some Job living up to the charm oi
his soothing name.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08

y "He is the perfect pattern of a
modern major general sang w. s. Gil.
bert Could he have been a.prophesylng
concerning the new military distinction
OF William II. Taft, of the American Bed
Cross service?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08

We shall miss certain luxuries, but
over Mr.. Creel's decision TO remove all
verbal lingerie from his official bulletins
not even the most confirmed Sybarite can
shed tear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08
a GOOD SONG OUT OF BONDAGE

ssIvHATs good tune" proclaims the
conventional footlight comedian. "It
was TIL you killed IT," retorts his heart
less foil"
At that choice specimen OF rubber
ctamp stage repartee many Philade
ohiAn has instinctiyely felt disinclined tc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08

Burning coal to make leo may he
perfectly legitimate. but burning the con-
sumer with feverishly high prices has all
the elements of illicit incendiarism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08

Considering civilization'sbl bloody and
inevitable sacrifice abroad II seems as
though tho presence OF Gore in Congress
might be very prontably spared
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08
Enter james Buchanan

Coincidence n '. and s'rug" ono too
that wuIc SIR soI'u w1" mentally "I'"-
Ting with this w. .Ug lu', 'u tho House
,brour'ury somr uru iu Penn y,yauta who
believed no had discovered ironnF "l
ygIuo ir the senior Senator from that S'1i"
was cp,rrapuud.ul with Mr. Irur'@o about
n letter b,nriuv tH. ..gu1'urc ~ James
Huru.uu tine only President over '"n'I"-
.,oI Goo tine ru'.ou by. Pennsylvania AS
....ud That the Buchanan letter WaS gene
uiun and finding 20 was addressed on M
innate political terms 20 ns """ EI'',"-
father Charles u. I'lTo-', ""' w.. ,,-
of Tho HD1uH.l .lNaH.A "Idi' "'I'." 'u ''"' w.
ia" living senator i'iIi'.' '''"I'' u' ''''-
iual letter, cn'iIoI\ UNCONSCIOUS OF ..
..h,o sl@uiiic'nc' lN ''""''''"" ".I ,.
recovery OF the House Jo"ih" " year '"'''.
The social and political prominence NJ
IN" Ponros' family I'm l'on"#N wanna J." we"
known TO the Eono'l"gista OF iH' h't8,'"'
state, hut such incident" as ar, i'N'"'u IVY
tho buchanan letter. mo-" IN H'l'''' ''"-
roses r's3os2'on are nor OF ,"",""
lnpwiodEc. Under Hat' oil N'''"'N,' ,'"
january 81, 1888, WIN 1N''lE ''"".'"
tial' caution Dir. Hu'n"n'u FORMER on
gr,s-mgu from icw5 wanna. FORMER MN
is'or 10 Russia. ardent promoter "I NnHT'N
j1"l..u# candidacy for If't.''H' an" ,l,n
"I'" ,.'.'7 '.'."',''
senator ''"'""'' "'''''
81 hIyn received your hlud Ict'or ana
thaul, i"u for iis sincerity IL were "IS-
pr,eiIorrv. fear ! have thrown go much
roid "'''r "n II my ~ ',''l ',,' ',,,,I,, ~, w.,
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08

If the Canadians continue polishing
up that Lens Of victory they'll soon be
able TO see right through TO Lille.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08
That's all we remember of it and that
may not be exactly right

Our South street correspondent slips
past the censor with this:
"Didt you hear it, my boy iss in der
army?"
"Vot, der reck'ler army?"
Sure, der reck'er army. He's a
officer"
80? He gets it commission, eh?"
mo, straight salary"
Again accommodating on the same front,
but in another sector he heard.
81 t'ink ! will join me in der cavalry"
Better for you, Simon, der infantry"
"But next by my mother dere's nothinl,
love better as a horse"
"But take my advice--der infantry
For w? Ven der Cheneral says Retreat
you don't want to halter bother Wit no
horse
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08

ELLIS, McCLEARY COMPANY. I'm
dertakers and Embalmers, of 1865 Wash.
ington street, Boston, advertise: I'VE are
as near you as the telephone" Wouldn't
that give you the creeps?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08
COLLIROE-AYLONG
TTVTIT..I TITJTT.T TTI.N "
Tbc bIcSSrd ddUOSH iCdUCd ont,
Jrom tbr goh bar of hcarCa:

THc blCsgrd dd1uOSri Ic0HCd ont,
Trom Hr goH bar Of hcarcW
AHd. fdIliuG do,rp. she broEt her cro,ru
amt the stars in hcr Hcdd WCrc ScrCr.
n. q, ROFSET2T AND win LOr.
THE BRIGHT LADS name must not
bc disclosed because he wants 10 hold his
job for a couple Of wccks longer. But"
says he, I'm proud Of the intelligence
my college training enables mo to bring
to my summer work as assistant to a
landscape gardener. We were planting
SALIVA, which the boss insists upon calling
saliva Wen put the saliva here, said
he, for tho dozeuth time. wouldn't it hc
n good idea to put these pctunia in the
next bed ! asked innoccntly. Maybe
said he, but he didn't fall for the jest"
Years ago before misguided reformers
attempted to wipc out tho slums, the po-
lice were pretty sure to find any colorcd
crook that might happen to he wanted"
somewhere in the ncighbOrhuod of Hurst
and Lisbon streets. They all rravitated
there, hut never no mo-, However, De-
tcctive OSulliyan reports n shoe store in
the noighborhood Of Eighteenth street and
Ridge avenue displaying this sign:
SNEANS. BLACK AND WHITE.
ALL SIZES
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08
Tom Days Column
Tur KETTLE DRUMMER

,o,,o sc,,vor of the Phliadelphia orchestra
and now with wassili Lops al "l'o" ''''N
I think the tcorks that throb
wan crfra rerUo and tim
Were buiH around his job;
Composed indccd, for him.
"Sakurtaia' Is ono,
And there's "Fmldndtd," TOO;
For tchcn his drWmming's done
There's nothing more TO do
I kno,c I'm taking rot
Al least as music Oocs--
And these remarks are not
The ,cords Of ono tcho knotrs;
But though trith noses curIed.
WIN hiss ami snort and shout
| Thc critics ot the irorh
Should riSc to bnri me out;
Though crcrytchCre ! sec
Tbcir HicE inucrtcd thumbs,
! s,rc1r TIC lad for me
Is otto and VS. drums
liy house Of dreams trili shoir
-pou dugiv SbcN
4 drUm maj tong 0Go
HScd 10 p'1v mpsch
Since oU of ,rusic'S 0rt
7Vat cr- dlrCH ,rib rc
Had there us hpmbic start
ana there US dpOGcc.
perhaps / trci that ihrrc
! should not bcud or opd0c,
INT. rigiU0 Up dCcior"
I'm competent to iUd9s.
iud crCu Hou0b I'm uoE
~t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08

Probably the bathing isn't very good
at York Beach, Maine At any rate. here
comes a lcttcr from there, in which the
writer raves about that old floating
"Bathy" under Callowhll street bridge:
Them was the happy daya--all day for
nckel-aud we took our lunch with us,
Then, when in the course Of time. they
opened the nice, new Free Bathy' at
TWenty'scNcnth and Master streets. across
the street from the old Athletics grounds
Cememhcr the llnotholcsD, | was among
the first to duck I'm on the very opcning
day and my JOY was tempered only by the
harsh rule that everybody must get out i'm
twenty minutes. When the whistle blew
We were all driven out and another INSTALL
ment Of the long waitingline admitted.
The didJum with the club, however. was no
oN-detoctNc-lnspcctor, nor cN-paying.tcller
or the like % that, and We quickly learned
that his only test for admitting us was
whether our hair was wet or dry. Seven
times ! had 10 dress and undress that self
same day; hut, oh, boy, the water was
fine! IIIrCII NTIrpp
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08

TO oBLIGE a. a. d., and very likely
tickle lot Of other old boys, will some
body send in the words Of the old song
about 'the fellow who's a swell o, Lah-
dClah"?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08

In his hand he has n stick.
Y ms NOUN a Euld iooth.piCk:
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-08

S. Carl Whistler, the popular secre-
tary of the Akron Tire & Vulcanizing
Company, at 932 w. Jackson boule.
ward, reports q steady demand and
increasing business for this great tire
company. The Mohawk Quality"
tires, sold by this concern, have a
high reputation and have given great
and genuine satisfaction to all who
have used them. They are open all
night, at 932 Jackson boulevard, and
guarantee quick service.
~
A. T. Koehne OF HOO Webster ave.
nue.. is frequently mentioned for Alder.
man of the Twenty-fourth ward, al.
though he is not looking for any Office
himself
Oscar F. Mayer, the great packer,
10 very popular in politics and could
have almost any Office II he would
take 1t.
The Norman Institute at IA West
Washington street is Justly celebrated
for the efficiency of its massage and
physical culture system.
>A
Judge Scully made a fine record ON
the Municipal Court bench. He Is
making even a better one as County
Judge.
Home Brewery beer 10 appreciated
and extolled 0y all who have used It.
Humboldt observation-disclosures
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-08
Article Ix-vehicles.

Section /. No one shall drive We
hicle that is so closed in or construct.
ed as to prevent the driver from hav.
ing a sufficient view of the traffic at
the sides of such vehicle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-15
NEW SUITOR
(Unttcd Press Leased .Wire.)

NEW YORK, Seit. ia new
suitor for the hand of Mrs. Maudt
A. King, whose mysterious death
is under investigation here, was
drawn into the probe by District
Attorney Swami today in the per-
son of Salvatore G:ordano, an
opera singer.
Giordano told District Attorney
Swami he met Mrs. King three
years ago at studio party given
by Miss Palmer in her rooms on
West 72nd street.
Mrs. King, the singer said, be-
came infatuated with him and he
took long automobile rides over
the country with her.
Means, he said, went to him
after one of the trips and while
Mrs. King and Giordano were
planning means of getting a di-
vorce for Mrs. King, advised him
to "let that woman Alone" be-
cause her husband had discovered
their intimacy.
Giordano said Means advised
him to leave the country. He went
to Montreal. Giordano said he
did not see Mrs. King since his re-
turn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-15
Omitted Press Leased wire.,

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Sept. 10.
A British freighter arrived here
today with reports that she had
picked up wireless messages as
sorting that submarine had been
attacking a merchant steamer less
than 100 miles off Nantucket.
Officers on board the freighter
declared the message they inter
cepted merely declared the send
ing vessel was being attacked by
submarine shellfire."
The international code distress
signal was flashed constantly. Not
all of the wireless call was de-
cipherable. Another British
freighter arriving today said warn
ings had been received by wireless
that submarine was in the west
ern Atlantic ocean.
Unconfirmed reports reaching
another port indicated still anoth-
err ship was attacked by German
submarine somewhere off the New
England coast.
A steamer (name withheld) re-
ported she intercepted a wireless
message from ship off the coast
which said a German U-boat had
been sighted. She was about to
give her position when the calls
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-15

Tacoma has made enormous
financial strikes during the sum-
mer months.
This was shown Saturday when,
under a call from Controller OF
the Currency Williams, President
Ralph Stacy of the National Bank
of Tacoma announced figures
showing that total bank deposits
in the city have increased $2,25s,-
364.S1 since June 20.
This gain was made notwith-
standing the fact that all money
subscribed here for Liberty Loan
bonds-nearly 100000 - has
been paid in and has been turned
over to the government.
Early in the summer 1t was pre-
dicted that the September call
from the controller might show a
decrease in deposits because of
heavy Liberty Loan subscriptions.
The years gain in deposits over
a year ago-Sept. IL, 1915, is S3,-
143,246.16.
The deposits in all Tacoma
banks Saturday smashed all rec
ords with a total of $27,990,-
9S7.4S.
The National Bank of Tacoma
alone showed deposits of &c.,
S32.161.71. This is the first time
in the city's history that deposits
III any bank have topped the &c.,
100000 mark.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-15
COUNTY
BUDGET
Is MILLS

An estimated levy OF 81, 49,
SAT, besides $240,300 for the five
road districts, or about 16 mills
for 1917 as against IL mills for
1916, is the result of the county
commissioners struggles with the
county budget for the last few
days.
The hearing will be held Oct. l
at, 2 o'clock.
There's going to be an awful
howl about this budget" declared
Commissioner Slayden Saturday,
land / don't wonder. It's too
high. I've been fighting some
items of 1t. We can't have every
thing all at once"
Among new Items in the expense
fund are: Salaries, operation and
maintenance for the county ferry,
$4,000; and sanitation zone
around the army post, $1,000.
A 100000 general road and
bridge fund is asked. Interest on
army post bonds is s175,000, and
the sinking fund for army post
bonds is $4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-15
Mystery Case Reopened
r.. u
CUnited Press Leased wire.p


SALISBURY, N. c., Sept. ID
The possibility of further sensa-
tional developments over the
death near Concord on Aug. 80 of
Mrs. Maude A. King, wealthy Chi
cago widow, was heightened today
when State Solicitor Clement ask
ed the coroner of Cabarrus county
to reopen the inquiry which was
made after the woman's death.
New evidence which may bring
an entirely new appearance to the
case, is limited. Clement said lie
had reason to believe Mrs. King
was neither a suicide nor killed
accidentally.
The inquiry will reopen Sent.
"a. and in the meantime Clement
will gather for the inquest jury
certain documentary evidence"
believed to be evidence from New
York showing the relations of
Mrs. King and her business man
ager, CASTOR B. Means. who was
member of the party with her
when she was killed.
Discovery in Means room at
New York of a complete telephone
listening outfit, and loaded re-
volver and cartridges, caused fed
eral secret service men to begin
a probe there today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-15
SUNDAY
BIG DAY
FOR ME-.

The high point in the Puget
North Pacific bank, 1851, 50S.42.
Sound Methodist conference pro-
gram will be touched Sunday, with
the 'love-feast," one of the oldest
institutions of Methodism, at 8 a..
M, Bishop Matthew Simpson
Hughes address at IL, ordination
of deacons and elders and conse-
Grafton Of deaconesses at 3 p. M,
an address by Rev. E. M. Hill be-
fore the Epworth league at GAS,
and a sermon by Rev. Harold Lynn
Hough of Evanston on THE Strate-
gy of the Cross" In the evening.
Appointments will be made
known Monday noon, just before
adjournment.
Applause broke the routine of
the Saturday morning session
when Rev. Delmer II. Trimble of
the Tacoma First church report
ed that his congregation had
raised between $4,000 and $47,-
600 in cash during the last year,
$4,000 of which was for the
church and the remainder for
expenses and benevolences.
Pastors wives and deaconesses
were the guests of the Ladies'
Aid Societies of Tacoma at lunch
con Saturday, in the ladies parlor
of the First church, where ses-
sions are being held. A program
was given by the women follow
ing the luncheon.
The whole lower part of the
church, including the Sunday
school room, will be thrown to-
gether Sunday to accommodate
the crowd of Methodists who are
expected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-15
FOR
SAMMIES new
WAR INDUSTRY
BY MABEL ABBOTT

by MABEL AbBOII
nTSe
MIST SEND SURGE PnS H M NA RED 's
1t will
first shipment should by October
and The
haired with the faculty that captains of industry must
husband the timber
And problems that all captains of industry
nanass Of skilled t1,,s,S vii, have p. i ,s cry
% an% ss"So will have to be raised inside
And already frantic with appeals sa.u for
Mrs Weyerhaeuser is dsmayed job.
not underestimate it.
a said Friday to 'and
would like people to understand clearly just what is and
place, needed incorrect statements
lately by who ought to know better as to the
IS the result stockings
We testimony soldiers that socks
have Si
they can ,sse again ',o
not o sse be 5 out %
THE v9 "n e there and n nd
stricken where thesr is need for it
they nesd them boys win them
and 400 s expert ss AND
knit should try the work Amateurs should mo-,
ing government specifications and mistakes will not
are machines and undoubtedly will
the legs OF the
can machines The ribbed tops of the stockings ano
hand And the machines
themsevs operatd by who know how to DO IL
Use going to ask Tacoma people
in sufficient for one or more
estimate that a sci something more than
set that, and the Tacoma chap
ter will the difference
know Europe will give a set
m two so when he needs them and those Oh
thankfuness
still at home. tar, A. .,,o.,. e. than
shall be able to get them to supply us WIN
to going There may be shortage Oh gray anu
khaki
Mrs Weyerh paused, and thought a moment
believe said she said Slowly
job-but the bignes or
National Yoks allotment
was only II of TacomaAND NEW YORkS
SION MICH MORE TIMES THAT OF TACOMA
nun ppopORTJON is VERY FI.ATTERING TO U.s.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-15
TO
SEATTLE
GOES UP

The people who travel by water
between Tacoma and Seattle are
again torpedoed without warning.
Beginning today it will cost
them 10 cents more for round trip
tickets, rs cents in all.
For some unexplained reason
the company has left the SINGLE
trip fare at 40 cents, reasoning
perhaps that nobody much would
buy one-way tickets anyhow. q
This increase follows right on
the heels of two-bit raise in the
cost of interurban round-trips and
was the second of the sort made
within the last year.
So, folks, shell out, buy an auto
or walk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-15
by J. HERBERT DUCKWORTH


Staff Correspondent of Tie Times
CONCORD, N. c., Sept. 15.--
No more eerie spot for the staging
of a tragedy could be imagined
than Blackwelder Spring, the
scene of the mysterious shooting
of Mrs. Maude A. King, handsome
and wealthy Chicago widow, who
also kept an expensive apartment
on fashionable Park av., New
York.
After going to the place erlier
in the day, | revisited the spring
at night. 1t was then that a real
lied how an Edgar Allen Poe
would revel in making this dark
glen the sceneof a great tragedy.
By. day 1t is a delightfully."- cool
retreat, a rendezvous for young
lovers, set amid the corn and cot
ton fields of Cabarrus county.
At night, shrouded by the sur
rounding woods from even the
light of the stars, it is a. pitch
black hole in the side of a hill that
one would shrink from exploring
alone.
My companion was Farmer
Charles S. Dry, who from his
porch upon a hill $50 yards awoy
heard two shots on the night of
Aug. 30.
1t was Dry who startled Con-
cord after the body had been TAX
en- to Chicago with a story that
disagrees materially from that of
CASTOR Means, Mrs. Kings secre-
tary.
BY the light of Dry's lantern
stumbled over the roots of giant
cedars, stood by the forked tree
beneath which Mrs. King fell with
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-15
Rank FIGURES CLIMBING

Deposits in other Tacoma banks
were reported as follows:
Bank of California, $6,215,-
43O.54; Fidelity Trust Co., $5,-
Scandinavian Ameri-
can bank, $2,333,1S7.53; Puget
Sound Bank & Prust Co., $1,2S1,-
314.1O; Bankers Trust Company,
$4S1,945.35; Tacoma Savings
Bank & Trust Co., 81 ,0S3,647.79;
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-15
PRICE ON
HEAD OF
SOLDIERS

Omitted Press Leaned Wive.S
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES
IN THE FIELD, Sept. 1.-THE
Prussians have already put .
price on the head of the first
American soldier to be taken, dead
or alive, on the western front.
Prisoners captured today gave
the first information.
The German staff apparently
has given up attempts to convince
German soldiers that America
has no fighting forces in France.
Apparently it is now exceeding
ly anxious to find out where the
Americans are.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-15
Blind, Deaf and
Dumb; May See

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
VANCOUVER. Wash, Sept. Is.
two operations already
performed, doctors here today are
planning a third one on Otto
Strobe, blind, deaf and dumb. II
the third operation is successful,
the boy will have perfect sight in
one eye. He Is q student at the
Washington State Hospital for the
Deaf.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-15
NAVY DEPARTMENT BUSY
Omitted Press Leased Wtre.,

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. 10.
The navy department, hearing
of the reported submarine attack
off Nantucket, talked with the
commandant of the New York ma
val district and instructed him to
board the British ship bringing
the news. and get full particulars
of the British captains story.
There have been numerous prev
ious reports of visits Of German
submarines to this side of the At
lantic since the trip of the U-53
to Newport year ago. All these
reports, however, have turned out
TO be erroneous.
Patrol ships searching the
whole territory around Nantucket
lightship could discover no trace
Of submarine up to mid-afternoon.