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Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-09
JEWETT CITY
Local Men at K. of C. Ceremonial Ranblers in Bloom-Miss Johnson Moving from Lisbon.
(AdditionaI WiIIimantie News on
 Six)

District Deputy John F. Hennon, John and Marcus DriscoI, Edmond Jodoin, John A. Hourigan. James H. Shea, Eugene J. Carroll, Michael Fo- garty and Daniel Driscoll were in Nor wich Sunday to attend the K. of c. peremopjaS
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-09
November Roses.

Mrs. A. D. Chapman has a dwarf rambler rosebush on which are 30 buds and blossoms.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap- tist church meets with Mrs. Francis Campbell Thursday afternoon.
 Mrs. Mary Scranton is very i'll and under the care of a graduate nurse.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-09
Moving to Rorouuh.

Miss s. Nettie Johnson, who teaches at the Riverside grammar school, is coming with her mother to live in Jewett City in the rent on Mathewson street recently vacated by Dr. Rich ards. Their home for years has been on the farm in Lisbon, Miss Johnson riding to and from the school every day.
 MT. and Mrs. T. B. Keen have had as tfeir guests Miss Grace Kennedy, Miss Kitty Hopkins and Ralph Williams of Providence and James McKenna of Warren.
 Miss Dorothy Paul has returned from Middletown, where she attended the Wesleyan game. and from New Britain. where she visited Miss Doro- thea Burleson.
 T. E. Lee spent Sunday in Warwick, R. I.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-09
WILI,IMANTIC
Sarah E. SpeHman.

St. Joseph's cemetery Monday after noon at o'clock
The Washington herald., 1915-01-10

vent of. the giant German howitzer. At
an elevation of As degrees the forty-two
centimeter gun can hurl a she'll a dis
tance of nine miles
The short barrel of the gun is mounted
on a heavy cradle of girders with a
length over all of fifty-nine feet. The
cradle terminates at either end in a
platform mounted on a six-wheeled bogie
truck. the bogies being necessary to
enable the gun being taken around short
curves.
The actual gun carriage is carried on
live roller ring of nine feet diameter.
which is rotateble by hydraulic power.
An arrangement of hydraulic pistons con-
trolls the elevation. The hydraulic
pumps are driven by a small internal
combustion engine fitted with a car
turetor which allows it to be run by
either petrol or paraffin. This engine
Is mounted on the forward platform and
is coupled to a dynamo of the series
wound type which is in series with the
primary of an induction coil fitted with
mechanical interrupter. The secondary
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of this coil forms the firing circuit and
is taken to the breech Of the gun.
The gun crew stands fifty yards away
when the circuit is closed and the gun
fired, so tremendous is the atmospheric
disturbance at the moment of firing.
Before firing the gun the wheels OF
the bcgies are locked by hydraulic
brakes, hydraulic buffers are prepared to
take up the recoil and hydraulic jacks
are lowered from the cradle to the
ground to take the weight OF the pins
CT the bogie piyots.
On the after platform is a light but
strong crane provided with set Of diff
ferential blocks for lifting the shell out
of the ammunition wagon and placing
It on the loading shelf from which it
slides into the breach of the gun.
The siege train consists of a great
locomotive with a coal tender OF large
caDacity. the gun carriage. an armored
ammunition wagon and a sleeping car
for the gun crew. who are all trained
engineers from the Krupp plant.
The weight Of the gun and carriage
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SmashingPower
of Modern Bullet

4 T is pointed out by DR.. w. G. Posnett,
who was in charge of the surgical
wards of large British general hos.
pital during the Boer war, that the bullet
at present in use is somewhat different
from those employed in South Africa,
being more pointed. with a considerably
lower trajectory. It is formed OF a shell
of hard nickel. filled with lead. There
fore the wounds may be expected to diff
fer as the outer nickel casing will compile
cate matters. The distance at which the
wound is received is of considerable i'm
poTtanCe.
The wounds DR.. Posnett saw varied
greatly, according to whether the persons
injured were close to or far from the
rifle. 1t seems the modern rife bullet
has great penetrating power at what one
NAV call the middle distance. from 800
to 800 yards range. and that wounds,
even where bones are implicated, re-
ceived Mt this distance are Of a more
penetratlve character than those received
at closer or longer range.
Tho smashing power OF bullet up to
800 yards Is considerable. and great
smashing OF hone is to be expected in
wornds reviewed at that distance or un-
der It. The same applies to wounds re-
ceived At 900 yards or over. where the
smashing power of the bullet Is again
considerable. and bone injuries Of the
most serious magnitude are inflicted.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-10
42-Centimeter
GerndnCannOn
WeighslO0Tons,
Is Marvel of Age

z UNDOUBTEDLY the mosIastonish-
ing development oT the great
~ European war. whiR has been re-
pIete with surprJes. is tie man.
moth torty-ewo cenNmeter gun with
which the Germans/have been able to
batter their way through the most
modern fortifcshons hitherto believed
to be impregn96le
In the earE days of the war IT ws<
asserted thf the forty-two centimsAr
German gY6 was a myth and that st6ries
concerning that terrible engine war
were ciIculated only to spread Eonster-
Nation /among the allies.
Hofeeer, with the fall Of famur and
AntYerp the allies awakenef to the fact
thaf the forty-two centimetkr gun. which
Is /of about sixteen and Sne-half inches
efliber. was a grim realty Up to that
kme it was asserted the allies that
the heaviest gun employed by the Ger
mans was the twenk-eight centimeter,
and photographs off this weapon were
pointed out as pictures of the forty-two
centimeter. After /the forty-two GEN.
timetCr gun becahe an acknowledged
lact there was tfndency on the part OF
some military EXPERTS to consider this
gun as similar ib design and construc-
ton to the twetty-eight centimeter. or
eleven inch gum differing only in size.
1t is now known, however, that the
Two guns are hissimilar in design and
in nearly eve4y detall of construction.
When the war Started Germany had eight
of these .encrI Ihous sixteen and one-half
inch howitzer3 One Of these guns was
sent to Liege when the other siege guns
failed to ma ke an impression on the
great forts there. 1t was served by a
gun crew frCk kn the Krupp plant and the
first six shot practically shattered one
fort each. The German war office, after
demonstrating the terrible effectiveness
Of these giant engines, ordered the other
seven forty two centimeter guns hur-
Red to Namtr. -Four hours after these
guns had bekn put in action at Namur
thsy had red uced the great forts there
TO mass Of dust
This great gun hurls a shell five feet
IN length, and weighing 1850 pounds, as
compared with the Russian shell of 500
pounds, which was the largest projectile
bred by e sieae gun previous to the ad-
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H3has been truly said that once you FIRE
q bullet from "a modern rife, no one
can forecast W bere It will ultimately
come to rest Evk kn when a bullet has
an uninterrupted $ourse it is capable
Of upsetting all known calculations of Its
flight and range.
Before the Battle oA omdurman a sick
kficer was carried acrS Sss the Nile and
Raced under an awning no less than
$500 yards from the HSarest point of
possible fire. This should Sasily have en-
surSd him a margin Of Aafety, but 1t
didn't: a stray bullet ate Np the inter-
veniHE three miles Of desert\air, struck
him IA the head and killed Mn.
Soon\ before another battlA in the
sordan.\ General Sir Archibald NIunter
Colonel Aacket-Thompson. c. B., aQd an
other oficAr were accommodating Though
an oDeninA in the wall of a disASed
Bakieh. or w Ster-wheel. The hole in tSe
The Washington herald., 1915-01-10
What EngIand's
MonitOrsareLike

A FEATURE OF the combined sea and
"A land battle of Ostend hcently was
the destructive work of th British
Monitor battleships. which bonSarded
the Germans from the shadows off<the
mainland. The monitor-a word meaR1
ting "beware"-is a new form of battlec
ship which is capable OF being maneuv-
cred in shallow water in which other
vessels would run aground. Whereas
q destroyer requires at least ten feet
Of water In which to move with any
degree CT safety. the monitor is quite
Gt. home in shadows OF five feet in depth.
Though heavily armored and carry
ing q full complement of men, the moni-
tor does not draw more than four and
one-haf feet of water. The reason for
effected by reducing the size OF the e.
gine and boilers In the monitor
Speed is not al important asset, for
the vessel Is purely a weapon OF offense
and defense. The destroyer has engines
OF "a 900 horsepower to drive her
through the sea at twenty-nine knots.
The monitor can only travel at eleven
knots an hour owing to the fact that
her engines, being built for lightness,
develop small power
As a weapon of destruction the moni-
tor Is unsurpassed. Possessing two six
inch guns. several three-pounders. and
four 7-inch howitzers, these deadly YES
reIs are capable of hurling at an enemy
one and a half tons of projGctile every
minute. Moreover. they present a very
dificult target to attacking craft. Being
only submerGed four and a half feet.
Torpcdoes. which generally travel at a
depth OF twelve feet below the surface.
are likely to pass beneath the hull OF the
mo ritor without doing any damage.
The three monitors. the Humber. the
Mersev, and the Severn, attached to the
British navy. were originally built for
crrIsins AMONGST the shoals and sand
bars Of the Amazon. but NJ the COM
r'enCeneut of the war the admiralty
took them over from the brazilian gov
STnment
The Washington herald., 1915-01-10
Terrible War
Engine HurIs
1850 ID. Shell
Nine Miles!

position. Y takes but a short time to
have the gNS in battery. ready for the
attack
The barrel ofNhe gun is made Of steel.
and it consists of<he inner tube and an
outer jacket. the toNel length of the gun
being eleven feet. The breech is opened
and closed by turning \ handle through
horizontal arc for aboSt 1875 degrees:
\and a safety device operated by hand is
Rovided which prevents pranature firing
or\Sccidental opening of thAbreech. In
spitA of the fact that the bTS Sech mech
anisA weighs LOO pounds.\ the con-
structiNR Is such that the opeSing and
closing Sf it can be effected easily with
one hand\and in a few seconds time.
The gums transported on two seAarate
vehicles. eaSh of which can be hauled
by single Rotor truck. During TRIMS
portation one\u consists of the Aun
carriage. slideA recoil cylinders. trail,
and permanent NXle and wheels-the laAt
named being itted with broad fat feA
after the mannerNpf the Diplock pedrail.
The after end Of Ahe trail during trans
portation is mouIked upon a pair OF
. wheels. The gun itself is transported
upon a carriage upoR which it is placed
In such a position that the majority OF
the weight will comS upon a pair OF
pedrail wheels.
To mount the gun when It has reached
its assigned place. all Mat is necessary
is to back up the section carrying the
gun against the section constituting the
mount, and then. by means Of wire
cables draw the gun forward into the
sleeve and bolt the lug tdl the piston rod
Of the recoil cylinder. The gun trans
porting section is then dr. kwn away. the
trail is lowered to the grfund. and the
gun is ready for firing.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-10
Gun Without ReCOiI

A N officer of the United States navy
~ has invented a gun that fires a Glib.
projectile without recoiL This gun.
because Of its absence OF recoil. is we'll
adapted to use on aeropIanes or dirigibIes
The gun is most interesting. having
both ends open to the atmosphere. The
shell has the projectile fitted into one
end. and In the other end is a mass OF
bird-shot. The shot is Of sufficient weight
to furnish the required reaction when the
projectile. Is discharged from the other
end OF the gun When the gun Is fred
the projectiIe Is thrown from theSmuzzIe
at a high velocity while the shot is dis
charged from the hreach at low velocity
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fact, eAs~ gun has many serious defects
and BECAUSE of its great weight it can
not be carried><Qr any considerable dis
tance with an invading army. The gun
Is tco heavy to be tAQsported on any
temporary light railway.>0pd can only
be moved on a railway of STANDARD gauge
and construction. For the sasQe rea-
son 1t is impossible to move the gGhover
any temporary bridge, such as must ohen
>be constructed in time OF war. and it d
inHSssible to haul it over any highway.
Thus SHOULD the railways or bridges be
destroyed>Xithin a radius of ten miles
or so of any threatened position. the
forty-two centfMeter would be made
harmless as a weapSp of offense. I
Like all guns Of exeat caIiber. this
&C. man monster quickly deteriorates
and the barrel and mounting need fire.
quent attention at the haHSs of en-
g.neers. After a few shells haze been
fred the gun must either be scrapeed or
sent back to the Krupp works at ESSen
for oyerhauling. In fact, the guns BE-
came so strained in the siege of NamuN
that It was necessary to ship them back
to the Krupp plant for repairs. Judging
from the damage done by these guns at
Namur the charge in the shell is either
mClinite or picric acid. The wall of the
shell is very thin and the charge Of the
explosive is abnormally high in con-
sequence.
other than in the weight Of the shell
and the consequent larger area Of
destruction, the gun Is no more superior
to the twenty-eight centimeter used by
the AustrIans and Germans, which fires
a shell weighing $50 pounds with COM
parative rapidity. and can be transported
over ordinary roads.
Here is how the principal howitzers
being used in the European war COM
The Washington herald., 1915-01-10
LIQUID Fuel for WARSHIPS

Tor time the British admiralty has been considering the ad~aOy
a thai
oil
for rnavalu
oil
In a
a o
One Of the advantages oil fuel that cheaper than coal About
As0quid
Quirng Me- fuel ~ ~ " ~ - ~ ~
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Is about 100 tons and the weight Of the
rest OF the equipment is three times that
amount
The forty-two centimeter gun is far
more cumbersome than any other ever
built, and from the nature of its con-
struction, the inefficient method of load
ing and the enormous weight of the
shell. the firing process is long and only
a few rounds can be fired in one day. In
The Washington herald., 1915-01-10

along the Nile. He stopped. took aim.
and fired.
1t was very good shot. for IT sped
through one of the lenses of the bnocu-
lars. through the brain of the officer
holding them, killing him on the spot,
through the shoulder of Colonel Hacket-
Thompson and finally lodged in the breast
of Sir Archibald Hunter. where it re-
mains to this day.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-10
SONG of the Tricks BULLETS Play in BATTLE

wall was so small that the officers had to
stand one behind the other to see any
thing.
The officer. whose name is not given
in the incident. was in front using a pair
of binoculars. while Sir Archibald Hunter
was in the rear. The CLINT caused by the
setting sun shining on the glass Of the
binoculars attracted the attention of
Dervish. who. with others, was retiring
The Washington herald., 1915-01-10

The German eIeVen-inch mortar also
marks great stride in power and weight.
and particularly in mobility. over
any other mobile artillery yet con-
structed. The outstanding feature
of this great mortar is that It is so
mounted that the gun and its carriage
can be hauled either by motor or by
horsepower at a speed rapproximating
that of the lighter siegel artillery, and
that when 1t has reached the designated
The Washington herald., 1915-01-10
How Gigantic Guns Being Used in/Mar Are Made

A FASCINATING sight IL is to watch
"a the first stages in the manufac-
ture of the big guns which are
proving so formidable and successful in
the great war. A solid ingot of steel,
some fifty feet In length and weighing
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rs much the same in prIhciple as tbs
whipping on the handle 1T a cricket bat.
In this case. however, tH whipping takes
the form Of strong Steel ribbon. which
IS wound round INF body OF the gun.
Every twelve-inch IND 135-inch gun ac-
tually has about %2O miles Of this steel
ribbon wound r0ind IT,
Many other processes have to be gone
through in T(gard to fitting the gun with
mechanism etc. which it is impossible
to give ~ detail here. Some idea. how
ever, oTthe labor involved in the manu-
factVe OF one OF these big guns may be-
gaEered from the fact that from start
Efnish the time occupied is over twelve
months
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about 100 tons, Is employed IN the max
ing Of a 13.5-inch gun.
After being forged and then allowed
to cool, so that 1t may be toughe1Sd
for the heavy work that has to CINE
later on, this gigantic bar of sHel is
pressed into cylindrical shape/by the
most powerful hydraulic pres%1nvented.
which exerts a pressure of anything be-
tween 5000 and 10000 tons to the
square inch. This /hachine literally
presses the solid stee\lnto circular shape,
after which what known as the trepan-
ming operatioDis carried out-namely.
drilling s>farge hole-the bore-from
end to<ehd,' a process which has to be
pe1s0rmed with the utmost exactitude.
>4ext the inside OF the gun-that is, thsI
bore-is rif1ed.
The most wonderful sight, howey<f, is
the next stage-the hardening >/brocess,
when the rough weapon is<heated to
dazzling whitehead and D6nged into a
huge we'll full of oil. III the operation
takes place in the >6ghttime. the sight
OF this huge. glo~fng bar Of metal being
lowered apparently into the bowels Of the
earth, te>the accompaniment of leapIng
toRS6es of fame given of by the burn
Ing oil, may be likened to a scene from
Dante's Inferno. The gun is then left
to c0ol in the oiI-bath, out of which 1t
comes hardened. toughened, and tenn
pered.
Then follows the wire-winding oper-
ation. to make the weapon stronger and
impart to 1t some measure of elasticity
This wire-winding is an operation which
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
How Heat Affects
the Vital Organs
HOT WEATHER CONDUCES TO
CHRONIC CONSTIPATION
AND DIARRHOEA.

A disposition to confine ones diet
to cold food and to indulge freely in
iced drinks, is one reason why consti-
patton and diarrhoea is SO prevalent
in summer, and there is no season
when bowel disturbances should be
more carefully avoided, as much Sc
rious disease is directly traceable to
these conditions.
To regulate the bowels and quickly
relieve even an aggravated case Of
constipation, the combination of sim
pie laxative herbs with pepsin. sold
in drug stores under the name of Dr.
Caldwells Syrup Pepsin, is highly
recommended by many physicians and
all those who have used it. Unlike
cathartics and violent purgatives, DR..
Caldwells Syrup Pepsin acts gently
on stomach, liver and bowels, without
gripping or other discomfort and brings
relief in an easy, natural manner.
Mild, pleasant to the taste and mex
pensive, it is the ideal family laxa-
tive. By cleansing the bowel tract
and eliminating the foreign matter
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
Four Wed 1000 Feet Up.

ENTERURISE, ore, Aug 20
Setting up their wedding altar on the
sumit of a bluff high above the Grand
Ronde river at Rondowa, two couples
who live in the timbered highlands Of
Western Wallowa county, were mar
ried. The spot they chose for their
wedding is 1909 feet above the river
and is reached by a trail, 1t COM
mands a great view of the timbered
heights on both sides of the Grand
Ronde.
The couples married were George
Moore and Sarah Miller, and Osish
Miller and Nellie Moore. Nellie Moore
lis a sister n George. Sarah Miller
formerly was the wife of Osiah Miller,
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. A. J. Adams. of the Federated
church in Enterprise. With his wife
he went by train to Rondowa, where
the two bridegrooms met them, with
saddle horses. The climb was steep
and Mrs. Adams concluded not to at
tempt it, but from the valley she
watched the marriage party assemble
on the hilltop above.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
FIRST BARLEY COMES
IN TO BAKER MILLS

BAKER, Ore, Aug. 2O.--With the
arrival Of the first lot of barley for
the season at the Baker mills the
cereal took a jump Of cents a BUSH
ell. The lot was a small one, brought
in by A. ]. Ritter, Of Lower Powder,
but was so eagerly sought because of
its good quality that the standing Of
fer OF SIZE 1-2 was advanced to
$l17 1-2.
Mil men have been making offers
for barley for two days, but this was
the first brought in. The first lot OF
wheat of the season arrived yesterday
and was sold by Ed Bowen, a few
miles from the city, for 95 cents a
bushel. II was bluestem Club wheat
Is quoted at s5 cents and forty-fold at
81 cents.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
KINSHIP LITTLE MIXED
UP BY MARRIAGE TIES

VANCOUVER, Wash, Aug. 90
Through a marriage ceremony here,
an uncle became the father-in-law OF
his nephew, the witness mis- own cou-
sin, and many other peculiar combi-
nations We're caused
j w. Wright, so years old, married
Mrs, Berniece Hutchinson, Al, Rev, r.
H. Sawyer, pastor of the First Chris
ton church. performing the ceremony.
The witnesses were Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark Kersey of Camas.
The bridegroom is an uncle of Mr..
Kersey and the bride is Mrs. Kersey's
mother Mr.. Wright consequently be-
comes father-in-law of Mr.. Kersey, as
well as uncle. Mr. Kersey. therefore,
is son-in-law, as well as nephew, to
Mrs Wright.
Mrs. Wright, as we'll as being Mrs,
Kersey's mother. becomes her aunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright will make their
home in Camas
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
Bond Bros.
Pendleton's Leading Clo,hiers

off at the Glen Oak country club
here In tn annual contest for the
open championship Of the Western
Golf Association. Prizes totallng
over 500 will be divided five way s
among the winners. In the event an
amateur should win, an appropriate
medal will be given him, and the
fun amount Of the cash named for
such prize will be awarded to the
professionl next in order.
Members Of all clubs holding mem
bership in the association were en-
titled to enter and this brought out
goodly number OF middle western
stars Of the links. Play will end to-
morrow night
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-20
WOMEN co TO RESCUE
OF IMPERILED BATHERS

COTTAGE GROVE, ore. Aug 20
Two drownlngs nearly occurred here
Sunday In both cases woman
played prominent part in the res
cue work,
X. X. Mills an undertaken, was one
of the victims. He is a good SWIM
mer, but not Knowing that the wa
ter was SO deep he attempted to touch
bottom and rest. When rescued by
Mrs. II. f. Oakes, Mr.. oakes and W.
D. Huff, he was partly unconscious,
but soon recovered.
Ernest Wyatt, an employe of the
First National Bank, was the other
victim The party which he was with
went out to a rock in the middle Of
the river In a boat. For a joke Mr.,
Wyatt and Miss Janet Davidson We're
left on the rock. Miss Davidson struck
out for shore and reached it easily
Mr.. Wyatt followed, but required the
assistance of Miss Davidson to reach
shore,