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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-06

OF the Southern railway. making his
home at Lynchburg. Particulars of
the accident have not been received
here. Besides his parents, the young
man is survived by several sisters and
brothers, one OF the latter, Mr.. b. F.
Rainey, being resident of Peters,
burg. The body will be brought here
for interment.
Mrs. Mary A. Rolin.
Mrs. Mary A. Rolin. wife OF Fred
Roln. died at her home In East Wash
ington street late yesterday afternoon
after a long illness. Mrs. Rolin was
in the fifty-sixth year of her age
Besides her husband, she is survived
by one son. Fred w. Rolin. OF this
city She was a sister of Mrs. II. E.
Russell. whose death occurred two
weeks ago. Funeral services were
conducted from the residence at 430
o'clock this afternoon by the Rev.
c. Il. Bryal. assisted by Rev. John
b. Winn.
Mrs. Leila j. Anderson.
Mrs Leila J. Anderson, wife Of Will
liam r. Anderson, of Chesterfield
county. died at her home last night
in the forty-second year of her age.
Mrs Anderson was well known and
highly esteemed in the community.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the Woods NJ. E. church at 3
o'clock tomorrow (Monday) afternoon
and interment will be in the church
cemetery.
Barber Is Arrested.
At the request OF the Concord. n.
c., authorities. Lieutenant Donahue,
acting chief of the local police de-
partment, placed under arrest Sam
Hitchcock. a barber. who recently ac-
cepted employment here. last night.
Hitchcock was arrested on a felony
warrant He expressed willingness to
return to North Carolina without
ran1iisif{nr
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-06
INJURED ON RAILROAD
DIES IN HOSPITAL

Especial to Tho Richmond vIre1nian. }
Charlottesville. Va. Aug. 6-pat-
rick Lawrence Rainey. aged twenty.
son of d. F. Rainey. of Norfolk. died
on the operating table at University
hospital soon after being thrown from
a railroad velocipede which Jumped
the track at Hickory Hill J. M. Chest.
nut, of Monroe. who was accompany ing
Rainey. sustained = fractured hip and
other injuries. Both men were men,
bers of Southern railway engineer
ing corps. located here and had start Cd
on pleasure trip. fRatney's body
will be taken tomorrow to Petersburg
for interment. Besides his parents.
he leaves two brothers. residents OF
Petersburg and four sisters.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-06
TRAIN CLAIMS ANOTHER
SOLDIER VICTIM

Roanoke. Va, August 5.-Tonv
~ Stewart. a member OF Coupany
~. Second Virginia regiment. was
found dead on Norfolk e. Western
tracks twelve miles east OF Virginia
City recently. His head was crushed
and other parts OF the body were
BADLY manrled 1t is not known how
he came to his death. He was the
- - y. w. Stewart, OF Nortor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-06
SAFE BUT MAN
AND NIECE BADLY HURT

Winchester. Va, August 81. s.
Metzger. wealthy business man OF
Frost burg. Nd, and his niece. Miss
Van Meter, Romney, w. Va, were
injured severely near here recently
when their automobile skidded on
a sharp curve while endeavoring to
avoid running down a flock OF tur-
keys. The rear tire blew out and
the car turned turtle. plunging down
into a ditch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-06
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
COMMITTEE TO WORK
WITH RED CROSS
First Important Fruit OF tHorts 40
Co-ordinate All War Reiicf
Activities.
MATERIAL TO BE STANDARDIZED
@. A, Coffin Succeeds Judge i"Nct
On Committee on Co-opcrattoh-
Chairman Dawson Outlines FUR
poses

Ever since the Red Cross war coun-
Gil was appointed by President VIII
son earnest efforts have been max
inr to secure effective cooperation
4 Nth the Red Cross by all the allied
war relief organizations The nrst
I'll tmnortant fruit or these eroTts III the
esta blishn7ent Of working pan OF
E co-operatton with the national sur
rtcal dressings committee. henry =
Tavison. chairman of the Red ross
war council, today authorizes '4ie 4''
lowing statement:
.-The Rcd Cross is very much
+ rratihed 10 he able TO announce that
the national surgical dressings com :
r,tttee. one OF the most important
OF the relief organizations called mo
/ beirr nv the European war, has pc
come an auxiliary Of the American
Red Cross This arrangement was
rerfected after protracted neEoua-
lion between Mrs Mary Hatch WI.
lard. the organizer and chairman o.
,hn surgical dressings committee, and
2 Judge Robert s i,ovett. chairman 81
the Red Cross committee on co-ope-
ration.
III * heltee,-t. that this Is the pre-
c,frsor Of arrangements 70 he maze
Whereby other war relief orcAhlza
ttons NAV become allies o. the keR
Cross and }oin with II ~ carrying \
practical message of aid aud r'ti'5
among those a. our own people ann
our allies who may be sick wounded
and suffering because Of this war
1T il hoped that all such "a nj
gators which are manufact 7r
materials For hospital or other ~
we-k among our allies in Euro'e
may become auxiliaries Of the EFd
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-11
OLD HOME DAY IN PLUNKET
tonrd. Z" isr Presented rucsun, Ni-l,t
hs Mothers Club OF Franklin
Scfl0ui.
\ comedy l.I:,,l.., :,

\ comedy niayict--"nld Home Day in
iinnkct viii nc prosecuted Tuesday
-a'Sh' at O'Clock ~ the Franklin
S"'i""l auditorium. under tho ,uspjcrs
81 TIE frauLln school Mothers club.
The ca*, "f c',aiac,crs VII lie as
follows.
Hiram '."'"u". Country Square. X
W. Smcthi.vSi liopr leader Of rIuuh,.
quartet EtSil Norrissctt": ira Bob
h'rklii. director ct band. curtis pnviS.
". u. Rich. = rr"u"i"r. John NorvclI.
.I"cN Black. IN artful ludScr liaruiSh
LOVING; Frank Slowc. who prefers
Pluuktt. Hunter Harding. Ira swat
ni'tl pi'\"r. doe Nolt": Joe Jones ami
Emma Jones. known as tho I,artliur
i";'Im. l;"G2ir James aud Mabel HARLEY.
Moss NnS"!ina NpUlcby. town poet
Miss ii"Ssi" IRA, tor: Miss Everett
W rtSh,. = r"furncr. Miss irrnc Not:
A'iSS Frances Speaker. true Ia j;cr
name. Miss Mary 'larkc: Mrs VINE
i:"Nd, bride, MiSs Ma" '..rci b1,tu.,.I.
W iiit" lloyd ;;rn"t clifford GRIMM.
Mrs i.iH%tc Schiintztn. :,,tS ~ ,r.,t,
bS mistake. Ml$S ~. ,.ri, Nol,r. MISS
MinSi'Na i,"wn. a., - I',u..k.tcr. VII.
sings Mrs. u. .. ShiG"tt- Ted stout
thc fiddler. T. J. ,'l,yc. l,!cius Sni,n
- NlllitS" s"nGSt"r, Willie James: Vii
"2" Htnd. tuiii~ !'..Ni-. Wilmer t.:..i..
St"n. Malcolm Tarlor. Sterling Morton:
\ 'ilaG"E~ Miss i:hu;, I,avniSot FloSSic
: riun. liattir i;aH;. Margaret Taavior.
GLADLY, '"ok M:trs,ro' tiuul.cr cecil
Loving accompanied. stanley James.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-11
Says Simple Remedy
Prolonged His Life
DR.. CaidtoelPs Syrup Pcpsin
Effective as Remedy
for Constipation.

Among older people the various or
.ans ~ the body hay. - Tendency To
slow NJ aud wcakcn. and this is usual
~ hr.t niauifes; II :, pronounced in
activity Of the bowels.
Good health * dependent OF reg ular-
lily III thus important functions when
ever there is tire slightest Indication.
Of constipation mild LAXATIVE should
be taken t. relieve the congestion anu
dispose or the accumulated waste.
% thnrtics Or purgativcs should not b.
employed. however: these ~" to" Niu-
lcni in action and then cffcc, is only
temporary.
\ n,ld laxative such ~ tho combine.
ti"n Of simple laxative herbs with pep.
SIN known pr ,'aidwcii's Syrup
i"pS,u * Tie ideal remedy. II l.: gen
tic ia its action. bringing relief ~ NJ,
cssN. NATURAL manner. without gripinr
'r other r.tn Or Discomfort is pleasant
T." III" taste. and can he obtained In,
amy dru" store.
sir, Robert I.eForrcc ois kirkwood
H"uIeNard. davenport. Iowa. says ho
has always had :, bottle OF Dr ,.ald-
wells strip Pcpsin IA the hou~c for
tn" past eighteen Years. and that hv
using II "tca aion;ll.y as the need arises
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-11
SURGEONS TO MEET
Interesting Papers win Hr Read by
Local Physicians ON Tues
day Night.

Tie Richmond Academy nr Medicine
and Surgery viii hold tx regular
monthly ncctiu. on 'iu"sdlN night in
the auditorium Of the Chamber at Com
iacrrr Iiuildin: at $50 o'.inrk. The
mcctin. promises 10 Il" one of tn.
most interesting h"Id ia some tlin". as
there ar" several good Speakers On the
program
Dr. Charles NJ Iia%"n viii ,rv,ur.
on t"rh"rap"utic t,scs If liudiun''
while In Marvin y. Nuckols viii give
a. talli IN "int"s;inai fistuia."t with u
report IL cases In addition to these
speakers. tit" report ot ras.S viii Ia.
given ~ l'rS. IL. l.. straw ford and ,,,r
ringt"n Williams In NJ Il .,.nu. ar
the MAYA! !. orui,in1 station, viii rive
"a short talk.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-11
BOY SCOUTS SHOW THEIR
DEVOTION TO FLAG
hole Hearted Cheers irc t.i,cu " hen
Picture OF President Mil>uu
l. 'ibroMn an screen.


I 9tNrt't hundred ft"hn'"iiA i:"H
Sr"u,S' VINO. II common Win thousands
~ ",l'"r n"'f"r"ncd Young vrs through
""l 'n> hii"d state ar' fought t'"i
l"'fl"l'S" "'d r}N'r"""r +" ~" its
'"'ls'''r'" Ia "rNi request" - e hish
,l'i@""Ship. G''Nc expression lest niEhi
80 ~" Sh1t'i OF Nar'i'"t Hi"h>ih"'. At
'h'S tmr i'""'nSc ~ national "riS :.
~" 'u' S,'fS az" stripes "ni"."'"
"''"i' th'n'.
ia" hoASs Wtrv c"th"r'd 1T the l:tu-
ford lu 10y High i"o, TO-, th. dual
""l"hatr",f 80 IN" .l"sm. Ut another
month. and fcf III" srN"uth 'uuIN'r-
"arE OF "a" hirth "i th" i;"t scout
"rcaniHati"n. II IS til, usual tHnG L"
""ard hann"r~ and penunuts at ta"
"t.i ri each ihirr, day, to ll,osc troops
Which havc shown III" greatest eli
@'ca"y during ,l.,; tin, l.ast uiGhj.
however III" ""t.;si"n Mas just = lit
,'r 'ilt"rrnt.
E"aid"s III" uatl"ns,l character oi TIA"
celebration. til. u,r,ai"n gave "l,r"r-
lehitH Tor III" d'S'ihN "t uati"ual tv'l-
inG Nnd 'i'' Roy Scouts ''iid it with
- N'ht W hen ~. 'H'uct" mHt Threw
tn" ii'c huii"rtn= - III" screen, h"m-
9r'"S "' ~, lhr"a'"d YOUNGSTERS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-11
.iailcd FOR i.In,;pr p,t;.

-Nait"f johnson, cuiurcd. Was u,,,I
>i"". S""S"Hsd-t" hftcen days IN ia, /
';1i required t. furnish siuu bond r,r
rs 2oud brhavio. for ninety d.y. 80.
,"t'iaN IN Police cou; when n. w,>
r"nNi'ied az maintaining game or
police.
courtney lHtN. colorcd. WAS held far
the grand iury On the charge OF as
IA uit.M. S:lr.lh Leo.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-11
r,nn"in= ncncut Performance.

E"h"'r>:'l. aIr undcr WAY fur tho
,,l"dn,.ti"n - Tile i;jc SHOW" al.
"il"n"lu!H.s 'auiVal', to IL. given ~
y. m"nii'cis - the Monumental Min.
t'r"ls - E.nford school Anditurium
tr.dty. March - The cast includes
,"h'' - III" ttiu- makers III tilr CITY.
AVA tn" latest song hits viii 10 rcn.
d"""h II y = h"uthi performance. uu-
'tct iaf" direct i uf Silly I'icI.c
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-11

ahd ia this WAY keeping his health
good II has prolonged his life, ami
brought case and comfort ..s
Dr. taldwclrs syrup Pcpain Is sold
~ DRUGGISTS everywhere. and costs
Only mtg cents bottle. To avoid
limitations and ineffective substitute.
l." sure !" get br. taidwelIs Syrup
pcpsin SEQ that a facsimile Of pr
'aldwelfs signature and his portrait
arpear nn the yellow carton III which
the bottle ~ packed. \ trial bottle
fro" Of "haraA. can he obtained hv
writing 70 Dr. w. r. Caldwell 455
Wasi,inston St. Monticello. Illinois for
whom this advertisement is published
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-11
MACHEN TO MAKE ADDRESS
WIN 'sr"ni> Z" >unrapisi> az, "In,u.nr,
"i Women puu
l.cEtsfatiOn.'.

LOWS ~ M&chen. director ~ me
80 ,.'S Si''Nr k"lcrence I:ur.au.
WI addr"SS the E.uual Sutfr.,r.. I...,.,,,
OF R'ch'"ond on Thursday afternoon,
- 40 o'clock. hi ssubi.c, being The
fhnuchT" Of Women lror Legislation"
The SPEAKER will lie introduced a.,
NrS. Iohm q: Mllm.c. -chi.irnan II LIZ
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-11

you whether the wheels Of your
car are in alignment.
They will guard against the
various forms of tire abuse which
you may innocently infict.
These tire experts are not sat
isfied merely to sell you Good
year Tires.
Their interest continues until
you have had maximum mileage
and satisfaction from them.
They all have the same pur-
pose, the same disposition to
hold your business by getting
your friendship, by giving you
service.
Such men, who forego extra
discounts to sell you better tires,
are good men for you to deal with.
Goodyear tires Heavy Tourist Tubes and Tire -
Bauer 4cceSsoie, easy 10 get from Good
Service Station Dealers in Rjcho,ond t.,
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, Akron, Ohio
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-11
The Goodyear Dealers Platform

The Goodyear Service Station
Dealers in Ric IA m ond are a
part of the Goodyear poIicy-a
time and money saving advantage
to YOU
The one big aim of the Good
year factories is to build mileage
into Goodyear Tires.
The big aim Of the Goodyear
Service Station Dealer is to see
that you have maximum enjoy
ment and use of your tires with
the least effort, time and expense.
IN the rural harnlets, in the
medium size towns, in the big
cities, you will always find a
Goodyear Service Station Dealer
within easy reach.
BY the sign above you will
know them.
They will see that you use tires
OF proper size; they will provide
proper imitation; they will tell
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-11


Kosher
4 ubjcct
" Done tho ml
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-03
Most Buoyant Wood.

The lightest wood known, so far as
any evidence attainable is concerned,
is balsa wood, which grows extensive
~ in the Central American and north
ern South American states. 1t is COM
posed of very thin walled cells, which
are barrel shaped, interlace with each
other and are almost devoid of woody
fiber. These cells are filed with air,
making natural structure well adapt
ed to prevent the transmission of heat
because of the particles of air impris-
oned in the material without intercon-
Meeting fibers. Various tests of the in
sulating properties for resisting the
flow Of heat have been made. Balsa
wood has been used quite extensively
in the past as a buoyancy product for
life preservers and in connection with
the tenders Of lifeboats and RATS. Its
life is short, under ordinary conditions,
unless treated with antiseptic or pre-.
sentative material.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-03
Ariake Bays Mystic Fire.

Shiranubi, the mystic fire of Ariake
bay, Kyushu, has been famous for the
past 1000 years, the sight being con-
sidered one of the great wonders Of the
Japan seas.
In recent issue of the Taiyo Maya
zine M. Kaneko, teacher in the Shi-
mabara middle school, relates his i'm
pressions of the fire. According to Mr..
Kaneko, when he witnessed the spec
tacle the first light appeared like star
about five miles distant. Suddenly the
volume of light increased until it soon
covered an area Of many miles. The
light moved with the waves and re-
sembled electric lights being lighted
and then suddenly extinguished. Mr..
Kaneko says that intermittent wave
like movements are the chief charac-
teristics Of the mystic fire. He fails
to find cause for the origin of the fire.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-03
RUSSIAN ANARCHISTS
PERIL LIFE OF ROOT
Attempt to Wreck and Burn U. S.
ENJOYS Train.

TOKYO = An attempt to wreck
or burn the train on which Elihu Root
head of the American mission to Rus.
STA, was riding, was made by an.
archists at Viatka station, in Siberia
according to travellers from Russia ar.
irving here.
Bridges ahead of Roots train were
set afire just as Root was entering ST.
IBERIA. The train was stopped before it
reached the burning structures and
was delayed for thirty hours while the
damage was being repaired.
Then, as Root was about to start
again, Viatka station and storehouse
were set afire and the blaze spread to
the railway coaches there.
Three trains were burned and the
Root train was threatened, but the
American mission escaped.
Mrs. Gregory Mason of New York
declared that after the storehouse and
coaches caught fire, blazing cars were
pushed down the tracks to the wind
ward of the Root train, so that the
breeze carried the flames directly
against the train the American mis-
sion occupied. The GOODNESS of the en-
gineer of Roots train saved the mis-
sion. AS the blazing cars approached,
he backed his cars rapidly out of dan
ger.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-03
SaIf and Toothhrushes.

Our dentist tells us very interest
ing thing. Ordinary salt is one of
the best methods for sterilizing tooth
brushes that are known. But not only
but because it has the effect of soften
ing the bristles and making them ex-
pand in way. One of the troubles SO
frequently met with is that the bristles
come out and are swallowed, causing
appendicitis. The salt causes the bris-
ties to swell and SO remain in the
brush. This may be but another of
the several million theories. It is i'm
portant, however, that bristles do cause
appendicitis York Globe.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-03
FIVE DIE, 2 HURT, IN CRASH
Automobile Filled with Picnickers Is
Struck by Train.

SEYMOUR, IND. = Five per-
sons were killed and two others were
injured severely when the automobile
in which they were riding was struck
by train near here.
The dead: Lon Pruitt, fifty-eight
years old; William Speinker, twenty
four; Clara Weinhorst, twenty-three;
Edna Zimmerman, twenty-one;; julius
Ortstardt, twenty-one. The injured:
Ora Droege and Martin Steinwedel.
All lived in Seymour and were return
ing from picnic when the accident
occurred.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-03
British Casualties 1882 in July.

LONDON, ENG.-British casualties
in all theaters of military operations
published in the newspapers during
the month of July total 1882 officers
and men. The officers killed, wounded
or missing total 2,503, while the men
number 69,329.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-03
Former Chief Gets 4-Year Term.

INDIANAPOL IND. - Samual v.
Perrett, former chief of police, was
sentenced to four years in federal
prison on plea of guilty to charges
of having conspired to commit cleo
ton frauds in 1914 Herman Adam,
former city weights and measures in
spector, was sentenced to two and
Dne-half years.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-03
GERMAN U-BOAT IN SPAIN
Diver Seeks Refuge in Harbor, and Is
informed for War.

CORUNNA, SPAIN = The Ger
man submarine UB-23 anchored in the
harbor here. She entered the road
stead with only her periscope emery
ing from the water.
The submarine had been damaged
seriously, but the commander and
crew refused to tell the causes of the
accident. The underwater boat anchor
ed beside the German interned ship
Belgrano. By recent Spanish decree
it must be informed until the end of
the war.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-03
Al PaIzer Dies of Wounds.

FERGUS FALLS, MINI. - Al
Palzer, noted prize fighter, is dead and
his father, Henry Palzer, is to face q
charge of manslaughter for the slay-
ing of the son, who bought from his
own earnings the farm on which the
elder man lives.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-08-03

Photo by American Press Association.
Miss Lodyguine is sixteen, yet she
helped along the Russian revolution
by serving as secretary to the chief OF
police in Petrograd. She wrote hun
dreds of warrants for arrests of mon.
archists. She was born in Pittsburgh,
Pa, while her father, who is count
and also civil engineer, was working
there.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-04-21

formed of several plates of steel rfv-
eted together. These webs were con-
nected across their upper and lower
edges by diagonal latticing made OF
steel angle bars. C-1O-R and its parallel
companion member, C-10-L, in the left
hand truss, carried the entire weight
of the cantilever span to the shoe rest
ing on the pier. These members were
sixty feet long and five feet wide. The
webs were over four feet deep and in
size and responsibility the great struts
were the most important of the whole
structure.
To say that C-10-R was out of line
meant that it had buckied, or bent, or
was springing. and had departed from
that rigid rectangularity and parallel
ism which was absolutely necessary to
maintain the stability and fmmobillty
of the truss and the strength of the
bridge. To the theorist nothing on
earth could be more terribly por-
tentous than such statement,
If 1T 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 that be-
cause the bridge was unique on ac-
count of its size-the detection noted
meant little or nothing.
GOOD Godl" exclaimed Meade.
aflame on the instant with anxious ap-
prehensiOn- 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. 'Defiection ?"
he fairly shouted at Abbott, who re-
garded him with hnlf-amused astonfsh-
ment. ga Gambler in C-1O-R? Why
didn't you tell meT"
By this time Meade had got his feet
into his slippers and was standing
erect.
1T isn't enough to make any differ
ence." answered Abbott quickly, per-
haps little disdainfully.
1t makes all the difference on
earth" cried Meade. at means the
ruin of the bridge"
He reached for his jacket, hanging
at the foot of the bed, and dragged 1t
on him.
Don't worry about 1t, 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
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-04-21

Now. after weeks confinement In
his cabin. he felt strong enough to VEN
lure out again and to attack his prob
iems- They were personal problems
now, much more intimate than before,
!or ne was building not only the bridge
out weaving In its web of steel his own
future happiness.
VI course he had been able to get
out on the rough porch of his eaIvan-
lied iron shack where he had the
bridge In full view, and the dav heeorr
he had even walked unsteadily down tn
the river bank. where he had baen,
equally surprised and delighted ar tba
progress that had been made. Abbott
was driver after his own heart. Real
~ things seemed to have gone on inst
as well without him as lie 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 tedilm 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 Meade, although he un-
dervalued him He regarded him more
as theoretical than a practical man
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.
Nightly. he brought to Meade details
of the progress Of the work That eve
ming. just before leaving. he remarked
in the most casual manner In the world,
as If 1t were a matter of little or no inn
DOrtance that C-1O-R was a tri5. 49,
Of line.
Now C-1O-R was the biggest member
of the great rght-hand truss on the
north side of the river. 1t consisted
OF four parallel composite webs. each