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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
All Mixed Up

The squad OF RECRUITS was par
ticularly dense and the sergeant
got more and more exasperated
One man appeared quite incapable
of telling his right hand from his
left.
Said the sergeant at last, Now
yer bloomin' idiot, hold yer hands
in front of yer. Twist them one
over the other. Stop! Now tell
me which is yer left hand and
Hshich is yer right"
The recruit looked blankly al
his hands for a moment.
I'm blowed IL know" he
said; you have gone and mixed
'em up."-Everybodys Magazine
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
Board Calls
TheO. Karle
Especial to The Times.)

OLYMPIA, April 23.-Theo.
Karle, noted tenor singer, has
been listed for general military
duty and notified by the Thurs
ton county draft board that he
will be called to the colors.
lie will be among the first regis
trants called to Camp Lewis after
the two May quotas have been
filled. At present he is singing
somewhere in the east.
Karle was disqualified in the
first draft call as physically unfit
because of an operation on his
side. Before the draft Karle tried
to enlist but was turned down.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
SAFE, GENTLE REMEDY
CLEANSES YOUR KIDNEYS

For centuries GOLD MEDAL
Haarlem Oil has been standard
household remedy for kidney. liver,
bladder and stomach trouble, and all
diseases connected with the urinary
organs. The kidneys and bladder
are the most important organs Of
the body. They are the filters, the
purifiers of your blood. II the
poisons which enter your system
thru the blood and stomach are not
entirely thrown out by the kidneys
and bladder you are doomed.
WEAKNESS. sleeplessness. nervous
ness, dependency, backache, stom-
ach trouble. headache, pain In loins
and lower abdomen, gall-stones.
gravel, difficulty when urinating.
cloudy and bloody urine. rheuma-
tism, sciatica and lumbago, all
warn you to look after your kidneys
and bladder. GOLD MEDAL Haar-
lem OIL Capsules are what you need.
They are not a patent medicine, "
aor q new discovery" For 200
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
Tuesday April 49, 1915 THE TACOMA TINES rag. rnrs.
MEX. ARMY
ON BORDER


Ell PASO, April 23.-American
patrols were on guard today
against clashes with Mexican
troops entrenching opposite the
Big Bend district. Five thousand
Mexicans were reported at one
point with smaller force opposite
Fabons, Texas.
1t is believed here that recent
forays into the Y. S. have been
to entice American cavalry into
following the raiders across the
border. Mexican authorities have
threatened to resist any "lnva-
sion."
Anti-American propaganda OF
Teutonic aspect has flooded north
ern Mexico.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
IRISH STRIKE
in PROTEST

DUBLIN, April 23-In the coun-
try-wide, one-day strike in pro-
test against CONSUMPTION today,
Irish leaders plan an absolute
stoppage Of public service, includ-
ing street cars, trains and news
papers.
1t is estimated a million Irish
men have signed the anti-conscrip-
ton pledges. Even the Irish ma
tionalist members have decided to
absent themselves from parlia-
ment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23

II am busy early and late bor-
ing holes and putting bolts thru
them and tightening said bolts.
Sometimes ! am almost tempted to
do it so badly that they will kick
me off the Job, but lingering
patriotic conscience inspires me to
bore the holes as straight as pos
sible and / try to imagine that the
bolts are in the kaiser's coffin.
Il am certainly punk soldier
If had less Imagination and more
ambition might do better. Still,
l try to remember that my per-
sonal desires are out Of the ques-
ton and that am in this thing
to help. 1t is hard to remember
this every hour when you are Dor
ing holes and slipping bolts into
them.
Il am thankful every day for
the c.rcustances which, coupled
with some inherited quality
prompted me. to volunteer and get
into it. do not enjoy it in the
sense Of pleasure, but every day of
my work my self respect increases
and while | am not wildly courage
Gus nor crazy about being killed |
think that | would be happier If
we could be in the worst of the
fighting. A mere pleasure-seeker
is pitiful object and ] came dan
gerously near to being that before
the war. l do not know whether
anything short Of killing will cure
that, but let's have hopes and
bore some more holes.
Captain Nutter is very capable
and when he expects you to do
lanything you do it-wh ether you
like it or not-and then you are
glad afterwards.
Russell Joll'fre of Seattle has
lead the company in the organiza-
ton, athletics, etc. He is one OF
those out and out. on the square
men who make life seem better
and cleaner by Just being alive.
There are lots of them here. 1t
is wonderful how much honesty
land true friendship can be found
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
Funeral of
Fort Worden Soldier

Sunday afternoon the body OF
one of Tacoma's first boys to die
while in the service was laid to
rest at the Tacoma cemetery.
Wilbur Cook, who enlisted here
in the coast artillery, died short
time ago at Fort Worden. At the
funeral Sunday, six of the soldiers
from his old fort acted as pail
bearers together with six girls,
former class mates at high school.
They were Grace Skewis, Frances
Goering, Florence Todd, Janette
Rae, Dorothy Hill, Margaret Sayre,
Mark Stuart, Everett Buckley,
Harry Hoover, Dean Hart. Bur-
dett Russell, Paul Hanewalt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
Likes the Navy

Mrs. Mamie Willis, mother OF
Cecil Willis, a former South End
young man, has just received a
very interesting letter from him.
Cecil left San Diego little over
week ago and after trip thru
Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado,
Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky and
West Virginia he arrived at Hamp-
ton Roads, Virginia, where he is
now stationed at the naval operat-
ing base. Cecil is very enthus-
iastic in his praise of training the
navy gives its men and is expect
ing to be placed on one of the
fighting boats.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
France Gets
|Y.W.C.A.Sec.

Miss Gertrude Griffith, ma
tional Y. w. c. A. secretary who
has made Tacoma her headquar-
tiers, will leave the city Wednes-
day under instructions to sail for
France early next month from
New York. In France it is ex-
pected she will have charge of
munitions workers who are being
organized.
Last October Miss Griffith
started a crusade against sol
dierphobia" among Tacoma girls
Later she did similar work in
other cities near environments
returning to Tacoma this spring
to make her headquarters here.
An informal tea in her honor
was to be held at the Tacoma Y
w, G.. A. Tuesday afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23

years they have been standard
household remedy. They are the
pure, original imported HARLEM OIL
your great-grsndmother used, and
are perfectly harmless. The heal
ing, soothing oil soaks into the
thru the bladder, driving out the
poisonous germs. New life, fresh
strength and health will come a.
you continue the treatment When
completely restored to your usual
viRor, continue taking a capsule or
two each day; they will keep you
in condition and prevent q return
of the disease.
Do not delay n minute. Delays
are especially dangerous in kidney
and bladder trouble. All druggists
sell GOLD MEDAL IIaarlem OIL
Capsules. They will refund the
money IL not as represented. In
three sizes. sealed packages. Ask
for the original imported GOLD
MEDAL. Accept no substituted
Advertisement"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
BRINGS MESSAGE
TO CAMP LEWIS

Soldiers and sailors want old
time religion-the religion they
first learned at their mothers
knees" says DR.. J. Whitcomb
Broughton, pastor of the Temple
Baptist church of Los Angeles,
who is in Tacoma this week to
bring message of patriotism
religion and fun" to the men at
Camp Lewis.
He has been granted two weeks
of every month to visit military
and naval centers of the western
division.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
Tacoma Doctor Soldier
Goes East to Study

Captain H. Y. Bell, we'll known
Nacoman, will leave Tuesday for
the Harvard school OF medicine at
Boston, where he will take a
course in orthopedic surgery under
the direction OF the government.
Capt. Bell has been stationed at
For Flagler for the past eight
months as a member of the re-
serve corps. Previous to his en-
listment in the army he was en-
plOyed for more than two years at
the Northern Pacific hospital.
Mrs. Bell will accompany him
east.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
|HAIG GAINS
MORE GROUND
Quilted Press Leased Wire. Z,

(thiteu I'reSS LeaSeu Wlre.D
LONDON, April Give i'm
proved our positions north of AL
bert by a successful local opera
tion last night" Field Marshal
Haig reported today. I've took
60 prisoners.
"A number of enemy prisoners
were taken in local fighting in
the Robecq sector and near
Wytsehaete, which resulted ad-
vantageously to us"
Raiding parties entered enemy
trenches near Fampoux -four
miles east of Arras) and penetrat-
ed their support lines" Haig said.
There was hostile artillery ac-
tivity yesterday afternoon and last
night west of Albert, south of the
Nieppe forest and east OF Ypres. y
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23

among mem that are not strug-
Cling for any personal or selfish
advantage.
1T is all wonderful anyway,
and the wonder grows. do hope
that the United States will get in
some bigger ticks soon and then
we will feel that we are more in
IT,"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23

for more bodies from the wreck
age of purse seine fishing boat.
believed to have been a Seattle
vessel, which has been washed
ashore five miles north of Oyster
vile.
The body OF an unidentified
man, about 30 years old, was
washed ashore with the wreckage.
1t is feared the entire crew met
death in high sea swells which
weAe rolling last Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
DEMONSTRATION
AT BUDAPEST

United Press Leased Wtre.D
ZURICH, April 23.-Two hun
dred thousand persons participate
ed in a demonstration for electoral
reforms at Buda Pest yesterday, IL
was learned here today.
Sim lar demonstrations were
conducted in various towns Sun
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
"A Private

Here's a letter from a modest
man, who will not let his name
be used, so we will call him just
"A Private"
"A Private" is a member OF a
Washington division, the 161st in
fantry, which was formerly the old
Washington infantry He tells
OF his work in France, and it
seems to consist mainly of boring
holes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
GRADUATES FROM
TRAINING CAMP
ARE CANDIDATES

Officer candidates" is the
designation given to the 500 mem
bers of the third officers training
camp who were graduated at Camp
Lewis Saturday. They have been
ordered to the organizations for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23

which they have trained, at the
same rank held by them before
they entered the training camp.
The fourth training camp will
begin May Is.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23

Get your moneys worth. Eat a,
the Lotus Grill or Annex. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23
Capt. Laws Dies of
Meningitis at Ft. Dodge

Tacoma was saddened today
by the news of the death in Chi
cago Sunday of Capt. Clement f.
Laws, until recently leading
Tacoma physician, who a year
ago mustered a unit of so mel
and offered their services to the
government.
Capt. Laws died Sunday morn
ing after an illness of two weeks
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23

Mayor-eicct Riddell Will attend
Seattle cleanup conference.
A complete line OF military
books on the subject for active
service at Hofstetter's, 1903 Pa
cific. adv.
Grandson of Thomas Edison,
age 22 hours, owns Liberty bond.
Large assortment Of French
Pastry. Duenwald's, 1112 Broad
way. adv.
Alien enemies barred from
work at San Francisco.
We ask you today to try our
special club breakfast or business
mems lunch at 25c. Tomorrow
you will ask your friends. Lotus
Cafe Annex. adv.
Otto Nelson, sea captain, ar
rested at San Francisco with
maps and codes in his possession.
DIR. Cozza, dentist, has moved
to 30S-12 Pantages Bldg. adv.
Additional brigade Of marines
ordered for service abroad.
Screen Doors and Fly Screens.
Palace Hardware Co., 1911 Pa
cific ave. adv.
Washington bakers forbidden
to advertise prices.
DR.. hurry, Dentist, Warburton
Bldg. adv.
Red Cross bazaar at Centralia
takes in $1,000.
Steamer Nelson loses teak wood
during heavy storm in Pacific.
"A plank or a carload" Key
stone Lbr. Co. Sash, doors, lum-
Der, shingles. adv.
German language barred in
Montana.
Steel ship, WestgrOve, finished
| in Portland in SO days.
COMMERCIAL BINDERY &
PRINTING co. Main AT. adv.
National German.American al
lance winds up affairs and dis
bands.
The following birth certificates
were registered yesterday at the
city health office: Born to Mr..
and Mrs. Cary C.. Dean, 1905 4
No. Anderson, son, April 16; Mr..
and Mrs. Carlyle C. Dillon, 1112
E. 35th, son, April II: Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward w. Cooper, 5235 So.
Birmingham, daughter, April ~;
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Wilson,
3711 So. f, a daughter, April 10;
Mr.. and Mrs. James Calson, 2023
E. Division lane, daughter, April
| Is; Mr.. and Mrs. X. Heggerness,
1916 So. 18th, daughter, April a:
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan J. Ryan, 217
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Here and
Elsewhere

New dental infirmary at Camp
Lewis to open Thursday.
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Mayor-eicct Riddell will attend
Seattle cleanup conference.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23

Steel ship, WestgrOve, finished
in Portland in SO days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-23

National German-American al.
lance winds up affairs and dis
bands.
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COMMERCIAL BINDERY
PRINTING co. Main AT. ad
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A complete line OF militar,
books on the subject for active
service at Hofstetter's, 1903 Pa
cific. adv
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14

Whitman-Lcwis or any other local con-
troversy," he told the reporters who
met him at the Pennsylvania Station.
"Ths has been my position from the
start and | have so declared myself
repeatedly"
Mr.. Roosevelt has been tesieged by
representatives of both factions seek
ing his support, but he has consist
entity held that the matter is one that
must be settled by the Republican
voters in the primaries, and that for
him or any one else to attempt to say
who shall be the nominee would be an
unwarranted attempt at d;ctation
The Colonel told tho reporters that
h., WAS very much impressed by the
splendid condition Of the crops every
where he went.
"In all of the years that have been
travelling through the Middle West
never saw the fields in such wonderful
condition." said he. "From what one
could see from car windows, it is very
easy to believe the promises of bumper
crops
The Colonel also observed that there
was an unusual number of women
working in the fields, driving moving
machines or other farm machinery
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14

when they were not engaged in lighter
tasks, in place of the men who have
gone into the army He also noted q
large increase in the visible supply of
pork on the hoof in Indiana. Governor
James P. Goodrich explained that Ind
lana, having practically stamped out
hog cholera, will this year raise many
million pounds more Of pork than had
ever been thought possible in the state.
In his absence from New York Colonel
Roosevelt delivered speeches in Omaha,
where he spoke to 10000 persons; in
St. Louis, where he addressed $4,000;
indianapolis, where there was an even
larger crowd, and at the University of
Indiana He left indianapolis for New
York Wednesday night.
The illness, which was definitely
diagnosed on Sunday as erysipelas, de-
veloped on Friday when he reached
Chicago from New York. There he was
advised by physicians to cancel his en-
gagements but he insisted on going on
and with Dr. George II. Coleman for a
travelling companion went to Omaha
In that place. as in the others he Wis
tied, he spent most of his time in bed
seeing very few visitors. These few
were either old friends or the chairmen
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
Churchman Going Abroad
Rev. DR.. c. S. Macfarland to
Learn Army's Spiritual Needs

The Rev. Or. Charles S. Macfarland,
general secretary of the Federal Coun-
Gil of the Churches of Christ in Amer
ca and chairman of the United Com
mittee on Christian Service for Relief
in France and Belgium. has sailed for
France with multiple mission. He
will be the guest Of the French govern
ment.
lie will confer with the French Fed
Grafton Of Protestant Churches with a
view to reporting on the needs of
French churches, and with General
Pershing and Bishop Brent, senior
headquarters chaplin, concerning the
needs of American chaplans.
He also will consult with Red Cross
officials, and has been appointed by the
Boy Scouts of America as a commits
soncr of the Boy Scouts Of France. He
will visit the Franco-American front
and deliver addresses in many French
cities
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
Actress Takes Part in Raid
Detective Testifes Irene Bor-
doni Sought Divorce Evidence

The story of raid on an apartment
in West Sixtieth Street, told yesterday
to Justice Mullan in the Supreme
Court, may result in divorce decree
being granted to Mrs. Irene Beekman,
known on the stage as Irene Bordoni.
Her husband is Edgar Beekman, of the
French Theatre company. Mrs. Beck
man is one of the principal members Of
the "Hitchy-Koo" company playing in
New York. Miss Gilda Darthy, a
French actress, was named as core
spondent
James ". Armstrong, private detec-
tive, testified to the raid, in which Mrs.
Reekman also took part.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
Sellers
Will Take Places Of Men AZ
ter july /

Add to conductorettes ticket seller
cites and ticket chopperettes. These are
to be employed hereafter by the Inter
borough, according to an announcement
made by the company yesterday.
The company will do away with men
at these posts on July l.. Hitherto it
orators of the elevators at the 168th
and 181st Street subway stations.
The requirements for the women who
apply for these positions will be rigid.
None but those in perfect health will be
accepted. Protests against the employ
ment of women for work of this sort
have been many, but physicians say
they can do it without harm if they
are not permitted to work overtime.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
Woman, 102, Goes to Hospital

AT the age Of 102 Mrs. NJ. C. Nc
Williams, a widow. whose husband,
long since dead, served with distinction
in the Civil War, yesterday was re-
moved from her home, at l01 Stockton
Street, Williamsburg, to the Kings
County Hospital. A pathetic leave
taking from neighbors marked her de-
parturc.
Mrs. McWilliams, who was born in
Norway and who in her early life was
woman of literary abilities, came to
America nearly seventy-fve years ago.
The police took charge of her few
worldly effects, among them some of
the medals belonging to her husband.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
Hog Island Workers
Claim Shipyard Record

new worlds record in pile -drivins
(220 piles, totalling 1920 lineal feet
in nine hours and five minutcs) WAS
claimed yesterday by the Arthur Null
len Company, contractors Of this city.
on behalf of Edward Burrell fore
man, and his crew Of veteran ship
builders.
The feat was accomplished at the
Hog Island shipyard. Pniladelphia, yes
terday, and represents one pile driven
full length into the ground about every
two srd a half minutes. One hun.
dred and sixty-fe piles in nine hours
is declared to be the best previous
record.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
Boy, Is, Admits Burglary
Confesses Entering Score of
Places in Three Weeks

Robert Patterson. jr., sixteen years
old, tall, thin and angular. and known
as the "highbrow burglar" because Of
his shell-rimmed spectacles, pleaded
guilty Of burglary yesterday in the
Kings County Court, coolly admitting
he had unlawfully entered score of
houses in three weeks. He will be
sentenced on Monday.
About three weeks ago, he said, he
suddenly found he needed money. So
he ran away from his home, 106 West
l15th Street, and turned burglar.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
He Tells of Many Women
Working in the
Fields
Not in Local Fight
Colonel Reiterates His Inten.
ton to Avoid Whitman
Lewis Controversy

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt returned
t. New York Yesterday looking little
the worse for the attack Of crys!pelas
from which he suffered on his trip
through the Middle West. After a brief
stop at the Hotel Langdon he motored d
to Oyster Bay.
On his arrival the Colonel reiterated
his policy of hands off in the Whitman
Lewis campaign.
II am not taking any part in the
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
Peru Alarmed by British
War Gifts to Chile

LIMA, Peru. June 13.-The Peruvian
House of Representatives has been
cited to remain in continuous session.
The ministers of Foreign Affairs
and War explain it is because Of a
presentation to Chile by Great Britain
Of certain materials Of war, which has
caused some feeling of alarm in the
Peruvian capital and some evidence
of public concern
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
Girl, IL, Found Drowned
Body Taken From the Hudson
River at 172d Street

Attired in two-piece blue bathing
suit, with her feet encased in tan bath
ing slippers, the body of twelve-year-
was found yesterday morning in the
North River, off the foot of 172d Street,
by patrol boat of Harbor A.
The child's body was removed to the
morgue. She weighed about ninety-five
pounds and was three feet tall.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
Geo. Fielder Weds Typist
Ex-Governor's Brother Mar
ries in JERSEY Civ

- 1t was learned yesterday that GEORGE
=. Fielder. brother of James F. Fielder
formerly Governor of New JERSEY. was
married to Helen Foss, stenographer r.
IN Jersey City. last Monday.
Frior to her marriage Mrs. Fielde,
was was, employed by the Hoboken Paper
hnLan Mili company mp at Adams Street, Ho.
1oheh. Inc couple are on their wed.
Jersey City. Mr.. Fielder is hanln' 80
and resides at IL Clifton Place. rsea Jerseu
City. 'e's seS
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14

of the local branches OF the National
Security League, under whose auspices
the trip was made. In all of his
speeches the Colonel KEEP, away from
politics, confning himself wholly to
Americanism and the needs of speeding
up the war
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
WYKEHAM INN
WASHINGTON, CONN.,.
IN THE BERKSHIRES
1000 feet above sea level

1sooo 1CCC
Large airy rooms, all outside; wide
porches, tennis courts, billiard and
tea rooms, make it a most attrac-
tive, homelike place for the sum-
mer. Adjacent to Golf Course.
Easily accessible by several auto
mobile tourist routes and by State
Road from New York and the
North. Opens July lst. Write for
circular.
F. b. GIBSON, Mgr.