Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1915 — Much War Munitions Being Shipped From Tacoma. [ARTICLE]

Much War Munitions Being Shipped From Tacoma.

In a letter received Thursday from George M. Babcock of Tacoma, Wash., by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Bakeock, George said, among other

“This past week saw a great deal of war munitions leave Tacoma by Japanese boats. Included were automobiles, wicked looking barb wire, etc. One boat was forced to anchor in the harbor for a day or two before the crew could be pacified after a near mutiny had broken out, owing to the fear that the boat would be blown up bj- the Germans after leaving here. “On Friday evening a blaze was discovered under a flat car in a long string of flats in the yards containing autoes for Russia. The fire department put out the blaze but some damage was done to one of the cars. At one time there was nearly 100 automobiles on cars here for shipment to Vladivostok, Russia, besides carloads of heavy machinery, barb wire, etc.” George writes that he expects to stay in Tacoma until August or early September, then visit the exposition at San Francisco for a few days and then return home for an indefinite stay. He has been in the west now for nearly three years.