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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-25
COMING

The entire fourth battalion Of the artillery including 500
Tacoma Nov. the
Stadium football the
362d regiment Most Of them Tacoma boys.
The arterymen will give exhibition drill just before the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-25
DROWNED IN BATH TUB

Miss Elsie Allen teacher of domestic science in the
Annie Wright seminary found dead In bath tub in home
Rawley where teach according to word
received left seminary
thought Miss Allen have tainted the tub
She many n Tacoma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-25
BANKS SUBSCRIBE BIG

Puget Sound off with largest
subscription drves150,000 itself and
the Fidelity Trust
subscriptions. John
Baker subscribed $4,000
a subscribed one-fth Of
all Tacoma raising their total to $50000
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-25

Joseph 8. Echavarne, G COM
pany, 3G4th infantry, is on his
way to bedside of his mother.
near death i'm Los Angeles. Men
in his company gave him $50 for
the trip.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-25

Tacoma Boy Scouts have sold
so bonds, amounting to $1,000.
and expect to double it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-25
T }Sst Gist

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Frederick Meischke of Grayland
gets 80 days in county Jail for
threatening to elbow the presi-
dent and the government to
pieces"
81 guess that will be about
right" says Earl Crissman when
U. S. Judge Cushman sentences
him to a year in jail for refusing
to register.
Grant school reaches 100 per
cent enrolment in Junior Red
Cross, with membership of SGT.
Lewellyn Boyle is third son Of
U. s. Marshal John M. Boyle of
Tacoma to pass state bar examin-
ations.
Auto Coaster Wagons-$4 %
and up. Palace Hardware Co.,
1911 Pacific ave. adv.
James A. Sproule, secretary of
Anti-Compulsory Vaccination So
ciety, protests to school board
that some principals are insisting
on pupils being vaccinated before
being allowed to attend school.
"This country has unlimited
faith in you," U. s. Senator Jones
tells $4,000 soldiers at Camp
Lewis.
DIR. Cozza, dentist, 203 Proyi.
dent. adv.
For benefit of library fund at
Camp Lewis, performances are
given in Orpheum theater, South
Tacoma, under direction of Miss
Helen Pinkerton, librarian for
the district. The performances
will be repeated Thursday even
ing.
Everything in Regulation Mill
tary Equipment. .Hofstetters
1903 Pacific ave. adv.
Fire department is called out
after sleepy roomer In New WASH
ington hotel. 18th and Broadway,
throws lighted cigaret butt among
clothing of roommate. Latter is
compelled to look around for
some clothes.
16-in. and aft. slab wood. Key
stone Lumber Co. Main 1928. adv.
Mrs. Bertha VOlkman, 81,
shot to death at home in Seattle
by Charles Butcher of La Touche,
Alaska, who then kills himself.
Milwaukee Liver Sausage. Duen-
wald's, 1112 Broadway. adv.
] Spokane electrical workers re-
fuse counter proposal of Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph Co.
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COMMERCIAL BgNDERY q
PRINTING co. Main AIT. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-25

Spokane electrical workers re-
fuse counter proposal of Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph Co.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-25

Milwaukee Liver Sausage. Duen-
wald's, 1112 Broadway. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-25
CONVICTS BUY BONDS


LINCOLN Neb, Oct 24Nebraska convcts want one to
the international
Convicts today subscribed $3.50 worth
The Press., 1917-02-22

feet thick and thirtJ five feet deep, in the center of which hay the oIiect of all these efforts. With tho brine pump going continuously to maintain the frozen walls, a derrick was rig@ed and the material inside the cOffcrdam re. moved. Finally the blackeneI 6e.k blanks of the old boat appeared, and old Packard was lowered into the ex- cavation to make the first chips fly. He soon gave way to younger men, who worked in relays for hours be- fore they got the better of the stout beams and pIanking. As was to be supposed. they came upon chr.g hcr solid full of mud but it was Il great day when at last the pile of precious rope bound boxes were discovered and lifted to the surface.
 All were carried under guard to the ice plant and opened. The coins wore embedded in blncll mud and tGr.ii,;% cd but just as valuable as the day they were minted. There was even more in the find than Packard had said.
 After paying all expenses Grover and Packard divided a little utcr $SOOOG between them. and the partnership was dissolved hy mutual con rcnt.
 With his capital Grover made good start as contractor and o!d Packard braced up and wore good clothes and advocated temperance. His chief pleas, ure was taken in recOunting the story of the General Fremont, always top ping off with. Didn't tel yOl So:"
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The Sunken
 5 Treasure } Modern Engineering Skill RecoverS Long Buried Gold
By CHARLES s. pEAsE

"I tell you there is $75,O0O down twenty-five feet in the mud of the river bottom in place l know about, but ill fifty years l have not been able to find a man with nerve enough to go aft CT it."
 Old Packard was babbling his one story-the only thing he thought about. | Nobody believed the poor old loafer. They only laughed at him. All the hangers on around the station post office thought him a harmless lunatic or at least that he was cracked on the subject of buried treasure. But one afternoon there happened to be d young engineer on the platform waiting to take train who had heard fragments of Pnckard'S story before, and the idea struck him that he would go to the bottom of the story. if not to the bottom of the river.
 Look here, Packard" he said; you stay at home tomorrow night and I'll come down to your place and we will go over your story" r
 "All right" replied the old man. I'll be on the lookout for you; but, under stand. yOu'n have to play fair with me-"
 Early the next evening the engineer made his way to the poor old shack down by the bank of the Missouri river where Packard lived.
 "NIr Packard, my name is Grover John D. Grover. I am an engineer. l have just opened an office in Omaha. I have heard enough of the $75,OO0 in the sunken steamboat to want to know all about it. Tell me the whole story"
 Why should you want to knOw:" quizzed the old man dOubtfully, hug ging the secret of many years.
 Because if all I suspect you know can be made clear to me l believe have a means of getting that treasure without much trouble or expense, will play fair with you if you will with me. If we are successful We will square the cost and you and divide fifty and fifty. I'll bank my wits and the survey against your in formation. 1 am interested in this thing in two ways-I need money and I want to try out an invention l have nedFQ dDOuI.
 Old Packard's eyes twinkled with eX- citement as he stuck out his horny hand to Grover.
 i've been waiting for you for fifty years. You are the first and only man l have met who has shown any intel ligence and sand about digging mp the old General Fremont. I am the only man living who knows where that boat lies buried; how deep and what's aboard. Here goes for the whole story; I'll trust you.
 ''In the summer of 1854 l was one of the cub pilots on the General We started away from St. Louis in the early spring. bound for Fort Benton, Mont, and intermediate gnv- ernment posts along the Missouri river. We had q miscellaneous cargo aboard of ordnance and general supplies. II the strong room was $75.OO0 in gold for the pay of officers and soldiers. e
 All went we'll enough until after we had passed old St. Mary'S and were making crossing in pretty shal- low water AS bad luck would have it, a snag popped its nose up. as We
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ELLINGTON.
Crystal Lake.

MT. and Mrs. Walter P. West o1 Snipsic were guests at A U. Charter 's on Sunday.
 Mrs. AID. Charter and son, Gordon, of Stafford Springs, were at A. U. Charters last week.
 A. M. Richardson is taking the census enumeration for this part of the town of Ellington.
 Miss Jennie Carlson of Hartford was with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. John Carlson, over Sunday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Perlin Dimock and Mrs. Robert Parker and daughter, Lenora, and others visited MT. and Mrs Wm. Downes in Wilmington on Sunday.
 A merry party attended the dance in Holland last Saturday night. They were taken over by Bert Fuller on his large sled and had a most enjoyable ride. Among tho number were Howard Dimook of Rockville, Miss Jennie Carlson and Mrs. Eva Dimock of Hartford, MT and Mrs. Perlin Dimock, Mrs. J. R Downes, Miss Gladys Downes, Irene Minor, Milton Dimook, Al. Charter, Edgar Aborn, Roswell and Milford Aborn, Anna and Frances Downes of Crystal Lake.
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were bucking the current under iulI hole in our bow. The thrush of water put the fires out at once, and we drift ed back into the next pool, where the General sank in twenty-five feet ot depth. bringing the Big Muddy level with the texas. On this deck were plenty of boats. and no one wanted to stop long with the river sucking and pulling at the old General. So we
 luit and landed at Nebraska City with t"e clothes on our backs. that was al. .
 Il was. in the pilolhouse when the General touched bottom, and the first thing that passed through my mind was:
 Some time i'm going to hoist out that gold caught two ranges at right angles as we bumped the river bed. and l am confident that the hulk
 s right where left it. There was q
 ot of heavy stum on board lu nu.d i. flown. and Gn top of that the river mud would fill up every nook and cranny ill q few minutes. Of course the stream would soon strip the upper works right down to the hull. In fact, the pilothOuse and other stuff kept us company as far as we went.
 In 1S6O cutoff occurred near the Iowa bluffs and left the hulk three miles back in the country. The bend silted up long ago, and now there are fifteen inch cottonwOods growing above the grave of the General
 That's the story, young man, and will you be good enough to tell me how in thunder you are going to get down twenty-five feet in quicksand? You cannot dig quicksand like plain dirt. It runs like water. You might as we'll try to bale out the Missouri river or the Atlantic ocean for that matter. That's the question. There is no known way of sinking pit in quicksand."
 '.lts simple enough as soon as you know how," said Grover. laughing. "It's going to take little money and some machinery, but believe I very soon can raise all the help We need. Tomorrow morning we will drop in and see a lawyer and settle our mat ters of partnership in this enterprise.
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N. Y, N. H. & H. MAN HAPPY ONCE AGAIN HAS GOOD HEALTH

"I had kidney trouble for years and, try as would, I could not get rid of it. It was so bad at times that I had to give up my work. My whole system became run down, my stomach got out of order, and it was impossible for me to digest my food. l was nervous and did not sleep we'll. l suffered from pains in my back and shoulders as we'll as pains in my stomach.
 Although had used many medi- oines without getting any permanent relief, decided to give Tanlac a trial because it was recommended SO highly. found that it was all right, and it soon fixed me up. My kidneys are now in good order, my stomach is all right, my digestion is fine, anu my whole system has been greatly strengthened. "
 The above is great statement made by Dennis O'Brien of S4 Hanover street, Meriden, one of the best known employees of the N. T., N. H. & Hartford R. R., having worked there for over thirty years.
 Tanlao is designed to overcome stomach, kidney and liver trouble, catarrh and rheumatism, and to purify the blood, and give strength to the system.
 Tnnlao is now being intoduced at  McCormiok's Drug Store.
The Press., 1917-02-22
Safety of a Shin.

The safety of ship depends upon its stability. strength, water tightness and reserve stability and flOatability if injured. The strength is due to the framing and plating or planking. Wa ter tightness is effected by calking the seams between plates and blanks. The seams of iron plates are calked by hammering the edge of the upPermOst plates against the one underneath it. The seams between blanks are partly filled with Oakum. which is forced in and the remainder of the seam filled with pitch. marine glue or putty. The reserve stability and ffoatability when injured depend upon the position and volume of the interior space which Is flooded. To reduce this volume to a safe point vessels are divided into con- partInHntS by water tight bulkheads, which extend across the ship at inter valS.
The Press., 1917-02-22
How the Ca atain Tackad.

Captain Joshua ;SlOcum, the famous solitary voyager, tells in his Sailing Alone Around the World" an amusing story of the way in which he protected himself at night from marauding say ages while in the nciglIhOrhOod of Cape Horn. When he went to sleep Captain SlOcum would sprinkle the deck with carpet tacks, taking particular care that not few of them stood business end" up. It is we'll known that one cannot step on tack without saying something about it. A pretty good Christian would whistle; a savage will howl and claw the air. And that was just what happened. SlOcum re- ports, about F o'clock one night. His vessel was bearded while he slept. But no sooner had they stepped on deck than the saVagPS. bowling like pack of hounds. jumped pelimell. some into their canoes and some into. the sea, a great deal of free language escaping them as they went. Slocum says that he was never disturbed again. though he sprinkled lis deck with tack> many nights thereafter.
The Press., 1917-02-22
RadAmnnd and Eira

Probably no other wood burns with more resistance than California red wood. IL seems to have been made fire resistant by nature. In logging camps this is peculiarly noticeable, for no other wood could be so treated Be cause of the enormous size of redwood trees the logs are very heavy-a six teen foot butt log weighs from thirty to fifty tOns-and 1t is very difficult to handle them when the ground is lit tered with bark, undergrowth and tops To get rid of this waste, or slash" as the lumberman calls it. he simply sets 1t on fire. The slash burns off, but the logs do not burn. They come through this test by fire, which lasts from eight to ten hours, with merely a slight char on the sapwood on their exterior.
The Press., 1917-02-22
Winks and Eye Baths.

Every few seconds we wink both our eyelids at once. although not purpose ly, If we stop winking our eyes be come uncomfortable and gradually cease to work as they should. When the eye is open the front of it is ex- posed to dirt and dust and is apt to become so dry that a painful stinging sensation results or would do so if constant moisture were not provided to cleanse and SOOthe the tissues.
 AS Il matter Of fact, each time we wink we wash the eye. says the POpu- lar Science Monthly. Up above each eye is tiny bag called the tear gland, and all the time we are awake 1t makes tears. When the front of the eye feels itself becoming a little too dry or dusty a communication is sent for q supply of moisture. The eyelid then comes down with a tear inside it to wash clean the front of the eye. This is the most gentle and perfect washing in the world.
The Press., 1917-02-22
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
Held by Authorities to Be Part of the
 National Jurisprudence

The declaration that international law is at one and the same time hoti, national and international has far reaching and very pra 'tical Signiti- canoe for the work of building new international order.
 The courts of Great Britain, begin ming with Lord Chancellor Talbot in 1733 and including Lord Chief Justice Mansfield in 1764. have held that the law of nations is part of the common law of England. Sir William Black stone supported this doctrine in his classic Commentaries. This doctrine holds good as we'll in the United States as in Great Britain, fact to which both Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton bore convincing testimony.
 In the lifetime of the present gener- alton the United States supreme court has held that international law is part or our law aud that, in order to ascer- tain and administer it ill cases where there is no treaty and no controlling executive or legislative act or judicial decision, resort must be had to the GUS toms and usages nf civilized nations New York Times.
The Press., 1917-02-22
WELLINGTON.

c. V. Smith is absent for a few days in Ansonia and vicinity attend ing conventions.
 A party of young people are plau. ming a straw ride to storrs this Thurs day evening to attend a play to be given there
 The Misses Palmer and Cunning are expected home from their two months in New York on Saturday Their welcome is assured.
 We are very proud of our young la dies in the Stafford high school who take the half yearly high honor marks i; Miss Alice Ward, senior, and Miss Doris Amidon, freshman.
The Press., 1917-02-22
HOLLAND.

The 0. E. society of Rockville had a sleigh ride last week and took supper at the Steele house.
 Herman Drewes has sold his farm known as the Lien Fuller" place to Ernest and Terez Herboy of Hartford.
 Mir. and Mrs. Wm. B. Ludlow, Bessie and Billy Ludlow and Harriett Bartlett are spending a week in Bos. ton.
 Judge and Mrs. Edwin s. Agard have returned from New York after spending a short time with their daughter, Mrs. Henry B. Stafford.
 The Ladies society and the O. E. of the Congregational church will give a supper and entertainment in the town hall this Thursday evening.
 The annual pig supper of the Lee Methodist churh will be given in the town hall Friday evening, March 3. Supper will be served from to 8 o'clock, after which an entertain ment consisting of vocal and instru. mental music and two faroes, entitled Answering the Phone," and "The Penitent's Return," will be given.
The Press., 1917-02-22
South willington.

Wm. Graham of Flushing. L. I spent Sunday with Leon Woodworth. r Regular meeting of Baker chapter, O. E. s next week Wednesday even ing. b -s- G s@91
 Adler s. Potter returned to his work Tuesday after being home, sick, for little more than a week.
 The rise in prices for neoessariet of life goes merrily on. Potatoes, $4 per bushel. How do you like it?
 The board of relief have finished their work without anyone appearing GO protest against their assessment.
 MT. and Mrs. Louis 0. Dimock are settled in their new home after some lengthy waiting. But it is worth waiting for at that.
 Wm. Ladr has brought his car home from Rockville where it has been for a brushing up. We are re- minded that there have been very few days this winter but what autos have been driven through this village
 The work of taking the military census began in earnest last Monday morning. As suggested last week MT. Houohens is covering the town at large while J. G. Service is taking the village.
 The supper and entertainment given by the t-together club to the ladies of the town at Memorial church last week Friday evening was a complete success. About 125 people attended and enjoyed the affair. Frank T Naples, elocutionist, of Norwich entertained most acceptably. Miss Doris Hall, accompanied by Mrs. W. H. Hall on the piano, sang several songs much to the enjoyment of those present, "Annie Laurie" proving an especial favorite. At the close Miss Rosa O. Hall, speaking for the lady guests, thanked the club for the enter tainment and intimated that the ladies might reciprooate. We hope so.
 The "Nipmuok" camp fire of South Wilmington will entertain the Boys club at Social hall on Friday evening of this week Supper will be prepared and served by the girls themselves and games and brief entertainment will follow The camp fire has twelve enthusiastic members who appreciate deeply the interest shown in them and their work by their guardian, Miss Carroll, and also the cooperation of the mothers in providing meeting places. Mrs. Holman's home has been open for the meetings whenever it has been inoonvenient to meet else where. This organization must have a wholesome effect upon the home and social life within it's reach and deserves the earnest support of all interested iu our young girls.
The Press., 1917-02-22
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY, FEB. sa, 1917.
LEWIS MCLAUGHLIN, PUBLISHER

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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. .
Open the Windows.

* Statistics show that the death k rate for pneumonia. bronchitis,
 < colds and grip is highest in < January, February and March. { < These are the window shut < months. The rate is lowest in !. July, August and September,
 :: when the windows are wide < open. The rate rises again in < October November and Decem- < Der, when the windows are clos . < ing. It does not drop again un- [ < til April, May and June, when . < the windows are again opening. [ < The death rate for the four : * diseases in winter cannot be re- . < duced to that prevailing In sum- < mer, but it can be materially ! < lessened by a more general use < of fresh air. * No air that ever blew out of ! * doors k as dangerous or so poi 1 < sOnOus as that inside bedroom !
 + with tightly closed windows. j. Night air is just as pure and 1 < wholesome as day air. Fogs and * rains are only injurious i'll so far ] * as they frighten you into clos ! < ing your windows * Open the windows and lower ! * the death rate.
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The Press., 1917-02-22

T Court of Probate holden at Staff ford, within and for the District of stafford, on the gth day Of November, A n. Ie'g
 Present, ROBERT II. FISK. Judge.
 on motion or Amanda Quay, expcutTtX on the estate of Hei " Quay, late Of staffo q. within said dist rict. deceased.
 This court doth decree that six months be al- lowed and limited for the creditors ot said estate to exhibit their claims against the same to the eXecutTiN, and directs that public notice be given of this order, by advertising the same once In some newspaper having circulation in said district, and by posting a copy thereof on the public sign-post in said town of starond, nearest the placs where tho deceased last dwelG. Certified from Record.
 MARCUS B. FISK, Clerk.
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Can't look we'll, eat we'll or feel we'll with impure blood. Keep the blood pure with Burdock Blood Bitters. Eat sim. ply, take exercise, keep clean, and good health Is pretty sure to follow. S1 bottle.
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Personal Tax Notice,
Made tO Order

All persons liable to pay personal tax In the town of Wilington aTe hereby nottnpd that said tax bee mes due and payable on the nrnt day of February, and that for the purpose of coll cting he same l will De ai he store Of c. llall, IT,. & 70 tn south Willington each buHi. ness day tn February
 LANES kVICE. Jk, Deputy Collector.
 Willlrgton, Conn., Jan 70, i8S. awM