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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-07
PIC a La Chicago.

George Barr McCutcheon, lunch
ing AT the Chicago Athletic Club'
praised the Windy city Of his adop-
ton.
aChicago's refinement. say What
Won will" cried Mr.. McCuteheon, Is
not one whit inferior to New YORK 5
yet from the stories you'd tnink
that in our smartest Chicago res
taurants We all ate in shirt sleeves
and slippers. | remember one das
AT the Authors club. | said To a Ne"
York waiter:
bring me a piece of apple PIE
Yes. SIR he returned. Cniea-
go or New York, sir?
Chicago or Ne wYork2 What DO
you mean said ].
knife or fork, sir, explained the
waiter st. Louis Globe democrat.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-07
Unsafe.

Warden-So you moved No. 12S.
What's the matter? He seemed 10
be very quiet and docile.
Assistant was afraid he'd tear
the Jail down. You see, | learned
that he was graduated in the same
college class al No. 129, and that
they were planning a reunion for
tonight.-Puok.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-07

Mica il produced commercially IL
in eight statse, North taroiiha leau
ing in the industry.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-07

Milk will soften shoe polish that
has hardened and improve its lustre.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-09
p TX.
Enter Belgium.

/ have said it was about the
eighteenth day after my escape that
] entered Belgium, but that is more
OF less guess work. l was possibly
well into that country before 1 real
lied that 1 had crossed the line.
About the third day after 1 figured
I was in Belgium 1 started to swim
a canal just before daylight. I vas
then heading due north in the direc-
ton of the German lines. I was just
about the wade into the canal when
/ heard a German yelling violently,
and for the first time 1 knew 1 was
being followed.
L ran up the bank of the canal quite
a distance and then swan to the op-
posite side, as l reasoned they would
not be looking for me there. l found
a sheltered clump of bushes hat were
in a swamp near the canal and in the
drieSt part that I could find l crawled
in and made myself as comfortable
as possible. The sun come up soon
and kept me warm, and 1 planned to
camp right there, food or no food,
until the Hun got tired of searching
for me. 1 think l heard them once
or twice that day, and my heart nearly
stopped on each occasion, but evil
IDENTIFY they decided to look in some
other direction and 1 was not further
molested.
At the same time I figured that it
was absolutely necessary for me to
change my course, eve at the ex-
pense of going somewhat out of my
way. I decided to go due west and
I kept in that direction for four days.
AS / was in a very weak condition.,
I did not cover more than five miles a
night. 1 kept away from the roads
and did all my ~journeying through
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-09

the stars of my rank to the German
flying officers as souvenirs, but 1 felt
that it was safer to discard it. As
it finally turned out, through all my
subsequent experiences, my escape
would never have been jeopardized
had / kept my uniform but, of course,
l had no idea what was in store for
me.
There was n thing which surprised
me very much as l journeyeG through
Belgium and that was the scarcity of
dogs. Apparently most of them had
been taken by the Germans and what
are left are beasts Of burden who are
too tired at night to bark or bother
intruders. This was a mighty good
thing for me, for l would certainly
have stirred them up in passing
through back-yards as 1 sometimes
did when I was making a short cut.
One night as l came out of a yard
it was so pitch dark that l could not
see ten feet ahead of me and I was
right in the back of a little village,
although l did not know it. 1 crawled
along fearing / might come to a cross
roads at which there would In all
probability be a German sentry.
My %precaution served me in good
stead for had l come out in the main
street of the village and within twenty
feet of me, sitting on some bricks
where they were building a little store,
I could see the dim outline of a Ger
man spiked helmet!
/ could not cross the street and the
only thing to do was to back track.
1t meant making a long detour and
losing two hours of precious time and
effort, but there was no help for it,
so l plodded YEARLY back, cursing
the Huns at every step.
The next night while crossing some
fields l came to a road. 1t was one of
the main roads of Belgium and was
paved with cobble stones. On these
roads you a hear a wagon or horse
about a mile or two away. / listened
intently before l moved ahead and
hearing nothing concluded that the
way was clear.
AS l emerged from the field and got
my first glimpse of the road, / got the
shock of my lifei In either direction,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-09

SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Introductory. Pat O'Brien
tells of his purpose in writing the story
OF his adventures.
CHAPTER II-Tells Of his enlistment in
the Royal Flying corps, his training in
Canada and his transfer to France for ac-
6v duty.
CHAPTER III-Describes fights in which
he brought down two German airplanes
and his final fight in which he was
brought down wounded within the Ger
man lines and was made q prisoner of
war.
CHAPTER IV-Discovers that German
hospital staff ~barbarously neglected the
fatally wounded and devoted their ener-
gies to restoring those who might be
returned to the firing lines. Witnesses
death in fight of his best chum. Lieut..
a Rainey.
CHAPTER Vile is taken to the Of
6cers' prison camp at Courtrai. There he
began planning his scape By great sac
rifice he manages to save and hide away
two daily rations of bread.
CHAPTER Vile confiscates a map of
Germany and just half an hour later is
put on a train bound for a prison camp
while the train is travelling at a rate of 80
miles an hour.
CHAPTER VII-Fo nine days he
crawls through Germany, hiding during
the day, travelling at night, guided by the
stars and subsiSting on raw vegetables.
He covers Is miles before reaching Lux
emburg.
CHAPTER VIII-For nine days more he
struggles on in a weakened condition
through Luxembourg in the direction of
Belgium.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-09

er and Later Finding That He Was
on the Wrong Side and Had to Swim
Back.
as far as 1 could see, the road was
lined with German soldiers! What
they were doing in that part of Bel
GUM 1 did not know, but you can be
mighty sure 1 didn't spend any time
trying to find out.
Again it was necessary to change
my course and lose a certain amount
Of ground, but by this time l had be-
come fairly well reconciled to these
reverses and they did not depress me
as much as they did at first.
At this period of my adventure, if a
day or night passed without it's thrill
I began to feel almost disappointed,
but such disappointments were
rather rare.
One evening as l was about to swim
a canal about two hundred feet wide,
I suddenly noticed about one hundred
yards away a canal boat moored to
the side.
1t was at a sort of out-of-the-way
place and I wondered what the canal
boat had stopped for. 1 crawled up
to see. AS l neared the boat five men
were leaving it and l noticed them
cross over into the fields. At a safe
distance I followed them and they had
not gone very far before l saw what
they were after. They were commit
ting the common but heinous crime Of
stealing potatoes!
Without the means to cook them,
potatoes didn't interest me a bit and
I thought that the boat itself would
probably yield me more than the po-
tato patch. Knowing the canal-hands
would probably take their time in the
fields, 1 climbed up the stern of the
boat leisurely and without any partic-
ular plans to conceal myself. Just as
my head appeared above the stern of
the boat I saw silhouetted against
the sky, the dread outline of a Ger
man soldier-spiked helmet and all
A chill ran down my spine as I
dropped to the bank of the canal and
skunk away. Evidently the sentry had
not seen me or, if he had, he had prob
ably figured that I was one of the
%foraging party, but 1 realized that it
wouldn't pay In future to take any
thing for granted.
ITO Be C~onrInued.l
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-09

Map Showing the Progress O'Brien
Made in Passing Out of Luxembourg
Into Belgium. The Heavy Dotted
Line Shows the Course of That Part
of His Journey Toward Holland.
fields, beet patches, woods, swamps-
anywhere provided 1 was not likely
to be seen and captured. Food was
an important consideration to me, but
1t was secondary to concealment.
At last I brought up at the Mouse
river at a place between Namur and
Huy, and it was here that / came near
est of all to giving up the struggle.
The Mouse at this point is about
half a mile wide-as wide as the Hud-
son River at West Point. Had I been
in normal condition / wouldn't have
hesitated a moment to swim across.
San Diego bay, California, is a mile
and a half wide, and 1 had often swan
across and back, and the San Joaquin,
which is also a mile and a half wide,
had never proven an obstacle to me.
In the wretched shape in which I
then was, however, the Mouse looked
like the Atlantic ocean to me. /
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-09
Ito Be ConrInued.l
Ship on Girls Back Bar to Society.

A ship on a girls back is a bar to
her entrance into society, according to
State Senator Alfred J. Gilchrist, of
New York city. The senator declares
that a Brooklyn girl is barred from So
ciety because, when ten years old, a
ship was tattooed on the girls back.
She cannot wear a fashionable, low
neck dress because of the spreading
sails across the ocean on her back.
The senator, therefore, asks for a law
imposing a fine of $500 for any one
who mars a young woman's beauty.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-08-09

CHAPTER I~-Introductory. Pat O'Brien
tells of his purpose in writing the story
of his adventures.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
|@0 GIANTS WONDER
- - WHAT THEY GOT
AHN IN THEIR TRADE
CHET is WOBBLY
BUT KEEPS TITLE

massaging logs to train for the
bout, and he was in the best of
trim this time. He reached Rey-
nolds with more than one Of his
solid clouts, but Steve wouldn't
sink, and the bout ended with hon
ors even.
The main tilt started as tho the
rugged Portlander would win. He
rushed Chef effectively and landed
more than once for telling slams.
But Chef came back in the second
and third sessions and jabbed his
opponent with good effect. 1t
looked like he had the fight won,
but Sommers again took the lead
in the last round and finished the
stronger. The draw decision was
a popular one.
Jack Hartford Wins.
Jack Hartford, of Tacoma, was
given a decision over Mcdonald in
a tame scrap, but many think that
the verdict was unearned. Hart
ford fought fair bout, but Nc
Donald held him even by infight-
ing and aggressiveness.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
Bob and Bill
Have Good Act

Vaudeville in all its varied
forms Will be offered Hippodrome
patrons with the advent of the
new bill Thursday afternoon.
Bob and Bill Willard are a pair
of performers who know the vau-
deville game and know what 1t
takes to please. In their act
which they style "A Miniature
Vaudeville Revue" they sing,
dance, cycle, talk nonsense, juggle
and do burlesque limitations.
Juggling will be presented by
the De Koch troupe, quintet Of
men athletes who specialize In
Juggling human beings.
Thiessen's pets are not lacking
in the ordinary ability to please.
They are all fox terriers and the
intelligence of this breed is de-
veloped in the stunts they per,
form.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09

SEATTLE, Jan. 9.-The North
west heavyweight crown is still
adjoining the bald head OF Chef
Mcintyre, the 40-year-old young
ster from Tacoma, today, as a re-
suit of a hard four-round bout
with AL Sommers, of Portland, in
the main event of the Crystal Pool
smoker last night. The Portland
battler gave the veteran a stiff
argument all thru the fray and on
several occasions had Chefs knees
wobbly, but he couldn't get enough
of q lead to win. McIntyre's
cleverness again served him well,
and he deserved the draw.
Farmer in Trim.
Steve Reynolds cast off the title
Of frightened Fireman" and Is
again the Fighting Fireman" as
the result of his showing against
Frank armer, of Kapowsin. Steve
didn't beat the visitor, but he
showed that he was game by bat
Ting toe to toe with Farmer all
the way. Farmer quit his job
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
Cyclone Has
Real Thrill
At Colonial

They called Ned Thacker the
kansas Cyclone" He was like
one in his style, and besides, he
had been born just after particu-
larry violent blow.
The cyclone scenes in "A Mod
ern Musketeer," in which Doug
las Fairbanks figures as Ned, are
so realistic that one wonders how
they could possibly have been man.
aged.
Houses are toppled over,
bridges crash into ravines, buggles
are tossed up on roofs, church
steeples are blown into bits, and
men, women and debris fly thru
the air in every direction. The
cyclone scenes are certainly tri-
umph Of pictorial art, and they are
only one OF the many features OF
"a Modern Musketeer.
The picture remains all week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
GIANTS RECEIVE
THE SMALL END

tically a liability, II he is assigned
to the regular task of covering
second base.
Doyle is practically thru as a
star. His batting eye is dimmed
and he never was a whale as a
fielder.
On the other hand, Herzog
won't make the Braves pennant
contenders by several feet.
1t may be the trade was con-
scented to by McGraw because he
wanted a man of Doyle's tempera-
ment on his club. Larry's per-
sonality, his irresistible good ma.
ture, will keep the scraps away and
McGraw may need that kind OF a
man,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
Many Stars On
Melbourne Bill

w. S. Hart, Jack Pickford,
Louise Huff and Theodore Rob-
erts form the quartet of stars at
the Melbourne starting today. Mr..
Hart appears in Double Crossed, "
a striking play Of the old west. In
which he as the man who totes
gun in self-defense fights for
right and proves his right to lead
the camp.
Jack Pickword and Miss Huff
with Mr.. Roberts play what
Money Can't Buy" adapted by
Beulah Marie Dix from the play
by George Broadhurst and direct
ed by Lou Tellegen. II Is Lasky-
Paramount picture.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
Musical Show
Is Real Treat

Monte Carter makes the most
of fat part In THE Suffragettes"
at the Oak theater, formerly the
Pantages, this week. AS Icy
who comes TO a hotel, where a
convention Of suffragettes is in
progress, he makes the most of
his opportunities. He plays the
part OF the bogus baron who has
an elixir of love. One drop and
woman signs for affections. He
gives large doses, thereby winning
the feminists for himself.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
Classy Bill
At Panta9eS

The touch OF the master of vau-
deville, Alexander Pantages, Is
seen in this weeks show at the
new theater. 1t is regarded by
vaudeville lovers as being far and
away the best bill shown here In
recent years. Headed by the in
Irritable George Primsrose and his
minstrel company the bill includes
Jan Rubini. concert violinist; Alice
Hamilton, character actress: Ag-
mes Barton Finley and Charley
Hill. singers and comedians; Sena-
tor Francis Murphy, monologist:
Tom Kyle and Co. and Varieties
Marionettes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09

(lIsited Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-The
Giants again has been David
Harmed.
Charley Herzog today is Brave
once more. Larry Doyle again is
. Giant. Larry brings with him
. young righthanded pitcher -
Jess Barnes--who, IL he gets along
- other good righthanders have
IN the last twelve months at the
Polo grounds, will have the OPP
portundty Of saying at the next
season that the signs on the fence
are fine.
Larry Doyle cannot give the
Giants any assistance. His &C
QUESTION might be said to be prac-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
Hoppe Makes
A New Record


SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9. =
Willie Hoppe broke the worlds
record for high runs in three cush-
ion billiards last night when he
madesa run of rs without a bob
BILE. Hoppe, playing an exhibit
ton game, ran out his string with
IL. The crowd urged him go
after the record and he registered
IA more.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
MOVIES
"TONTAT,
Soccer Match
at C.L. Sunday

A big sport event for Camp
Lewis will be the soccer game next
Sunday between the fast team of
the 361st infantry and an all-star
team selected from all other regi-
ments OF the cantonment. On the
succeeding Sunday a game will be
played between the 91st division
all-star team and the Duthie ship
building team of Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
DETER'S
j IFFLE

With a scarcity of cops ON
the Tacoma police depart
ment, why not conscript men
for the vacancies? II IL were
Seattle, there might be con-
scientious DIRECTORS, but not
much chance of that here.
y
Having read Jim Corbett's life
Of Bob Fitzsimmons, we are con-
WINGED that Jim had better join
an army camouflage corps.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09

Dave Thursby, the lone man"
on the bill, is an eccentric come
dian who has battery of rapid
fire funny stuff.
Calvin and Thornton will pre-
sent skit entitled THE Travel
ers,' in which good songs and
dances are the feature,
The LaVigne Sisters are also
there with the step and the song.
An o. Henry story, THE Count
and the Wedding Guest" will be
the photoplay feature.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
Challenge Bob

CHICAGO, Jan. Bobby Nc
Lean Of Chicago, who won the
worlds professional fee skating
title by defeating Oscar Mathsen of
Norway in series of six races
here Sunday and Monday, was
challenged today by Noryal Baptie.
Mclean accepted Immediately and
offered Baptie side bet of $1,000
telling him to name his own con-
ditions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
Upper Class
Teams Win

Seniors and juniors Of Stadium
high school were victorious yes
terday In the first interclass games
OF the basketball series. The
seniors defeated the sophomores.
20 to 10. and the juniors won from
the freshmen, 80 to 6,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09

An original story of the days
of the Alaskan gold rush is pie
tured in 1.-THE Great White Trail"
the new Wharton super-feature at
the Apollo. Doris Kenyon, the
youthful star of "The Empress,
and 1.-THE Ocean Waif," appears
in the leading role, supported by
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09

Cl,ot Mcintyre and Frank Farm
q I'D Stove Reynolds and some of
those other boys aren't world
heaters A. boxers, but there's one
satisfacti0n about their repeated
appearance In the ring. BY the
cnd Of the season they will have
enough money from fights so they
ean afford to do n little scrappiny
Tor Uncle Sam.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09

Thomas Holding. Paul Gordon, r.
w. Stewart, Hans Roberts, Besse
E. Wharton, Louise Hotelling, and
a big cast. The production is by
the makers of "Patria," the "Ex-
ploits of Elaine" and other ia
nous serials. 1t is in seven reels.
Good Pathe news pictures and a
comedy are on the bill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
Some Anxious!

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 9. =
Willie Meehan is so anxious to box
Jess Willard that he is willing to
Fay expenses for Jess and a spar
ring partner to come here for such
a bout, his manager, Moose Taus-
sier, said today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
Baum Renigs

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 9. -
spider Baum may not play with
the Seals next season. Having
been turned down for the Sacra-
mento managership, altho he was
neyer avowed candidate for the
place. he expects to work as a
clerk In the exemption office on
weekdays and act as pitcher and
sanger of the Marysville club on
0nndays, II was reported today.
ne eeals have only one pitcher,
chief Johnson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
Play Smelter

Stadium high schools basketball
team will play its second game of
the season Friday night. meeting
the Shelter Athletic clubs five
ON the Shelter gym floor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09

We put the golf nut who
will play IS holes thru the
rain and sleet at zero in the
same class with the fellow
who would pay money to see
q checker tournament.
WE CAN'T SEE ANY REASON
NOW WHY A PERSON SHOULD
WANT TO SIT WAY UP HIGH
IN A BOX AT THE OAK THEA
TER. BOXES USED TO BE
CHOICE SEATS BEFORE THE
BURLESQUERS CAME TO TOWN.
Fred Fulton lost a fight on a
foul few nights ago. Some day
Fred is going to foul some big
husky and he'll get sore about it
and make il tough on Fred.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09

IF FRED TONEY DOES GET
INTO THE ARMY HE OUGHT TO
BE ABOUT AS POPULAR AS A
REGIMENT OF SOLDIERS AT A
PACIFIST MEETING.
All ftinerant wrestlers are
hereby warned that a federal
grand jury is I'm session in Ia
coma, and that 1t is just crazy
to get after someone who
needs chastisement on general
principles. II an itinerant
wrestler doesn't fill the bill,
Wen quit.
When Matt Hinkel offered a
million for a Jess Willard fight.
he probably had a pretty good idea
Il what Willard would do.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09

A scene from the sumptuous
paptra," with Theda Bara, ut the
William Fox's superb produc-
ton, Cleopatra" with Theda
Bara in the title role, which re-
Gently closed long engagement
at the Lyric theater, New York,
opens for a six-days' engagement
at the Tacoma theater Friday with
daily matinees. Nobody who has
seen this unusual picture will ever
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
'DROMO oUININEv

o.av o. ~nROMO oUININEv
~ Nef the genuine. call for full
- LAXATIVE BROMO QUI-
Look for signature of K. W..
OVM Cures . Cold In One
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09

Tacoma starting Friday.
forget the splendors 1t presents in
many tremendous scenes of gor-
geousness such as were known
only in the times of Ancient Egypt
and Rome, with costumes so thoro-
ly in attune with the period that
they cause no little comment. The
battle scenes are splendid and
there are many moments that may
be said to thrill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-01-09
TODAY'S BILLS
AT THE THEATERS

TACOMA
CLEOPATRA" feature film
production with Theda Bara;
{, six days starting Friday.
NEW PANTAGES
George Primrose's Minstrels,
and good vaudeville.
HIPPODROME
"Hogan's Choice" with vau-
devilIe.
OAK (Old Pantages)
1.-THE Suffraget," musical
comedy, by Monte Carter Cam
pany.
MOVIES
COLONIAL
"A Modern Musketeer," with
Douglas Fairbanks.
APOLLO
''The Great White TRAIL"
with Doris Kenyon.
MELBOURNE
double Crossed" with VIM.
s. Hart.
LIBERTY
"Sunshine Alley" with Mae
Marsh.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-25
POSITIVELY ADVANCES FEB. 1st

Think What Other Refineries Have Done-Dividends
of 200 percent and there are many instances
OF dividends of 500 percent and 1000 percent
sometimes than this. The Cosden Plant at
Tulsa started with 25-barre pantfortY tmes smnlle