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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
When Bugles Blow

(From the Memphis Commercial
Appeal.)
What do you hear when the bugles
blow
When the bugles blow?
Is it only a thread of silver sound
Out of the throat of the silence
wound,
Waking an echo's far rebound
That throbs when the bugles
blow?
Is that what you catch when the
bugles blow
When the bugles blow?
Or is a long dead warriors cry,
Filling the cup of the hollow sky,
Bidding you follow the flag and
die
In Freedoms van when the
bugles blow?
That is the call that stirs the soul
When the bugles blow.
For high on the heights of destiny
With promise of Immortality,
The voice of a winged Victory
Sings clear when the bugles
blow.
And we spring to follow the un
furled flag
When the bugles blow
Follow 1t far, where our comrades
fell
Follow thru red of the battles
swell
Follow 1t UP to the gates Of hell
Stormifg its depths--when thu
bugles blow.
Sara Beaumont Kennedy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
800 miles. much quicker than
the fastest railroad train"

500 miles, much quicker than
the fastest railroad train"
Behind every army there are
many lofts, bull on wheels, and
these are moved forward to fol-
low up an advance if necessity de-
mands.
Every trainer has few favor
ties among his birds.
Dorothy FavOrite
Now, here's Dorothy; she's the
swiftest I've got" said a trainer,
indicating a beautiful specimen.
And she's game, too. One day,
in bringing message back from
the front, she got piece Of shrap-
ney thru the tip Of her wing and
tho it was bleeding freely she
kept on and made her loft.
And here's little Louise. She
got gassed one day but she stag
gered home with her message.
We had her in the bird hospital
for two or three weeks and there
never was human being who got
better medical attention."
The Germans also put great
faith in their carrier pigeons
Several of the German birds that
have been killed were found to
have been painted, so it would be
harder for the enemy to see them.
The pigeons appeal to the sport
ing instincts of all soldiers and
it's real excitement for the men
behind the lines to get a quick
bird message" thru storm and
fire.
The men at the front, who re-
lease the birds, are equally inter
ested and the trainer who returns
the birds to the trenches for more
flights is always met with a query
like this:
What happened to Dorothy the
other day? Did she get thru all
right, and how long did it take
herr"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18

w. V. Leedon of Nisqually, as
signed to Bremerton as an ap-
prentice seaman; George Edward
Ultsch, 1871 Mckinley ave-, Ia
coma, assigned to Bremerton as
a fireman, third class; S. w. Aus
tin, 51SS South l. St, Tacoma,
assigned to the Mare Island radio
school as landsman; Spencer
Stephens, Claimore, Okla, assign
ed to Bremerton as fireman,
third class; w. G. Noting, dierin-
ger, general electrician, third
class; George A. Baden, 924 East
34th st. Tacoma, assigned to the
University of Washington as a
seaman, second class reserves;
w. A. Snyder, North Yakima, to
the radio school, second class
seaman; G. S. Evans, Larchmont,
second class seaman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
BY G. G. Lyon
Reporter for The Times With the
American Army i'm France,

American Army in France.
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
May S.-Carrier pigeons have
become indispensable in this war
Every army has hundreds of them
When telephone lines are shot
away, when airplane signaling is
impossible. and the delivery of
messages by soldiers is stopped
The pigeon is always on the job.
He seldom fails.
One day, not long ago, while
/ was visiting pigeon station, or
loft, behind the allied lines, a bird
winged its way with almost in
credible swiftness to it's cage
from the direction of the first line
trenches.
Saves Four Lives
In a sector not many miles
away hot infantry fighting was on.
The keeper quickly unfastened
small metal clip that fitted
snugly around one of the bird S
legs and he extracted this mes
sage:
-Four of us surrounded by
enemy. In big shell crater"
and then followed the lOca-
ton Of the crater.
In making an attack that day.
the four men had been cut off
from their own advancing party
and were in imminent danger of
being killed or captured. But,
like all advancing parties, they
had taken pigeon with them and
they were lucky that it was able
TO get thru the German barrages
and to the rear.
The message was turned over
to an officer. l heard later that
all four men had been rescued.
This is an every day occurrence
during actions at the front.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18

|of their uniforms the gold chav-
rons which will indicate that they
are ready for six months service
at the front.
Capt. Comeau, like all the Off
GERS, has been given his oppor.
tunity to see the fighting at close
range and while there was gassed
with tear gas which affected his
lungs. He is all right nov, he
writes to his friends here:
Il was sent to the French front
about the time that the German
offensive started for a tour Of
duty, having graduated from the
field officers class. Before long
l paid 500 for trench boots, $40
for trench coat and | have still
to pay $50 for a pair of fled
glasses.
II had tough time at the
school. ! was sent there to take
a captains course in the new mole
Of warfare, but after a few days
! was transferred to the field Of
ficers' course which had nothing
but majors and colonies and had
to stay awake nights to keep up.
ut was muddy there, cold, 40
lights on account of the airplanes,
away out in the country and the
grub was bad; butter only occ1-
sionally, sugar when you were
lucky and potatoes about twice a
week. l had to study all night
and going into the trenches after
ward seemed like a vacation.
'fIn the trenches l slept, even If
| did have to keep my shoes on.
Some big battle was going on over
there. Believe me, l wished
had Joined the horse marines and
gone to the Panama canal instead
OF where the guns hit you VITA
a wallop that jars your eyeteeth.
l saw enough dead while there to
make an ordinary graveyard lock
like a casino or a dancing hall"
Join the Navy
Remember those signs you see
on the street, which read, THE
Navy Wants You"
1t does, it wants every one of
you, and this means women as
well as the men.
Beginning Monday morning,
May 20, the naval recruiting sta
lions all over the U. S. will be-
gin big recruiting drive. Lieut..
Kent, representing the command
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
Young Birds Picked

Young Birds Picked
In cases of rapid advancing
when there is no time TO strihs
telephone wires, the pigeons
shoulder most of the burden OF
ge ting messages back to head
quarters.
A trainer of army pigeons went
to a good deal of trouble explain
ing the system to me.
Young birds are picked for the
message carrying, because they
are swift and are not inclined to
be lazy.
At the lofts, far behind the
lines, the birds are treated with
every kindness and are fed on
every known bird delicacy.
Hunger is the great
teacher" said the trainer.
"When We take them out Ior
training or actual message
carrying We seldom give them
anything to eat. But they
know there is plenty of good
food for them back at the
lofts, so the moment they are
released they make a Decline
for home and square meal.
It's Instinct
"At first, in training, We take
them only mile or so from the
lofts and turn them loose but
gradually we lengthen the dis
lance, always taking them nearer
and nearer the front, so they will
become accustomed to the noises
of battle.
Some people think it's keen
eyesight that enables the bird to
find its way to its loft. It's more
than eyesight-it's instinct. I've
known of blind birds to travel
great distances to their lofts with
speed equal to that of birds that
could see.
"The ordinary carrier
pigeon can cover up to say
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
Saints Be Praised!

The Saints be praised!" Fol
the Saints may preserve u.s.
after all. At the Marine bar.
racks, Mare Island, Cal, five
men with saints names for cog.
nomens are bearing arms and
give good reasons why the kaiser
is in the wrong.
These men are Arthur G. st
James of Denver; Edward st.
Luke, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Orville st.
John, Seattle; Henry F. st. Peter,
Kansas City, Mo-, and Arthur T
st. Matthew, Spokane.
Each of these men is consid
cred a lucky buck" in the Mar
inc corps, owing to his name.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18

ant Of the Puget Sound navy
yards, will have charge of the
work in Tacoma.
Men between the ages Of is
and SO years inclusive are want.
ed. This service offers a splen-
did opportunity for men to learn
a good trade that will be useful
to them after the war is over.
The pay runs from $50 to $145 a
month.
Women yoemenettes are want
ed for clerical work. They are
required, however, to be expert
stenographers and be able to take
a rapid dictation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
POLISH TO
CELEBRATE

The anniversary of Polish
freedom won from Prussia 1913
years ago will be celebrated by
Poles of Pierce county Sunday at
Wilkeson. Mass will be cele-
brated at st. Miehael's church in
Wilkeson at IL a. m, and at 2
p. m. a meeting will be held in
the Slavonian hall, addressed by
Dudley G. Wooten, Seattle attor-
ney.
The Poles in the u. S. are try
ing to raise 81 100000 this month
to help the Polish army fighting
with the allies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
Oregon Names
Men for Office

PORTLAND, Or, May 1S.-U
S. Senator Charles j. McNary waS
renominated for senator and Gov
James Withcombe was renominat-
ed for governor in yesterdays re-
publican primaries.
Oswald West was nominated by
the democrats to oppose McNary,
and Walter +. Pierce seems IL
have won the nomination for gov
ernon, according TO incomplete re-
turns early today.
Ralph Williams won over Bruce
Dennis in the republican race for
national committeeman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
Hears Stories
From the Trenches

Killaly Greene, son of Rev. F..
F. w. Greene of Aberdeen, in a
letter to his father, says that
altho he has not been at the
front at all, he has heard terrible
stories of the big battle which is
going on there now.
He writes that the worst things
seem to be the war planes, which
come down the trenches dropping
death at eevry SO yards or so.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
Unusual Frankness

A Camp Lewis soldier having a
few days leave spent them in Ia
coma. While here he became en-
gagged, so he was anxious for a
longer furlough. He notified
camp In some such manner: NO
body sick or dead. Became en-
gagged. Please may I celebrate by
staying two more days?" This
unusual honesty won him an ex-
tension.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
SIX BIG ORIENTAL
STEAMERS IN PORT

With the arrival of three o. S.
X. vessels due in Tacoma, the
Indo Maru, Java Maru and Cele-
bes Maru, there will be six of the
biggest Oriental liners in this
port at one time.
Vessels in port now are the
Burma Maru, Canada Maru and
Sumatra Maru.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
FEW CASES OF
DISEASE AT CAMP

The weekly report of Lieut.
Col. P. c. Field, division sur
geon, shows there have been but
few cases of diseases at Camp
Lewis during the last week. Most
of these have appeared in mer
recently arrived in the second
draft.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18

who spotted him while he was at
the front and kept things lively
for him.
He writes that shells were in
front of him, behind him, and on
both sides of him, but that provi-
dentially nothing happened to
stripe at him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
Puyallup Man
Gets Commission

Mr.. and Mrs. William Boone of
Puyallup have recently received
word from their son, Boone, stat
ing that he has received a COM
mission as second lieutenant in
the Royal Flying corps of the Ca
madam service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
History's Popping
Today Like a
Machine Gun

Have you stopped to realize that more big news is
breaking" every week nowadays than used to break
in months? It is literally true.
The unfolding story of this great war with all its
ramificatons will be studied history by your
great grandchildren 80 years from now Yes, and by
their offspring 10000 years hence.
1t is imperative, if you expect to be considered an
intelligent citizen that you keep up with develop
ments.
That is where The Times comes in An active unit
III the greatest wsgathering and news-dsseminat-
ing organization in the world, The Times is able to
bring to its readers complete every day that days
chapter in the greatest of human dramas
The Times is the only paper in Southwest Washing
ton that does belong to any such organization In
fact there is other such organization for them to
belong to-
No matter where the big news breaks The Times
will have it. If it is new upset in Russia Shapen is
in Peloglad to jump with the story to the nearest
cable office
If it is turn the west front battle has taken Will
lam Phillip Simns, Henry Wood some of the othec
men with the French or British armies will get it
first.
If it is fighting in which our own Sammies take
part C. {. Lyon some Of the other Times staff
respondents will have it. If it is London Paris,
Tokyo or Washington there are from one to a dozen
Times representatives the job.
AT Washington, ID. c., where our own war news
focuses, for instance, there is whole battery of
Times correspondents. They are sending The Times
every day in the year. in conjunction with the United
Press, the best Washington service Of any newspa-
per in Southwest Washington.
KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. Know it by read
in The Times.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
Washington Men
Ready for the Front

According to Capt. II. A. Com.
eau of company G, the men of the
161st, the old Washington infan.
try regiment, will soon put on tn.
lower part of the left hand sleeve
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18
More Men Get Times

The Times was sent Friday to
the following men in the sci vice:
Sergt. II. NJ. Van Kleech, A. r. F.;
II. c. MCGEE, A. E. F.; Raymond
Mitchell. Vernon Lamoreaux, A..
E. F.; and III. A. Christianson, A..
E. F.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-18

pigeon can cover up to say
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-14
Swimming And
Tennis Instructions
For Western Kids

San Francisco, CAL. June 14.-Ten-
mis- and swimming instruction for the
youngsters Of the city are w of the
athletic activities which the ups and
downs Of wal has not affected, nor Is
it likely to affect them.
The Golden Gate Park Junior Ten
mis- club, OF which practically every
California court star was a member,
still continues to go about its business
Of turning out champions.
Membership in the club is limited
to boys under nineteen years of age.
At nineteen they automatically pass
out. Under the circumstances there
are no draft regulations which affect
the membership and the boys con-
tinue to get their regular exercise and.
at the same time receive instruction
from their elders concerning the finer
points of the INT
Regular tournaments. at which
prizes are offered, continue to be held
every month. In this way California
is allowing no interruption to its out
put of tennis players.
The youngsters also, are going
ahead with their swimming. The
Olympic club has large Junior and
juvenile classes which are. being In
structed in all the i~ntricacies of cham-
pionship swimming by Sid Cavill, the
famous Australian crawl stroke
master. There are also a number of
private clubs for both boys and girls.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-14
BOXERS GENEROUS
WITH EXHIBITIONS
TO RAISE WAR FUNDS

San Francisco, Cal, June 14.-Pro-
feesional boxers. with a few excep-
tons, have willingly come forward to
do their bit recently in the matter
Of giving their services to raise money
for various funds for the soldiers in
the various camps. Several substan-
tial sums have been raised which
mounted into five figures by staging
these boxing tournaments. Benny
Leonard, the worlds lightweight
champion has been a big drawing
card on the Pacific coast in a number
of these affairs.
With the success met in the matter
Of the boxing, it has been suggested
that the work started might be con-
tinued by giving the best of the
wrestlers a chance to contribute to
the winning of the war. 1t is believed
that matches between such matmen
as Joe Stecher, Earl Caddock and
Stranger Ed Lewis would fall little
short in interest to the various boxers
who have been matched, the majority
Of whom have been little more thar
locally known Z,
An order for one thousand sets Of
boxing gloves for Camp Fremont
near here, was the first result of one
Of the benefits held In this city. II
is realized that all sorts of athletic
parapahernalia res out in a relative
ly short time so that a e Of keep.
ing the funds coming in for the fu-
ture must be struck upon.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-14
George sisler in foreground, and Ty Cobb in shadow.

To our mind. George Sisler, the
Browns first baser, is the greatest
young ball player the American
league has seen since the year Tyrus
himself broke into the ~Johnsonian or
g%anization. There is nothing Sisler
can't do. A remarkable pitcher. a
clever infielder and a consistent 800
hitter, he is probably basebalrs best
all-round player.
There are few faster men in the
majors than his Ohio boy. Helis a
puzzle to the opposing ou~tfielders; ne
hits to all fields, right and left-handed
pitchers look alike to him, he can
bunt, and is fairly clever placing a
hit through the infield or poking it
into a short outfeld. Being an in
fielder, he is Of more value to his
team than would be the cas- were he
playing an outfield station, as Cobb
does.
Sisler is like Cobb in only one re-
specific has the utmost confidence
in himself. otherwise the players are
almost totally unlike. Sisler is quiet
unassuming, easy to meet n plays
for the Browns rather than Sister
His work lacks the color and dash
that marks Cobb's efforts, but it seems
to be equally effective in getting re-
suits.
Sister is about nine years younger
than Cobb. He is just beginning his
career. Joe Jackson is out Of the
game. iris Speaker is having hi:
trouble getting started. If anyone i:
to surpass Cobb's remarkable record
as time rolls on George Sisler, the
Michigan collegian whom Branch
Hickey discovered, seems to be thu
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-14
TRAINING COACHES.

Urbana, III, June IA school for
training athletic coaches will again be
conducted at the summer session OF
the University Of Illinois, which opens
June II. The course, which Is In
tended to At men to become coaches
Of hgih school and academy teams,
will alst six weeks.
instruction will be given by the
quartet Of coaches that compose the
STAN OF the athletic department at the
university. George Hugg. athletic d.
rector, will instruct in the rudiments
and inner points Of baseball. Coach
Zuppke will teach the strategies and
formations of the football field, Coach
Harry Gill will tell how to train men
for the track and held events and
Coach Ralph Jones will teach basket
ball plays.
Although the enrolment for the re-
mainder OF the ourse in summer
school fell on greatly last year. the
school for athletic coaches was at
fected2 but little. Men who attend are
given practical instruction on the foot
ball neld, the diamond, the track and
the basketball 1oor, In addition to
tho chart talks.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-14
(By Joe Williams.)

- Wy "
Ty Cobb is dead.
Long live George Sisler.
This is the chant of the buglings
in the American league today
And yet one hesitates in joining in
the chorus. One hesltates even when
he studies the tell-tale figures that
show Cobb, once the king of hitsmiths,
hitting considerably below 800 and
Sisler, the new phenOm,. crowding
close to the $50 level.
Back in 1914 Cobb had a slump. 1t
wasn't as. bad as his present one, but
there seemed to be every indication
that the Georgia scintillant was on the
down grade. And the scribes up and
said SO. But the wonderful player was
far from through.
The seasons Of 1915, 1916 and 1917
proved quite conclusively that he was
still the monarch of the moderns.
Just by way Of adding q convincing
touch Cobb established a new worlds
record for stolen bases, garnering al
weakling could have accomplished.
But sooner or later ever Tyrus
must go the way Of all baseball greats.
He has been a star Of binding bril-
lance for more than ten years. 1t is
entirely reasonable to assume that he
has seen his best day; his amazing
faith. and confidence in his w pow
ers is the thing that has kept him al
| the crest of the heap these many
years. When he begins to doubt his
own ability then he is done. And this
season Cobb certainly hasn't been
playing with his accustomed conf.
dence and cockiness. .
Who is to be Cobb's successor?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-14
It is not entirely proper to refer
to j. Franklin Baker OF the YankeesI

It is not entirely proper to refer
to j. Franklin Baker ofsthe Yankees
as a comeback.
rs your favorite minstrel man
would observes: "Mistah Baker amt
nevah been away"
Yet how are we to classify a ball
player who hasn't hit 800, or even
around it, for four years, and then
almost overnight blossoms out with
a batting mark Of $50?
Bakers case is more or less unique.
In 1914 the smuggling third baseman,
they used to call him the Home Run
King" you will remember, had words
with Connie Mack. Baker for the
second time in his career as a. major
Lacquer had hit under 800 that sea-
son. Connie decided that Baker
would play for less money the follow
ing season. At the same time Baker
decided he was through with base
ball.
It is a known fact that very few
ball players yer retire in their prime.
Old B1l.Lange, probably. the greatest
of all the ancient outfielders. is a
vivid exception that proves the rule,
although Davey Robertson, star out
fielder Of the Giants, announced his
retirement last fall and is making it
stick. But back to Baker. The next
season, which was 1915, found him
out of baseball. He played a number
of games in a bush farmers league,
but most Of his time and attention
was devoted to the cultivation Of his
farm. There were many .rumors that
Baker was going to. return to the
Athletics before the season ended
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-14
CITY LEAGUE. GAMES
WILL BE PLAYED
UNIVERSITY FIELD

"A change has been made in the
schedule of the games of the City
league in that all games booked for
the Aaker park have been transferred
to the University field. emlf
Managers Of the. teams have tried
for some time to get the III" diamond
but with no success as the students
schedule was on. Now that the Uni
versity term is complete the Univers-
ity officials have offered the use Of the
geld to the men. twas expected
that the AAker field would be in bet
ter condition than 1t is by this time,
50 the new series, which will start
Monday will be played on the Uni
sversity field. 4 n RI. -
All games except q few postponed
contests. have been played Of the
second series. There are three series
to the seasons games OF the City
league, which will run into the middle
part Of July.