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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31

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CHINESE WORKERS AT HAvRE, FRANCE
percentage Of the men are six feet tall.
For the most part they are Chinese
who have learned something about ma
chinery in British mills and factories
or in construction camps. Some. are
agricultural laborers, taken to France
to increase food production.
"The expectation Of Chinese to
France has been going on at Tientsin
for considerably more than a year, and
the number of Chinese now in France,
including those from French China, is
probably more than 100000.
Before they can be induced to leave
China these Cinnamon all insist on
contract providing not only for their
wages, which are small enough, but
binding the French government to ship
their bodies back to China for burial If
they die in France. 1t also provides in
detail for the apparatus Of Chinese
burial Every Chinese who dies must
have a new set Of clothing for his ap-
pearance In the future world and for
the food which goes for the spirit Of a
Chinese Of his class, from rice to roast
goose and pig. He must be assured
that other funeral ceremonies will be
faithfully observed, such as the burn
ing Of string Of tinfoil limitations Of
Chinese money, the burning Of a pa
per house, a paper chair or carriage.
"In our factories In China we pay
Chinese workingmen who have some
mechanical knowledge 121a cents day,
American money. The contract which
induces them to 60 to France provides
for wages Of 20 or % cents day, and
that is enough to recruit the Chinese as
fast as ships can be found to carry
them out"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
s5OO,oo0 HOSPITAL In TOKYO.
Japanese Contribute $4,000 to New
Mission Structure.

Japanese Contribute $4,000 to Ne"
Mission Structure.
Tokyo.-Announcem Is made that
the fund of 100000 for the construc-
ton in Tokyo of the new st. Luke's
International hospital has been COM
pleted at luncheon given by the jap
anese advisory council. The japanese
contributed $4,000. including $4,000
from Emperor Yoshihito. The remain
der has been either contributed or
pledged in the United States.
The proposed hospital will replace
the present st. Luke's hospital, which
was founded by the American Episco-
pal mission many years ago and which
has achieved a reputation throughout
the far east. DR.. r. 3. Teusler, It's
present director, will have charge OF
the enlarged institution, work upon
which will be started as soon as a
proper site is decided upon. The hos
pital will be international in scope.
1t is hoped later to add training de-
partment for doctors and for nurses,
and to that end an effort will be made
to secure further assistance In the
United States.
The proposed hospital will probably
be the most complete modern medical
institution in the far east.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
PLANS FOR TRAINING
EASTERN CITIZENS
Plattsburg to Have Four Camps.
Others at Portland and at
Plum Island.

New York.-Major General Wood,
commander of the department OF the
east, announces that training camps
for civilians in the department will be
held this summer at Plattsburg, Plum
Island and Portland The Plattsburg
camp will be for the senior division
and the other two for the Junior dtvi-
sion. The senior camp contemplated
at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, is still under
consideration.
There will be four camps at Platts-
burgJune 2 to July 1, July z to Aug.
8, Aug. IL to Sept. 8 and Sept 15 to
Oct. IA. Men between eighteen and
forty-flve are eligible. Applicants from
forty-f1ve to fifty-five must obtain spe-
cial permits to attend and do so at
their own expense.
The junior division for boys from
fifteen to eighteen will hold two camps
at Fort Terry. They will be from
June 80 to July % and from Aug. to
Aug. 80 Two camps will also be held
ut Portland for the same periods.
Plans are being made for a camp for
negroes on Plattsburg lines. II 200
possessing the necessary qualifications
apply for membership 1t is intended to
begin instruction In June under the d.
rection Of regular army officers, assist
ed probably by noncommissioned Off
GERS from the crack negro regiments
In the service.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
PITCAIRN ISLAND MAIL.
First Dispatch From United States by
Steamship AustralpIain.

First Dispatch From United States by
Steamship Australplain.
Washington.-For the first time since
its colonization in 1889 by mutineers
Of the British warship Bounty and Ia
hitian women Pitcairn island, dot in
the Pacific about midway between
Panama and New Zealand, Is to re-
ceive mail from the United States.
The historic event is announced In the
usual dry, formal mail notice as fol-
lows:
POSTMASTER Morgan advises that the
steamship Australplain will sail from
New York on or about March Is, 1917.
via the Panama canal for Pitcairn is
land, being due to arrive there within
twenty-five days Of the date of sailing.
He issues this notice In order that the
patrons of the postal service may take
advantage of this unusual opportunity
for the expeditions dispatch OF mail
for the place named"
It is not likely that the mail to Pit
cairn island will be a heavy one, since
only one Pitcairn islander, Miss Emily
Mccoy, has ever visited the United
States to make friends here. Miss
Mccoy left the island about fifteen
years ago to study nursing. Probably
she will be the only person In the
United States to whom the mail serv-
ice to Pitcairn island will be Of inter
est There are about ITO men, women
and children on the island.
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HOLD AN ODD FUNERAL.
Salvation Army Takes Charge of obse-
quies For Victim of Diphtheria.

Chicago.-A band of Salvation Army
workers stood in the alley in the rear
of diIIpidatcd house in the slums and
..ang Lead. Kindly Light" Nearer,
Ny God. To Thee" and then knelt In
the mud while the adjutant offered a
prayer. Face pressed against the din
" window. stood a blind man and a
fearful woman.
As the prayer ended the basement
door opened and a little white casket
was quickly carried out, placed In a
hearse and hurried away. unescorted.
to a cemetery.
Such was the unusual funeral ac-
corded Josephine Tomaszewsky, six.
diphtheria victim. Her parents home
was quarantined because her two lit
tie sisters and one brother were i'll
from the same disease. The mother
insisted upon a funeral ceremony for
Josephine. and the Salvation Army hit
upon holding it in the alley as the
way Of overcoming orders of the board
Of health against entering the house.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
WANTS DOCTORS, TOO,
TO PREPARE FOR War
Medical Journal Tells Of QuaEH.,
Needed In an Efficient Mi.
itary Surgeon.

"If War Comes" Is the heading m
der which the New York Medical Inn,
nal says editorially:
Modern warfare demands the eum
plete mobilization Of every resource A
the countries involved Defeat |, a.
price paid for unpreparedness, and ths
conquered pays the bills for both sides
Therefore it pays to be prepared. n.
cry war in which the United Suts
has taken part has accentuated the pa
cessity for and the deplorabls lack Of
preliminary preparation.
Surgeon General Lowell in bis r.
port for the year 1917 says Of the
war Of 1872: There could be little
doubt that where one man had died
from improper medical treatment ten
had been destroyed from want Of a
knowledge of the many duties peculiar
to an army surgeon The same con-
ment could have been made at be
close Of the civil war and of the WI
with Spain.
in no direction Is preparedness mn
important than in the medical depG
ments of the army and the navy. II
public and a large part Of the medid
profession enormously assume that Be
cause a man is qualified medicalpnc
titioner or surgeon he will therefor
make an efficient medical officer. This
is not true. The military surgeon 3
much more than an efficient surgeon Or
a competent practitioner. He mustal0
understand sanitary tactics; be must
be familiar with the organization Of
the medical department and know nov
to handle men and material without
this knowledge he cannot perform the
full measure of his duties.
Therefore every patriotic physician
should at once enroll in the medeal
department Of the reserve oncen
corps, where he can learn the eSSen'
tials Of military medicine by deTou1s
q few hours a week to home sIuu'
without interfering with bis pracuCe'
Then when the need comes ne aa
serve his country acceptably and WIZ
credit to himself and bis prolesSlUl
Applications for enrolment IN ~'
corps should be addressed to ue ~
geon general Of the army, washing
fon
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
RULING FAVORS TEACHERS.
Justice Levy Sets Basis of Pay "Doek-
ing" For Absence.

Justice Levy Sets Basis of Pay "Doek-
ing" For Absence.
New k.-Schoolteachers absent
from work in the past have been
blocked" one-twenty-fi fifth Of a months
pay for each day lost. Justice Aaron
]. Levy of the municipal court ruled
that the proper basis is to deduct 1865
of a years pay for each days absence.
His decision was returned in the case
Of Mary A. Broughton. teacher in
public school 1913. who lost eleven
days work because Of illness in Octo-
Der, 1915. The decision also holds the
signing of a receipt for pay Gin full
is no bar to action for recovery.
The battle is an old one which the
teachers and principals have been
waging against the board of education.
Years ago they were "docked' only
one-thirtieth of a months pay for each
day lost.
William G. Wilcox, president Of the
board, pointed out that under the Levy
ruling the teacher could be absent 100
days, full school year, and still de
mand almost half a years pay.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31


FRANKLIN Z. LANE, JR., IN AIRsHR.
speakers at the Congress and Aerial
Defense day." observed at the pam
American aeronautical exposition re-
Gently.
Charles R. Witteman spoke of a
scheme whereby the regular White
head auto torpedo may be launched
from an airplane as effectively as it is
launched from a destroyer. Mr.. White
man said:
'1The aviator approaches his target
from a great distance and high up In
the air, and when say six or seven
miles away he volplanes toward the
water, runs above the surface Of the
water a short distance, heading toward
his target and when ready simply pulls
a lever. The action Of pulling the lever
releases the torpedo, which Is rigidly
held under the airplane, and at the
same time throws back the starting
lever, with the result that the torpedo
falls into the water In the same way
as If it had been dropped from q de-
sroyer.
81 received private information from
Europe about a year ago that lieu
tenant in the British navy made four
flights over the land into the sea Of
Marmora in an airplane under which
Whitehead torpedo was secured and
sank four Turkish vessels, using four
teen inch torpedoes weighing 731
pounds each"
Admiral Peary said an aerial coast
patrol should consist Of 100 stations
along the coast from San Diego to Cape
F1attery and Eastport to Brownsville,
from each of which aeroplanes would
patrol as far out to sea as 100 miles.
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smis.


sing" The lieutenant jots down few
words, the description is flashed to ev-
cry detective headquarters, and the
search for another missing person"
is on.
Ruth Cruger, pretty high school girl,
was sought by the police. Leaving her
home, happy and contented, she was
swallowed up in the swirl of the great
city and no clews to her whereabouts
had been unearthed. because her fam
lily is of prominence and because Of her
fathers insistence the case was widely
discussed and given much publicity,
but the case of Ruth Cruger was only
one of hundreds.
Every year there are $500 missing
persons in New York, according to po-
lice estimates. Most of the missing
persons are girlS-pretty, happy girls.
youthful and of good home training.
They are swallowed in the highways
and byways of the mammoth city.
Most of them never return, and the
public hears of the disappearance Of
but very few.
Dorothy Arnold went shopping on
Fifth avenue one afternoon in 1910.
No one saw her leave certain shop
she entered. and the four corners of
the globe have been searched for her.
They still seek her.
Ruth Wheeler needed job, and she
answered an advertisement. Her bat
tered little body was found days later,
and a ne'er do well, Wolter, was later
put to death for her murder
The hacked up body of Anna Aumul
Ter was found in the river. Hundreds
of anxious mothers and fathers viewed
her body. believing it might be their
| daughter. Her slayer was also exc
cuted.
These are but a few of the hundreds
Of missing. Why missing? Police an
swer-white slavery, lack Of courage to
face disgrace, failure at business, fam
lily troubles, broken faith, disappointed
love, wanderlust and the lure Of adven-
ture.
Do they come back? Police say of
the $500 or more who disappear each
year perhaps a little more than half
return or are found. The other half
They seem to vanish.
The telephone bell Of the lieutenants
desk at police headquarters buzzes-
another addition to the hundreds Of
missing.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
BOY n,s SCOUTS TO PLAYA
PROMINENT PART N w,
c. II. Livingstone Say. Hal. r.,
Are Available For Variou, |, aIfs.

Washington.-1n the Bow
America the country has a ,S~ a 4
ed peace army" of 2O2,OOO Ss, aah
reserves of $4,000 "veterap,Sss , J. b
mer well qualified to take n. 10
police in guard duty, to civ pa q
aid" and to do the work Of I o1S.. NS
in many things. and the latter pa.i aa
larry well qualified to serve th., psfda
try in any capacity required 81 co..
zen, according to Colin n sea
stone, president of the nation., LStas
Of the Boy Scouts of America COOaa
"The Boy Scouts Of Amo~;.
a military organization" So nO
Livingstone. Primarily its AIM, Vi
character building and citizor s AZ
Our boys get an outdoor trainina ,Alas
with them it is case of pIaTiH. nd
der in the field and camp sa.t: S0s
handy training for the duties =.
zenship, building up health and " .., Cd
81 told the boy scouts of Rrr., la
Gently that they were part of . rU,i =
Of service. In the event Of ~, .R
will perform all the services tSa n. Ie
normally be expected of tbo1n ~
instance, they will be able n -. ~
the police Of guard duty Over H.s e's
works, reservoirs, public bn,lS,a s
bridges, and so on. They win Lss
after families whose heads bava y. wa
to war and help relieve any sure5 S~-s
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31

win the British Armies in France,
via London.-One Of the most thrilling
flying episodes Of the war was record
ed when the British observer in a two
seated machine which had been DAM
aged by German shell fire climbed out
on one Of the wings and steadied the
airplane while the pilot brought it safe
" to earth.
Two young aviators were leading an
offensive patrol when an anti-air craft
high explosive shell burst just behind
the right lower wing Of the airplane.
The machine was completely riddled-
Three of the stay booms were cut, one
blade of the propeller was blown away
and all the controls except the elevator
were put out of action. The machine
was further smashed by the broken
propeller blade and became uncon-
uollable.
Realizing the situation, the observer
did not hesitate, but climbed out three
quarters Of the way on the right wing
tip in order to balance the machine.
The air craft continued to fall in
spirals, however, until it was about
1000 feet above the earth. Here the
observer succeeded in balancing it, and
the machine glided down evenly. When
about 200 feet from the earth q slight
movement by the man on the wing
caused the machine to spin again, but
the pilot was able to control it when
Just ten feet above the ground, and the
air craft landed with neither man in
frred
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
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INDIANS FORCED TO WED.
Young chippewas Rush to Judge 70
Avoid Arrest.

Young chippewas Rush to Judge to
Avoid Arrest.
Deer River, Minn.-This village was
visited by large delegation Of young
Chippewa Indians from the Bowstring
country, who came to be married by
Justice Cahill, In accordance with the
ruling he made that he would give
them a week In which to get married
subsequent to many arrests by the
sheriff Of Itasca county on complaint
Of the Indian agent at Bena.
1t Is not the intention Of the de-
partment, It Is said, to interfere with
the marital rights Of the older natives
who married years ago under tribal
laws, but 1t Is the younger members
and In most cases the well educated
ones, some Of whom have college edu-
cations, the department officers are
watching
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
GIRL WOULD BE SOLDIER
Writes O Letter Asking to Enl'"
the United States Army

Writes q Letter Asking to en'''
the United States Army
Muncie, Ind.-The following ls.S
has been received by Sergeant 'O'. =
R. Finney Of the local recruiting
ton: - Ind
Captain Finney. Army RecruiunS
Muncie, Ind: ,,.,+,on 10 tie
army recruiting Office several nnont Il
and I was told to write you 49, arm.
wish To ioin the United state ,ss ne
whatever way you may see nj u -, ~ best
7 sbaII he willing to give you =. .S,rkiug
service NV present position Is az auy
- -1, store. Now, II you n
80 @ ,,sa me let me know. II IA 70
o m ar S-sn- line I am willing eSsn .oou.
there. Hoping to near
am, sincerely yours ,,-rE HARMON
RI Union City, Ind ,-..tic,.
g. ss-s ., = Finney, after an ins Ts -.
t,ona said the young woman w S1S,s, b
sn eo 1s5tsg 8, grocery near Union G dss IDS
tb seus sbe IS in earnest about out s as'
to I be Ia soldier or to enter the tSen as b,
sny capacity. Sergeant s not the 30
written to her that be mas so ~ any pr
thority to enlist women a, =, and arm!
D Ss*s S DHs that ths Red ss' Cross association
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
DOG LOCATES BOYS BODY.
Faithful Animal Leads Searehsrs q
Victim of Shooting.

Carlisle, Pa.-After a party, headed
by his father, had searched all night
q faithful dog brought them to point
where Chester Nelson, aged seventeen,
of Doubling Gap Springs had been &C
cidentally shot.
The boy went hunting for raccoons.
and when he did not return a search
was instituted.
While the party were In the noun
tains the dog, which had accompanied
the boy, met the party and led them
to where his body was lying.
The boy had found a raccoon. and In
an effort to get it out Of hole In the
rocks bis gun had been accidentally
discharged, the entire charge entering
his heart and causing instant death.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
HE MADE GOOD.

Man Released on Forgery Charge Is
Now Wealthy Landowner.
Los Angeles, Cal-Furnishing proof
that he had made good since he was
released on his own recognizance thir-
teen years ago, after his arrest on a
forgery charge. Charles Ross was CIV
en- permanent freedom recently by
Judge Willis and his case dismissed.
Mr.. Ross now is wealthy landown-
er OF Mexico. He was released by Su-
perior Judge B. N. Smith In 1904 and
told to get out in the world and make
good.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
WOMEN CROSS HUDSON ON ICE
Five From Highland Falls Make Per-
ilous Trip In Safety.

Five From Highland Falls Make Per-
ilous Trip In Safety.
Albany, n. Y.-On a dare Eve young
women, including Miss May Streb-
hing Of Highland Falls, safely walked
across the ice on the Hudson river re-
Gently, they jubilantly reported, from
Highland Falls to Manitou, Putnam
county.
Although the ice could be heard
cracking and rumbling in places, they
hurried across safely. Few men have
crossed the river south Of Newburgh
this winter on the ice, and no such
ventures have been made by women.
With Miss Strebbing on the risky trip
were Miss Nora Connofs, Miss Annie
O'Nalley. Miss May Fuller and Mira
Mary Cook Of Highland Falls.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
Twins Run In the Family,

Evansville, Ind.-The sixteenth birth
day Of Elsie and Ethel Brady, who are
the second Of three pairs Of twins In
one family. was celebrated at their
home at Randall street. The mother
Of the girls Il q twin sister Of MrA
Isors Young Of Rockport. The young
ee sisters Of MrA Brady are the third
twinA
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
THIS DOG Is GIVEN
AN AUTO FUNERAL

Pnhadelphla. - Wrinkles, the
y sixteen-year-old fox terrier Of
y PROFESSOR Mauritz Leefson of
, Forty-fifth street and Usage ave-
nue., West Philadelphia. was
, buried recently in Fred Triplett's
y animal cemetery. 171S South
Tenth street. Camden. It was
an automobile funeral. wrin-
= kies had made four trips to Eu-
' rope and was known to many
y west Philadelphia residents. The
' body OF the dog was In a rattan
= basket
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
RICHEST VILLAGE TO BE CITY.
Glen Cove, N. " Votes to Incorporate
In the Third Class.

Steh SoSe, Ne - Sotes 70 incorporate
In the Third Class
New York.-First steps toward the
Incorporation Of the richest little city
In the United States were taken when
residents Of Glen Cove, N. Y, In q test
voted to incorporate the village as a
third class city. The vote was more
than two to one In favor Of incorpora-
ton, which will include q population Of
10000.
Glen Cove Is considered the largest
millionaire colony In Long Island.
Among its residents are J. P. Morgan.
J. T. Pratt, b. L Pratt, G. D. Pratt
Captain ]. R. De Lamar, Percy Chubb,
b. W. Maxwell, Edward L. Young,
Justice Townsend Scudder, 3. w.
Woolworth and Harvey 8. LAdev.
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$4,000 For Two pauqhtsrs.

Greensburg, Ind.-Isaac Seton, one
Of Decatur couny's wealthiest resi-
dents, presented each Of his two daugh-
ters with valuable farm land as gifts.
The gifts comprise z61 acres Of Land
that % said to be valued at $4,000.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
WOMAN GETS A FARM.
Mrs. Reagan Went to California With
Her Parents In 1853.

Mrs. Reagan Went to California With
Her Parents In 1853.
Oroville, Cal.-"once a pioneer, al
ways a pioneer" said Mrs. Charlotte
Reagan, seventy years Of age, who
proved up on homestead claim near
Biomer mountain recently.
Five years ago Mrs. Reagan hled a
homestead under the old law and since
then has lived almost continuously on
the tract Of 100 acres. She has built
q home, planted an orchard and devel-
oped an irrigation system
In addition, she has enrolled a
student In one Of the correspondence
courses Of the University OF California
Mrs.. Reagan came 10 California with
her parents In 1853
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31
w,;.. N.oro Called q .nS' he s

Hot Springs, Ark-c e. soresry, an %
town town Of Earle, ARK By s'r sni and Saasss
T a,@ belief is said to ,: :t dab Is.
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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31

Entered as Secold-Cass Matter Aug.
10, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago,
Illinois, under Act Of March 3, 1879.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-31

New York.-B-z-z-z-z-z. It's the tele
phone on the lieutenant's desk at police
headquarters.