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New Britain herald., 1916-04-05

and wood, and ripged about with hun dreds of thousands of running feet of barbed wire. Each supporting point is not over 500 yards distant from some other, and they are connected by wire entanglements from 100 to 120 feet in width.
 The cavalry regiments that are guarding the northern section are among the finest in the German army. Their officers include some of the greatest nobles in the empire whose names are known all over the world. For almost six months now they have lain in their position, living alter nately in underground shelters and in the great villa that stands on an ele- walton plainly in view of the Russian positions.
 How is it." asked the correspond ent of Count S---, cousin of a fam ous German naval commander and chief of the brigade, that the Rus sians do not shoot your villa to pieces? The nearest Russian artil- lery position isn't more than six kill ometers away
 The count laughed. There seems to be an unWritten and unspoken agreement that we won't touch the Russian headquarters if they leave ours alone. They have had ample evil dence of the accuracy of our guns and know that we could demolish their viii la if we wanted to-
 Thanks to the fact that there is an almost unlimited quantity of wood on hand, for Pinsk in peace time is one of the timber centers of Russia, the Germans have been able to build out across the swamps and in this way to establish far flung outposts on every hulnmock of ground that is large enough to bear a blockhouse.
 Paralleling the Strumen half a mile to the south is a marrow, muddy dike or dam that was built some time ago by the Russians, partly to check the swamp waters, and partly as a pros pective railroad bed. This dam ex- tends to within 8 few klometers of the Russian outpost positions at Ljubans- kawo and Gornoye.
 With the help of wooden stagings that crisscross the swamp in almost every direction, the Germans have free and easy access to this dike, and have erected on it a series of blockhouses or supporting positions which are yer itable arsenals. Each is equipped with machine guns, and from each extends, again on the stagings, runaways to "Horchposten ten''---Listening sentry po- sitions.
 So near together are the blockhous- l es that care has to be exercised not to sweep one with the artillery of the other. To prevent such an occur renee great painted signs have been 1 erected in the swamp in front of each | blockhouse, indicating how far to | right or left the machine guns of any ] one fort may swing without bringing l neighboring fort under German fire. l Almost due south of the farthest | such blockhouse, which is said to be | the most easterly position which the l Germans now hold, are the Russian l positions at a distance of about 800 | meters. Between the two lie a series
 of hay piles or stacks, piled up long | before the war.
 Because the swamp effectually pre-
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05

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New Britain herald., 1916-04-05

Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, son of the Hon. William Lowther, brother of the third Earl of Lonsdale, was born Feb. 16, 1858. In 1905, he mar ried Miss Alice Blight, daughter of Atherton Blight of Philadelphia. He entered the British diplomatic ser~ vice in 1879 and was secretary of the em bassy at Washington from July 1899 till November, 1901. He was appointed minister to Chile in the lat ter year. In 1908 he was made am- bassador at Constantinople, where he remained for five years. He was created a baron on Jan. 1, 1904.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
(k IMPREGNAbLE
 RUSSIAN ATTACK
h and Nature it Has Been | Strongly Fortified

pondence of The Associated Press.) Russia, March 10.-The thir-
 kilometers of the arc around
 have been fortified since the
 army took it's position here
 ptember as probably no other
 on any front, east, west, or
 st. The Pripet swamp, which,
 punt of the mild winter, has
 a natural barrier between the
 and Russian lines. has
 H both the German advance Russian counter attacks. But
 rmans have realized that a cold snap might make the passa ble, and to forestall l thing, they have resorted to known expedient to make every ! their positions impregnable.
 k, in and about which the, Ger
 rces are lying, is an overgrown
 village of 45,0O0 inha bitants, f, on a tongue of land project
 tward into the swamps. An As Press correspondent, the first Lper man to visit Pinsk since
 E9ans occupied it, !nas just re- Yffrtn a tour of the Pinsk front, Though he has previously visit |eral positions in both the east fd western theaters of war, the |s-like appearance of the pen of Pinsll' impressed him re- lbly. The city is flanked on the |slde by the swift running river Beyond the river lies half a Ii swamp. Then comes the riv- lumen which, to the westward Igradually and joins the Pima. |urther beyond lie more swamp whivh extend for several miles mainland and the Russian posi- fTo the northward runs the river Ida, flanked on both sides by |of swamp lands, on either edge Gch lie the German and Russian hunately for the troops which IE1e northern section, the only where an offensive can reason be expected, the swamp land ter les in dunes which are easily ed for defensive purposes. Along orthern section regiments of cav nave .Iaboriously dug themselves he ground and have perfected means to make it impossible for ussians to break through.
 Series of Defenses.
 } defense scheme is 8, series of tzpunkte" or supporting points. e place the supporting point is a
 completely surrounded by es. shelters and entanglements. other it is a sort of fort built in- Q earth. with subterranean pas
 protected by sand bags, earth
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
METRIC SYSTEM pCpJLARIZED

London, April 5.--Oro of the changes brought about in English habits by the war is the effect it is having in popularizing the metric system of weights and measures. The annual report of the chicf Inspector of weights and measures in London, just issued, showes that he was called upon to give his official approval to 5000 metric weights and measures during 1915, whereas in the previous year the number was 1,7OO.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
LALRIER MEASURE BEATEN.

OttaWa, Cam, April 5.--The de- mand of Sir Wilfred Laurier, op- position leader, for investigation by parlia mentary committee of all pur- q ases and contracts of the Cana dian shell committee was voted down in the House of Commons last night. The governments majority vas reduced to 3S, four of its fol- lowers voting with the Louricr forces and d number absenting themselves from the division.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
WILL EMPLOY EVERY RESOURCE

Petrograd, April 5.--More than 1000 members of organizations gen. orally known as military industrial committees have assembled here from all parts of the Russian empire to dis cuss what still needs to be done to turn to account all the re- sources of the country for the pur- poses of national defense.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05

A months mind mass was celebrat- cd at St. Marys church this morning at o'clock for the late James Ben net.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
SIR LOWTHER IS DEAD.
Was Former Secretary to British Am-
 baSsador at Washington.

London. April 5, 11:40 a. nl.-Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther died this m morning.
The Oakes times., 1916-09-14
Wants To &c. Back

Jim Huffman. writing to his mother
from Mercedes. Texas. says in part:
Was over to see Joe SATURDAY and
spent two days with him. Was also
over to Llano Grande. Don Wright,
you will remember NJ. ID. Sutton's
nephew. also young Brawthen: he rec.
ognized me when was talking to
another party.
Joe is looking fine. am gaining in
weight. 143 pounds now. may be d,
man yet. 1t looks as If we would be
back Oct. 1st. Hope that is the truth
as would like to be home again. Al.
though we have ii easy here. it is not
what most of us want to 90.
They marched us about four miles
this morning in heavy marching or.
der: that is, carrying blanket rolls
and everything else in the equipment.
The regulars stopped for a rest. but
our captain marched us right BIZ.
turned around and came back withour
a stop. We made the hike in about
fifteen minutes less than the rest. |
guess he wanted to see waat we
could do. None fell out.
How is everything at home? Could
not ask for anything better nere but
will trade places with anybody I'm
north.
The Oakes times., 1916-09-14
LOOKING FORWARD
BY Frances Nepstad

Looking into the future can see
how the training received in tn.
Standard Bearers will help us in var
rous ways
In the first place we have learned
more about the people in some OF the
foreign countries: their manners.
customs and especially their heather
forms of worship. We have seen II
need for Christianity in these places
| any work which will aid in sending it
to them.
We have received valrlabl. iraining
both in leading and in taking part in
the meetings we have had: a trainin:;
which will be a great help to us If, III
something similar.
The knowledg. We have received
about foreign missionaries and their
work. we probably would nave lost
had we not belonged to the Standard
Bearers. This will all be OF great help
to us in any future work.
Then. too. by meeting the ones We
nave come IN contact Win. mas nelp
! ed us to see what lovely people our
| missionaries really are and has
brought us in closer touch with them
and their work so we can speak more
understandingly of them as we have
occasion to.
Our training has also been an in
centive to those of us who are leaving :
to join other Standard Bearer h7r'
or other department OF foreign mis-
sionary work in our churches.
! Last, but not least. we looi: forward
to a greater development Of Ch~
spirit. which viii! help us 10 better in
terpret Christ's message upon whicf
this work is based: "Go We in'o all
I the world and preach the gospel te
/ every creature"
The Oakes times., 1916-09-14
Back From Long Trip

John Soulc. j. G. Taylor and q. X.
Taylor .Ir. passed through Oakes Mon
day on their way to their home at
Cogswell. They left herc1n June sth
in Il Ford car and Tad gone ihIou;I,
the states of South Dakota. Montana.
Idaho. WASHINGTON and Oregon. coy
crits G.5":9 miles. Thry went ou, by
way ot The Yellowstone trail and
came bac.: ~ VIZ Of thr Red Trail
,akias IN I'll" Yellowstone National
Park and other points of interest.
The roads were fine. especially in the
stat" Of Washington. whcr" ,nuch at
!cn'i"n is "iten 10 road buil,lir". The
Tin Lizzie" made III" trip in good
shape. Oulside nf tir" trouble y p.
was spent on r"p',cemnnis was the
si:;all sum q! s2.o
The Oakes times., 1916-09-14
STANDARD BEARER
ANNUAL MEETING

The second annual meeting of the
Standard Bearers was held ON We'd.
ncsday evening Of last week at the
home Of the superintendent, Mrs. Fer.
ber.
officers for the coming year were
elected as follows:
President-Elsie Strutz.
Vice President-Nina Peterson.
Recording Secretary-Luci;e ever.
Treasurer-Muriel Bronson.
Corresponding Secre,ary--va Orn.
Four new members were added to
the band and the work in all depart
ments reported to be nourishing.
After the business meeting the fol
lowing program was given:
Jubilee Song.
Paper--I.ooking Backward - Edith
Stokes.
Chapter EI-Little Widow :.rem1-.
Eva Featherstone.
Piano SolO-Mabel Smith.
Reading Which Mite Box is Yours >
Eva Orn.
Duet-"Call to Arms" Song -Muriel
Bronson. Frances NepstaI.
Reading-A Missionary pica-Nina
Peterson
Paper--What 1t Has Meant to Me
to BE Standard 3earer-Rose Hook.
enberry.
Paper-Looking Forward Frances
Nepstad.
AS several of the members are to
leave for the present, some to teach.
others to go to college or normal
school. God Be With you Till We
Meet Again" was sung. Roy. James
opie dismissed the comDa:i.. with n
word of prayer.
Then a social hour was enjoyed and
refreshments We're ser..G A birth.
day cake decorated with rwo candles
to mark the closing Of the bands sec
ond year. was cut and served with the
second course.
The three papers given or the pro.
gram We're written by The girls hav.
ing the highest STANDINGS in our
school last year. These girls have
been faithful and LOYAL Standard
Bearer members. always conscien.
tlOus III the performance of the vari.
Gus duties involved and taking part
in the programs in an especially cred.
I liable manner. =,
AS they are each leaving Oakcs to
further their education. their last pa
| pers. Tor some time at least are m1b
lished.
The Oakes times., 1916-09-14

tips OF the ears In some cases slough
on. The eyes become watery or show
"mattery" collection at the inner
corner Of the eye. The eyelids in.
some cases are glued together. Ami
mails suffering from the chronic form
fall of greatly in flesh. they become
weak. especially in the hind quarters.
and have an unsteady wabbling gait.
Some OF the sick animals develop a
cough. and may show increased res
pirations: some effected in this man
ner bleed at the nose, some vomit.
some have a prOfuse watery diarr-
hoea the discharges in some cases be-
ing of a ycllowish Or ochre color. re-
sembling the typhoid stools of man:
in other cases the discharges arc
greenish or black in color. and Mt
times quite bloody. Contrary to COM
mon opinion. many hogs effected with
cholera suffer from constipation: and
at death the large intestines nv" "
found packed with hard Jumps OF
almost dry dung. Hogs suftcrin"
from cholera have an inclination
eat dirt and gravel and in some cases
the stomach and intestines contain +
large quantity OF this material
''Thumps" is symptom often seen
in cases of cholera. The tempera.
ture runs high-104 to 1O7 degrees
The younger animals Of herd often
contract the disease first and appear
to be less resistant than adult hogs
This may be due to the fact that tA..
pigs are more difficult IN i-"'~~
ure and consequently range more
widely than the larger hogs and arc.
more liable to come in contact with
the infection from neighboring farms.
and INCEST a propOrtionately larger
amount of infection than the larger
hogs"
W. B. Richards,
County Agricultural Agent
The Oakes times., 1916-09-14
LOOKING BACKWARD
BY Edith Stokes

OnIy TWO years ago tonight y:ntID
OF seven girls met in this roo. ..nt.
secured their first true vision ,i VIVA.
foreign missionary work reail, is 70
most of US gathered here that night.
missionary work was somewhat alb.
stract and nothing that youns people
need be much concerned about. We
knew that the missionaries them
selves were doing Il great work. but
we realized little of the stern obliga-
tions to be met by the people at home
to make this work possible. or course
the vision we received that night
seems very small to us now. because
IN the two years that have passed.
1t has grown broader and bigger in
every way. Tonight each on" of us
feels that we individually haze Il part
in that immense work of evanecliz-
ing the world. and the more W. do,
the greater responsibility we feel
Two years of our life as Standard
bearers have gone. and we are busy
planning the work to be done next
year. That. of course. is mos, ne.
cessary thing to do. but first let us
stop and look back over our past IF.
forts and see If we have accomplished
anything worth while. Have we
learned any lessons that will help us
in our future work for the Master?
II "" have not. our efforts have been
! largely wasted. If we can see NOTHING.
that has made us stronger and better
tltted for more efficient work. then
too, our society has not been alto.
Eether successful. But as we survey
our pas; work. we feel that we HAY"
spent our time to advantage, and
what We have done has been worth
while
From the social standpoint alone
we have all been benefited. Eart.
meeting has helped us to get better
acquainted with each other. which is
an essential if We would work togeth
er and make things go" Thon. too
at our gatherings each one OF Us has
! learned something OF the little pro
prieties of social life. all OF which
cannot help but be useful to us in ths
| iSNt i'" years wien We are aW Il!
from home. Moreover. our public en
tertainments haye served to give US
each more self-con1idence in appear
ing or addressing a large crowd of
| people. And this. too. is sometime
that will be especially beneficial to
those of US who continue our educ.
| ton
But besides these incidental accom-
Dlishments Il call them incidental
because they have not been foremos
m the plan and purpose of cur soci-
et.) We have learned another great
| lesson. /; is that Of ursel9shnes :
We have always realized ,ha: our or
ganization was net founded TO he'll
only the members of our own society
The Oakes times., 1916-09-14

but through all our work our chicr.
though; has been for others" for
the people who know nothing of thu
privil' ges and opportunities we enjoy.
And in that principle alone has lain
our success. Whatever the seeming.
ly trlling thing we have done. what.
ever the amount of money We have
raised. or Whatever the prayers we
have offered. they have all been done
with the welfare OF someone else in
mind. Md ;hu.'. are the ,hirrs that
have made VI = li;t'e less syifs'. =,
work has broadcn"d our viaw Of u
ana shown Is more clearlY than airy,
Thing else the valEe of q life cuns:-.
Grated TO the service of others less
fortunate than we.
Hove .ei. it is not CUR place IT,
glory in our past victories W. are
glad - nave laid - solid foundation
for our successes to build upon, but
after all We have merely done our
simple duty and nothing more. We
were .hown CIR duty two years a"o.
and If we had not willingly performed
it. we "ouid i,as" lusi something ,ha,
no other work could have replaced ;s
well. In all our efforts. W" has. drne
nothing but wha; WAS onlv right for
us to do. And so in stopping TO l"s'''
back over the road we are leaving le,
1t be for the purpose of gathering en-
couragement and zeal from our past
successes only to press>forward to win
the greater victories awaiting us in
the comm. years.
The Oakes times., 1916-09-14
Horses ki:,cd by Lightning

I.i"h'nnr s'ruc'. IN" barn of John
Coleman in !,iyer,!..ie. during tin"
storm. Of Saturday evening. stunned
Forest Coleman who was in the lay
NOW putting down hay. killed on.
horse outright. paralyZ"d another so
il had to b" shot. and stunned two
others. leaving them crazy
Fire caught in the hay nov. but
Forest soon recovered from the shock
and put out the blaze. The horses
are all insured and 500 per head will
be recovered for all lost. There was
about Sl5 damage to the barn.
The Oakes times., 1916-09-14
Auction Sales

Sept. 21-Henry Sharck. nine miles
northeast of Oakes
Sept. 19-P. L. Peterson of llarspl...
Oct. 3-Jacob Baumch.n. i. niles
southwest of Oakes.
II in need of auction bill, or ad.er
tising. see The Times W. arn best
equipped to turn out th;s kind ei
work and ur paper has tie l:;,.c.t
circu",..cD. 1t reaches the cr..:..i NJ
the buye:s
The Oakes times., 1916-09-14
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT

Washington. ID. c.. Sept. g. 1916. a
Summary of the September crop re.
port for the State OF North Dakota and
for the United States. AZ complied by
the Bureau of Crop Estimates (and
transmitted through the Weather Bur.
eaD. L. S. Department of Agriculture.
is as follows:
State: September ! forecast, 49,.
30O. 900 bushels: production last year
tnal estimate. $500. 900 bushels).
United States September ] fore
cast 2.7lO.O00.OOO bushels: production
last year uinal estinlnte), 3,O5I .535,-
900 bushels
All Wheat
State: September ! forecast. 40.
O"n 900 bushels: production last year
Unal rsti.nate). l.!.o7o.ooO bushels.
United .states: September fore
cast. Gl 900 900 bushels: production
last year Onal cstimatc), l.O1l .5O5,.
ou0 bus shcls
State: September forecast. 5S.-
op".OoO bushels: production last year
uinal rstimalc). $4,000 900 bushels
nitcG States: September ] fore
cast. 30 .00oOOO bushels: production
last year Uinal cstimatr), 1.5l03Go..
upp bushels
Barley
State: September ] forecast 60
3oo.onD bushels; production las, year
uinal rstlma'"), ii.S0oO.O00 bushels
United States: September fore
cast, lsi.o"o.o"o bushels: production
last year UinaI cs,imate). 237 .Uoy 900
bushels.
State: Preliminary estimate. 1853.
900 bushels. production last year
uinnl c.timate). 200. 900 bushel,
United States. Preliminary esri-
mate. il.3Sl.Uop bushels: production
last year 0!nal csiimato). 40. .l9O. 900
bushels.
State: September forecast. 7.75O.-
600 bushels; production last year
, uinal cstimatc). l3.sio.UOO bushels
| Potatoes
State september ! forecast. 100
600 bushels; production last year
| Qinal esiimatc). 7.2oo.roO bushels.
United States: September fore.
! cast, "S,nH".uun bushc Is: production
last J"nr Ninal esii"'nt"l, $50 .1u2. nON
| bushels
| State: Preliminary estimate. sol.
i o0o tons: production last year (hnal
rstl!na'e). GGp.U0D tons
| ni'"d States Preliminary csti.
mate aG.2ooo 900 tons production last
year (final cstima'"). 5.225 900 tons
| The FIRST price given below is the.
average on September this year. and
Ike second In. average on September
i ] last year
State: Wheat l2s and 30 cents per
bushel. Corn. ~ and Gl. Oats. a6 and
-. Potatoes. 80 and 81. Hay. SO. 80
and $40 per ton. Eggs, 10 and 16
cents per dozen.
United States Wheat, l31 q and
$50 cents per bushcl Corn. s3.G and
77.3 cents. Oats, a31 and 3s.5 cents.
Potatoes. 1890 and 5O.5 cents. Hav
5000 and s10.s0 per ton. Cotton, 14.G
and 50 cents per pound. Eggs. oO.3
and lS.1 cents per dozen
The Oakes times., 1916-09-14
Ray eauch Out On Bonds

Ray Dauch. who last wecn shot and
killed his father at FOrman. in de-
Tense of his mother. was released on
bonds of $4,000 at the preliminary
hearing. The people Of Forman are
on the side of the young man in T., [
terrible affair.
Ray and his principal bondsman.
Mr.. Van Ornum. We're in Oakcs on
Tuesday and took the train south.
The Oakes times., 1916-09-14

The Ladies' Md Of the ". L. church
were treated to an outing in autos ~
tho home of Mr.. aai Mrs. l.. j Dill
yesterday. y large num'o- at'r: ID
The hostess served the gathering with
a delightful lunch.
New-York tribune., 1916-09-10

EXPLOSION OF AN
AERO BOMB. A
German aviator aimed
a bomb at this tiny
village in the Dixmude
region and otruck a
building already dan
aged by shell FIRE The
photograph was taken
at the moment OF the
explosion.
9 Underwood q Urderwood
New-York tribune., 1916-09-10

.Ds. On NJ ] of this year it was IN the hands
!, was within the German lines three weeks
the cease ess battle for possession Of the own
. Pau ThousA.lt
New-York tribune., 1916-09-10

CROWS WOOD IN
TIE VLkDUN AS
ShULT The photo
graph was taken in
the latter phase Of
thc German attacks
or the city. The
whirls and squared
effects in the lines Of
stand out
more distinctly be-
cau5c the acroplane
was within half a
mile Of the corth. /
= T0W rho~rrou
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-30
SERBS STRIKE
ON WHOLE LINE
Driven Back in First AS
saults Against the
Bulgars.

London, July 29.-At the dawn Of the
third year of the great war Serbia's
valiant army, it's ranks depleted but
its spirit undaunted, has again taken
up the fight to win back It's country and
freedom for its people.
Along the entire Macedonian front
King Peters troops have swept forward
to the attack after days Of methodical
preparation. For the first time since
last fall the plains and hills Of Mace.
donia are echoing with the thunder OF
guns and the tramp Of feet.
SO far the Serbs have been checked
by the Bulgarians. Sofa officially re-
ports the repulse of assaults on the
Rahovo-S horsko front and near the vii
lage of Polar with heavy losses to the
attackers. Counter charges won Ser
bian trenches, the statement adds.
Coincident with the renewal of actiy-
tiles in the Balkans come reports from
Bucharest that negotiations between
Turkey and Rumania regarding the err
change of supplies have been broken
off, and that the Rumanian army has
been brought into harmony with the
anti German policies of the Cabinet by
the appointment of q friend of Premier
Bratiano a. chief of the general staff.
This move, which brings General
lliescu into General Zottus post, Is
regarded as an indication OF the in
creasing pro-Ally tendencies Of the
country.