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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
How Muncaster Died

The letter quoted below from
| Sergeant r. Il. Harpham, former
ranger and scaler on the Olympic
national forest, but now with the
american eXpeditionary forces in
France, furnishes the first details
received as to the exact nature of
the death of Roy Muncaster, also
a former ranger on the Olympia,
and stationed at Quinault as a dis
trict ranger. Sergt. Harpham' S
description bears out the previous
conjectures of the local forest
force and of his other most init
mate friends that he met death
bravely and with mistaken faith
in his self-determined mission to
serve his fellow man and his coun-
TRY to the last. Both he and
Harpham graduated in forestry at
the University of Washington and
enlisted in the Goth engineers, or
forestry regiment, last December.
Muncaster leaves a mother, three
sisters and three brothers, most
of whom reside in Denver, Colo.
Sergt. Harpham, who is with
the headquarters detachment, 9Th
battery, Goth engineers, writes:
"Muncaster and l we're on the
Tuscania when she was torpedoed
in the North channel February 5
and happened to be assigned by
previous arrangement to the same
life boat. We floated and rowed
upon the rough waters of the
channel from about o'clock D.
m. to | a. m, when the boat con-
struck the rocky shoals off the
Island of Islay. Scotland, and
! dashed into a dozen pieces. Mum
caster was handling the oars when
the boat struck the rocks and was
very cool and courageous all thru
the terrible experience. was
very sick in the life boat myself
and could do nothing but dip wa
ter to keep us from laundering.
Just before we struck Roy slapped
me on the back and said, Cheer
/ up, Harp, we will get the kaiser
yCts nat was Ilc ldot L near u
him say. After our boat was
dashed to pieces / never saw Roy
again, but learned for certain he
was drowned and is buried near
Fort Ellen, Islay, Scotland. He
received, with the others. pro-
per burial, with military escort,
ministers. etc. Fort Ellen can be
reached in one day from Glasgow
and good accommodation can be
had there.
Il was one Of the lucky nine
saved from the original 60 in our
life boat, but was badly bruised
and nearly frozen. Was in the
hospital sveral weeks, but am now
back with the bunch again to do
my bit, and feel quite fit. have
met a number of fine people here,
Including some very good-looking
Scotch girls, and am mighty glad
| enlisted. We are all feeling fine
again. The. weather Is good.
will write to you after q bit, wher
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cumstances.
There were some Russians at
Saint-Amand whose sufferings
We're so terrible that some of us
decided to take them some food,
tho, God knows, we had scarcely
enough for ourselves. I took a
bundle in my hand, and, at night
fall, tried to throw it over the
fence of their cage.
~ sentry saw me, quite
a young fellow, and asked
me what my business was
there. When ] told him he
gave me such a blow on the
mouth with the butt of his
rifle that ! lost all my teeth.
The farmers must declare
everything hay, corn, potatoes,
vegetables, eggs, poultry and eat
tie. The Germans help them
selves, and they have long ceased
to trouble about payment.
Fight to Death Now.
Il have seen people dragged to
prison for hiding a pound of po-
tatoes.
The German regime is ter
rible. A neighbor of mine, a
woman, was deported to Germany
for keeping three pigeons, and
another woman spent IA months
in prison for hiding an Alsatian
absentee whose father was a
Frenchman. The German guard
who discovered this man killed
him on the spot, without trial.
"All along the Franco Belgian
frontier are posts of sentries. who
shoot at sight anybody attempt
ing to cross the line. One day.
two Belgians, one the father of
four children, and the other the
father of six. were killed in this
way. The first was not dead. so
they finished him with the butts
of their rifles"
After hearing many stories like
this, the American soldiers have
come to realize that it is up to
them to FIGHT TO THE DEATH
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terra style-and needless to say
our lines were formed long be-
fore it opened for business. Chow
was fine.
Many of the boys slept on
deck. | tried it one night and
lasted about three hours and gave
it up as a privilege possessing too
many qualities of the solid COM
fort, with the accent upon the
solid.
! could go on and tell about
the trip, but space doesn't per-
nit; but one thing more is that
our boys decided that physically
and in disposition they were
of the anti-sea going type.
We received quite welcome
when we came into port. The
town is queer. but apparently
very beautiful place in summer,
as even now it looks fine. The
grass is up and the green garden
plots are all kept clean. Many of
them have high stone walls. II
reminds me of towns in Pennsyl-
vania, where they use so much
stone in the construction of gar
den walls.
have not been able to go out
and see any of the sights yet
but the people all seem to be very
nice.
We hear stories of the war, APP
parently first hand, and get
some of the papers for the good,
up-to-date news"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Northwest TAKES LEAD
IN WAR EDUCATIONAL PLAN

the state in work done by college
professors in military centers.
A permanent war educational
committee including Or. Todd of
the College OF Puget Sound, was
appointed TO cooperate with the
war department. President p. H.
Campbell of the University of Ore
gon has left for shington, D.
c., and will represent the associa-
ton.
1t was announced that Washing
ton State college and Oregon Ag-
ricultural college plan to take 800
men from cantonments for inten-
sive specialized training in war
fare; also that the naval training
station on the University of Wash
inGton campus will be enlarged
from 1000 to 1900 men.
The association is to send ap-
peals for state financial aid &c
each state board of control. coun-
ell of defense and governor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27

Representa- ives Of the North
west University, College and Nor
NAL School Presidents association
which has been in session in Ia
coma, spent Saturday on trip to
Bremerton.
At the closing meeting in Taco
ma Friday evening. immediate
war education plans had been out
lined, and Dr.. T.. Ii. Todd. secre-
tary, declared that now for the
first time the northwest is leading
the entire educational world in
the u. s.
The association pledged itself
rim favor of higher educational
work for men in war service and
during the postwar period, with
credits toward college degrees.
The plan includes cooperation Of
an educational committee with the
war department; federal control
of educational work in military
camps, and financial support from
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Outshining Munchausen

The following is a Munchausen
tale, showing the quality of the
mud in Flanders at the present
day.
A soldier walking along road
noticed hat, which he attempt
ed to kick out of the mud. What
was his surprise to find a head
under it, and to hear voice call
ing for help.
When the man was eXtricated,
he said, II was on horseback" So
together they proceeded to dig
out the horse. The horses mouth
was found to be full of hay taken
from wagon which had sunk
still farther down.-Everybody &
Magazine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Spring Calls and
Men Enlist

The sunny warmth of a spring
day incites in men the dormant
craving for adventure and excite
ment. This is the theory of the
men on recruiting duty at the
army and navy stations, as a re-
suit of the boom in enlistments
which has come in the past week.
The army signed up five men.
They are Lucky Mulligan, Zed
Stone, Carroll Dutro, Charles Bell
and Lloyd Wagner.
The navy boasts of the follow
ing new tars: William Harms,
Harbert Cassidy, Ward Bougue,
James Cassidy, Arthur Snow, Roy
Forbes, Wayne Keith and Edward
Reginald.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Death Before Capture, Yankees Policy
Sound Sand
For Vessels
of Concrete

Puget Sound sand and gravel
has been recommended as excel
lent for building concrete ships
by Geologist Morris NJ. Layton of
the University of Washington.
His recommendation was made to
the executive board of the Com
mercial club, which has been
making an investigation.
Prof. Layton also said the eli
matte conditions are favorable.
So far the northwest has not
been recommended for concrete
shipbuilding plants by Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board.
Prof. Layton's recommendation,
with resolutions by the CONNER
cial club and the Central Labor
council, will he sent to Hurley at
Washington, ID. c.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Lead, Kindly Light

won't you walk into my parlor,
Said the Russian to the Teut.
"You will find it full of cannon
And of provender to boot;
You will find it full of palaces
And treasures to loot"
IL will walk into your parlors,"
Said the Teuton to the Russ,
For l think that every Russian
Is a pleasant sort of cuss.
But remember that i do this
Just for you and not for u.s."
So he walked into the parlor
AS the Teuton said he would.
And he rearranged the parlor,
As a Teuton only could;
And the Russian now is thinking
That the Teuton did him good.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Times Goes
to Fighters

The fame of The Times soldier
subscription department is spread
ing among the men now, and Il
number of the friends and rela-
tives who come in to have the
paper sent to their boys, mention
that the men have asked to have
the paper sent to them.
A number of men were new
members of the list, including the
following: j. e. Chambers, r. s.
Flannery, Cecil Willis, Theodore
Durham, Elmer Peterson, Guy
Davidson, Henry Brown, Stanley
Stenso. Ernest Gregory, Oscar Lar
son and b. NJ. Finstad.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
BY G. G.. LYON
Reporter for The Times With Pershing's Army
in France.

SOMEWHERE In FRANCE, April 2l.-Starva
ton, slavery and unbelievable indignties are the fate
of many soldiers who are mckess enough to fall into
the hands of the Germans.
Stories filter into the American zone every day
of atrocities committed by the Huns on not only mil
tary prisoners but on the civil populations in French
and Belgian territory held by the invaders.
A spirit Of ''Ill die first prevails in the American
camp.
The Germans in the course of the war, may
kill God many Americans but the chances are
thew won t capture many of them
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27

A vivid picture of prisoner lie
behind the German lines mas peeh
given by a trustworthy Belgian
citizen who has succeeded III es-
GAPING from the German army
zone of Valenciennes in northern
France.
This is his story:
"When left Saint-Amand IN
northern France a few weeks ago
the conditions had become UNI
bearable. The Germans MAD OF
eanized slavery in the army zone.
All the men from TO % lau
been taken away. Inc unmarried
women under 40 were forced TO
work in the fields, and even III
tie girls, from II to IA, were
prevented from going to schooi
and sent to collect acorns ana
nettles.
Cruelty Everywhere.
EVERYWHERE you meet clVil
prisoners or deportees under the
guard of German sentries. Those
of Lille are making concrete. II
Won refuse to work you are FIRST
fined. If you cannot or VIII not
nav. YOU are shut up in prison.
If Won refuse a second time, you
are sent to Germany--and one
seldom comes back allie from
Germany.
Besides the civil prisoners,
the Germans have brought behlhd
their lines great number oil
prisoners of war whom they COM
mel to work under terrible cir
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Centralia Man
Safe in France

Mrs.. Arthur Belts of Centralia
has just received cablegram
from her husband, DR.. Arthur
Belts, announcing his safe arrival
in France.
Mr.. Belts has been commission
ed as a first lieutenant in the
medical corps. At present he is
with Spokane unit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27

The following birth certificates
were registered Friday: Born to
Mr.. and Mrs. John ID. Harrigan.
1916 E. 32d, son, April %; Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Samuelson,
Bothel, daughter, April 10; Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Wilkinson. 1917
So. G, son, April 10; Mr.. and
Mrs. Anthony L. Simpson, 1887
East l., son, April Is; Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Foss, $3.50 No. 18th,
son, April 10; Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
h. Grace. 1906 Tacoma ave-, son,
April Is; Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
A. Hyde, Whitefish, Mont, girl,
April ., Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Lund-
berg, Falkland, daughter April 3;
Mr. and Mrs. Otto J. Hurr 423
So. +, son April Z; Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard A. Rankin, 2715h So.
G, son, April 10; Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank o. Wahoskey. Puyallup,
son, April z; Mr. and Mrs. Walter
f. Willers, Allyn, daughter, April
16; Mr.. and Mrs. Clay d. Rauch.
1915 So G, son April %.
DIR. hurry, Dentist, WarburtOn
Bldg. adv.
Seattle cbambermaids vote To
| strike one day to save Tom
Mooney from death.
COMMERCIAL BINDERY q
PRINTING co. Main AT. adv.
German subs land guns and
food in Tripoli.
DIR. COzza, dentist, has moved
ITO 30S-12 Pantages Bldg. adv.
Puyallup valley to get honor
flag next week.
Philippine islands to organize
militia unit.
Sir William Weir appointed
British minister of air forces.
Lord Northcliffe resigns from
American mission because of i'll
Health.
Get your moneys worth. Eat at
the Lotus Grill or Annex. adv.
Irish cOnscription order to be
signed within the next few days.
Is report.
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TACOMANS in U.S.SERVICE

perhaps more news can be sent YOU
In regard to the work, etc. Please
remember me to all. The Ameri-
cans are doing fine here and / be-
lleve are ready to hit the bell"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27

All action all music all fun and girls girls girls Gorgeous
production showing the Land Of the Midnight Sun.
Prices 1Oc 2O 3O Matinee daily Except Friday Nights
and Sundays continuous from 80 Bargain matnees Tues
days. Thursdays Ladies 10 The Hidden Hand Pathe serial
of excitement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Here and
Elsewhere

Edward King leaves for Alaska
with large party of Shriners to in
itiate new Alaska members.
HOfstcttcr's have the only
complete line of military goods
and equipment in the city. 1903
Pacific. adv.
State blacksniths meet i'm Ta-
coma.
We ask you today to try our
special club breakfas. or business
mems lunch at soc. Tomorrow
you will ask your ii:ends Lotus
Cafe Annex. adv.
Winlock citizens tar agitatOrs
and apply cotton.
Milwaukee liver sausage. Duen-
wald's, 1l12 Broadway adv.
in Austria.
Screen Doors and Fly Screens.
Palace Hardware Co, 1911 Pa
cific ave. adv.
Snow falls two inches deep in
Montana.
~ plank or a carload" Hey.
stone Lbr. Co. Sash, doors, lum-
Der, shingles. adv.
Car shortage relieved. and H0-
lquiam mills run full blast.
TacOma's exclusive boys suit
shop is located at COT Fidelity
building, upstairs (take elevator).
There is where money is saved.
Double seat and knees in every
suit, making them last twice as
llnno
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27

Car shortage relieved. and Ho-
quiam mills run full blast.
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~ plank or a carload" Hey.
stone Lbr. Co. Sash, doors, lum-
Der, shingles. adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
'PACIFIST ON way
To DETENTION CAMP
Brent D. Allison Must Face Deser.
ton Charge Before Court-Martial.

After three weeks defiance OF the
draft law. Brent Dow Allinson. poet.
pacifist and conscientious objector, Is
enroute under military guard for
Camp Grant, Rockford, ILL.,. where he
will stand court martial for willful
desertion.
In a farewell statement issued by
Allison shortly after his arrest he
said:
81 am more and more convinced
that only a deep moral revolt against
the scourge and crime OF war can end
this universal misery. think I hear
tho great tides Of that revolt already
laundering at the bar; and l am con-
tent to be an early wave that breaks
and vanishes with a prophetic sound
upon the shore
Allison recently tried to obtain a
passport to 20 abroad with q group
of friends who intended to minister
to the wounded in France, but this
was refused by the State Department.
and he was ordered to report to his
draft board in Chicago. which he re-
fused to do.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
OFFICERS COMPANION
Held FOR inquiry
Mrs. E. Schrader Suspected of Hun
Activities Under Investigation.

Chattanooga, Tenn. April 20.-Pend-
ing definite information from Los An
geles, Federal agents in Chattanooga
are holding in custody Mrs. L. Schrad-
er Tor Wallace) until the mystery that
surrounds her appearance on a clan
destine visit to an army officer here
is cleared up to the satisfaction OF
Department Of Justice officials.
In the meantime Secret Service men
OH the California coast are trying to
ascertain IL she mas been identified
with German interests in Mexico or
San Francisco. Up to noon today no
report has been received.
The woman was apprehended while
in company with an army officer OF
high standing in military circles.
Since Mrs. Schrader's arrival here
Monday night the two have been lodg-
ing at one Of the best-known hotels
in the city In an exclusive residential
section. Chief Hackett. Capt. Kern
and government agents were present
at the hearing given them after reach
ing headquarters.
Conflicting stories that in many re-
spects appeared inconsistent were told
by the two. The officer, however.
stoutly maintained that his COMPANION
was above any suspicion Of pro-Ger-
manism and said the only charge that
could be made against her was indIs-
cretion in passing as his wife.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
Disease Grips lh Victims Until
They Become Absolutely
Helpless.

1t Is characteristic of Rheumatism
that the disease never runs ITS course,
or like some other ailments wears it.
self out" Every one Of your &C.
ouaintances who are afflicted with
the disease seems to be getting grad
ually worse each year. some of them
regularly becoming more and more
under the influence of its disabling
effects.
This is message Of hope for every
victim of Rheumatism. and 1t gives
them directions for finally freeing
themselves of the disease, but 1t Is
also Of Importance that it be care
fully needed by those who are Just
beginning to feel the first symptoms
of this common ailment. We wish to
impress upon them the folly of dis
regarding the little pains that come
gradually stealing over them, even
though they are so slight at first
that they hardly attract their atten-
ton.
Our warning Is against the common
mistake that is made by almost every
victim Of Rheumatism, and which is
directly responsible for the torture
and pain which they have to endure
when the disesse sets them armly
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
Every Pang of Rheumatism
Means More and More Suffering

within its grasp. We mean the mis-
take Of attempting to rid yourself of
the disease by rubbing the painful
parts with liniments, lotions and other
local applications to the surface.
Get this, fact fixed firmly in your
mind, that the source of Rheumatism
Is deep-seated, and that you cannot
get rid of the pangs of pain until you
reach them at their source. This
means that you cannot rub them away
with lniments and other local appli-
cations applied to the surface.
Nearly every case of Rheumatism is
caused by a diseased condition of the
blood, which has become infested with
millions of tiny rheumatism germs.
These are promptly reached and
eliminated by s. s. s., the great blood
purifier, which rs the reliable and sue
cessful treatment for rheumatism.
This fine old remedy has been used
for more than fifty years, and it will
relieve your rheumatism by cleansing
the blood Of the disease germs. Get
a bottle Of your druggist today, and
you will soon find that 1t is the real,
logical treatment that will give re-
suits. 8, s. s. has proven its worth
In any number of cases, and we have
many letters on file from those whom
1t has benefited. Start taking this
remedy today, and II your case re-
quires special medical advice, you can
obtain same without charge by writ
ing to Medical Director, Swift spe-
cinc Co. Swift Laboratory, Atlanta,
Ga.-AdY. -
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
CAPTAIN F, E, WEIBEL
KILLED over There
Well Known Washington Scientist
Dies in Active Service.

Capt Ernest (. WeibeI. 29S4 Lacomb
street. for eight years connected with
the scientific staff Of the Bureau OF
Standards. is dead in France as a re-
suit Of wounds suffered while fighting
ON the western front Thursdays cas-
ualty list bore his name. though
friends in this city are still ignorant
OF the DEATHS OF his death.
Ranking high as scientist and tech
nlcal expert. Capt. Weibel is, perhaps,
best known as the inventor OF a sub
marine safety device which has
proven successful in use by the Amer
lean navy on its undersea vessels. He
also distinguished himself in the Ge-
velopment OF special scientific appar-
atus for laboratory work.
He was awarded a commission in
the Engineer Corps, in recognition OF
special talents.
Soon after receiving this rank. he
was ordered abroad. and in a very
short time after arriving in France
he was in the thick OF the fighting OIL
the western front.
Capt. Weibel graduated from the
University OF Kansas with the degree
OF electrical engineering. in 1910 and
won the degree OF Phi. d. at Harvard
in 1916.
He Is survived by his mother. Mrs.
E. A. Weibel, and q sister. both re-
siding in Lawrence, Kansas. and one
brother, who is now somewhere in
France.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
TECHNICAL TRAINING
OFFERED DRAFT men
Special Instruction Courses Provided
for Mechanical Volunteers.

Draft boards in New Hampshire.
New Jersey, New York, Virginia and
Tennessee were notified by the Provost
Marshal General yesterday that the
government will give a special two
months technical training to men
subject to the new conscription call.
The men vho wish q take adNau-
tage of the oarer are advised 10 make
application 20 their district boards
before AprI 90. A grammar school
education and some technical train
ing is necessary for qualification to
the service. 1t is believed the men
will be given intensive training in
mechanical trades.
The first cali for non for the me-
chanical bTanrncs was made in April
when several States provided a quota
Of 4.5O9. Later ISIS more were called.
Under the third call. New Hampshire
will send 100 to Tufts College, New
Jersey go TO the Rhode Island state
College, New York go to Rochester
Atheneum and Mechanic Institute.
Virginia 100 to Lehigh University and
Tennessee 400 to the University Of
kentucky.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-21
COLLEGE MEMS CLUB
ORGANIZED At Y.M.C.A.
Oficers Elected and Plans Made to
Aid Liberty Loan.

The College Mems Club. formed
from a gathering Of college and uni
versity men at the Washington Y.
VI. c. A, has perfected an organiza-
ton to be known by that name and
has elected the following officers:
President. A. A. Hanson. of Penn
State; vice president. w. C. Miller.
of Yale; secretary, L. w. Kephart.
of Cornell. and treasurer, w. c. Car
penter. of Brown.
The club will meet Wednesday even
ing at the Y. NJ. {. a. to hear a war
lecture by Lieut.. Maurice Boyer, OF
the French army. and to see two Of
fetal French war films. one upon
aviation and one showing the in
dustrial mobilization Of France
The club also is cooperating with
the collegiate committee of the liberty
loan committee, and will assist in
planning a college mems liberty loar
rally to be held at the New Willard
before the end of the month