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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-23
The Barnum-
Bailey Circus

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest
Show on Earth" is to appear In this
city for two performances on Satur.
day, August s.
From now on until the eventful
date the hope that springs eternal in
Americas youth will keep the faith
ers and mothers of this fair city on
the tiptoe of expectancy as their duti-
full offsprings have gotten them to
promise to take them to the circus.
Lives there Il boy with soul so
dead that the typical American cir
Gus does not strike responsive
chord? It's matter of extreme
doubt. For the first to greet the
first car of the incoming circus and
the last to see the huge wagons de-
part with their heavy loads is the
boy whose love for circus features,
novelties and surprises dates from the
time that he plays with the stuffed
animal hides or miniature duplicates
Of the animal kingdom he receives
at each recurring Christmas.
Barnum & Bailey's date here
means a red letter day for the old as
well as the young and they, too, well
come the excuse to ACCOMPANY the
children to the show grounds as
they find Just as much fun and amGse.
ment as the Riddles who make sure
that everything is seen in the big
menagerie tent before they settle
down In their seats for the circus per-
Torrance proper.
To typify interest this year ana to
knock sky high the belief tina, there
is nothing new under tn, sun, the
Barnum & Bailey show Is Offering d
wonderfully new and realistic spec.
tacle entitled, The Wizard Prince OF
Arabia, which teens with lie. action
and color and has | $50 persons TAX.
ing part. It's an ingenious exhibition
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-23

immigration inspectors and police Of
ficers who boarded the ship to quell
a disturbance. In q pitched battle
that followed score Of white men
were injured.
The Komagata has been in the har:
Dor three months.
The Rainbow is expected to reach
Vancouver shortly after daylight and
she will embark contingent Of the
Irish fusiliers, the Duke Of Con.
naughts own regiment who will pro
coed aboard fully armed. It is then
intended to train the Rainbow's guns
on the Komagata and II the Hindus
do not agree to removal from the
Harbor bloodshed IL believed to be
inevitable
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-23
Salt Lake To
Lose Office
Secretary McAdoo Makes Final De-
cision on Long Rumored
Transfer to Helena

Washington, July 20.-According
to a statement made by William Nc
Adoo, secretary of the treasury. Sen
ator Reed Smoot today, the internal
revenue office at Salt Lake will short
iy be transferred to Helena, Montana
the home Of w. c. Whaley, the pres
ent collector. Mr.. McAdoo assured
Senator Smoot shortly after the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Whaley that no
political considerations would in
duce him to transfer the office and
when this assurance was called to
his attention today he denied that po-
liticai consideration were In any
way responsible for the transfer.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-23
WARRANTS ARE PREPARED
IN PRAIRIE CREEK KILLING

C.eenword, Ark, July 20.-War-
rants charging murder, arson and RI
otng were prepared here today at
the instance of Prosecuting Attorney
Little for the arrest of number of
persons, who, 1t is declared, partici-
pated In the attack last week on the
Prairie Creek mines of the Bache.
Denham Coal company while the com.
pany's miners were on strike. Mean
while the grand jury called to inves-
tigate the disturbance, is expected to-
day to listen to. the testimony OF
Samuel C. Thomas, mine guard who
declares he witnessed the killing Of
two mine guards during the rioting
and other witnesses who saw the tip
pies and other buildings of three
mines destroyed by fire.
While conditions are reported quiet
in the coal fields, the removalof fam
Ties of miners from the settlements
to the larger towns and to Fort Smith
continues.sA 80
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-23
FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS
AIDS KIDNEY TROUBLES

Overworked kidneys will break
down II not helped. When they can
no longer protect the blood and the
body from the poisons that come to
them. then look out for Bright's dis
ease, serious kidney troubles and blad-
der anhoyances. Foley Kidney Pills
IRE your best protection, your best
medicine for weak, sore, over worked
kidney and bladder weaknesses. Co.
op Drug Co.-Adv.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-23

Doing hard work in bent or stoop'
ing position puts stitch in the back
that is painful. II the muscles have
become strained, you can't get rid of
II without help, The great penetrat-
ing power OF BALLARD'S SNOW LIN.
lMENT will appeal to you most strong
ly at such times, because II is tho
very thing you need Price 25c, SOC
and N.oo per bottle. Sold by Ritter
Bros. Drug Co. ADV.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-23
NEW RECORD OF
T.. GRAIN ARRIVALS

Chicago, July 20.-A new record OF
grain arrivals in this city was set to
day with 2771 cars Of grain of which
1927 were wheat.
The grain arrivals for the first six
teen days Of July show an increase
of 3059 cars over the same days for
July, 1913, according to James e..
Guam, public utilities commissioner
The cars since July tota!ed 1,414.
There are approximately 1900 bush
els of grain to a car.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-23
Hindus Prepare
To Perish
Fighting
Cruiser Rainbow Due at Vancouver
This Morning; Situation
Is Grave

Vancouver, b. c., July 20.-With
the announcement that the Canadian
cruiser Rainbow and contingent OF
bluejackets, reinforced by details
from the cruiser Niobe, were practi-
caly ready to leave Esquimalt naval
harbor for Vancouver, the situation
regarding the Komagata Maru and
her riotous Hindu passengers be,
came increasingly grave tonight,
The Hindus, several hundred in
number, are resisting deportation.
Early Sunday morning they repealed
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-23

of kaleidoscope splendor with starr,
ling ciimaxes and thrilling develop.
ments 80 arranged as to make the
feature long remembered by all who
see It. 1850
This mammoth pageant opens one
OF the biggest showsse,er produced
Under the magic name Of I,arnum &
Bailey. ~ No b.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-23
HOME COMING CELEBRATION

Beaver, Utah, July 2" ~, 1914
Excursions via Oregon Short Line,
from Utah and Idaho points to Mil
ford, Utah, on the Salt Lake Route,
Tickets on sale July IS, 10 and 20,
1914-lim't, July 80. See agents for
rates and further particulars. AID 800
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-23
BRITISH ARMY AVIATOR
KILLED IN PLANE FALL

Portsmouth. England, July 90
Lieutenant Llewellyn Hodern Of the
Lancashire Fusiliers and Of the Roy
al Flying corps was killed today when
the bi-plane in which he was flying
made a sudden dive to earth near
here. His mechanician was badly
hurt.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-23

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FOR SALE CHEAP, Windows,
doors and frames, second nand lum-
Der and fire wood. Phone 306w. If
Evening star., 1914-08-09
FRENCH UsnlA TIE 1opERN TELD Gcnx

Of the timber, completely equipped and
loaded, Is LAO pounds. The weight Of
the gun. its carriage and timber. equipped
and carrying forty rounds Of ammunition,
IL 4, 260 pounds. The caisson and its linn
Der, loaded with 1O6 rounds Of ammuni-
ton. Is 1850 pounds.
The recoil controlling parts Of the gun
include the cylinder, piston. counter-re-
coil buffer and counter-recoil springs. In
the cylinder is an oil, hydroline, which
freezes only at q very low temperature.
When the gun is fired it glides to the
rear, and then to the front. on Its glide
rails 80 quickly that to catch picture OF
It fast lens and fast shutter are re-
uuired The gun in its backward motion
carries with II the piston in the cylinder
of oil. -
The piston presses against the oil, which
escapes through ports from the rear TO
the front of the piston. Three counter
recoil springs lying end to end inside the
cradle and surrounding the cylinder are
when the limit of recoil has been reached
the compressed springs re-extend them
selves, forcing the gun forward along It's
guide rail to the position 1t was IN at
the moment of firing, the oil again pass
ing the piston.
This process is described in the hand
book Of the three-inch gun materiel as
follows:
s'The action Of the carriage when the
gun Is fired is as follows: The gun moves
to the rear forty-five inches on the cradle,
CARRYING with 1t the cylinder and COM
pressing the counter-recoil springs. Ine
piston rod Is attached to a non-recoinng
inder moves to the rear the oil IN It must
pass from one side Of the piston TO the
other. The energy of the recoil OF the
gun is absorbed by the resistance which
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two regiments, the ID and 4. are noun
tain regiments, and one, the 9th Ii horse
artillery.
The United States field gun is three
inches in calfber. In other countries
where the metric system prevails the
caliber is trifie smaller or trifie larger,
but the three-inch gun is representative
gun is 1900 yards. or. roughly. four ana
one-half miles. Its range at the maxi
mum of elevation allowed by its elevating
gear is $3.50 yards or, roughly, three and
one-half miles The muzzle velocity OF
the shot is 100 feet a second. the maxi.
mum pressure per square inch Is 33.UOO
pounds, the weight of the projectile. filed
and fused, is fifteen pounds. ana tne
weight of the cartridge case. propelling
charge and projectile is eighteen and
three-quarter pounds.
j. The weight of the rifle is 1SS pounds,
the length of the bore Is S1.S inches.
and the length of the nfied portion OF
the bore is "a inches. The weight OF the
gun carriage is 1,6S5 pounds, and the
weight of the rifle and its carriage is
2,52O pounds. The length Of the gun $
recoil on its carriage Is forty-five inches,
the height of the axis of the gun Is forty
one inches, the height Of the wheels ID
fifty-six inches and the width OF the
track is sixty inches.
The maximum angle of elevation is fif-
teen degrees and the maximum angle OF
depression is five degrees, though the spit
trail, with which the American guns are
being equipped. will greatly change these
figures for the better. The amount OF
traverse which the gun has on Its car
riage is not quite eight degrees.
The weight of the timber. empty, is POS
mounds: the weight Of the ammunition
carried in it is 676 pounds, and the weight
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An 0ptimist.

Ex-PoLIcE COMMISSIONER RHINE
Il LANDER WALDO. who established
a polioemen's public library that has been
q great success. praised. at luncheon
in New York. New York's police system.
SIT has especially been good since
Mayor Gaynor's day." Mr.. Waldo said.
and then. in response to an objection:
"oh, that's nothing. Be an optimist-
Don't mind trifies. Look. like the hen
pecked husband, on the bright side OF
things.
by gosh,' iaenpecked husband said.
T hear some chaps kicking becituse
their wives. always have the last word.
Now. for my part. to give my wife the
last WORD never bothers me bit.'
".It don't!'
q No, on the contrary. ! always feel
thankful when she gets to it,
Evening star., 1914-08-09
OLD FASHIONED HELD PIECE UsED BYSERv1A1Es

portion of the tube and projects beyond it
to form the breech recess or seat for the
breech mechanism. The breech block Is
of the interrupted screw type and is pro-
vided with four threaded and four slot
ted sectors. A cannoneer seated at the
right of the gun opens and closes the
'breech with lever and fires the piece by
pressing down a firing handle, all the
work of second.
The carriage of the gun is known as
the long recoil type, in which the gun is
permitted a sufficient length of recoil
upon the carriage to engage trail spade
and render the carriage stationary under
firing stresses. The gun Is mounted upon
a cradle, which forms a housing for the
recoil-controlling parts. The cradle rests
Evening star., 1914-08-09

the oil offers to being forced through
small openings in the piston and by the
resistance of the counter-recoil springs.
The energy stored up by the springs re-
turns the gun to its firing position. The
return movement is eased and regulated
by the counter-recoil buffer. The piston
rod pull and spring resistance are trans
mitted to the carriage. but, owing to it's
trail spade by the earth the carriage re-
mains stationary
n X j.
and clip. The jacket envelops the rear
Evening star., 1914-08-09

Jointly to promote rifiemanship in the
National Guard. Rifle shooting is peing
encouraged by the public school author
titles in several cities and states and
many rife clubs are being formed by
civilians. It Is encouraging that there
seems to be a rousing of interest In the
subject of the military rifle.
Rifle shooting, because OF the increased
power Of the guns and, the lengthening
of ranges, has grown into an art, EN-
cheney In which may be bought only at
the price OF arduous practice, complete
understanding Of the traits OF guns value
of the wind and general atmospheric
conditions.
The good rifeman must be immune to
gun shyness." which is slight nervous
condition that causes q man to "antici-
pate" his shot or involuntarily tighten
some muscle of the hand or arm to meet
the recoil Of the gun. Rifle shooting, or
that kind Of rife shooting which makes
quires a fine coordination OF mind and
muscle. steady nerves. clear vision. In
stant thinking and clean living. The de-
gree Of skill required by the riheman is
not understood by non-shooters, nor even
by those persons who may be deft In the
use Of the shotgun or the gallery rifle.
A rife range when the firing is on
may or may not De an interesting place.
It depends on the squint of ones taste.
On federal and state ranges in the United
States during the practice season many
shots are cracking from sun to sum-
Sometimes they splutter and patter and
pish and ping In quick clusters: some
times there is an intermittent stream Of
the rhythmic pops, and at times only q
few shots dribble from the guns and
ursYoof nd xyhiuo opd lash their NAV
from the firing stations to the butts.
Evening star., 1914-08-09
lNveRnAr,orAL
Ne ~S. SER.,0

the rocker, which is journaled upon the
axle and its rear end is supported by the
elevating mechanism which is seated in
the trail.
The piece is usually served by gunner.
who is corporal, and four or five can
noneers. Mol, who lays the piece for
range in indirect fire, opens and closes
the breech and fires the piece, No. =,
woh puts in the cartridge and takes out
the empty case after shot; No. 3, who
keeps the fuse-setter and corrector set at
the ordered readings; No. A, who sets the
fuses and hands the cartridge to No. 2,
and No. 5, who takes cartridges from the
caisson and passes them to No. f. How
Evening star., 1914-08-09

fuses, and the adoption of a "corrector"
in connection with the fuse-setter makes
1t possible for an officer conducting the
fire to regulate the height of burst of
shrapnel. The mechanical fuse permits
the burst of shrapnel at any point along
its path. or on impact, and the adoption
of high explosive shrapnel, which on i'm
pact explodes with nearly as great effect
as a high explosive shell, simplifies the
supply of ammunition and makes over
timed shrapnel possibly. effective against
the enemy.
Though there are certain differences
between the field gun of the French, Ger
man, Russian, Austrian and British
armies turned out by Krupp. SCHNEIDER.
differences between guns built this year
and last year. the differences are not
substantial enough to. concern the nom
technical reader. The field artillery OF
the Balkan nations of Greece, Turkey
and of Mexico is equipped with this gun.
The field artillery Of the United States
has 1t also.
of later model than others, but the ear
lier batteries where it is possible to do
so, have been modified to bring them up
to the minute. There is no artillery ma
terial any better than that in the United
States Army, and there is no artillery
personnel so good. In no other army Is
the artillery officer fuller of professional
zeal and enthusiasm than in the United
ice. But-and it is sorrowful. but
there are only six regiments. thirty-six
batteries, in the service. Three regiments,
the LIST, Sd and 9th. are light artillery;
Evening star., 1914-08-09

battle shot. This is no argument against
training on the ranges, for no man can
become battle shot who does not know
his rife Putting men on the firing line
who cannot shoot is to waste ammunition.
occupy valuable space, eat rations ana
uselessly endanger their own lives.
Over a part of the District range dur
ing the shooting season, which lasts from
skirmishers moving at double time. drop
ming to the grass at command and oe-
livering at the silhouette targets tne
prescribed number Of shots In the pre-
scribed number Of seconds.
The range has its language just as nave
the track, the diamond and the links. In
the mind of the rifieman the target taxes
on the face of a clock, ana ne inoicates
his shots by reference to the hours. = =
shot directly under the bull or center is
..at o'clock": directly over the bull ~
ia at IL o'clock; above and siigntiy 70
the left it is haif-past IL; at the right ot
the transverse or horizontal diameter ol
the bull 1t Is at o'clock; to the ieIt, at
o,ciock: take a half point right wind and
a trifie less eleyatin." is an example Q,
the conversation and advice. war
is a -four SO close to the bull tnat II
is almost a "split.
4 =
3"shooting on the fag" is another
range phrase. AT sarioos. P- -,
range are long scarlet pennants TO ten
the story of the direction and force OF
the wind. There is. of course, ane-
rnornetsr or wind gauge, but as q general
thing rifiemen watch the fags. The
nennant is futtering: it droops. waves
feebly out from the staff. is then lifted
outward at greater angle or perhaps
stretched out at right angle to the
mast. II "a man puts a shot while the
far shows q four-mile wind, he WILL
when and where he can. wait for the
f,ax to return to that position before
making the next shot. He VIII Try to
shoot on the nag" But there are
many difnculttes. There may be no
wind, at the hring station. there may be
plenty Of wind In the middle Of the
range, and there may be gusts over
whore the 1.0o0-yard bull is twinkling
and bobbing above the rife sights.
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There is a good deal of artificial shoot
ing in the flag matter, but 1t makes
for training Some rifiemen throw UP
handful Of dry grass to try the
wind. some watch a pun of smoke. and
others wet one finger with their tongue
and hold 1t up to test the direction ana
force of the wind.
There is a good mass of literature on
the art OF rife shooting with confusing
advice as to the use of the open sight
or the peepsight, suggestions on nne
sight" half sight" and full sight,
hints on squeezing the trigger SO as to
get the firing pin into the cartridge
without drawing the gun of the mark.
hints on how to avoid "canting" or
tiitins- the gun. hints on the uses OF
the strap and helps on breathing, for
you should know that your good shot
always shoots on a full lung and a
stopped breath. There are hundreds OF
things that men learn or ought to
learn on the rife range.
Rifiemen have individuality and
idiosyncrasies just as have the votaries
Of other sports. Go out to the firing line
and observe the poses and postures OF
men who can throw lead through the
black and call up the white disc at all
distances from 200 to 1000 yards. There
are many holds" at each position. but
the. photographs show two popular
holds" in "off-hand" shooting.
Evening star., 1914-08-09

~ - ORE men have rifles in their
IN III hands today than ever before
Nu In the history of the human
race, and this fact suggests
the thought that in the use
Of the rifle Americans as q people have
yielded the palm and the laurel to other
peoples. 1t is noteworthy. however, that
effort is being made that Americans may
regain their premiership with firearms
or. at least. may bring themselves to
equality with other people in the use OF
arms.
Marksmanship, or that higher degree
OF gun wisdom, riflemanship, Is one of
the guarantees OF peace or of triumphant
war. For centuries riiemanship has
been an American boast. When Ameri-
cans were nation of backwoodsmen and
the musket or the patch rifle was the
urearm OF greatest influence there was
reason in the boast. But times will
change and times have changed. Popu-
iation has multiplied. wilds have been
built up and only a small percentage OF
Americans today are ''gunwise." More
than this. good shooting is more difficul.
than In the generation of the short
range gun Then. Workmanship was
mainly matter Of holding; now, it re-
auires not only better holding" but
much more than this.
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Many groups and some lines Of men are
intent on their work and on the work OF
others. Men are standing, men are sit
ting, but most Of the men are prone,
making tripod Of the stomach and
elbows.
At 300 yards, slow or rapid fire, the
rule Of the range is to stand at 300 yards
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ARKSM A N S H / p

ARKSM A n S H / p
and the theories
of training in diff
ferent Europ e a n
schools will be
the deciding fac
tors in the su-
premacy of artil-
iery during Eu-
ropes great war.
This is the belief
o ( e xp er t s in
Washington W h o
Evening star., 1914-08-09

Because of the recognition of the facts
here given the government is exerting It
self, and with some success. IN develop
irg riflemanship In the army and navy
and among civilians. and the national
governfsaat and tae states ars WORKING
Evening star., 1914-08-09

Modern Three : Inch
Artillery Piece Has
Been Adopted BY All
Nations Now at War.
Only Slight Differ
ences in Construction
of Guns-Mainstay of
the Mobile Armies.
Why the Field Cannon
Are Drawn by Horses.
An Opinion of the Au-
tomobile in War.