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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-11

with modern machinery, which could
be installed at an expense of $685., 900.
there could be produced 1900 horse
power. This would reduce the cost to
.00l9 per klowatt hour. The cost OF
Labor Contcntcd.
Labor conditions In the Industrial
community surrounding the Arsenal
are excellent. There has never been
a strike The government now has In
its employ over 1900 men. The high
water mark on the payroll was reached
during the Spanish American war
when the list rose within a few weeks
from 500 TO 1900 men.
Near Great Mcssaba Range.
Iron is the principal material Of
munition production and but Il few
hundred miles to the north Is the
great Messaba iron range. Montana
copper is comparatively near at hand.
If the waterpower should ever prove
inadequate there are private hydro
electric plants here that could be
requisitioned while the Illinois coal
fields are distant but a few hours
haul Behind all Of these mineral re
sources is the limitless agricultural
and manufacturing wealth Of the Md
die West. making the adequate sup
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platforms are small. Few improve
mcnts have been made in recent years
as France has not kept pace with her
Teutonic neighbor in being ready"
Italy has some twelve thousand
miles OF railroad SO laid down as to
bind almost her entire frontier by q
rail line fringe. They are well man
aged and troops were moved with fair
rapidity.
In England where there Is an ex-
cellent railroad system troops were
soon brought together.
All sorts OF supply trains are run,
especially In Austria and Germany.
Food is carried in the regulation bag
gage cars. but fiat cars are employed
in transporting aeroplane parts. guns.
etc, and many times an auto car train
is sent out. The machine has wheels
such as can be used on a railway
track. The same wheels may be run
on dirt roads by the addition OF rub
Der tires which are always carried
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are feeders for the trains to Paris
and Bordeaux where those who ara
severely wounded are sent These
French hospital trains are for the
most part the best passenger coaches
fitted with hunks, and although they
are not as fine and certainly not as
sanitary as those used by the Ger
mans. they serve their purpose so well
that more than eighty per cent or the
wounded sent to the hospitals In this
manner recover.
Even In Egypt hospital trains come
in brin ging tho wounded from the
Dardanelles. These are British Red
Cross trains made up or passenger
coaches from which the seats have
been removed and hunks built in. The
many windows make these cars very
comfortable for a hot climate.
Bath Trains.
Perhaps the most unique train of
the present war is what is known as
the bath train" OF the Russian
army--a sort of combination bath and
sterilizing section with a special de-
partment for destroying parasites. The
trains, of which there are three, each
capable of giving three thousand sol
diers daily bath. are lighted by elec-
tricity and heated by steam. The
bathrooms are provided with hot
water from the locomotive boiler. two
extra tanks being carried. also an
electric pump by means of which
water can be drawn into the tanks
from nearby streams The baths are
of the steam and shower variety.
While the soldier is enjoying his bath
his clothes are being steriiiEed.
cleaned of parasites and mended.
So, with every phase of warfare the
railroad plays it's part, from bringing
the men in from the rural districts
and sending them to the front, gath
ering together the great engines OF
destruction and hauling them to the
battlefield for their deadly work, TO
the mission OF mercy in carrying the
helpless and wounded to the hospitals
with all possible speed. thus increas-
ing their chances for recovery.
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country from tho east to the west.
The Rhine is crossed by fourteen lines
Of track between Vessel. near the
Holland frontier-~a line which also
leads to Belgium, and Basic near the
Swiss border. Railroads run on each
side OF the river and connect with
these cross linea--a fact which makes
II possible for Germany to send her
troops to any point in the shortest
possible time. Other lines come in
from all parts of Germany, connect
lag with the main line, aad while of
secondary Importance by themselves,
dovetail into the great railway sys-
tenn and form important lines of com
munication.
The German railways have boon in
struments of first importance In every
Russian defeat as they parallel the
frontier and receive feed lines from
all parts OF the Empire. IN fact, rail-
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as the car must be in readiness to
leave the railroad at any point.
Hospital Trains.
And here again the railroad plays
its part in war, for the newer hospital
trains are perfect wonders in their
completeness. These cars are the evo-
luton of the hospital car used in our
Civil War. and later developed by the
French and Germans during the war
Of 1870. and made more perfect by
the English during the Boer war OF
fifteen years ago. AS far back as 1897
Germany had Committees for the
Transportation of the Sick hos
pital trains. Only few of the cars
were in existence at the beginning of
the war and until others could be com
pleted every sort of car from first
class passenger coach to a freight car
was quickly furnished with hunks or
cots for the accommodation of the
wounded, but these old cars have been
gradually supplanted by the now hos
pital or ambulance cars especially on
trains running from the front to the
base hospitals at Cologne. Hanover,
Coblenz and Berlin. They are perfect
models OF sanitation with their con-
crete floors and enamel furnishings.
The cots are arranged for special cases
and operations are performed en-
route. There Is spotlessly clean
kitchen where all sorts of food can
be prepared at the doctors orders,
Medical supplies and appliances of
every variety are carried together with
corps of surgeons, nurses and cooks.
There is telephone communication
between the cars by which doctor or
nurse may be called at any time--in
fact. the trains are frst-class hos
pitfalls In themselves, the aim OF the
ambulance service being to transport
the wounded to the base hospitals with
the same celebrity and safety as when
placing fresh troops in the field.
The French, too. have an up-to-
date hospital train service. Their am
balances. with heating apparatus
and traction engine which is said to
be able to conquer the toughest roads.
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capable of a speed OF from 35 TO so
miles per hour, This is but one type
of Uncle Sans new fighting machines
of which the country at large as yet
knows nothing. But to show how in
adequate the munltion supply of the
United States really is, these I,200
only equip an army OF 500. 600 men.
Various Manufacture
Rock Island Arsenal now manufac-
lures all of the canteens. knapsacks,
knives. forks and spoons. belts, hol-
sters. saddles. brides, artillery har-
ness, tin cups and all of the gun car
Piages. caissons. limbers, battery wag-
ons. FORCES for the S-inch gun bat
teries. Many of the 3-inch, 5-inch
and 1-2-inch howitzers are also made
here. From here comes ali of the
personal and horse equipment for the
army, a diversity OF products that
would astound the average American
who has perhaps never heard of this
inland workshop OF Uncle Sam hidden
in the Middle OF the Mississippi river
on a beautiful park-like island.
To an advocate OF preparedness, one
of the strange things in connection
with Rock Island Arsenal is that 1t
has more shops than are now being
used. There are ten large shop build
ings. eight OF which are three stories
and basement Eight of these shops
now in use have a floor space of EOS
acres, The two not in use have a
| floor space OF seven acres. There are
/ four large stone storehouses which
bring the total floor space to 4o,s
acres. The small arms plant at which
| 125 rifles per day were formerly made
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Is now shut down.
How the Arsenal could be rapidly
expanded is seen from the fact that
on an island of 500 acres the area
of the shop floor space Is but a little
over 40 acres and that 40 acres OF
factory floor includes over seven acres
which is now idle because the sep-
eminent appropriations are not suffi
cient to equip it with machinery.
The greater part of the island is laid
out in beautiful! drives. making 1t one
of the beauty spots along the entire
stretch of the Mississippi river. II il
the paradise of the Automobiles OF
the -tEi-eit4es.- Part ef IL Is Ia4+-sted- ia
corn and to see soldier blowing corr
or moving hay Is no uncommon sight.
In fact, the 'regs" OF such govern
ment posts as Camp Robinson. Wis.
scoff at the Rock Island post. saying
ono might as well work on farm as
be in the service there. Golf Inks
cover great tract OF the Arsenal
island. The greater part of the entirn
island Is above high water mark and
Is available for factory buildings.
History
1t was on July IL, 1852, that Con
gress passed the first appropriation Of
500. 000 which was the first definite
action on the building of the present
arsenal. The land was first acquired
back in May of 1915 when a small
army detachment pushed up the Mis-
sissippi river In keel boats and built
a blockhouse, named Fort Armstrong
to protect the frontier from the Sac
and Fox Indians. During the Civil
war it was a military prison. horslnc
I50 900 Confederates
Gen. r. ]. Rodman. inventor OF the
smooth bore cannon used in the Civi
war. was the man who laid out the
present big shops when he took COM
mand IN 1854. He predicted at thai
time that the Rock Island Arsena1
would eventually be the main mann
featuring plant of the United States
army. The building plan was com
pIeted under the command Of Gen r
W. F1agler by 1856, and since tha'
time the plant has seen little exraT
sion. As Colonel Burr. the presen
commandant. looked over the BIZ
plant on the occasion OF the visit Of
the forty congressman and Senators
here last October. he predicted thai
another ten shops would soon be bull
and that the immense possibilities ef
the island arsenal as foreseen ha't
century ago by It's founder would seet
he taken advantage of.
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OF The civilian traveller were entirely
overlooked
Gcrmany's Strategic Railroads.
Germany was particularly fortunate
IN having thirty thousand miles
Of railroad. the majority Of which are
double tracked, and in many cases
having four parallel tracks. Added
10 this, their system Of running trains
10 about as near perfect as possible.
for every one OF these lines has a
through express service. Tho trains
arrive eftd depart with pFemptHess
which operated favorabiy In the quick
transportation Of troops and aided
materially in the mobilization Of the
German army. which. as everyone
knows. was accomplished in a few
days.
While the whole Empire is a perfect
network OF railways, the most impor-
tant lines are those which cross the
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81 CgL~2 /Ta>n Tie
AE<7ClLZr2GLIEz
Without the Aid of Rail-
roads Few Battles Could
Be ION = Their Great
Value To the Warning
Nations of Europe.
Copyright. 1919 ry THE interuatiouM
NyndtHfr.

HE military nreessitles ~ the
presently warfare make
greater demand upon railroad
facilities than thn wars tn days
gone by In former times roads could
pc utilized 10 ssmc advantage In The
absence OF more rapid transportation
put now u is entirely different. Thu
auge guns. with their delicate mech
5tnism. could scarcely re moved az all
Along the ordinary highway. 10 eay
Nothing OF the delay ia using Thu
mode Of travel Quick mobilization
sshe assembling with rapidly OF all
The instruments OF modern warfare
make the railroad one Of tho chief
agencies Of success IN the campaign.
without the railroad the present war
n n Europe could never have assumed
he proportions Il ia in so short a
sime~-in fact. IT is doubtful II - could
sver have made much progress by
means OF other channels OF communi-
sntfon.
All the railroads on the Continent
are owned and operated by the re-
kxpective governments, consequently
when these governments needed trans
aortation for their troops the rights
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-11
lock Island Arsenal Lo-
Gated in the Middle Of
the Broad Mississippi
Which Uncle Sam Will
] Probably Develop As a
Rival To Essen and
Skoda

BY C. u. BACON.
rye HERE will Uncle sam. II he
n decides 10 prepare for war
AA n ON an adequate scale, build
!" the great gnmition plant that
ID to make him feared and respected
n these days Of factory made war?
ltateslnen. business men ana military
4udents declare that without an un-
limited supply Of guns and shells no
great nation can now dare TO Tight
mother. And hey also hold that the
government ought 10 be Independent
II private munition plants.
Germany had her Essen and Aus
ria her great Skoda workshops when
ne present war broke out. and these
wo factories. even more than the
wonderful Prassian military organiza-
Son. are responsible for the success
W Teutonic arms. Where. then, IS
Uncle Sam to build the Essen OF
America7
AT Rock Island Arsenal on the
Mississippi river" SAYS the Great Mid
lie West. And II the East coast with
- highly developed manufacturing
Industries should hsk--Why the East
With It's Watervliet Arsenal on the
Hudson. its Waterfowl Arsenal near
Boston and Frankford Arsenal "a
shiiadelphiA, the Middle West an
wers:
An ideal location making attack by
my foreign power impossible.
The best possible central disirihut
ng point to all parts OF tho United
Rates
The cheapest power OF any manu-
Acturing plant in the country.
The fact that Rock island Arsenal l.
light now Uncle Sans largest manu-
acturing plant and experimental shoI
With over 1900 men en- loycd daily.
Location of Rock Island.
Rock Island Arsenal is 200 milo
rom the Atlantic Scabonrd. 1,T0t
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roads parallcltug the front both on
the east and west OF Germany have
been their greatest asset
Russian Railroads Poor.
Lack OF railway facilities has been
one OF the disadvantages of Russia.
Although This land is ten times the
size Of Germany it has less railway
mileage. For the most part the Rus
sian railroads are far flung trunk lines
running ON uncertain tracks The
Land OF the Bear nowhere has any
thing corresponding to the interweav-
ing railway nets of Germany. Trans
portation In most parts of Russia,
even in time Of peace, is both difficult
and dangerous, for even the main
roads leading into the cities are very
bad.
Railways OF France and italy.
France has fairly good railway
system. but few of the tracks are
double and the loading and unloading
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-of The civilian traveller were entirely
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON Pc
TITiON TO MORTGAGE REAL
PROPERTY

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON Pc
TITiON TO MORTGAGE REAL
PROPERTY.
In the Superior Court of the State
of California in and for the County
of Imperial.
In the matter of the estate of Mar
tin Widmann, deceased.
Johanna Weise, formerly Johanna
WIdmann, administrative of the estate
of Martin Widmann. deceased, having
filed herein her petition, duly verified
bv affidavit, praying for an order of
this court authorizing, empowering
and directing her, as such admin
lstratriX, to mortpage the real prop
erty of the said deceased therein and
hereinafter described, for the purposes
set forth in said petition. and it APP
pearing that it will be for the advan-
tage Of said estate that said mortgage
be made,
1t Is Ordered by the Court, That
all persons Interested in the estate
of Martin Widmann do appear before
this court on the 25th day of August,
1916, at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon of
said day, then and there to show
cause, if any they have, why the real
property of said estate, described be-
low, or some part thereof, should not
he mortgaged for the sum OF not to
exceed seven thousand dollars, as
prayed for in the said petition of ,Io-
hanna Weiss. formerly Johanna Wild
mann. administrators, this day filed,
or for such lesser amount as to the
court shall seem meet,
Reference is made to the said pc
tition for further particulars. SAID
real estate the property to be mort
gagged is situated in the County OF
Imperial, State of California, and is
more particularly described as fol
lows, to wit:
All of Tract Sixty-four (64), Town
shin fifteen (15) South, Range fifteen
G5) East, S. B. M.
1t is further ordered that the order
to show cause be published once a
week for four successive weeks be-
fore the day of hearing in the lmpe~
rial Valley Press, daily newspaper
Of general circulation published in the
County of Imperial, State of Caiiior-
MA.
Dated this 2Sth dav Of July. 1916.
FRANKLIN j. COLE,
July28Aug4-11-18-24 Judge.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
FOR RENT-REAL ESTATE

FOR RENT, SALE OR EXCHANGE
so acres; 2 Oacres alfalfa; bal
ance has been in alfalfa Look this
up at once. Harry Cross, miles
east of Heber. 80
FOR RENT OR TRADE-Five-acre
tract, close in; all arranged for
chicken ranch. Address Box 232. x86
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05

cited as the estate Highways Act of
1915"
Sec. IA. All acts and parts OF acts
in conflict with the provisions of this
act are hereby repealed.
FRANK G. JORDAN.
SatOct2S Secretary of State.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
HELP WANTED

LEARN ACTUAL AUTO repairing. Y.
M. c. A.. Los Angeles. Catalog free.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. man to work
on ranch, Box 295. fS3
WANTED Woman about 40 wears
old to do housework; steady work
for year or more, Ella Kirkpat-
rick, 442 Holt Ave. fS2
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
FURNITURE
MONEY 70 LOAN

MONEY TO LOAN
l have $4,000 for first lien
loans on improved patented farms
at per cent Long time contract
liberal prepayment privileges;
small commission.
PHILO JONES,
Brawley, Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN.

STRAYED 49, Small brown mare
mule; branded left shoulder; finder
notify w. Tripp, Box SIT, Ell Cen
tro. XS6
LOST-Mandolin, between Coyote
Wells and Meyers canyon. Please
notify T.. M, Frame, r. +. ID. 2, Box
81. X86
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE OR TRADE--Good big
lot in south part of Ell Centre worth
$1,000. Will trade on string Of
cows and pay cash difference. Ad-
dress Cows, care Press.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05

'WANTED-DEAD CATTLE
Will remove free Of charge. Call
Brawley, B. Wrottenberg,, 67F15.x82
FOR TRADE-Piano, in good condi-
tion, for Ford truck. Address Sim
sabaugh Bros, Dixieland. xS3
LAY PUT UP on shares or by con-
tract. M. G. Hill, r. +. d. 1, Box
4, Or Phone 93F12.
FOR SALE-White sewing machine
or will trade for good trunk. GA
Broadway. x84
WANTED-Horse and buggy or cart.
See bookkeeper Union Oil Co. office,
FL Centre.
FOR SALE-Sheet metal store room,
14x20. Call Imperial Telephone Co.
FOX SALE-TImes agency. Inquire
Times agent, 622 Main.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
1T THOMAS HOSPITAL

Thoroughly equipped for any medical
or surgical case. Artistic rooms exclu-
sive'v for maternity cases. where the
patient has the comfort and quiet Of
home combined with hospital convent
ence. New two-story building with
spacious sereened-in verandas. sur
-ourdad nv 'awne and trees Thirty
bed capacity. Graduate nurses.
RATES-Ward, SIS per week. prf
80 rooms 500 s2E and s2H a weet
r~r further information addr~ss
Sisters of Mercy
FL CENTRIC. CAL.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
FOR EXCHANGE,--REAL ESTATE

$25, 900 SAN DIEGO apartment prop
erty and furniture for exchange for
good improved ranch. E. D. Sack
EFT, Gordon Arms Apis, San Die
go, Cal. x99
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05

Notice IL hereby given that nj the
general election to be held on Tues
dny, the 7th day of November, 1916,
there will be submitted to the people
OF the state of California the following
act of the Legislature approved by the
Governor May 2O,. 1876
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
SPECIAL NOTICES

WANT CHAUFFEUR to drive Ford
in rental service; state reference
and experienced. J. II. G., care
Press.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05

FOR SALE-Thirty head A / dairy
cows; little cash; other security;
easy payments. On Stockwell
ranch, 10 miles southeast Of Holt
vile.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05

FOR SALE-Three thousand good
ewes at $3.50 per head; can be bred
Sept. l; can be delivered any time
after Sept. 1. L. M. Macarthur, Ce-
dar City, Utah. 1O6
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05

FOR SALE-Sixty-five feeder hogs
ready to fatten, all cholera-im
mune. James H. Hill, 429 Union
Oil Bldg, Los Angeles, Cal. S5
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05

FOR SALE-26 choice dairy cows and
lease on 40 acres of good alfalfa.
A splendid proposition. Call at SIS
Main st. "a
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
FOR SALE-LIVE STOCK

FOR SALE-Fifteen cows and full
blood Holstein bull, 20 springer
heifers, 26 steers 18 months old
ready for the blocks. Terms: Steers
and heifers cash; cows one-half
cash, one-half on time. Corfman,
near Jasper schoolhouse. Also some
pure bred Duroc shoats, both sexes.
FOR SALE-Registered Duroc- Jersey
gifts, bred or open also some east
ern boars, age IL to 16 months;
good size and large bone type; now
is the time for improving your herd
in fall pigs. G. D. Willoughby &
Sons, Calexico, Cal. Box 395.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
AMENDMENT TO STATE
HIGHWAYS ACT.

Notice is hereby given that at the
general election to be held on Tuesday.
the 7th day of November, 1916, there
Will he submitted to the people of the
state of California, the following act
Of the Legislature approved by the
Governor May 10. 1915. amending Sec
tion Of the State Highways Act, APP
proved by the people at the general
election held In November. 1910:
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-03-02
NASHVILLE.

Earl Taylor and Miss Amy Kirby
were married last Tuesday afternoon
at their new home, three miles west of
town. A large number of relatives
were present. The Rev. Buford Park
er, pastor Of the Christian Church Off
ciated. In the evening large num-
Der of the young people paid them
visit, bringing with them plenty of
noise. After they had served the bride
and groom with their entertainment,
the crowd was served with ice-cream,
candy and cigars. They reported a
very pleasant evening.
j. III. Muley, ST., has been sick the
past week.
The funeral of j. r. Watt was held
at the house last Friday Interment
was made ut the Nashville cemetery
Mr.. Watt was sick long time with
cancer.
S. J. Lee moved Tuesday to Neck
City, where he will work in hardware
store.
Newt. Armstrong received a severe
cut just below the elbow while buzzing
wood at his home last Friday afternoon.
DR.. Williams was called and six stitch
es were taken TO close the cut.
Carl Crouch, who is working in one
of the Pittsburg banks, was home over
Sunday,
N. C. Murray has been sick the past
week.
The revival meetings at Southwest
Schoolhouse have not been largely at
tended but during the first week two
made their decision for Christ.
The funeral services of Mr.. Mar.
grave, from near Medoc, were held al
the house on Tuesday at IL o'clock
Rev. VIM. +. Jones of Carthage con-
Quoted the services. Interment was
made at the Nashville cemetery.
First signs of spring-Claude Crouch
and James Cline went fishing last week
For further information see parties
concerned.