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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-06
The birth rate Of 1916 In France is

The birth rate of 1916 In France is
estimated by the French authorities as
only eight per 1,OOO and at the same
time the death rate has undoubtedly
increased and is 20 per 1000, quite
aside from the deaths occurring from
military operations. 1t is pointed out
that in 1914 the population of France
was 39,5O0,O0O and that at the begin
ming of the war the excess Of births
over deaths was about $4,000 annu-
ally. In 1916 the deaths in the civil
ian population totaled 100000, and in
the military forces 100000, total Of
100000. The number of births in
France in 1916 was $4,000 or 78S, 900
fewer than the number Of deaths. For
purposes Of comparing conditions in
this country with those in France, it
Is pointed out that in New York state
the birth rate is "A per 1000 and the
death rate is IA In each 1000.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-06

that your vegetables or canned goods
will be confiscated by the govern
ment, just tell them it is not true and
take their names and addresses and
send to the county agent who will be
pleased to inform them as to the ex-
act situation,
Owing to the scarcity of seed corn
farmers are advised to plant a mix
ture of oats and peas which can be
placed in a silo in the green state and
which makes excellent ensilage. Ac-
cording to recent reports the feed
value of this material surpasses corn
ensilage and yields as high as ten and
eleven tons per acre were received.
The fruit tree pruning season is
here. You should look your fruit
trees over and remove all the dead
limbs and those branches which
grow TOO close together so as to allow
all the branches of the tree to receive
sunlight and circulation of air.
J. F. KADONsKY,
County Agent,
IronwOod, Mich.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-06
Farm Bureau Notes.

Owing to the low price of potatoes
this spring, this will be very good
time for the farmers and growers of
Iron county to standardize their
potatoes. since they will be able to
purchase the best types of Rural New
York and Green Mountain potatoes
for this years planting. These pota-
toes are considered the best variety
for this section of the country.
Owing to the low price of potatoes
this spring, there will be many cutting
down the acreage. Iron county farm
ers are advised to plant as large an
acreage as possible since they will be
needed as food. They will command
good price next fall.
Iron county farmers should adopt
this slogan, every farmer no matter
how small. at least an acre of wheat
this year" Very good wheat yields
of first class quality have been re-
ported in Iron county the past year.
The Marcus wheat is particularly
recommended. If every farmer grows
some wheat it will greatly increase
the wheat flour supply Of the county.
There will be provision made for its
grinding into flour since there has
been a movement on foot for the past
year for the introduction of flour
mill into Ironwood.
Secure your seed as early as pos
sible. If you can not get what you
want, call or write to the county
agent, j. f. Kadonsky, Ironwood,
Immediately.
There is a great activity for garden
ing this year. We want to see every
one have garden so that you will
have all the vegetables you can eat
during the coming year. Do not fear
that the government will confscate
your vegetables if you have large
supply as has beec reported last
year. If you are told by individuals
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-06

In order to prevent supplies for Ger.
man U-boats leaving the United States
in neutral bottoms q rule is now en-
forced prohibiting any vessel clearing
from any port In the United States
or its possessions without having OBJ
tanned license or licenses covering all
bunker fuel. port, sea, and ships stores
and supplies aboard the vessel at
the time of sailing. The licenses must
cover not only the fuel. stores, and
supplies taken aboard at the port of
the United States, but all fuel. stores.
and supplies which the vessel brought
into the country when she entered. Spe-
cial provision Is made by the regula-
tons to prevent the supplying Of sub
marines by ships leaving American
ports.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-06
NO INVASION OF ENGLAND.


Curious stories Of great agitation In
England over the danger Of a German
invasion are again coming over the
cables. It is difficult to understand
how intelligent people can take such
stories seriously, Henry Farrand Crit
fin writes in Leslie's Magazine. While
the British navy retains command OF
the sea there Is about as much chance
of England's being invaded from the
moon as from Germany. It Is an
axiom of modern strategy that no sue
cessful overseas operation can be I'M
dertaken while a hostile feet Of any
where equal strength remains unde-
feated. The German military leaders
may try to persuade their people that
the British fleet is in hiding while the
German fleet freely sails the seas, but
we can be certain that they will never
base their strategy upon any such
whimsical assumption. Perhaps the
invaders are going to arrive by Yep
pelin, submarine, or airplane. Perhaps
a tunnel has been built under the
North sea. Unless one Is willing to
take stock in such fantastic POSSIBLE
tiles" as these the chances Of Ger
man invasion of England may be es-
timated at minus zero. Sometime the
development Of aircraft may reach a
point that will end England's immu-
nifty, despite her control Of the sea. But
that day Is still to come.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-06
Potato Recipes.

Submitted by Recipe Testing Com.
MRS. f. q. VAN STRATUM
Murry Hill Potatoes
Cut boiled potatoes and hard
cooked eggs in inch slices. Put a
layer of potatoes in creased baking
dish; sprinkle with salt and pepper;
cover with layer of eggs, repeat;
pour over two cups of white sauce:
cover with buttered and seasoned
cracker or bread crumbs and bake un-
til crumbs are brown.
White Sauce
Two cups milk, II tablespoons but
ter or substitute, tablespoon -four.
salt and pepper, celery salt and red
pepper. Melt butter, blend in -four,
add milk, cook till thick stewing and
add seasoning.
Potato Soup
Ond quart milk, potatoes, small
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-06

The country will agree with Secre-
tary Baker that dismissal Of medical
officers whose neglect causes the death
of the men In their care Is entirely
too light punishment. Such repre-
hensible tendency of gross neglect Of
duty will lessen confidence to grave
degree in the medical administration
of the service. Our men are max
ing sacrifices Of the greatest kind and
nothing in the way Of all possible care
can be too good for them.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-06

onion, stalk celery. Put milk, Gel
cry and onion on to boil. Boil pota-
toes seperatly. When cooked mash
and season with one large tablespoon
of fat. Add to boiling milk and cook
10 minutes. Strain and season with
salt and pepper. A cup of whipped
cream added to the last improves it..
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-06

1t is said that men in Germany are
wearing paper trousers and. indeed,
whole suits Of paper, while some Of
the provincial press are using low
grade .cOlored paper for their issues.
Not only the Teutonic treaties but
also their daily lives seem, in fate's
revenges, to be resolving into scraps
of paper.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-06
Copper ST., Hurley, Wis.
Sunday Anril Z.

Sunday, April. I.
Sunday school at 10 O'Clock.
Lesson: Jesus Sets Men Free. Mark
7:1-37.
Preaching Services at IL O'Clock.
Sermon: The Bible at the Front.
Monday 4o'clock, Girls knitting
club. Game and Story hour, O'Clock
500 p. m. Motion pictures.
Tuesday o O'Clock: K.O.K.A. club.
Tuesday I O'Clock: Boy Scouts.
CHESTER l.. HARRIEs. Minister.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-06

Germany has issued orders to put
American prisoners in cages, where
they are to be left foodless for four
days. in the hope that they will weak
en- and impart information. One con-
soling thought Is the implication that
the Germans got mighty little out Of
the first boys they captured.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-06

The government Is asking people to
stop shooting pigeons, since many
carrier pigeons being trained for the
army have been killed. But asking will
do no good. The open season for
nearly everything else is at an end.
and q trigger fool must have some
thing to shoot at.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-06

The regular spring teachers exami-
nations will be held at the court house
in Hurley on April Is and 20.
Della G. EmunSOn,
14-St Co. Supt. of Schools.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-04

TO get into our boats and that we had
but ten minutes allotted to us to get
clear of our vessel They placed bombs
along the sides of our vessel and blew
her up Immediately. In the meantime
putting nm armed German sailor o.
board the small boat in which were
seven men and myself This did not
give me time To rescue my personal
effects and nautical Instruments. My
men only saved what they stood in.
Perhaps | would have been gwen
more time If the commander of the sub
marine had not seen the ilauppauge
under full sail about -four or five miles
away. Like us, the lIauppauge was
light and, understand, was bound
from Portland to Newport News. lie de-
stroyed Captain Sweeney's fine new
schooner, after ordering him and his
crew to take TO their boats, and within
n half hour both crews were on board
the submarine and both the small boats
had cen placed on the submarines deck
and dashed down.
FORMERLY HAMBURG ENGINEER.
The Germans said that a Whitehead
torpedo factory had been blown up IN
Austria last week The engineer that
ran the Diesel engine told me that he
had been an engineer on the passenger
steamship George Washington of tere
North German Lloyd Line, which piled
between New York and Bremen before
the war
Captain Gilmore. who is 81 years old,
was the master of the three-masted
schooner Edna. which was owned by
the A. O. anderson Shipping Company,
80 Broad street. this city Captain
Gilmore SAID that he was carrying
cargo Of oil from Philadelphia to san
tiago Cuba All told there were six
men on his ship
We were eighteen 10 twenty miles
southeast of Winter Quarter Ilghtshlp'
hc said AT about o clock ON the alter
noon of May p WIS standing near the
man al the wheel when shell exploded
under our lee Thinking 1t was some
American warship did not pay much
attention. hut went down below and
lighted my pipe, y second shell struck
nearby. ard knew it meant me. Then
| first noticed this big submarine about
two miles away. with the signals A b
set. which meant Stop at once
GIVEN PLENTY or TIME.
The submarine came right up 10 US
The small boat was lowered and an
officer came aboard, telling me: You
have ten minutes in which 10 abandon
ship. tWhen | was telling the men how
to get the boat which was dashed on the
deck clear. the Lieutenant told me TO
come below. | suppose | acted as If
was in hurry to get away from the ship,
but when we got below the Lieutenant
said: Don't get excited, Captain. Take
yolr time. Wen he around here an hour
and half 30 picked up everything |
could think OF that belonged 10 me, and
when got over to the submarine found
Id left nv new silk umbrella After they
blew no the schooner the Germans rowed
back Ia the submarine and found that
beside the few things they had picked up
for themselves they brought me my
umbrella They took but few cases Of the
oil
we captives had plenty to eat and
they told Us we might 20 where we
pleased on the submarine, and into any
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-04

room, except when we were submerg
ing and at that time we had 10 stay
in whatever compartment we found our
selves II seemed To me this submarine
was at least 800 feet long. There were
seventy-six men in the crew and there
were two six-inch guns mounted, one
forward and one aft, the guns being
thirty-two feet long each
PRISONERS WELL TREATED
"Of course. we prisoners, although we
were treated we'll made a pretty big
ships company, and the commander
said he was looking for sailing vessel
To put us on board, as he didn't want
to take MS to Germany Although we
were below SUNDAY morning when the
submarine overhauled the Winncconne,
we knew at once when she was sunk
and twenty-sIx men sent adrlft; that
something would have to be done with
us. They couldn't keep us all ON board
for after the steamer was sunk we went
into her boats while Captain Sweeney
and his crew set out INTO the launch be-
longing to the Isabel Wiley which was
sunk few minutes before the Winnie
come
The Winneconne sailed into fine
German trap on Sunday morning ,ac-
cordlng to Henry Walsh, the first officer.
whose home is in San Francisco Walsh
talked in the absence of Capita IN W
Wilson, who was beng interrogated hv the
Naval authorities He said that the steam
or had a crew OF twenty-sIx men, and under
control of the L S Shipping Board was
on her way TO Providence with n cargo of
$500 tons of coal loaded Mt Norfolk, Va.
VICTIM OFF CAPE MAY
Third Mate Brewer called me mp 10
the bridge about 10 o clock sunday
morning. said Walsh "He told me
that he had heard shots fired some
where ahead " That trne VIZ were
about sixty miles cast of Gipa M
and looking ahead saw u thf nasfel
schooner with all her sails ST lklng
Reclaimed There WIS cao Ugh Wlni 10
fill her sails and thought II Strange
that she Law there doing nothing The II
| saw what looked like DESTROYER 60 me
out from behind her When Ne get abo 1T
two miles away could SEE II was sub
marine and that the men ON deck were n 81
dressed in white as they would be At tins
time of the year on an American vessel
Then | saw a German flag and the sub
marine sent solid shot across our bow
They lowered small boat and Lieu
tenant came with some Of the crew alonv-
side telling us 30 get into the boats and 10
row over and lieslongsIde he submarlnS
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-04
U-BOATS WERE OFF
DELAWARE CAPES
FOR ENTIRE WEEK
Sank Two Vessels Off Coast on
May Is, Taking the Crews
Prisoners.
MEN TELL GRAPHIC STORY

New York, June Slow at least one
German submarine has been lying in the
path of shipping off the Delaware capes
since Nav Is was told last night by the
captains of two schoonegs, who, with their
crews had been prisoners above and
under water under the German flag for
eight days.
Fortv-eight men the masters and
crews of three vessels were landed at
the Battery last night. having been
picked up twenty-five miles from Barne-
gat by the American steamship San
Saba. At o'clock Yesterday morning
twelve more men. who are Captain
Sweeney and ten of the crew of the
new four-mastcd schooner lIauppaug
uf this city. and Captain Phommafien.
master of the schooner Isabel b. Wiley.
who were in a motor yawi left the Others
on Sunday night, and should have landed
before this on the Jersey shore
SIXTY MEN PRISONERS
These sixty men are the crews of the
four schConcrS, the liauppaug, the Isabel
B. Wiley. the Hattie Dunn, the Edna.
and the steamship Winnieconnic
How they were prisoners for eight
DAYS ON the submarine was told by
Captain Charles /. lIoltrook Of Ten
ants Ilarbor Me, master Of the Hattie
Dunn, and Captain G Vi Gilmore Of
Port CLYDE. Me. Of the Edna
we left New York, Captain lIol
brook said for Charleston in Balti-
more on May %. and when, two days
later, We were about fifteen miles south
Of Winter Quarter l.lghtship Bowling
along under an clght-knot breeze,
heard 4 she'll pass near the vessel Then
another she'll, which fell perhaps a quar-
ter Of a mile away. was not taking
much notice. because believed the YES
sci which | saw about two miles away
was an American submarine at target
practice \ third she'll exploded close
by us on the weather quarter. and |
knew that. whoever II was. wanted Us
10 stop | brought the vessel up into
the wind The submarine. with her
supcrstructure and coming tower show
ing plainly above the water, came within
two hundred yards and saw that she
was tiying he two code letters a b. mean
ing Stop Immediately
GIVEN 10 MINUTES ~ QUIT sHIP
From a small staff AZ the rear end
Of the superstructure fiuttcrcd a small
flag of he Imperial German Navy An
officer and three men came over in a
small boat. rot over twelve feet long
In perfect English, the officer told Ms
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-04

Nineteen big motor trucks attended
By two gasoline supply trucks and officers
automobile lined up along Tenth street
and down King street for several blocks
night. They belonged To the detach-
ment of machines which il being used 10
transport the office forces Of the Elmer
gency Fleet Corporation from u ASKING
ton to Philadelphia and are on their way
back to Washington The men were
lodged at the Y " c. A. last night and
gwen all the attention they desired
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-04

Lost something Try a classified
advertisement in Every Evening.--Adv.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-05
Kaiser Nav As Well Can Quits

IT lumber Will win the war. the
Kaiser may as well call 1t .qutts.' 81
" rlics Lieutenant Colonel w L Gree
lev. WHO succeeded Colonel Graves in
Franco. f1r American tumbcfjacKs
are on the job in France. barring The
ninetY-f1vo who went down on the
TuscaHia. Their April drive netted
l4.S00,0o0 feet OF lumber $4,000
standard railroad ties, 1903. 900 ties for
ieht railroads and BIG, 200 pieces OF
piles, poles and small round products;
and we have hardly gotten started. Al
rsadv tho shipping Office which has
the hardest car supply job a lumber
mar ever tackled. Is working nights
10 Keep the loading ground cleared
A. a business concern We have an
ORGANIZATION which might draw the
envy Of a Minnesota line yard com
pany"
As 70 the great variety OF material
which they must supply Colonel
Greeley says. They range from 100
foo: poles TO fasc!nos OF six foot twiEs
from bills Of dock and bridge tlmbers
1otailng five million feet TO haAsM God
Giants for the manufacture Of artificial
limbs by the Rcd Cross. Construction
lumber for barracks and warehouses.
aniarG gauge ties, and eordwood are
he great staples. Of which we cannot
produce too much. Then come the
heavy plank for artillery roads, tele-
phone and telegraph poles. short ties
or light railroads and corduroy and
VIE ENHANCEMENT stakes hoy The han
Gred~ of thousands Of pieces II is a
t'rcnuous game. where lifelong train
.ng n business efficiency and economy
must be subordinatcd 10 the one goal
Of sneed, But the American lumber
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-05

the greatest industries, yet he hal
he was a boy. and many of these ard
found on guns turned out by variouI
firms. Browning was honored with
title on the day his one-milliontd
there was a factory turning out hill
work. He became a Chevalier de
Order de Leopold. which entitled hirI
to call himself Sir John NJ Browning
but the wizard gun man forgot al
about 1t and went on making appiiI
ances to guns. Some ten years agd
the Kaiser gave him an honorary deed
grafton, which the inventor has lond
since trampled under his feet Hi
inventions have been used IN ever}
land, In fact the half crazed Serbian
who killed the Austrian Archduke 81
that fatal July evening in 1914. used
an automatic pistol OF RrowninEs mi
vention. Fire arms OF his invention
have played parts in nearly ever1
great event in the world and it seerj
but fitting that an invention of hid
should end this awful conflict,
The machine gun can be moved
quickly from one place 10 anothe
when any sort OF cover offers Each
gun has squad Of about ten men
and should they find themselves tod
closely pressed they pick up theft
weapon, fall back a short distance and
then open up again.
One military authority has declared
that one machine gun is worth whole
battalion armed with rifles. Few soil
diers can keep up fifteen rounds 4
minute rapid fire with a rife. but 4
machine gun can discharge 500 rounds
in a minute, ard one of the machine
guns can discharge /, 500 bullets With
out stopping. -.
A machine gun hidden IN shei3
hole can Do valiant work against 6
German alrman. A. the beginning o.
the present war the British had onls
two machine guns TO each Infantry
battalion, while Germany had a. lees.
dozen Today both the Allies and
Central Powers have special mach.n$
gun corps besides those belonging d
the infantry and men thoroughly
trained for the work. TIE nachir{
gun Is now the most deadly weapod
both for md ard air warfare.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-05
~@.~@5Z~Y os1zo ~ @Nzcg

But the men are turning 1t out in rec
ord quantities and in record time,
They are making the fir fly" both IN
France and In America.
\ Race
Speaking of the way the boys" are
going TO II on the other side, Colonel
Greeley says: Keen rivalry between
the different companies has put much
added punch into the game. The A
and 3. Company mills OF the ........
Engineers, two of the first TO begin
running, were both rated at TO- 600
board feet In 10 hours. once shaken
down, both were clipping off from
10000 to $4,000 feet of lumber in two
nine hour shifts. Then A Company
put on three seven hour shifts and
passed 29, 600 feet. B Company came
back with run OF $500 feet of
lumber and 1900 feet OF ties in two
nine hour shifts"
Much appreciation Is felt by the
American foresters in France for the
benefits they receive from the Welfare
Fund for Lumbermen and Foresters.
many contributions to which have
been received at the Washington
headquarters OF the American For
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-05

to muzzle of the gun through the
channel of the cooling arrangements.
The Lewis gun Is much used in aero
plane work.
Bcnit.Mercie
The Benit-Msrcie, an automatic ma
chine gun or rife used in the United
statss Array and NApy-is enc Of the
general >types OF gas operative guns
and the maximum rate of Are Is about
400 shots per minute. 1t Is effective
at about 1900 yards. The gun Is air
cooled 1t weights twenty seven
pounds and with tripod about fifty
pounds. 1t Is usually carried on pack
mules, being especially popular with
the Italians In their mountain fight
ing.
Browning's Great Work
The Browning gun. recently tried
out. IS expected to prove the greatest
OF all machine guns and is the work
Of John NJ. Browning. whose patents
are on nearly every machine gun al
ready In use. Two machine guns of
the Browning !nyention- were recently
tried out at the various cantonments
dIfl ~ oNtu S1NLI u NGtSSSS Nhdt tHG
manufacturers cannot turn them out
fast enough The Browning guns to
be used by the United States Army
are two different types, One Is known
as heavy weighing thirty-four and
one-hslf pounds, including the water
for It's cooling system. It can be used
both on the ground and in aeroplanes.
where the high speed keeps It so cool
that the air Jacket can be discarded
as well as reducing Its weight to only
twenty-five pounds. One or the things
which makes Il effective is its sim
picity and the number of shots per
minute which are six hundred Its
construction Is so simple that any set
Of workmen can make three of these
guns to any one II other types
Browning also has light weight
rapid FIRE gun, which weighs only fif-
teen pounds and can be shot from the
shoulder like an ordinary rife BY
simply pressing a button one magazine
can be detached and substituted for
another Each magazine carries
twenty rounds
The inventor Is known TO his friends
as "ola J. NJ =" and was born in Utah
where ordnance making is not one OF