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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-29

leaps about one hundred and nifty feet
In the air and spreads clear light
over a large area. Utter blackness
follows as the guns open UP and send
the shells crashing on their mission of
destruction. Then another bomb goes
up. followed by more shells.
Repair Work.
Much of the repair work is done at
night and the patrols who are exposed
when the rockets begin, rush to cover
at once for they know that the ribbon
lights are but forerunners of death.
One victim who was seriously wound
ed while repairing barbed wire en-
tanglement at night and failed to
reach cover In time declared that
when the light from rocket spread
over him he felt as II he had been
stripped of his clothing and propped
against wall for instant execution.
IT am not afraid of guns in the day.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-29
The Most Important Ones Both In Europe and
America Their Part In the Development Of
the Natural Resources Of the Country and
Their Commercial Value Toll People.


known and the boats were hauled up
inclined planes by the aid of capstans
and made to slide down paved track.
1t is said the lock was the invention
OF two italian engineers in 1881. but
the honor of the invention Is also
claimed by Holland as canal locks
were used by the Dutch as we'll as in
Italy at that period.
Important Ship Canals.
The most important artificial wa
terways of the world which may be
properly called ship canals are as fol-
lows:
The sues Canal. begun In 1859 and
completed ten years later.
The Cronstadt and st. Petersburg
Canal, begun in 1877 and completed
in 1890.
The Corinth Canal. begun In 1894
and finished In 1893.
The Manchester Ship Canal. COM
pleted in 1894.
The Kaiser wilhelm Canal. connect
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-29
quently their last on earth.
Personal And Impersonal.

The difference between day and
night fighting might be described as
impersonal by day, and PERSONAL
even intimate, by night.
During the day the big guns Of
each side hurl tons Of explosives over
the field, but the targets of each can
be seen but dimly through the gray
mists of the short winter days, and
neither side is sure of the havoc of
their cannons. This is impersonal
warfare. Night, however, changes all
this, for the big guns are silent and
the men engage in hand to hand COM
bats on mo mans land" between the
trenches. This is personal warfare,
for there the soldier sees his adversary
and knows who is the victor of the
clash.
Trench Raids.
The long dark nights are ideal for
what Is known as trench raids. Very
little is said in the official reports of
the nocturnal conflicts between the
men, yet hundreds have been killed
or made prisoners by this mode of
warfare where the men use the most
primitive methods. often pounding
each other with hammers or stabbing
the enemy with dirk. This is in
innate warfare. The scientists of the
different warning nations seem deter
mined that the soldier man shall not
rest and have invented diabolical
lighting devices which search out
every living thing within radius of
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-29

but the undertaking was too vast for
that monarch and was abandoned. In
1881 a French company obtained a
concession to construct the waterway
but before it was finished it was trans
ferred to Greek company and COM
pleted by a Greek engineer named
Matsas. 1t is only four miles in
length yet it solves the journey from
the Adriatic to the Piraeus, about two
hundred and two miles. 1t cost about
100000.
The Manchester Ship Canal. which
connects the City of that name with
the Mersey River, Liverpool, and the
Atlantic Ocean was opened for traffic
in 1894, when Queen Victoria came
to the city to be present at the cere-
mony. 1t Is about thirty-five miles in
length and has four sets of locks CIV
ing an average to each of fifteen feet.
1t cost $85,000,000 to build and last
year its tonnage was nearly six mil
lions.
The great canal between the Baltic
and North Seas through Germany is
known as the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal,
or the Kiel Canal, frequently so called
from the fact that Kiel is the eastern
terminus of the waterway and one
of the best harbors In Europe. 1t
was constructed for military and naval
purposes, but 1t has also been of great
value to general mercantile traffic. II
is sixty-one miles long and the route
lies chiefly through shallow lakes and
along river valleys. The locks at each
end are large enough to accommodate
Germany's largest war vessel. BY this
canal two hundred miles are saved by
ships going from the Baltic to the
North Sea.
The Elbe and Trave Canal is anoth-
err German waterway and also joins
the North Sea and the Baltic. The
money for the work was furnished
partly by the Prussian government
and partly by the City Of Lubbock. It
is spanned by twenty-nine bridges.
There are seven locks. The towing
Is done by electricity.
The Welland Canal has played It's
part in the present war and managed
to get on the front page of the press
through an attempt to blow 1t up.
This waterway connects Lake Ontario
and Lake Erie on tho Canadian side
VI tho AlFcE anu plays aH important
part In the commercial life of both
Canada and the United States. It 10
twenty-seven miles in length and has
twenty-five locks with q total rise Of
lockage Of three hundred and twenty
seven feet 1t has twice been enlarged
and cost about s26.ooo.oo0.
Great Value OF sault Ste Marie.
The sault Ste Marie Canals. which
have been such factors in the ore In
dustry are located adjacent to the
falls Of the st. Mary's River. which
connects Lake Superior with Lake
Huron and raises or lowers vessels
from one level to the other height
of seventeen to twenty feet. The canal
belonging to the United States was
opened In 1855. From time to time It
was enlarged and improved. and In
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-29
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war takes on a new terror very diff
ferent from that felt during a daylight
battle and calls for genuine courage.
Friend Or Foe.
There Is something hideous about
this night fighting for even the
shadows are a menace. In the dark
ness it is not easy to tell friend from
foe and even the shell torn shrubs
waving to and fro seem to take on
forms of the enemy as their branches
bend over shell craters filed with dead
men. At the least sound the soldier
is alert as the darkness between the
rockets offers an opportunity for an
enemy to slip up from behind and
with a dirk silence man before he
can give an alarm.
Incendiary Bombs.
The Allies send up incendiary bombs
which give an intense glow, and when
one of these explodes a column of flame
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-29

1907 a general widening and deepen
ing took place. A number of new
locks were erected-the Davis Lock
being completed in 1914. The Cana
dian Canal was completed in 1895.
During one year the tonnage of the
Sault Ste Marie Canal was nearly
eighty millions. or four times that of
the Suez Canal.
The Cape Cod Canal is an artificial
channel connecting Buzzard's Bay with
Barnstable Bay at Sandwich. Massa-
chusetts. 1t saves shipping from Long
Island to Boston and other New Eng
land points about seventy miles, the
greater part of which Is rough water
and an ocean graveyard for ships.
During the period from 1s43 to 1908
more than ten thousand vessels were
wrecked in the region of Nantucket
shoals. and about seven hundred lives
were lost. The canal Is a sea level
one and Is thirteen miles from bay to
bay.
The history Of the latest ship canal
ut Panama is too well-known to need
repetition here, suffice 1t to say that 1t
has taken Its place among the great
canals of the world and stands out as
q monument to the energy and brains
Of the American engineer.
Boat Canals.
OF the boat canals. the Chesapeake
and Ohio IL perhaps the oldest and
originated In a project formed by
George Washington as early as 1774
to make the Potomac navigable from
tidewater to Cumberland. Maryland
and to connect by common roads with
the affluents OF the Ohio west Of the
AlleghenieA The War Of the Revolu-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-29

YER since man was a trading
individual NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
waterways. have been one of the
~means by which he carried his
products to other and perhaps better
markets. Such modes of transporta-
ton were used by the ancients as far
back as history records. and even
among the ruins of departed peoples
and lost civilization there are traces
Of a canal system.
Canals Before The Christian Era.
Long before the Christian Era
canals were used as a means of navi-
gation by the Assyrians. Egyptians
and Hindus, as the royal canal Of
Babylon was built about 900 years B.
C. The Chinese engaged in canal
construction in the thirteenth GEN.
fury when they built one to connect
The Yang-tze-kiang and the Pei-ho--
a canal six hundred and fifty miles in
length composed largely Of canalized
rivers. In those days locks were un-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-29
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How the European Sol.
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Raids In Darkness and
By the Glare Of Rockets.
Copyright, 1917. by The International
Syndicate


is said that necessity is the
mother of invention, and If there
ever existed a necessity for devils
ing ways and means to accom-
plish results that necessity exists to-
day in the great European struggle.
Not content with the implements Of
warfare which can be used in the
daylight, or. rather realizing that the
full effectiveness Of these implements
could not be brought out in the day
time, the ingenuity of the combatants
has developed modes of destruction
which require the darkness of night
for their deadliest work. So, the
world is today witnessing holocaust
Of life and property carried on with
relentless vigor and malignity for the
whole twenty-four hours of the day.
Modern inventions have made night
lighting possible on the battlefields of
Europe for all sorts of lights are now
in use to prevent surprise attacks as
well as to locate and destroy the
enemy. The night life along the bat
tie lines is weirdly picturesque for
there are flares and flares of rockets
as far as the eye can reach. They
burn with great brilliance for time
and then go out leaving the night
darker than ever although the least
sign of alarm will cause the battlefield
to be illuminated like some vast the
atre, and the kissing and suffering of
the machine guns will begin at once
and men who only few minutes be-
fore were resting in the trenches are
called into action-a call which Is fire.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-01
NEGRO SOLDIERS
ARE ON TRIAL

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. Il
The court martial trial of the sixty
four enlisted men Of the twenty-fourth
infantry, negro, charged with mutiny
and murder growing out of the riot at
Houston, the night Of August %, last,
began at Fort Sam Houston this morn
ing.
Col. ]. A Hull, Judge Advocate. is
conducting the prosecution and Major
D. V. Suthpin is assisting The de-
PENDANTS are represented by Major
Harry S. Grier
The defendants are all from Com
panies l. NJ. K. and L., which were
sent to Houston to guard government
property during the construction of
Camp Logan.
The negroes are part of a total of
156 who were arrested shortly after
the riot and who have been in confine-
ment since.
Some of the others are held at Ell
Paso where they will face trial before
a separate court martial on other
charges growing out Of the riot
twenty-five persons were killed in
the riot at Houston. OF this number
three were Houston police officers and
one was Captain ]. w Mates of the
Second Illinois field artillery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-01
CAMPBELLSTOWN

George Baker and family and Rev
Thomas srent Sunday with Harry
Fultz and family :. The teachers
from the Central school attended the
Southwestern Ohio Teachers associa-
day. :. Mrs Martha Currey of Eaton
is visiting Ed Erwin and family.
Joe Shafer, wife ard daughter. Doro-
thy visited his uncle. John Shafer and
wife at Richmond Sunday. :. Charles
Armacost and wife visited Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Cramcr and attended the
Lutheran Jubilee at Richmond Sun
DAY afternoon. The Red Cross So
cial was we'll attended and the gross
receipts were over 500. Mrs. Bfse and
Mrs. Davidson won the prizes, box
of homemade candy and a basket OF
fruit, respectively Both the prizes
were sold at auction. The box Of can
dy was purchased by Stanley Hart
for $3.50 and the basket of fruit by
Darrell Swisher for $500 . John
Conrad and family spent Sunday with
Joe fcDivitt and family. Mrs
Lawrence Kirkpatrick and son of Eat
on visited her parents Joe Cooper and
wife the latter part Of the week.
Everett Geeding, Harry Banker and
Darrell Watt all three working fol-
Uncle Sam, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with home folks. All of then
attended the Red Cross social and
were treated to everything they want
ed to eat Earl Campbell, wife anc
son Paul of Richmond visited his par
ents Saturday and Sunday :. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilcoxen and baby of Richmond
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs Glen
Oler Saturday and Sunday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-01
LESS MEAT IF BACK
AND KIDNEYS HURT
Take a Glass of Salts to Flush Kid
neys If Bladder Bothers You.
Drink lots of water.

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some form
or other, says well.known authority,
because the uric acid in meat excites
the kidneys, they becor cverworked;
get sluggish; clog up and cause all
sorts of distress. particularly backache
and misery, severe headaches, acid
stomach, constipation, torpid liver,
sleeplessness, bladds : and urinary ir-i.
tation
The moment your back hurts or kid
neys aren't acting right. or II ladder
bothers you, get about four ounces of
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take a tablespoonful in glass OF wa
ter before breakfast for few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been ed
for generations to flush elogged kid
neys and stimulate them to normal &C.
tivity; also to neutralize the acids in
the urine so 1t no long, irritates thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot J. anyone:
makes a delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink whics millions OF men and
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys ald urinary organs c.ean. thus
avoiding so-.2us kidney disesse.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-01
ELIASON SALE
BRINGS $500

The sale conducted by Howard Ella
son at the A. J. Elisson farm, Wednes-
day, realized about $500. A crowd of
nearly 100 buyers attended and some
fancy prices were bid Col. Tom Con-
milf was auctioneer with Frank Gil
bert as clerk. Sam Weddell was as
sistant auctioneer.
Seven head of horses were offered.
One black draft, weighing 1850, was
knocked down to VIM. Behrman for
$3.50. A draft mare, weighing 1850,
went for SOS to John Eliason. An
eight year old, bought by VIM. Martin.
fetched $64. The other horses ran
from $40 to $50
The $50 Poland China hogs ran from
$50 to $65. Six mediums went for
from S107.50 to S117 to Irwin Dodd-
ridge. Henry Tuslow bought four reg
istered sows and boars, small size, for
S147.50. Six pigs went to Harrison
Miller for SS7 or s14.50 apiece. A lit
ter of ten pigs. $96; SOW and seven
pigs, S65: another litter at S65; and
a few boars from S35 to sos made up
a rousing SALE Six sows at $3.50, or
S11950 eight sows for $3.50; seven
sows for s119.50, and other filters
went from $136 to 1859.
The bidding for 21a acres of corn
was animated and fetched $75; six
acres for $40; six for $177 went to
Earl Stevens. Five tons of clover hay
went at $25 a ton, or $125 to Howard
Eliason. Offers on standing corn, to
be shocked for the fodder, went at
$3.50, s2.4o s106, and 81, according
to the rows. This sale brought out
the fact that all the buyers wanted
fodder for winter feed.
Messrs Conniff and Waddell were
humorous when the farm implements
were offered. The speakers kept the
crowd laughing when two buggies
went to VIM. Behrman and Elmer Full
ton for 81. and $3.50. A John Deere
pillow, $3.50; a second plow. $500; o.
K plow, $500; a gang plow, s2.75,
went to Elmer Fulton. A harrow, 81;
A spring tooth harrow, $4.75 farm
wagon, SIS; wagon bed, $3.50, and
a drill at SO cents were among the
bargains.
Waddell made several hits when a
set of harne IS went to VIM. Tregg for
1925. The lines went for 1926 to Ell
mer Fulton. A manure spreader went
to Tom Commit for S14. Brides at
ten ana twenty cents, morse collar
S110; two collars, 81; rings, 81; a
seeder at SO cents and lots OF miscel
laneous articles kept the crowd in a
roar as Commit and Waddell burlesQ
ued their values.
A luncheon was served by the Aid
society of the Centerville Christian
church. Mrs. Frank Scott supervised
and those who served were: Mrs. Johr
Dimes, Mrs. E. Sullivan, Mrs. Guy Jack
son, Mrs. Elmer Jackson, Mrs. c. NJ
Jackson, Mrs. H. Capeller, Mrs. J. A
Kinkade, Mrs. Walter Terry. Mrs. T
G. Eliason, Mrs. Alice Wrikht, Mrs
Mary Pinney, Mrs. John Eliason, Mrs
James E. Stevens, Mrs. Henry Cox anC
Mrs A. Clayin.
Among the buyers present were Jos
eph Jenkins, Jos. Albright Harrison
Miller, Henry Tuslo, Henry Bildrich
Irwin Doddridge Oliver Hirrer, FREQ
Stats, John Eliason John Meyers
VIM. Martin, VIM. Niehbier. VIM
Biehrman, John Lyons, Willard Nc
Mann. A. T. Thompson. Earl Stevens
VIM. Walters, Elmer Fulton, George
Miller, ]. H. Jackson. Tony Woke
TFm. Tailsbach, VIM: Tregg and J. H
Hunt.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-01
WAR PROBLEMS
BEFORE TEACHERS

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 1.-Thous-
ands of Indiana school teachers were
in Indianapolis today attending the
various sectional meetings of the six
ty.fourth annual meeting of the Indi-
ana State Teachers association.
War problems. and the situation
caused by the conflict as 1t affects the
schools occupied the time at many of
the settings. 1t was the general opin-
ion that the schools must bend every
energy to help win the war. The
meetings will continue throughout Sat
urday morning.
Among the teachers were lecturers
and others from all parts of the coun.
try. The subjects discussed at the
sectional meetings were confined more
or less to the courses the teachers at
tending such sessions teach. At the
general meetings which will begin to-
night four general subjects will be
discussed. ~:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-01
Talk on Music Season Artists
In Arts and Travels Course

A lecture on artists who will appear
in the Peoples Music Course this sea
son at the Coliseum will be given
Wednesday evening, December 5, in
the Arts and Travels course in connec-
ton with the night school.
The lecture will be given by Josiah
Marvel previous to the appearance of
Alma Gluck, Wednesday evening, De-
cember II, and will be illustrated with
records made by the artists.
The lecture which was to have been
given at this time by Principal Car
man on Famous Sculptors and Their
Work" will be given at later date.
Public is invited
Persons Of Richmond interested in
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-01
CHESTER, IND.

Mr. and Mrs John Con and children
OF Westvil1e. o.. and Mrs. Caroline
and Elma Charles Of Fountain City,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win Charles Mr.. and Mrs Morrison
PYLE entertained the following friends
Sunday: Mr.. and Mrs Maberrv Study
Of Richmond; Mr. and Mrs Ebert
Kemp. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Baynes,
Mr. and Mrs Pierson Bane Of near
Greensboro and Mrs Walter Bran
field Mrs Michael Kendall was
called to Richmond Friday to the bed
side of her sister. Miss Nora Ryan.
who was stricken with paralysis early
Friday morning She is reported to
be no better Miss Ryan was a resi-
dent Of this vicinity until the last few
years. :. Mr. and Mrs. T. s. Martin
viii start to Kansas this week where
they will visit the latter's sister Mrs
Crawford who has been seriously i'll
for several weeks. Mrs Crawford Is
we'll known at this place. Every
person who does not attend Sunday
school is urged to attend some Sunday
school next Sunday Nov. 4, "Go-to-Sun-
day-school-Gay" -. a temperance pro-
gram Will be given next Sunday morn
ing at the n z. church. -. .Calet
Duke and family are moving from
their farm south Of here to their new
home in Spring Grove. Roy Mich
OILS and family were Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs Solomon Huffman. 1850.
Miss Adelaide Kemp was the guest Of
Misses Lucille and Marjorie Huffman
Sunday James Webster and family
visited Joe Parish and family near
Fountain City Sunday. .....-.. MIR. and
Mrs. Chester Hi and babies speht
sunday with MI and Mrs. Andrew
Menko of Richmond. =. The Chester
Ladies Aid society will furnish lunch
ut Eugene Anderson's sales south Of
Richmond Thursday. Mrs. Harry
Jordan ard Mrs Andrew Menke spent
Tuesday with Chester Hill and fam
ily. The Ladies' Aid met last Wed
nesday afternoon. In two weeks the
society will hold the election Of Off
GERS. All members are urged to be
present at that meeting. Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Wesler visited VIII Conkle
and family in Richmond Sunday 49,.
Everett Hunt and family attended the
Boston township Sunday school con
vention at Orange church, Sunday at
ternoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-01

music and art are cordially invited to
attend whether registered for the class
or not.
In connection with the Peoples Mu-
sic Course, the Music Study club has
arranged for meeting Tuesday after
noon, November 6, at 2:30 o'clock in
the Public Art gallery at the High
school when Josiah Marvel will talk
on the Cincinnati Symphony program
and will also use records for illustra-
ton. Members of the club and guests
are privileged to attend.
Miss Laura CASTOR, head or the Mu-
sic Department at Earlham college,
has also arranged for lecture on the
Cincinnati Symphony orchestra pro-
gram which will be given at the Coli
scum, Wednesday evening. November
Z. It will be given early in the week.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-01
City Statistics

GAGEN-Cora Gagen, % years old,
died Thursday morning at the home Of
her mother, Mrs. Mary Gagen, 1928
Ridge street, after an illness extend
ing over q period of six months and
which resulted in tuberculosis. She Is
survived by her mother, two brothers,
Clarence and Will Gagen, and three
sisters, Marie, Stella and Sophia.
The funeral will be held Saturday
morning at o'clock from ST. Mary's
Catholic church and the burial wiz
be In the st. Mary's cemetery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-01
Cadillac Cars to
be Exhibited Here

Next week will be Cadillac week
among automobile owners OF Rlcn-
mond.
Through special arrangements with
the branch agency at Indianapolis, Oiln
S. Peck, special representative OF the
branch agency is in Richmond plan
ming to conduct Cadillac show" In
the Mcclure building, 1926 Main street.
Here all the newest models in closed
cars of the Cadillac company will be
exhibited as we'll as models of road
sters and touring cars. The show will
be open to the motoring public of Rich
mond all next week.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-01
Shipbuilding is
Seriously Menaced

WASHINGTON, Nov. Atlantic
coast steel shipbuilders. In conference
with government officials here today,
declared the labor shortage presents
serious menace to the national Ship
ping construction program. The pro-
duction of naval and merchant tonnage
Will be impeded seriously. it was point
ed out, unless 100000 workmen can be
drawn from other industries