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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18
ARMORED VESSELS
How the Great Steel Plates That
Protect Them Are Made.
A SEVERE TEST OF SKILL
The Varioua Processes That Produce
tho Conflicting Properties Necessary
In These Modern ProjectiIe Resisting
Warship Jackets.

Only armored warships could live in
a naval battle with modern big gun
projectles in use, and hence the maxi
ing of armor plate has become n
science. The manufacture Of armor
plate has developed considerably in re-
cent years, and in no branch OF the
steel industry il there greater oppor-
tnnity for engineering and mechanical
skill, coupled with metallurgical ltnowl-
edge than in the operations Of forging
and rolling, followed by the eXAct heat
treatment essential to produce the at
most conflicting properties necessary
IN modern almor.
The plate must be hard. glass hard,
to resist penetration by heavy proicc.
tiles moving at tremendous yeocities
yet tough and librous enough TO take
up the momentum without cracking OF.
distortion. Mechanically, then, the
plate must have an extremely hard
surface and fibrous backing These
requirements We're attained in part by
the old compound armor Molten stcet
was poured on to wrought iron plate
and cooled. The slab was then re-
heated. forged and rolled to the re-
quired dimensions. If the operations
were successfully carried ont the line
Of demarcation was scarcely visible.
Recently modification Of this proc
ess was introduced to cheaper and
render less tedious the production of
armor. A layer of hard steel was
poured into a cooled mold, the under
side quickly setting. On the still fluid
or pasty surface Il thick layer Of soft
steel was poured. BY careful manipu-
lation the union Of the surfaces was
almost complete, and 1t was impossl-
bic to detect the break in composition
on viewing the fractured section This
method Of manufacture was undoubts
eddy an improvement on the old COM
pound method
hardness Of modern armor piercing
projectiles havc'necessitatcd the intro
duction OF the modern armor. The
process of manufacture essentially
consists in ease hardening TO depth
of about two inches the surface OF
homogeneous tough nickel chrome
steel Special mir or self hardening
nickel aud more complex steels are
used for lighter arinor, gun shields
and east armorcd structures
The steel is made In Slcmens fur
naces and carefully cast into ingots
up TO eighty tons In weight. These IN
gots are then stabbed under powerful
hydraulic presses dS,0O0 tons) or roll.
ed direct to the required dimensions,
depending ON the power OF the mills
and appliances. During the rolling
operation. which lasts about an hour,
the slab is reversed and inverted TO at
tain uniformity Of working, and scale
IL removed by wood fngoia aud wa
ter Jets After rolling the plate ~
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18

BAL t4f. H1sa
State OF Ohio, City Or Toledo, Lucas
County. So. ,@ss@ WA
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the firm of +. J.
Cheneys& Co, doing business in the
City Of Toledo Couty and State afore.
said. and that said firm will pay the
sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case OF Cattarh
that cannot he cured by the use OF
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
In my presence, this 9Th day OF Dc
cember. A. d. 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
(sealD aaee a~cNotary Public.
HANS Catarrh Cure Is taken intern.
ally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
r. J. CHENEY 4 Co. Toledo, o.
Sold Inv all DrugVists. Inc,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18
, NorWay's Capital,

The name Of Christlanla dates back
only 800 years. The city which pre-
coded II was Oslo. the site Of which is
now included In the area of Christi
ania. Oslo was the ancient capital II
Norway and existed some 600 years
before Its name was changed to~Chris-
tianla. IN 1924, after Oslo had been de-
stroyed by n fire. King Christian w
resolved, In spite Of the protests of tho
citizens. that the site OF the capital
should be moved n couple Of thousand
yards westward to be nearer the fort.
ress Of Akershus aud at the same time
decided that the town when rebuilt
SHOULD be named after himself
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18

A schoolteacher complained to tEa
principal one day that one of the biz
boys was flirting outrageously with
the music teacher. who came III once n
day. The. principal spoke severely to
the class and ended by saying TINT out
Of consideration for the feelings OF the
culprit he would not name him in pub
,lic. AT the close OF the session. how
ever, he was to come to the principals
office for an interview,
Yes. you guessed it. All the boys III
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18
ALLIES CONTINUE
CRUSH ENEMY
BEAT OFF COUNTER ASSAULT BY
ERMANS-FIEIDS OF STRIFE
COVERED WITH DEAD AS TER
RIBLE BLOW is BEING DEALT.

London, April 1S-After bearing on
German counter assaults the Anglo
French steam roller again smashed
forward today, taking strategic roads,
fortified villages and dominating
heights from the Teutons all along the
line.
Russian soldiers are fighting with
French in the terrific drive against the
Germans in Champagne.
From the Lens-Loos section, where
Field Marshal Haig's army is crushing
the German positions, to the St Soup
let-Auberive line, in Champagne, more
than $50 miles away, the guns were
flaming all night and the Allied forces
cut deeper and deeper towards the
heart of the Hindenhurg line.
Since the British push opened on
April the Anglo-French forces have
captured $4,000 German prisoners.
counting the $500 taken by General
Niyelles men in the fighting yester
day.
4 An reports agree that the engage
ment which developed on the line
from Scissors to Auberive is one OF
the fiereest since the beginning of the
war. During the past "a hours the
French have been driving home their
attacks in storms of rain and snow.
1 1t is estimated that the Germans
concentrated about 20 divisions t4oo,'
300 mem along this front and the
most determined efforts were made TO
check the French advance north and
south of the Aisne river
Dispatches from Paris today quote
military criticism as predicting that
the Allies are on the threshold OF
their biggest victory since the Marine.
It is evidently the hope Of the French
and British high command to break up
the whole Hindenburg line, driving
the Germans from Lille, Loos, Douai,
Cambria, ST. Quentin aad Leon to
Belgium and the German frontier.
The retirement of the Germans on
both side OF Rheims has left salient
in that sector and there is danger that
this historic and ancient French city
may be battered to pieces by the ar
tillery duels which rage round it night
and day.
Wounded soldiers arriving In Paris
from the Aisne battlefield and German
prisoners picture the field over which
Monday and Tuesdays fighting ragged
as an inferno Of noise and confusion
Amidst the clamor of thousands Of
cannon and machine guns and count
less thousands of rifles the armies
surged back and forward in the reek-
ing mud and blood Of fallen soldiers.
And the days were gray and sunless,
the battle smoke adding to the pail
Corpses were everywhere. Small era
tiers and crumbling trenches were pill,
ed up with them. Darkness brought
no lull for the fighting continued be
meath the light of star shells.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18
Catarrhal Jaundice

{. The most common form of G
q iaundicc is that known as ca @,
o tala'hal jaundice because it is g
Z. caused by an Inflammation of q
g the mucous membrane of the @
I" bile ducts. That affection is Q
(. usually the result Of some indis- q
o cretion of diet or of exposure to @
g Indictment weather. Sometimes g
9 the symptoms are very slight o
o The patient merely feels little q
q out Of sorts or bilious; he loses @
. his appetite, his tongue is fur o
. red. there is perhaps little nau- @
@ sea. and his bowels are sluggish. q
I. He hardly regards himself as Q
o sick and is quite surprised to be .
I" told that he has grown yellow. q
(. The yellow color affects the 9
o whites Of the eyes as well as the o
o skin. and sometimes 1t Is almost !.
@ entirely confined to the eyes !"
4. The treatment Of this form Of :.
o iaundice Is simple. A light diet, 9
. a blue pill or dose Of salts and Z.
. rest III bed for a day or two will I.
Q USUALLY suffice II the symptoms 3
o persist consult a physician for .
. they may be the first indication Q
O o. some grave liver trouble In .
q decd, it is safer to consult .
9 physician at once and let him .
. take cbnrge Of the case from the Q
q very start. .
- .
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18
Giant Spider Crab.

The giant japanese spider crab Is
the ugliest looking shellfish in the
world Its body measures about one
foot across. AVA tho claws have a
spread" now and then Of over twelve
feet These spider crabs inhabit the
Japan sea and often live 1000 feet be-
low the surface of the waves.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18
RohhY's Reason.

"W'hy did you spell bank with cap
ital, Bobby!"
Cause pa says a bank ought al
ways to have good big capital
Boston Transcript.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18

\ pretty schoolteacber, noticing one
Of her little charges idle, said sharply;
John the deyil always finds some
Iling for Idle hands to do. Come up
lrpre to me and let me give you some
work"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18

Fifteen hundred of the countrys naval
militia. first Of the militia forces In all
likelihood to see active war service, have
arrived at the Philadelphia navy yard
for active service with the fleet. The
hrst contingent 90 arrive was that drawn
from Yonkers. New Rochelle and New
York city They were placed on board
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18

What Is II that makes yousso merry.
Gus, dcar?v
"Why. lack ~ to have an interview
with papa this afternoon"
Il see, and you nrc afraid your "a.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18

Blobbs The average wife tells her
husband everything she hears. Slobbs
And a lot she doesn't. Philadelphia
Record.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18

school on Lake Michigan.
The neighborhood OF the navy yard N
crowded with relatives and friends OF the
men who have arrived for war service.
The New Workers, some Of whom are
seen in the pictures made a great i'm
preston on the navy men in the Phila-
delphia yard. They had n stern, business
like appearance and seemed well trained.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18

the Ohio. Three hundred members OF the
militia from Erie, Pa, marched down
BROAD street, Philadelphia. to the navy
yard with hnnd playing and flags flying.
Three hundred men from Camden were
placed on the Kansas. which is to be an
all Philadelphia slip.
Five hundred men arrived In Philadel-
phia from the United States training
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-18
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.

a . o 1. /. . 5000 0 @@&G, .
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25
TACOMA BOY
GETS K. o. in
N. Y. Battle

NEW YORK, July rs. - jos
Bonds, Tacoma heavyweight, was
knocked out in the second round
by Billy Miske of st. Paul last
night. Bonds was knocked down
in the first, but recovered SUI
ficiently to linger into the second.
He received terrible beating dur
ing the short period of the fight.
In recent letters to friends In
Tacoma, Bonds has declared that
he would return home in August,
after cleaning up few of the big
fellows of the east. Miske's VIC
tory may hasten his return. Joe
recently wrote the sporting editor
of The Times that he was match
ed with Gunboat Smith at Phila-
delphia July 81, and Jack Dillon
at Memphis, Aug. 6, but said
nothing about match with the
st. Paul demon.
New York fans are terming
Bonds an in-and-outer." In some
fights he looks like a million dol
lars, and in others he drops from
light blow in the first round.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25
M emberS With
Autos Going
In Bus Game

A few pessimists who were
doubtful over the future of Loch-
burn Golf club found themselves
overwhelmingly unbalanced at
last nights meeting of the club.
The optimistic members voted to
continue with the club, and to
make 1t even more popular than
ever by staging weekly contests.
Members owning autos will help
their autoless brothers by picking
them up at Division and | streets
at 9:15 Sunday mornings and at
Andrews & Scallon's billiard par
Tor, 945 Commerce, Saturday
Moons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25
ROWLAND Is
CERTAIN OF
that TITLE


NEW YORK, July 26. - 1.-THE
White Sox are bunch of roaring,
tearing baseball fighters and that S
what I'm counting on mostly to
carry us into the worlds series,
declared Clarence Rowland, man
ager of the American league lead
ers, today.
MY boys have only begun to
fight. Their heads are up and
with a lead like they've got, I'm
confident it will take something
the east doesn't possess this year
to drag us from the peak.
We've got the class this year.
We've got a wonderful fielding
team and team that is beginning
to hit. The pitching staff is
steady, without a weak heart in
its makeup"
Rowland prepared no alibis to
haul back to Chicago if he fails
to hold the crest. He declared
every man is in the best possible
shape-not an injury-not even a
bad cold.
This fellow Risberg is doing
as h as anyone to hold us on
top, the Comiskey leader con-
tinued. Hes one of the best
bah players that ever came out
of minor league. A remarkable
fielder and a lightning thinker, he
fits in well with Collins and Weav-
err.
Eddie Collins is playing the
greatest fielding game of his ca
reer and he's beginning to hit"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25

We saw a whole trucklOad
Of empty beer bottles on their
way to the dock yesterday
afternoon. Relics of bygone
days!
O o o
A Wilkes0n woman was pinched
Tor selling court plaster, because
someone died from poisoned court
plaster in Kansas. Why not pinch
all the ammunition dealers in Ia
coma because men are getting
shot full Of holes in Europe?
o O o
TACOMA AND SEATTLE CITI-
ZENS ARE SHOWING MORE PA
TRI0TISM THAN ANYWHERE.
ELSE. THEY'RE HELPING
WAR ECONOMY BY REFUSING
TO RIDE ON STREET CARS.
o o O
Maybe Pat Moran expects
to get better results from
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25
AUST RALIA
T o r G IVES
LES DARCY

SAN FRANCISCO, July 25. =
Australia has forgiven Les Darcy.
Death has caused Australian
sportsmen to quash their indict-
ment against the worlds most UNI
fortunate Stacker and grant him
a full pardon.
This is the word that comes
from Snowy Baker, Australian
boxing promoter, who has written
friends here that a fund has been
started to raise a monument to
the memory of the former middle
weight champion of the world,
who paid so dearly for his mis-
takes.
Australians regret deeply that
death has cut short such prom
Using career" Baker wrote. IN
a recent bout between Jeff Smith
and Jimmy Clabby, the great aud
fence, which had Just learned of
Darcy's death, paid its respects to
his memory by standing with
barred heads for 10 seconds after
the announced had repeated the
details of his DEATH
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25
Margaret Ellington, Tacoma
Actress, Brings First Film

Marquis de Bienyille Elliot Dexter
Viscount D'Arcourt. Jack Holt
A throbbing love story with
many unusual angles is "The In
ner Shrine" in which Margaret
Ellington is to be presented at the
Colonial tomorrow. The picture
is an adaptation of the famous
novel by Basil King.
The vicissitudes Diane expert
ences in her married life, and her
final happiness with Derek Pruyn
are the high lights of the story.
OF especial interest to Colonial
patrons is the fact that Margaret
Ellington is the star. Miss Hing
ton, who is new to the screen,
altho famous on the stage, is the
wife of e. j. Bowes, former
Taeoman, and well known among
local society people. Her sup
porting cast is out of the ordi-
nary.
George Beban appears for the
last time tonight in "A Roadside
Impresario.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25

This is a eulogy to the menu
DRY of Sam LangfOrd, heavy
weight champion of Sam McVey
and Joe Jeanette.
Than, the broadsmiling, bay
Widowed, chocolate-colored fight
er, lost his smile, his nerve and
his agility down at Boston the
other night and for the first time
in his gay old life climbed
through the ropes of the ring and
told his seconds to throw in the
sponge.
"Ah guess ah knows when ah
got enuff," Than commented as
the verdict was awarded to the
Minnesota stringbean, Fred Full
ton.
Has Than retired?
Well, If he has, he made no
public announcement of that his
toric event, and il he has, Sam
MeVey and Joe jeanette will
either have to go back moving
pianos or starve to death, for
Than was the best meal ticket in
the world for Sam and Joe, and
Joe and Sam were considerable
meal tickets for Than.
Twenty-eight times has
Sam met the brethren i'm the
squared circle, Joe II times
and McVey II times. Sam
holds the hOnOrs, for neither
of them has ever sent him
into dreamland and he has
scored one knockout over
each of them.
In the other 90 meetings
he lost to Joe three times and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25
Clark Griffith's Work
In Vain; Sub Hits Ship

The Clark Griffith baseball
fund has been I'm vain. Three
months ago the "Old Fox"
started a chain letter to coll
lect % cents from any of his
friends. The appeal was sue
cessful and Griffith spent
$4,000 for supplies, enough to
outfit $50 baseball clubs, and
shipped the goods to Gen.
John j. Pershing, 'some-
where in France"
The steamer Kansan, the
boat upon which the baseball
supplies were sent, has been
reported sent to the bottom
by a German submarine and
all Griff's work will have to
be done again.
~ am too old to fight"
says Clark Griffith, tive can't
all be soldiers. The next best
thing is for all of us to do
the job we have to the best
of our ability. My job hap
pens to be baseball. l have
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25

der table and wearing out half
a dozen walters. His appetite is
one of the wonders of medical So
cieties and the terror of his
friends who very occasionally in
vite him to dinner. South
America didn't take kindly to the
two Sans and Joe when they ar
rived. Box office receipts were
small and the smiling trio went on
war diet. That was the last
straw, and Than hustled back to
the U. S. A. with his tour half
completed.
When Jack Johnson was cham
pion Langford was considered the
only man who had a chance to
beat him, but the willy Johnson
wouldn't try issues with the 60
rilla-like Sam.
Funny old happy-go-lucky Sam.
1t must have been an awful blow
to his pride to have to quit to a
fighter like Fulton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25

Johnny Evers by providing
him with q maxim silencer.
o o o
The Dodgers have recalled
MACK" Wheat from the minors.
Wonder what they have against
him.
o o O
The horrors of war are
more apparent every day.
Newspaper wires are forced
to quit all box scores, so
that TacOmans can't watch
the records of former Tigers
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25

been i'm this business for a
good many years. And l can
keep right on with a clear
conscience. Baseball is not
only an honorable business
It has a big part to play I'm
the war. Baseball is a war
game. 1t always will be.
'"The soldiers, both OF the
North and South, played base
ball i'm our Civil war, and
taught the whole country to
like the game. It's the same
thing in this war. The Eng
lish are taking to baseball
more than ever before. They
are playing the game in
France and Belgium close up
behind the trenches, within
range of the German guns.
The soldiers like it and will
have 1t.
Baseball is a good, whole
some game, built to order for
soldiers"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25

an Eastern paper.
Sword or rail?
o O o
No wonder Wild Bill Donovan
is wild. Rumor has had him fired
five times in two weeks.
With all the athletes going
to war, It's almost as easy to
pick up sport news in Tacoma
as 1t is to find union badges
in the Il. II. & p. lobby.
q o
A court denied an Injunction
brought by Jack Curley to prevent
Jess Willard from appearing II
his wild west show. 1t might
have been the law, but the court
could have gained popularity by
muzzling Curley and Jess at the
same time.
O o o
Flivvers are going to be
higher next month. But why
confine the prediction to
flivyers?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25
BIG PURSE FOR
LITTLE BOXERS
Ten Thousand Iron Boys Offered in Six Round Battle
Tonight at Philadelphia Crown
Hangs in Balance.

In weights Of the two champions.
Both will weigh in at s O'Clock
at 1873 pounds.
Leonard has everything to lose
in the mill and little except repu-
tation and cash to gain. II he
defeats Kilbane he can't claim
the featherweight title because
the weight is above that limit; but
If Kilbane knocks out the Har-
lemite he is entitled to the crown.
The prospects today were for
splendid weather, insuring a rec
ord-breaking crowd at Shibe park.
where ring has been erected
over the home plate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25
Not All Kids
In Net TOURNEY

Because California tennis stars,
who have squeezed out local play
ers and discouraged Northwestern
net men in previous Journeys, are
to be eliminated this season, a
large number OF old time tennis
players of Tacoma will return to
the game for the annual North
west tennis tourney.
Among those who say they will
take part this season are r. e.
Ripley, Llewellyn Jones, Belmore
Browne, c. A. Strong, Alex
Thompson, Robert Hyde, Chester
horne and Will Mccormick.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25
Chaplin Saved
Up New Stunts

When Charlie Chaplin started
to walk in his funny way a few
years ago the wiseacres said that
he would not last, for he had but
one kind of stuff. But that criti-
cism has all passed now, for
Charlie can still walk in new
ways and make his audiences
roar. 1.-THE Immigrant now be-
ing shown at the Melbourne,
where it will end its engagement
Thursday night, is filled with new
Chaplinantics.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25
'Rockykansas'
Dekon FIGHTER

Benny Leonard says that the
hardest hitter he ever met in the
ring is Rocky Kansas" a little
Indian whose right name is Rocco
Tozze. This Rocky Kansas, /"
says Leonard, lis nothing more
than Tom Sharkey boiled down.
He's built like a piano mover and
hits like a pile driver. We're all
lucky that his cleverness isn't in
keeping with his strength and hit
ting power"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25
Heavy Betting
On Alaska Game

SEWARD, Alaska, July %. -
At least $4,000 has been wager
ed on the Alaska championship
baseball series to be played at
Anchorage Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday between the Anchorage
and Seward teams. Fans will
travel 500 miles to see the game.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25

The biggest purse ever hung up
for a six-round no-decision bout
here will inspire Johnny Kilbane
tonight in his second attempt to
annex to his crown of feather
weight champion, the jewel Of
Benny Leonard's lightweight title.
The two champions will draw $780,
900 each for the go. Kilbane's
first trial at annexation was
against Freddie Welsh and it
wasn't success.
There will be no great disparity
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-25
Norman Ross
After Record
Omitted Press Leased wire.)

SAN FRANCISCO, July rs. =
Norman Ross, worlds champion
swimmer, will try to set a new
record for swimming across the
Golden Gate Aug. IL. He will
participate in the open race for
men on that date and has already
gone into training for the event.
The record for the distance is
20:44, made In 1914 by Walter
Pomeroy.