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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-03
HIGHFLYERS
A CRISIS IN THE LIFE OF CLYDE
JAYNES.
az MRS. EVA LEONARD.

w nat was that!'
1T sounded like a revolver shot"
Tom dashed for the door and ran down
the walk, followed by Marjory.
Can you see anything" she called.
She stood just beyond the patch of
light thrown by the open door. Tom
had disappeared in the murk of the
black night. After what seemed an
interminable length of time to the
girl, she saw Tom come running to-
ward her
call up Doctor Ellison, quick" he
shouted as soon as he was within ear
shot.
Whats happened? she asked, root
ed to the spot.
Young Jaynes has been shot, he
painted, running to her side.
"Why, he just left here" she ex
claimed too astonished to move. Tom
ran past her, and she could hear him
talking over the phone as she went
into the house.
Come at once. hurry! Young
Jaynes is shot This Is Gerard talk
ing. He Is right In front of our house.
He is still alive, but is unconscious"
Tom hung up the receiver.
What can 1t ?" breathed Mar
iory, shaking from head to foot. Are
you sure it is young Jaynes? 1t Is so
dark do not see how you can tell who
it is
Il struck a match when I stumbled
over something on the walk. Scott!
thought he was dead at first. l
slipped my hand inside his coat. He
was breathing. but 1t is very serious, I
am afraid" While he was tumbling
the words out Of his mouth he strug-
gled into his overcoat. ''Tll go out and
stay with him till the doctor comes"
he continued. "How | wish l had u
lantern. 1t should be moonlight but
for this fog. so they have not lighted
the street lamps He hurried out of
the door. Marjory. unable to stay in
the house. put n shawl over her head
and stepped out on the porch. She
soon heard hurrying feet along the
sidewalk The doctor lived less than
two blocks away. She had snapped on
the porch light when she stepped out.
Soon the two men came into the circle
of light carrying the wounded man
| between them.
"They are bringing him here gasp
/ ed Marjory turning to enter the house.
She hastily cleared the davenport and
ran to the bedroom for pillow. She
was standing by the open door when
| they entered.
l. Put him right down here" DR.. ELL
son moved toward the davenport. lie
drew off his coat and knelt by the un-
conscious man. Marjory chung to Tom
and watched the proceedings in sus-
pense.
| MAY / have basin OF warm water,
please, Mrs. Gerard" The calm voice
Of DIR. Ellison quieted the girl and she
proved very able assistant as the
doctor smilingly told her when he had
| finished the examination.
1.-The wound Is very serious; just
how serious I cannot tell tonight. but
he ought not to be moved. Could -
Leave him here by all MEANS in
terrupted Marjory. Il will put the
spare room in readiness at once She
hurried away.
did you see any signs of the assas-
SIM" asked the doctor when the two
men were alone.
| mo, but he may have been within
three feet of me all the time. 1t was
so dark | could not have seen him II
he had been near enough to touch me
He certainly chose II good night foi
this kind of work. replied Tom.
HE must have known his where.
abouts and have laid in wait for him
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-03

abandoned in London by the grace
full, worthless father with whom she
has led a rowing, uncertain life. She
has about her even then that some-
thing which goes to the heart of peo-
useful in stavlng off creditors grown
too pressing. This something drives
Blaise. himself striving lad OF 1s
and a chance acquaintance. to adopt
the appealing little waif 1t wins
as well the faithful affection of big,
motherly French landlady in Armenian
street, and in that unattractive byway
Val continues her growing up in prep
aration for her great romance. Idyllic
intervals are provided by days jour-
neys out into the suburban country.
AS Val enters upon her young maid
enhood, a piece OF assisted good for
tune enables Blaise to send her to a
boarding school in Paris. So she
starts along the road to the great ad-
venture with what she believes to be
love-an adventure which sends her
back finally to demand of Blaise much
more than the impulsive enterprise of
her adoption. It is in the chapters
dealing with this part Of Walls life
that Possession" rises to its highest
points of fevered interest and of mel
odrama. The climax reached through
the question of one mans acceptance
of the consequences of another mans
course in deception is not new one.
but with such a heroine as Val 1t
seems at least to be different. 1t lays
a final stress upon the absolute de-
tendency of the flowerlike nature
in which, perhaps, is the explanation
of Walls unfailing appeal to hearts of
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-03
Here's to Your Good Health
BY DR.. JOHN q. HUBER.
AdenOids.

bleeding readily
the newly
considerable
This trouble greatly with sucking
and children liable to
suocaton during sleep and night ero Indeed lot OF
gttng attributed
the nattened
and of breath dropped his expression
only after
attack scarlet fever Measles whoopns cough or dphthera Or
bronchitis The earache; ana
tho
discharges smell
deficient 1 . Habit
n omeca
In addition what
natural and uniform development OF the face hndsre leading to the
Jaw
highest skill Of oho
dentry-teeth saghteningto
chest
at
which
Tomorrow will to do for adsnoids
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-03
:. PEPS :.
This is Thrift Day.

This is Thrift Day.
Anyway, those subma-
rines have not caused the
American heart to sink.
Uncle Sam spared anti
Jap.
Position of servant girl
may be made more dignified,
it is related. With the ac-
cent on the dig
What's become Of the old
fashioned family that used
to have pot pie?
Our Wilder land is said
to be the most cultivated.
England must, indeed, be
short of grub. OBTAINING an
American newspaper man
named Bacon.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-03
Rev;elu of Books

ley's book to place and power which
1t would scarcely achieve on the
strength of its own rather melodra-
matte range Of plot and incident. That
she has in Blaise Barewski, "a rough
diamond Of a lad" as the publishers
note calls him. a worthy companion
for the sure entry into the warm re :
gard of many readers is another fact
of pleasant mark.
Val as we first know her is moth
erless child Of eight about to be
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-03
1.-THE ORDEAL BY FIRE."

Marcel Berger's THE Ordeal by
Fire." as published in translation by
Mrs. Cecil Curtis, may be regarded
critically after two fashions.
In q large. general way, the book
offers story of current war and Of
all It's accomplishments; Of horrors, of
glories, or depression. Of exaltation, of
friendly impulse; of the will to de-
stroy, of despair. of new hopes, of the
heat Of battle, of the GOODNESS of q
nights bivouac, of restitution after a
rout, OF transient plenty after VIC
tory-of the whole military range of
experience and passion and emotion.
Our author has been through 1t all. He
writes wildly in the first person, al
though under the fictional name of one
Michel Dreher. sergeant In the French
service.
From another point Of view, and
with greater literary interest, The
Ordeal by Fire" is the intimate tale
OF q young man developed and a
character formed under the stress of
death dealing campaign. Dreher.
the younger son of veteran and of
fairly easy circumstances. goes into
the war q trifler with life and love. a
sceptic because 1t has not seemed to
him worth while to believe. He
comes out, when his trial has run its
course, a true and fervid lover and a
convert to many serious beliefs. The
period Of destruction has been to him
In the reaction, one Of self-construc-
ton.
| Mr.. Berger's story abounds in de-
tails Of the field, the fight, the ranks
and the camp. It's realism is beyond
dispute. So far as it Is the story
of Michel, It Is illumined all the way
through by the love Of Jeannine, al
that that fair maid appears only In
widely separated chapters. Accom-.
! panying the narrative and made ver-
itably a part Of 1t are the meditations
and the freshly forming philosophy OF
a soldier whose soul awakes to the
sounding Of guns and to the calling
all around him. of death and deadl.
dangers.
War, to this fighting philosopher
becomes "a monstrous survival Of
primitive errors 1t may be neces.
sary for the defense of "a native land
and 80 give birth to the most noble
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-03
POSSESSION"

"Ehe expresses" an eminent artist
has said, the ecstasy Of springtime
touched by white fire"
The description has been applied to
the mother Of Valerie Sarton. 1t comes
down to Val herself, who. in the pages
OF Olive Wadsley's Possession" Is
revealed as the most flowerflike hero
inc of any recent book of fiction. By
virtue of her own flower quality and
appealingness she raises Miss Wads-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-03
SOMETHING GOOD.

Those who hate nasty medicine
should try Chamberlain's Tablets for
constipation. They are pleasant to
take and their effect is so agreeable
and so natural that you will not real
ize that IT has been produced by a
medicine. Obtainable everywhere.
Adv-T-TH s
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-03

French oil Of turpentine. the older the
better, should be given (haif tea
spoonful floating on water or mucilage
every half hour). II there II recovery
food must be free Of oils and fats.
MEASLES.
Answer to ID. S.: In treating
measles the patient is put to bed: his
diet Is liquid-milk and soups mostly;
he Is given an initial purge OF half
grain of calomel every hour until
there Is a movement ana then
clearing out" seidlitz powder. II the
temperature is excessive and uncom-
Portable. sponging with tepid or cold
water: II the rash does not come out
we'll hot drinks and a warm bath;
paregoric for the cough: cleanse the
nose and throat with a mild alkaline
solution (half teaspoonful common
salt to a tumblerful water): during
the peeling. vaseline the skin and give
warm soap and water baths.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-03
Uncle Walt Has for You
This Evening
GRIEF UNIVERSAL.

1t seems the cost of living Is not a
local Ill; all round the world it's giving
poor purchasers a chill. Beside the
broad Nyanzas the people kick and
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-03

Indications are that after the war
Europe will become a strong compel
itor Of the United States for the trade
Of Guatemala
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-03
HISTORICAL
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

1S17-Xavier Nina recruited small
army to undertake the liberation of
Mexico from the Spanish
SEvENTY-FivE YEARS AGO.
1S42-Sidney Lanier, celebrated poet,
born at Macon. Ga. Died in Polk
county. North Carolina, Sept. I, 1881.
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
1S67-Edward Fitzgerald was conse-
Grated Roman Catholic bishop of Lit
tie Rock.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
1S92-The historic AppomattoX court
house building was destroyed by fire.
ONE YEAR AGO IN WAR.
British collier sunk by bomb of a
Zeppelin and all but three of crew
persisted: Turkish Crown Prince either
committed suicide or was assassinated
in royal palace at Constantinople;
British and French redoubled their
bombardment and mine explosions
against German lines; Petrograd re-
ported Turks again defeated by Rus
slams, ITO miles south of Erzerum.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-03
FIVE YEARS AGO.
LINES WORTH Remembering.

The most brilliant qualities become
useless when they are not sustained
by force of character.
--Segur
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-03

No matter what has been done, no matter what
may follow, the people of the United States stand
squarey behind President Wilson in the emergency
that has been so suddenly thrust upon this coun-
try They will calmly and promptly meet any
demands made upon them in line with civic duty
and the maintenance of national self respect.
Middletown transcript., 1917-05-26
Delaware Physicians in Service

The United states has called for
% 900 physicians for service in the war
and of this number Delaware is sup
posed to furnish forty. Three have al
ready been selected and of these three
Harrington has two, Drs. Riggin and
Bringhurst. The third member is Dr..
Loft and, of Milford. None of these
gen 1lemen have passed the physical ex-
animation, which is very rigid. This
examination will be held shortly, and
in case they pass they viii be immed.-
ately ushered into service.
Physicians are accorded the rank of
| first lieutenant, mounted, and are COM
missioned for years at salary of
| So, 900 per year, with 20 per cent in
crease if called out Of the United States
They may see service in the field, on
hospital boats, trains and in base hos
pitals in United States and France.
Middletown transcript., 1917-05-26
"BACK TO THE FARM"

If we are to avert the calamity of
very serious food shortage in the United
States, immediate and concerted action
is called for. The homely expression.
"Back to the Farm" significantly ex-
pressed the need of the hour, and every
able bodied man and woman, who can
be spared from their accustomed en-
ployment, is needed somewhere either
on farm, or some other branch of the
Government service. Boys between six
teen and twenty-one years of age can
also rem ler valuable aid in the present
extraordinary circumstances by volun
teering their service to assist in plant
ing and harvesting farm products dur
ing the coming summer The need for
hundreds of thousands of additional
workers in the agricultural districts of
our country is impressive and the United
States Department Of Labor, charged
with the important duty of supply ng
this badly needed help. is putting form
every ellOTI W secure Tue 6IlIOltHeilt VI
men, women and boys, willing to accept
employment on far rs, and Al perso S
desiring to emil - or fa"n servis Il
urge to sub uit '!e'. I'm : IL pe 50
or by mail, to either Of ne follow y :
offices of the U. S Employment Service
in Zone 3, winch Includes the States f
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Della
ware Main offices, Nos 132 l3ll3G
South Third Street Phil idelphia, Pa
sub-branches, Berger Building, Pitts
burgh, Pa, and old Fedrtal Building,
9th and King SIS, Wilmington, Del.
Commits oioner Of Immigra,ion, Elmer
E. Greenwalt, and U. S. Director Of
Employment, james l.. Hughes, who
are directing the Federal Employment
Service in Zone 3, state that every effort
is being made to man the farms of the
three States. comprising the territory
coming under their supervision. AS
planting time is alrea iy here all appli-
cants for farm WORK are urged to pres
ent their names and addresses p romptly
to either OF the offices given above.
Middletown transcript., 1917-05-26
STATE AND PENINSULA

The first section Of the Coleman
DUPONT road, from Selbyville to George
town, about 20 miles, was formally
presented to the State on Thursday
next, May "a. Those in attendance
went on an inspection trip over the
road in automobiles, after which
luncheon was served at Georgetown.
The Coast Fish, Oil and Fertile r
Company, in which many Kent Coun-
tians are financially interested, has
leased its Lewes plant to the United
States Government.
The Workmen's Compensation Board
of Pennsylvania has awarded death
claims in the cases of persons who lost
their lives in the recent Eddystone ex-
plosion totaling ST., 167. 80 and compen-
sation is being paid to 68 injured en-
ployees.
Congressman Albert F. Polk has in
troduced bill in the House providing
for an appropriation of sum now ex-
ceeding SIS, 900 for the purchase of a
site and the erection Of building for
the use and accommodation of the
United States post-oflice and other
Government offices in Georgetown.
Senator Willard Salisbury has intro.
duced a bill in the United States SEN
ate calling for an increase in the salary
of the United States district attorney
for the district Of Delaware, which is
now held by Charles F. Curley, of Will
mington. He is receiving salary of
81, 500 year, and the bill calls for an
increase of $4,000, or an annual salary
Of 81. 500.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
Oriental Has
Headline For
Pantages Show

Meek Suen, Chinese magi-
clan, with his Hong Kong Mys-
teries," deservedly holds the head
line position of the new Pantages
bill. His Oriental magic is I'M
canny, and altho the Chinese Is
suffering from an accident which
broke some of the bones OF his
foot. he manages to hobble about
and perform his tricks with mark
ed simplicity.
There is a wide variety of en-
tertainment on the bill. The Revue
DeVogue, presented by AL Clarke
and bevy of pretty girls, is we'll
set up dancing act that will COM
pare with anything on the circuit.
Frank Bush and his line of
speedy stories would stop any vau-
deville show. Nan Gray is a char
acter artist with a real Scotch
personality.
McDermott and Wallace are a
man and girl with a peppery per-
formance. Martyr and Florence
are jugglers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
Earl Conner
Helps Willie

Willie Richie has picked Earl
Conner, the clever Tacoma fea-
therweight, as one of his staff of
instructors. After a few lessons
from Willie, Conner will be turned
loose among the members of the
355th truck company and will
teach the truckers to use their
fists to a good advantage.
Corners life in the camp has
helped him a good deal. When he
Joined the army he had started
down the slope as a boxer, but
the training he has received in
camp and the hours he has been
forced to keep have put him back
in the form that made him one Of
the best featherweights the North~
west ever turned out. He is bons
ing at his top form at the present
time, and is the king of his weight
n camp.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
MOVIES
Doug Is kine--
But for a Few
Minutes ONLY

Being a ruler of men is merry.
carefree existence. The lives OF
Nichols of Russia and Kaiser
Bill may be quoted as illustrious
examples.
These two potentates have moth
ing on Alexis Caesar Napoleon
Brown, who is a king for a few
brief minutes in that amusing Co.
lonial p.ctureplay, Reaching for
the Moon" While not long a ruler
of men, AL certainly has a heart
rending time while he is on the
job.
Life is just one round of bomb
plots, poisonings, riots and att
tempted assassinations, and no.
body blames the young man for
yearning to return to American
soil.
Douglas Fairbanks plays the
role of Alexis. Eileen Percy is
very pretty and charming as his
sweetheart.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
HAP FELSH WANTED TO
BE RASSLER; athletes
HAVE ODD AMBITIONS

1t has finally leaked out--the
secret sorrow of Hap Felsh, great
est White Sox fielder and first
home run getter of the 1917
series.
Hap's early ambition was to be
a rassler. In his early youth be-
tween lodging beer wagons on the
streets of Milwaukee Hap nursed
dreams of being another Bbyszko
The now knows that he would
have had to drink 20 gallons of
the stuff that put his home town
on the map and have consumed
at least Is full meals daily to get
into the Zbyszko CLASSY and in
those days he rassled all the boys
of the neighborhood and beat 'em
all
A lot of great athletes have
nursed secret ambitions to be
something else
Bob Fitzsimmons wanted to ne
an animal trainer and used to
keep a tame lion. Bob's idea of a
good time was to walk thru a
crowded street with the lion fol-
lowing meekly at his heels
Bat Nelson and Johnny Evers
cherished ambitions. Both want
ed to forsake the fields of sports
and become writers. Bat took a
whirl at it, but wasn't much of a
success.
Jack Johnson loved his title
better than his right eye, but he
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04

always thought he would be a
greater auto racer driver than a
fighter.
John L. Sullivan's great am
bition was to be farmer and
when he left the ring he settled
down on a little farm near Bos-
ton.
Home Run Baker would rather
be considered a successful farmer
than great ball player. Hal
Chase thinks more of his billiard
playing than of his graceful work
around first. Kid McCoy's am
bition was to be the greatest pool
player in the world and Jim Cor
bett always imagined he was the
country's greatest handball play
er. Abe Attell wanted to be a
good actor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
E~@ NOPE IT DOESN'T
RAIN ALWAYS; ONLY
VHMA FALL AND WINTER
BOAT RACES FOR
COAST SCHOOLS
ARE CALLED OFF

uleS.
Football schedules for next fall
will be arranged today. Califor-
mia will probably play Washing
ton at Seattle on Thanksgiving
Day, while Oregon and the Oregon
Aggies will undoubtedly be seen
at California field.
One important rule that will be
adopted is that which will forbid
any football practice before Sept.
25. This year California started
practice August Is. The first
year eligibility rule has been mod
flied also to provide that students
may compete in athletics during
the first year they enter college
as sophomores and come from an
institution having standard
bachelors degree.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
Three Stars
In Triangle
Apollo Play

Bessie Love, Louise Glaum and
William S. Hart all in one photo
play make 'The Aryan," at the
one of the most notable
OF Triangle productions. The ap-
pealing story of the rugged West
erner stung by the vampire who
meets the sweet, pure girl, is one
to grip at the attention and to
remain long in memory. The
Apollo's bill includes Pathe pic
lures and comedy, THE Fuel of
Life" comes to the Apollo next.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
Eddie Rickenbacker Finds Auto
Too Slow--He's Army Aviator Now
They can't make em

They can't make 'em too fast
for Eddie Rickenbacker, American
speed demon now in France with
General Pershing's forces.
Rick went as an automobile
driver and for time was attached
to Pershing's personal staff as his
driver, but this was too slow for
the speed merchant and he asked
to be transferred to the aviation
corps where he could get some
real speed.
The transfer was made and Ed
die entered an aviation training
camp in the south of France. 1t
took him six weeks to complete
the course which usually occupies
four months OF training and in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04

than 1900 miles. The drum
stands four feet high, and its body
was followed from the trunk of an
immense tree, with bullock's
hide stretched across the top to
form the head. Drums of. this
type are used for signalling by
savage tribes in Africa, generally
being placed on mountain tops at
an average separation of 20 miles.
In this way, it is possible to trans
NIT important messages and warn
ings over an area OF hundreds of
square miles within a few min
utes. FULLY values his drum very
highly and has had it insured
against damage of any sort in the
sum of $1,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04
African Drum Used In Tully Play
Is Real CuriO-- Insured for $1,000

Richard Walton Tully has a
drum that is used in 1.-THE Flame"
at the Tacoma tonight and
Wednesday, which is beaten prop
erly with the bare fist, can be
heard for a distance of 20 miles.
Altho it has weathered many
bloody campaigns, FULLY isn't
thinking of contributing it to any
of our regiments along the Latin
American border, but. is going to
use it as an important property
in his new play. "The Flame"
Until recently the drum was
used by one of the natives of
Uganda, Africa, and it was i'm
ported over a distance of more
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04

Seattle Elks were given a good
trimming Sunday when they came
to Tacoma for a challenge bowling
match with the Tacoma tribe.
The team scores we're 1893 to
2427. Hunter, Whisner, O'Keefe,
Schmidt and Mcmillan formed the
Tacoma team, with Drake, Grant,
Van Horn, McBreen and Jones
playing for Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-04

"We'll play baseball next
year regardless of how hard
we are hit by the draft"
Charley Weeghman of the
Cubs is quoted as saying. We
shall be interested IL the Cubs
really play baseball.
o O O
They heckled me a bit but
should worry" said Judge Ora.
ham, explaining an attack by a
group of club women in police
court yesterday. Who says oul
courts are old-fashioned?