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The diamond drill., 1917-09-08

The finest game bird in the north
Is the partridge or, ruffed grouse Not
only is he game bird to the last
feather, but he's a delicious one on
the table. It was only few years
ago when the woods of this region
abounded with these birds. but now
one may walk an entire day in the
woods without seeing or hearing one
The last several springs have been
against the multiplication OF the birds.
During the Matching season the
weather was cold and wet and this
spoiled the hatch
Now Il is proposed to stop killing
partridge for a time year, or two,
or more, to give the birds a chance
to increase in number II is the thing
One mother bird IN fair season will
bring forth a dozen or more chicks
That would be- worth while in giving
this game bird a start2 We think SO
Get after the owls, weasles foxes
and coyotes and the partridge will
quickly become numerous, this pro.
viding the public domain commission
stops the shooting Of them for a reas-
enable time
The partridge Is beautiful bird
the very finest these great northern
woods can present and protection
ought 10 be afforded it that it may
an MP its depleted ranks Iron Ore
The diamond drill., 1917-09-08

Ha, Hal We knew it would come.
In last weeks issue our friends Pat
OBrien jumps all over the Iron Riv-
er school board because that organi-
cation very sensibly decreed that Iron
River schools shall be run on stand
ard time. Pat hates TO give in to a
defeat, but it looks as IL he will have
70 surrender and come back to earth
with the rest OF us.
The diamond drill., 1917-09-08

Hudson, Wisconsin will go down in
history because OF the action of about
900 OF its Inhabitants last week in
escorting the leaders in the proposed
pacifist conference to the train and
advising them to beat it," Old Wis
consin can be depended upon in these
days to uphold the honor of the Amer
lean flag Just as it was in the COS
Because LaFollette in congress and
some pro-German papers Of the state
take a position that smacks very
much OF obstruction TO the federal
government. don't get it into your head
that Wisconsin isn't loyal Just let
'em start something in the old Badger
state and see what will happen.
The diamond drill., 1917-09-08
NEW EPISCOPAL BISHOP.

The Rev. Herbert II. II. Fox, rector
of st Johns Church. Detroit. was
elected bishop coadiutor OF the dio-
cese OF Marquette at the special con
yention held In ST. Johns Episcopal
church Negaunee He was apprised
By telegram OF his election and will be
waited upon BY a special delegation to
ascertain his decision.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25
Austria Awaiting
Experts Report on
Penfeld's Demand
Naval and Legal Board Will
Recommend Stand To Be
Taken in Reply

Vienna. Feb. % Via Berlin and wire
less to Tuckerton, Feb. 24.-It was
stated at the Foreign Office to-day that
the inquiry of the American govern
ment respecting Austria's submarine
warfare policy was receiving all pos
sible attention, but that the date on
which the reply might be expected was
still unknown.
II was learned that authorities on in
ternational law and naval affairs are
investigating the questions raised IN
the aide memoire presented by Ambas-
sador Penfield and their bearing on
the notes exchanged in the cases Of the
steamships Ancona and Persia. The
reply will be made as soon as the OFF,
Gals intrusted with this matter have
reported.
There are no indications at this time
what recommendation will be made by
the investigating authorities. The board
which is considering the questions OF
international law has not been able to
90 far in its labors, this being the third
day that the aide memoire has been in
the hands of the Foreign Office.
The Austrian and Hungarian press
has entirely discontinued discussion OF
the American inquiry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25
Old Hates Revived as Both
Sides Mass Entire
Peoples for War
GERMANY READY
TO FIGHT TO FINISH
British PacifstS Power,
less - Economic Battles
Will Play Great Part
By ARTHUR s. DRAPER



rondon. Feb. 24.-Whoever sees any
,o,, Of an carly cessation Of HOSTILE
s.s must be either a fool or a super
,,,;uist. Reports of the Reichstag de-
h.te and vote of credit show plainly
hat Germany is fully prepared to make
further sacrifices; that all thoughts OF
an early peace have vanished; that not
,,lv the soldiers at the front, but
every civilian among the belligerents,
will soon be drawn into the war, with
avery man. woman and child sharing
in the responsibility.
n is AT last a war of all the peoples.
Yon.combatants are TO fight economic
battles, as important as the duels in
france and Russia and on the high
,sas. The amateur farmers of Britain
and Germany will affect the final issue
,lmost as much as the trained soldiers.
The German pacifists, as represented
bv the Socialist minority, have no more
influence at this stage of the war than
The group Of peace advocates who held
4 field day in Parliament last Tuesday
On both sides the feeling has hardened
All the grim bitterness of the early
Ssys of the struggle has returned. The
peorle are steeled to fight to the finish,
and the spirit of give and take is gone.
Indications of this are found in the
suspension of negotiations for the ex-
change of civil and military prisoners
threats and counter threats, and dec
larations demanding indemnities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25

and critical. One Of the lessons of the
war is that an autocratic government
is essential 10 success. But liberal
Englishmen chafe and protest against
any and all restrictions OF their rights
and the concentration OF power in the
hands of the autocrats and bureau
Gratis.
Some of the conservative Tory pa
pers urge the closing of Parliament.
Even Horatio Bottomley, editor of a
paper with a tremendous circulation
and influence among the mass Of the
people, advocates locking the doors OF
Parliament.
In Russia the people see their chief
hope in free Duma. IN England there
is cry for concentration of power.
President Wilson's efforts to obtain
more power as an autocrat are APP
plauded here by those who believe
that a leader must truly lead, whether
heading a democracy or monarchy.
Rationing Is Urged
There are those who consider that
Premier Lloyd George overemphaslzed
the gravity of the economic situation;
while others believe that he should
announce the immediate introduction
of compulsory rationing, and still 9TH
ers that not only compulsory rationing,
but also compulsory civil service should
be determined upon.
The economic situation is much the
same as if the crowd of spectators at
Polo Ground baseball game should be-
come the players. Their skill would
vary greatly. SO will that of the
thousands and hundreds of thousands
of Britons who will do farm work and
munitions labor for the first time.
But the important point is that every
person will have a direct personal IN
terest in the game of protecting and
preserving human life. Upon their la
Dor depends in large part the length OF
the war. None can tell that now; none
dares or cares to prophecy any but the
most immediate future interests.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25
Russia Seeks More Liberty
Britain Grows Autocratic
[Rr Cahle % u Ttbunel

London. Feb. 24.-War produces some
queer situations. Next Tuesday the
Duma is scheduled to meet. All the
Liberal Russians are hoping and pray
ing that the Dumas powers will be in
creased until the Ozark forces" are
completely overcome so that the empire
nav bring her whole strength to bear
against the enemy from without and
within. The Russian situation remains
doubtful and somewhat dubious, but
still hopeful.
The sessions and debates of Parlia-
rent here have become unusually free
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25
Sale of
Fine Cotton Dress Fabrics

nc. to Soc Values at l0c. yd. Lot comprises over
1900 yards of Cotton and Silk and Cotton dress
iabrics, Importers Sample pieces and clearance OF
odd lots, including many exquisite floral effects
stripes, pIaids, and plain white.
On Special Tables, Main Floor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25
Io\XMDoNAeM
SousSSons
Broadway.
On and en- SIS.
HIGH Class Trimmed Hats

Showing exquisite original designs from
our own wOrkrooms, from SUI TO 4O.UO
Untrimmed Shapes, Black and Colors-a
most complete assortment of Lisere,
Milan and Hemp, $50, LIS, ESQ to sos
Sport Hats, all the latest shapes and new
est styles, Z.05, SIS, 4.oO 10 lO.9o
Fancy Feathers, Quilts, Ostrich POmpoms,
wonderful Novelties in the Japanese
and Indian coors, 90, rs and I.lU
Beaded Ornaments, novel styles and cOIOrngs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25

Every item of this Seasons Styles and
at a great reduction from regular pr
for this Sale.
200 pieces Genuine Shantung POngee-s
thoroughly dependable quality; regular
95c value Sale price 60C. yd. Per piece
of IL to 10 yds.,
MesSaine Satin, yard wide-aIl colors
regular 150 grade, at,
Crepe de Chine-superiOr grade, ColOr'
and White; regular LIS quality, at,
Chiffon Taffeta-fine dress quality, ever,
wanted color and Black; LOS grade, at,
500 yds. Crocodile Crepe-4O inches
heavy, rich, all silk fabric; shades Gold
Purple and Meadow Green only; imported
to sell at 3.25 yd., at,
White Habutai Silk-yard wide; reguia
LIS grade, at,
300 yards Black SumerO Silk-4O inches
rich, soft, light weight, but durable; Z.o'
grade, at,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-10

sight," and four pulls. Sound gas
alarm" The fire step in n trench is n
shelf on which soldiers stand to look
out and shoot between the sand bngs
on top.
In addition To these men, we had pa
trolls and scouts out in mo Mans
Land" the greater part OF the night,
with orders to gain any information
possible which might be OF value to
battalion, brigade, division or general
headquarters. They reported on the
condition of the Germans barbcd wire,
the location OF machine guns and 9TH
er little things like that which might
be of interest to some commanding
officer twenty miles back. Also they
were ordered to make every effort to
capture any Of the cnemy's scouts or
patrols. SO That we could get informa-
ton from them. One Of the interesting
moments in this work came when q
star Shell caught you out in an open
spot. If you moved you were gone
I've seen men stand OH one foot for
tho thirty seconds during which a star
Shell will burn. Then when scouts or
patrols met in No Mans Land" they
always had to fight It out with bayo-
nets. One single shot would be the
signal for artillery fire and would
mean the almost instant humiliation
OF the mep on both sides OF the fight
Under the necessities Of this war many
Of our men have been killed by our
own shell fire.
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battalion offered. I was lucky-or I'M
lucky-enough to be among the sixty
who were chosen. want to tell you
in detail about this bombing raid, so
that you can understand what thing
may really amount to that gets only
three lines or perhaps nothing at all
In the official dispatches, and, besides
that, it may help some Of the young
men who read this to know something
a little later about bombing.
The sixty OF us chosen to execute the
raid were taken twenty miles to the
rear for weeks instruction practice.
Having only slight idea Of what we
we're going to try to do, we felt very
Jolly about the whole enterprise start
ing Off. We were camped in an old
barn, with several special instruction
officers in charge. We had oral In
,truction the first day, while sappers
dug and built IN exact duplicate of the
lection of the German trenches which
ne were to rald-that Is, 1t was exact
except for few details. Certain
Skeleton trenches" in the practice Sec
ton were dug simply to fool the Ger
man aviators. If photograph taken
back to German headquarters had
shown an exact duplicate of German
trench section suspicion might have
been aroused and our plans revealed.
We were constantly warned about the
skeleton trenches and told to remem-
Der that they did not exist in the Ger
man section where we were to operate.
Meanwhile our practice section was
changed little several times, because
aerial photographs showed that the
Germans had been renovatlng and
making some additions to the trenches
In which we were to have our frolic
with them.
We had oral instruction, mostly dur
ing the day, because we didn't dare let
the German aviators see us practicing
bomb raid. AL night long, sometimes
until 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, we
rehearsed that raid, just as carefully
as company of star actors would re-
hearse play. AT first there was dis
position TO have sport out of 1t.
"Well," some chap would say, roll
ing into the hay all tired out, ~ got
killed six times tonight S'pose tin
be eight times tomorrow night"
One man insisted that he had discoy-
cred in ono Of our aerial photographs
a German burying money, and he care
fully examined each new picture, 30
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that he could be sure of finding tho
dough and digging 1t up. Tho grave
and serious manner of our officers,
however, the exhaustive care with
which we We're drilled and, more than
all, the approach OF the tirro when we
were to Ego over the top" drove all
sport out OF our minds, and can say
for myself that the very thought of
the undertaking as tho fatal night
drew near sent shivers up and down
my spine.
A bombing raid, something originat-
ed In warfare by the Canadians, Is not
intended for the purpose of holding
ground, but to gain information, to do
as much damage as possible and to
keep the enemy In II state Of nervous
ness. In this partio ular raid the chief
object was to gain information. Our
high command wanted to know whit
troops were opposite lis mud whit
troops had been there. We were OK
pected to get this information. from
prisoners and from buttona and papers
or Of the Germans wo might KILL 1t
was believed that troops were being
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-10

relieved from the big tent show up at
the Sommc ana sent to our side show
IN Belgium for rest. Also It was sus-
pected TINT artillery was being with
drawn for the Sommc. Especially we
were anxious to bring back prisoners.
In civilized war prisoner Gun he
compelled to tell only his name, rink
and religion. But this Is not n civilized
war, aud there nrc ways of making
prisoners talk. Ono of The most ef-
fective wnys-uuitc humune-is to tie
prisoner fast. head and foot and
then tickle his bare feet with Il feather.
More severe measures have frequently
been uscd--tle water cure, for In.
stancc-but I'm bound TO snv that
nearly all the German prisoners ! saw
were quite louuaciouS nnd willing TO
talk, and the accuracy of their mfor
nation, when later confirmed by raids.
was surprising. The iron discipline
which turns them into mere children
In the preScn, of their officers seemed
to make theta subscrvIcnt and obcdlcnt
TO the officers who commanded us.
mean, of course. the prlvntcs. In this
way the system worked against the
fntherlnnd. Captured German officers
especially Prussians, were u nasty lot
We never triod to get information from
them, for we knew they would lie, hap.
PLY and very intclligently-well IN
structed in the art
AT last came the night when we were
to go "over the top" across No Mans
Land, and have IL frolic with Fritz In
Ills own happy home. l nm endcavor-
ing to DO as accurate und truthful as
possible In these stories of my soldier
ing, and am therefore compelled to
say that there wasn't man in the
sixty who didn't show the strain In his
pallor md nervousness Under orders
we discarded our trench helmets and
substituted knitted skullcaps or empty
mess tins. Then wo blackened our
hands and faces with nshes from n
camp fire SO as to avoid being seen Us
long as possible. After this they load
ed us into motor trucks and took lis I'D
to "Shrapnel Corner" from which
point we went In on foot. Just before
we left n staff captain came along and
gave us little talk.
This Is the first time you men have
been tested" he said. You're Cana
dams. | needn't say anything more to
you. They're going to be popping them
VI at great rate while you're on your
way across. Remember that you'd bet
ter not stnnd up straight, because our
shells will be going over Just six and
hal
level. II you stand UP straight you're
likely to be hit in the head, but don't
let that worry you, because If you do
get hit In the head you won't know it.
So why In h worry about it" That
was his farewell. He jumped on his
horse and rode of.
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II ! 4 I W HorfO!ksHestern Ri
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D A | L Y.

D ALLY.
Schedule Effective Nov. 90, 1914
Lv. TaZewell for Norton
$40 a. m. 1904 D. m.
Lv. TaZcwell for Bluefield-
1O:42 n. m. 6:42 p. m.
From Bluefield, Eastbound:
5:16 n. m. for Roanoke, Lynchbufg,
Norfolk and points on Shenandoah d.
vision Pullman sleeper and cafe car
to Roanoke. Pullman to Norfolk. Par
lor car Roanoke and Richmond, nnd
Roanoke and Hagerstown. Sleeper
Hagerstown and New York.
6:45 a. m. daily for East Radford,
Lynchburg and intermediate stations.
2:25 p. m. daily Roanoke, Lynch
burg and intermediate stations and the
Shenandoah Valley. Pullman sleeper
Gary to Philadelphia, Roanoke and
New York. Dining car.
9:15 p. m. for Roanoke, Lynchburg,
Richmond, Norfolk: Pullman sleeper
to Norfolk and Roanoke to Richmo Il
WESTBOUND.
: $3.50 p. m. for Kenova, Portsmouth.
Columbus, st. Louis, and the west
Pullman sleeper Columbus, Cincinnati
and Chicago. Cafe car TO Williamson.
$40 n. m. for Kenova, Portsmouth,
Cincinnati, Columbus, West, North
west. Pullman sleeper to Columbus.
Cafe car.
1880 a. m. for Williamson and in
termediate stations.
1.25 p. m. for Wclch and interme-
diate stations. Pullman sleeper and
7:42 p. m. for Gary.
Write for rates, maps, timetable,
descriptive pamphlets, to any station
agent or to w. B. Bowl, Passenger
Traffic Manager, w. G. Saunders, gen.
eral passenger agent, II anoke, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-10
The Bomb Raid.

The point we were to attack had been
selected long before by our scouts. 1t
was not, as you might suppose, tho
weakest point I'm the German line. 1t
was, on the contrary, the strongest 1t
was considered that the moral effect Of
cleaning up n weak point would be
comparatively small, whereas to break
in at the strongest point would be-
something really worth while. And IL
we were to take q chance 1t really
wouldn't pay to hesitate about degrees.
The section we were to raid had
frontage Of 100 yards and depth OF
200 yards. 1t had been explained to us
that we were to be supported by
"box barrage," or curtain fire, from
our artillery to last exactly twenty-sIx
minutes-that is, for twenty-six min
utes from the time when we started
"over the top" our artillery, several
miles back, would drop Curtain" Of
shells all around tho edges OF that 100
yard by 200 yard section. We were to
have fifteen minutes In which to do
our work. Any man not out at the
end of the fifteen minutes would peces
sarily be caught I'm our own fire. rs our
artillery would then change from
box" to pour straight curtain fire
covering all Of the spot OF our opera
lions.
Our officers set their watches very
carefully with those of the artillery Of.
acers before we went forward to the
front trenches. We reached the front
Mt II p. M. and not until our arrival
there were we Informed OF the Zero
hour"-the time when the attack was
to be made. The hour OF 1910 had
been selected. The waiting from II
o'clock until that time was simply an
agony. Some of our men sat stupid
and inert. Others kept talking con-
stantly about the most inconsequential
matters. One man undertook to tell q
funny story. No one listened to 1t, and
the laugh at the end was emaciated
and CHASTITY. The inaction was driving
US all into state Of funk. I could &C.
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The Daylight Hour.

at a little before daybreak came
"stand-to," when everybody got but
toned up and ready for business be-
cause at that hour most attacks begin,
and also that was the regular time for
a dose of morning and evening hate"
otherwise good, lively fifteen minutes
OF shell fire. We had some casualties
every morning and evening, and the
stretcher bearers used to get ready for
them as regular matter of course.
For fifteen minutes at dawn and dusk
the Germans used to send over "whiz-
bangs" coal boxes" and "minenwer-
fer Shells from trench mortars) in
such generous way that 1t looked as
IL they liked to shoot 'em of, whether
they hit anything or not You could
always hear the "heavy stuff" coming,
and we paid little attention to it, as 1t
was used in efforts TO reach the bat
teries back Of our lines The poor old
town OF Dinkiebusch got the full ben
eft Of 1t. When n shell would Shrek
its way over, some one would say,
"There goes the express for Dinkie-
busch," and couple Of seconds later,
when some prominent landmark of
Dinkiebusch would dislntegrate with n
loud defamation, some ono else would
remark:
Trains arrived!"
About the only amusement we had
during our long stay In the front
trenches WINS to sit with, our backs
against the rear wall and shoot at the
rats running along the parapet. Poor
Macfarlane, with fash of the old hui
NOR which he had before the war, told
q "rookie" that the trench rats were
SO big that he saw one of them trying
on his greatcoat. They used to run
over our faces when wo we're sleeping
In our dugouts, and I've seen them In
ravenous swarms burrowing into the
fhallow graves Of the dead. Most of
the soldiers legs are Scared to the
tnees with bites.
The one thing of which we constant
ly lived in fear was a gas attack. I
ased to wake In the middle Of the night
In a cold sweat dreaming that heard
the clatter and whistle blowing all
along the line which meant that the
buo wac SOiliihSs <ALu q IeullE
did hear the terrifying sound, Just at
moment when 1t couldn't have sound
ed worse. was in charge OF the daily
ration detail, sent back about ten miles
10 the point of nearest approach of the
transport lorries to carry In rations,
ammunition and sand Bugs to the front
trenches. We had lot of trouble re-
turning with our loads. Passing n
point which was called Shrapnel Cor
ner, because the Germans had precise
range of 1t, we were caught In ma
chine gun fire and had to lie on our
stomachs for twenty minutes, during
which we lost one man, wounded.
sent him back and went on with my
party, only to run into another machine
gun shower a half mile farther on.
While We were lying down to escape
this n concealed British battery Of
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-10
Are You Unluckv3

IN August the air is full of pollen
ana dust that cause trouble for some.
yet others are never bothered. No
remedy does more to relieve hav fever
ana asthma than Foley's Honey and
lar compound for coughs, colds and
Ccir.oup; 1t clears and soothes the af-
,lstcd nose, throat and bronchial.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-10
Ask Anyone Who has Used Il

Inere are families who always aim
70 keep n bottle of Channberlnin,s
Cole and Diarrhoea Remedy in The
mouse for use in case it is needed
anu IND that it is not only a rood
investment but saves them no end
Oh suffering. AS to its reliability. ask
anyone who has used it. S'e
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-10

George Creel, says he has no inten-
.,on OF resigning. That's the effect
the Washington atmosphere has on,
most I office holders Birmingham Age
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-10
Chronic Consultation.

1t is by no meaons an easy matter
to cure this disease. but it can be
done in most Instances by taking
Chamberlain Tablets and complying
with the plain printed directions that
accompany zach package.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-10

"A prima donna reports being rohb-
ca oil her jewels in Chicago. And the
idea Is so very old that il is nc
tuaiiy novelty nowadays. --ritts-
burg Dispatch