davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

If in need of low cut shoe S be
sure and look over the line al
Bluestone's store.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Bewey Baldwin left Monday
for Little Rock where he report
ed for service in the Navy.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

When in need of dry goods
and shoes visit the only exclusive
ladies and gents ready to wear
store in Cleveland County at
Bluestone's store.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Blttaric'1 patterns can be got
sa ~ mail by sending atamps
I'D seating the kind of pattern
'y5ayed to Blaestone's store.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

1t you want to improve your
farm or buy some good stock
and haven't the money see Veteto
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Miss Ruby Mckinney is visit
ing Miss Pauline Colson at De-
light this week.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Mrs. M. E. Kendall last week
received a card from her son,
David, stating that he had ar
rived safe in France. Young
Kendall was for a long time in
the employment of the Herald.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Word
were recent visitors to Millville
and Bearden.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Misses Mayme Foster and
Annie Smith are attending bus
hess college at Tyler, Texas.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Mrs W. NJ. Boyd left Tuesday
MORNING for Mount Holly where
she will spend quite q while with
her parents.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Mrs. Voy Gresham and little
son visited her father, D. E.
Boggs, at Lake Dick last week.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Miss Julia McGehee will teach
the summer term of school at
Macedonia.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Miss Lucy Lee Bouie has re-
turned from visit with relatives
in Pine Bluff.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Il. L. Bridges was among the
business visitors to the city
Tuesday.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Miss Hallet Bussey has return
ed from a visit with Miss Sue
Ovens at Monticello.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04
Local Brevities

Mss Lucy Holmes opened her
school a. Trigg, this county, Mon
day.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04
GET A GARDEN cAtENnnp

Have fresh vegetables all summer
and a surplus for next winter Wr;te
today for free garden calendar 20
Extension Division U, Of A., Fsyette
vile,
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Miss Margaret Mosley of near
New Edinburg visited here last
week.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Mrs. Harvey Thomasson has
returned from visit with her
father and sister at Monticello.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Miss Martha Holmes spent a
part of this week with friends at
Grady.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Henry Walker of Oklahoma
and Will Walker of Pine Blnff
arrived Saturday for visit here
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Rev. j. II. Patrick was among
the visitors to the city Tuesday.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

JOHNNY McLendon was dowr
from Whiteoak township Tues.
day.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Foster of
Toledo were shopping in Rison
Saturday.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Misses Carrie and Clara Rich
ardson spent Saturday here with
friends.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04
Robertson Bros.

Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Sadler
of Monticello motored to Rison
Thursday.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Oliver typewri ter, $40, on
terms of IS month. See H. B,
Dixon.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

am in position to furnish
you money in any amount from
$4,000 up, with reasonable in
terest. Logan Veteto.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Miss Bethany Renfrow was
here this week on a visit.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Fred Doster of Rye was in
Rison Friday.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Lee Rogers of near Calme
was in town Saturday.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Sllkwaists for the ladies at
Bluestone's store.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Charley Mcdaniel of near Mt.
Elba was a Rison visitor Satur-
day.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Mrs. L. McLendon spent the
latter part of last week here
with her son.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

All reading matter offs political nature. trib-
utes Of respect, cards Of thanks, advertiser ents
of entertainments other affairs where IN adj
mission fee is charged, will be charged for at
the rate OF one cent per word, all notices of less
I'll III Is words to count as Is. All such matter
is cssli in advance. Count the words and send
lie III one<
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Fashion sheets free of charge
on request at Bluestone's store.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

w. A. Niven and S. F. Hunt
ley of near Clio were transact
ing business here Saturday.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Mrs. Bob Coker and Miss
Malisu Cocker of Warren are
guests of Mrs. j. E. Sumrow.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Just received-Wagons by the
Ger load Robertson Bros.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

We will pay $1.00 each upon
the return to us for following
Nos. of Gulf Refining Co., Oil
drums, Nos. 23012, 2841O and
SAP.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

666 cures by removing the
cause.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

NewButterick patterns on the
way at Bluestone's store for the
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04
Pat ONeill was here Tuesday.

666 cures Malarial Fever.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Mems straw hats at a bargain
at Bluestone's store.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

Ladies and Misses white top
and low shoes at Bluestone's.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04
EGG cures Billions Fever.

Mons $l.00 Shirts a big lot of
them are for sale at Bluestone's
store for IS cents each.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

666 contains no alcohol, arsenic,
nor other poisonous drugs.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

A. ], Hamilton Jr., is able to be
10 from q case Of typhoid fever.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

6G6 cures Cnil's and Fever.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04
Notice.

Notice is hereby given to all
Justices of the Peace within
Cleveland County, who have not
filed their reports for the July
Term 1918 of the Cleveland Co.
Court, to make such reports with
in ten days from this date. By
order of the County Court.
This End day of July, 1918.
M. F. Stanfield, Clerk.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04
Subscription $3.50 per Yearin Advance

Entered At thepost Office in Rison. Arkansas
as second class mail matter.
Cleveland County herald. (Rison, Ark.) 1888-current, 1918-07-04

That Cool Calf G,soline
means more mileage, less carbon
Robertson Bios.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
BA SIX BALL
I'm NEW GYM

Stadium high schools new I'M
derground gymnasium will have
its first housewarming tonight,
when the first athletic event to be
staged in the new quarters takes
place. The event is an interschol-
astic basketball game between Sta
dunn and Lincoln, the first of the
1918 series.
Because of the keen interest
among high scheel students in the
game, and the fact that the gym
will be thrown open for inspection
a large crowd of spectators is ex-
/ pected. A curtain raiser between
midget teams starts at 1880, fol
lowed Immediately by the big
game.
The teams will line up as fol-
lows:
Stadium: Pearne, f; B. Dyer
I; Kirkwood, C; Tenzler, &; Sci.
by, G.
Lincoln: Benson, I; Wicken
+; lffert, 4; Pollen, G; Olswang, &
Referee-Chuck Mills.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24

shipyards, and Lloyd Madden OF
Seattle, shout put up a bout
equally as good as the main event.
Madden got draw in Seattle last
night with Joe Benjamin, the
flashy Portland scrapper. Hen
messy is in prime condition.
Bat Bunker, Too.
Marty Foley, a young Irish lad
Of Tacoma with an enviable rec
ord this year, meets Roy Melon
aid of Calgary. Jack Hartford,
pride of the st. Leo's gym, battles
Stanley Trimble, who got a draw
with Jimmy Storey in Seattle las,
night.
Battling Bunker, the Camem-
bert Kid, takes on Jack Thomp-
son for a comedy preliminary.
War tax will be charged on ali
tickets this evening and during
the rest of the season. Police
men, sport reporters and other
dignitaries will help swell Uncle
Sans war fund before gaining ad-
mittance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
\ HEpGNR SElWYN
. NoldMln pietyre.s

Gerge Hill developed night MOI
ton picture photography to 1
highly satisfactory state in Colds
wyn's great production of Polly
of the Circus" but it appears that
the limit of achievement along
that line has not yet been reachedl
The scenario of Edgar SelwynS
successful comedy, NEARLY Mars
ried," in which Madge Kennedy ID
appearing at the Liberty, calls
for a succession of scenes on G
muddy automobile highway in the
country on stormy night. Chess
ter Whitney, the director, and ArS
thur Edeson, the cameramans
made the most of them.
The chief problem, OF coursea
was to find several stormy nights
the next to find a muddy road at
all passablc for automobiles. New
Jersey, which is giving so much
these days to the development oG
the movies, furnished both.
Directors Whitney and Goldwyn,
technical experts, devised a unique
method of lighting designed to
simulate flashes of lightning.
These intermittent flashes. to-
gether with the blinking lights
of the motor cars, furnish most
of the illumination for the scenes
at the roadside and on the exterior
of the roadhouse where much a
the funniest comedy action tran.
spires.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
PACKEY M'FARLAND is
teacher AT j. s. CAMP

CAMP TAYLOR, KY. Jan. "a.
Mcfarland, 1.-The pride
OF the stockyards, as he used to
be called when he was boxing and
making Chicago his home, is box
ing instructor in camp here, hav-
ing succeeded Jimmy Dunn who
has been transferred to Camp
Custer.
In order that all the men in
camp will get the benefit from the
instruction Packey has started his
primary work by picking out the
most promising man in each COM
pany whom he will instruct d.
rectly. These men are to impart
their knowledge to other members
OF their company. Later when
the men become proficient Packey
will divide them into big squads
and give direct instruction to all.
II Mcfarland is as good a
teacher as he was boxer before
he began to buy real estate and
securities and take on weight,
some mighty good boys should be
turned out in the Louisville camp.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24

he secured greater honors than he
amassed during his three years of
collegiate athletic endeavors.
1t has been several years since
HOBBY Baker first broke across the
athletic horizon at Princeton.
During his sophomore year at col
lege he made both the football and
baseball teams and was eventually
elected captain of both. During
his junior and senior years he was
generally picked as All-American
halfback. He was known as much
for his logged determination as
for his brilliant play upon the
football field.
Baker was the type of man who
always looked for new thrills. He
had not been out Of college long
when he learned to drive an air.
plane. When America went to
war he was among the first to en-
list for foreign service.
There is much in common be-
tween Baker and that other
Princetonian, who gave his life for
France, Johnny Poe. Both were
! great athletes, both were venture
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
ST.LEO TEAM
TRIMS CPS.

The st. Leo's Athletic club
basketball team demonstrated its
superiority over the College of Pu-
get Sound team last night in a
fast game at the st. Leo gym.
Final score was SO to II, with the
result never in doubt for the win
ners.
Coach James Egan's boys liter
ally swept the Methodists off their
feet from the very whistle. Hack
Goodman, coach for the collegians,
explained the defeat as partly due
to the fact that his boys have no
regular gym for practice. C. p.
8. players were Anderson, Smith,
Askey, Hanawalt an dCurtis. For
st. Leo's, Gordon, Foye, Garceau,
Daily, Danielson, Hunt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
AL BONNER IS PITCHER
ON MARINES BALL TEAM

AL Bonner, poor old rheu-
matte Al, who blew up i'm the
middle of the 1917 season
while pitching for the Taco
ma Tigers and latr made
quite a hit with the Butte
Miners, is back on the mound
again.
This time Al Is in U. S. uni
form, however. He's one of the
staff Of pitchers of the Mare
Island Marines baseball team.
And the warm climate of Cali
fornia has taken the kinks out of
Ais joints so neatly that he has
become one of the star twirlers of
the team.
Rod Murphy, ex-Vancouver first
sacker, who is a marine also, is
captain of the team and instruc-
tor of baseball for the camp. He
has his club in such good shape
that he has already challenged
Duffy Lewis sailors for a game
in San Francisco on Washington S
birthday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24

Tacoma's Eagle lodge, official
purveyor Of boxing entertainments
here, will step out with another
all-star ring show this evening at
Tahoma hall, 18th and Fawcett
ave.
1t is the fifth mitt card given
by the lodge this season, and from
all the available dope, 1t looks far
better than any of it's predeces-
sors.
They See Red.
Interest among the fans centers
In the two main events. The bat
tie between Frank Farmer and
Steve Reynolds, heavyweights
with a grudge, should be a whirl-
wind. These two sluggers have
met twice recently, the first bout
ending quickly with a technical
knockout in Reynolds favor and
the second being a draw. The
heavies have been eating raw meat
for week.
Joe Hennessy, pride of the Todd
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
Mary Pickford Has Double
Role In New Aircraft Film

Unity Blake, the other role por-
trayed by Miss Pickford, is a
striking contrast. With curls
Strengthened out and hair braided
down against a dirty face and
over a hunched shoulder, the I'M
attractive Unity, slave of an Or
phanage, is as different from pref
ty Stella as the cactus is unlike
the rose. Altho of two entirely
different worlds, the lives of Unity
and Stella become closely linked
in the course of the story, nara
tive of sublime pathos and charm.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24

TWO Mary Pickfords are offered
in Stella Maris" the new Aircraft
picture that comes to the Colonial
next Sunday, or, to be more ex-
act, Mary Pickford in two charac-
tiers of extreme contrast. 1t is
the first time Little Mary" has
ever co-starred with herself.
In the role of Stella Maris
Mary appears as she is known best
"a beautiful girl with long curls
and pretty frocks. She lives in
a home of wealth, surrounded by
every luxury.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24

Here Is the personnel of tn
marines team:
Murphy, first base and cap
tain, formerly with Vancou-
YER and Oakland; Hern, Sec
Ond base, with Sacramento in
1914; Carpenter, siiOrtstOp,
st. Mary's and Butte; Smith,
third base, University of Cali
fOrnia; Burton, catcher, man
ager Marine Corps team last
year and this season; Black
man, catcher, semi-prO from
SacramentO; Barnes, pitcher,
Portland and Seattle, 1915;
Blake, pitcher, Salt Lake and
Seattle; Bonner, pitcher, Ia
coma; Brown, center field,
college football and baseball
star; Hutchinson, right field,
college boy, with league ex-
perfence; johnson, left field,
University of Washington;
IAarkin, pitcher, Oakland;
Farley, first base. with Ma
riEe Corps team last season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24

scop!c photography to moving pic
lures.
Mr.. Spoor states that Brugger
was offered 100000 for the
invention in 1915 by the German
government, but the British secret
service intercepted the German Of
ficer and subsequently sought to
purchase the invention for them
selves.
Mr.. Spoor instructed Congress-
man JUL to offer the invention to
the United States government,
ROYALTY free.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
ION Trial. Is
Thriller Play

Telling a story Of a murder that
IFS shrouded with mystery ION
Trial." now at the Apollo is a play
with a punch.
ION Trial" was a great success
on the stage, and It is more than
duplicating this record on the
screen. The cast of this fine play
is an unusually good one.
Manager Anderson has new
Pathe pictures which include many
stirring scenes of late happenings
and war events.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
Mary Garden
Sees ''ThaiS''
From Gallery

Mary Garden, according to a
story from Goldwyn this week,
slipped into a gallery seat in the
Strand, New York, to view herself
In her screen debut, Goldwyn's
production of "Thais."
Other members Of the cast &C.
cupied box, but the star, so de-
clares the company's statement,
came to the theater yelled and
her presence was discovered by a
representative of Goldwyn who
sat in the gallery to estimate the
reception Of the picture on that
division of the audience.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24


PORTLAND, Or, Jan. 24.-In
one of the fiercest slap bang fights
Portland ever has witnessed, the
famous Battling Ortega, OF Oak
land, claimant of the Pacific coast
middleweight honors, still holds
his title, but he had a CLOSE
shave" as all he possibly could
get was draw with AL Sommers,
Portland's big heavy 15S-pounder,
who fought the fight of his life
last night. The crowd got it's
moneys worth, blu. if it had not
been for the title Sommers might
have won the decision. SommeIs
found his man early and late,
making Ortega cover to save him
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
New Theda Bara
Play Is Coming

Theda Bara's next Standard Pic
ture for William Fox will be re-
leased under the title of 1.-THE For
hidden Path" The photoplay has
Just been completed at the Fox stu
dos In Fort Lee, N. j., and is the
first film Miss Bara has made
since her return from California,
where Cleopatra" 1.-THE Rose of
Blood and "Du Barry" were put
into celluloid.
j. Gordon Edwards, who has d.
rected all of the Theda Bara
appropriations, was in charge
OF the new drama. Adrian John
son was the author of the scena-
rio.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
Film Man Gives New Trench
Machine to us. Government

George X. Spoor, president of
the Essanay Film Manufacturing
Co., has offered to the United
States government, thru Con-
gresham JUL, Of Chicago, plans
of a trench machine known as the
mechanical ferret.
The machine is operated by
electricity and will dig a tunnel
at the rate Of fifty feet an hour
1t was invented by a man named
Brugger, employed by the Essanay
company, who is said to have per-
fected the adaptation of stereo-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
Champ Loses
Another Bout

Corp. Lloyd B. Ireland OF Camp
Lewis, retired wrestling cham pion
of the world for the featherweight
division, has taken another re-
tirement.' Ireland has gone into
temporary seclusion, defeated in
the first round by Kid Measles.
And to make 1t worse, the former
champ is suffering from the Ger
man variety of measles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
Bryant Washburn
Is Own Director

Bryant Washburn, the Pathe
star, had his first opportunity re-
Gently at directing. Richard Fos-
ter Baker, his director on Kid
der &c Ko.," the vehicle in which
Mr.. Washburn makes his bow as a
Paine star, was suddely taken i'll,
and Mr.. Washburn jumped into
the breach and took several scenes
which were necessary to complete
the picture.
"Kidder e Ko." is described az
being typical of the kind of storie
In which Mr.. Washburn does his
best work. The scenes are laid
among Down East fisher folk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
AL SOMMERS in
SLAM.BANG BOUT

self; then the latter would rush
in like the typical Mexican he is
and powder stomach blows on
Solnmers, until the latter would
break away with a mean right or
left swing to the head, which
would carry Ortega far to the
ropes. But the Californian would
come back smiling and bore in
again.
Jimmy Duffy, the Oakland
phantom, got a decision over
frankie Tucker. of Oklahoma
City, in the semi-windup event
and all but had his man on the
way to dreamland in the fourth
round of fast and cleverly fought
siX-round event.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
When Fight Is
Nearly Ended,
COPS Interfere
Omitted Press Leased Wire. }

OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. "a
In the fourteenth round Of a
scheduled Is round go between
Kid Regan OF st. Louis and Mate
Jackson Of this city, police entered
the ring and arrested the fighters
and all connected with it, for VIC
lation of the state law. jackson
was given the decision.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
Draft CowIer

(Unifed Press Leased wire.)
DENVER, Jan. 24.-TOm Cow
Ter, booked to 60 Is rounds with
Fred Fulton at the stock yards
here on Feb. /, called off the
bout today. announcing he was
going into training for . foe more
deserving Of . mauling than Full
ton.
Cowler was drafted and VIII be
in uniform by Feb. 1. j.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
BILLY ELMER IS
MEANEST VILLAIN

Billy Elmer, who can make
up" as the meanest villain
on the screen, has the hole
of a rascally Mexican cut
throat in the William S. Hart
feature at the Colonial,
wolves of the Rail-"
AS Pablo TITLES Elmer is
an exceedingly wicked look
ing individual and nobody
sheds any tears when Buck
Andrade (Hart) cuts short
the existence of the Mexican
by tossing him thru the win
dow of a switch tower to the
hard earth below.
evolves of the Rail" re-
mains until Sunday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24
Vet Jockey Dies

United Press Leased wire.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Jacob
Pincus, 80, Americas oldest
jockey, died at his home in Mount
Vernon here today, following an
attack Of heart disease.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-24

This succinct report flashed
over the wires a few days ago.
An American in American service
had shot down a German airplane.
A former college football captain.
1t didn't take football fans long
to figure out who the hero was
-Tobey Baker, one of the great
est athletes Princeton ever pro-
duced, and one of the first finish
ed aviators to 60 to France must
be the man.
1t was not difficult to see Baker
in this role. Always daring and
fearless, yet cool determined cal
culating battler at every game he
ever attempted, he would make an
ideal fighter above the clouds.
Baker had won on the athletic
fields of America more honors
than are usually accorded to one
man, but at one stroke in France