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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21
TREAT WOUNDED IN FACE OF FOE

seen the troops, guns and transports
go by in streams to points in the rear,
but as long as the wounded are
brought there, these Americans will
stay.
A few hours after American Red
Cross headquarters in Paris learned
of the big German offensive, it dis
patched eight trucks and motor cars
to this hospital to aid in the evacua-
ton of the patients. Night and day
the Red Cross drivers worked bring
ing the wounded from the hospital to
Paris.
When this had been accomplished
the Red Cross cars went out into the
surrounding country to pick up the
wounded, who were attempting to
walk to hospital, and to aid the
refugees struggling along the rad.
Besides Transporting these two hun
dred or more wounded men to places
of safety, the Red Cross cars aided
80 refugees to the railroads in three
days.
But their work had only begun.
Despite the evacuation of the hospital
and the consequent order for more of
the staff to accompany the patients to
points Of safety, the wounded kept
coming in. Ninety per cent of them
were serious cases. Practically all
demanded immediate operations. Not
simple operations, but major ones,
where a steady nerve, delicate touch
and sure hand were necessary to give
the wounded the best chance for life.
Night and day the American sur
geons worked. There were a few
nurses to assist, but all were tired
completely tagged, mentally and
physically. Every one needed rest
But there were the men coming in
every few hours, their bodies pitifully
torn, and suffering untold agonies. So
no one thought of stopping, and even
when one did get few hours off duty
there were the big guns only few
hundred feet from the hospital. They
belched and roared all night.
OF course, some of the cases were
hopeless and no amount of surgical
skill or medical attention could save
them. Here again the American Red
Cross men came in for more work.
They had to dig the graves and act as
pallbearers.
One night was especially hard. The
doctors were kept busy in the Oper-
ating room until three o'clock in the
morning. The nurses had to have a
able So again the Red Cross drivers
were called upon. One became an aid
to the operating surgeon, remaining
in service until the last wounded man
was rolled finally into his bed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21
RAISE GARDEN STUFF
Red Cross Establishes Truck
Farms in France.
Supplies Recreation and Employment
to convaIescents and Increases
Food Supply.

Paris.-With view to supplying
recreation and employment to conval-
escents, and incidentally increasing
the food supply, the American Red
Cross has established ten truck farms
in connection with base hospitals in
France where, under trained supervi-
sion. the convalescents are raising
vegetables for consumption in the hos
pftals. The number Of farms will be
increased during the year, the Ameri-
can Red Cross supplying seed, imple-
ments and trained supervision. as we'll
as money for operating expenses.
At one place, where there are three
base hospitals together, farm of 100
acres is now under cultivation, though
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21
SALT WOODEN SHIPS
Method Used to Lengthen Life OF
Vessels.
Turns Seepage Into Brine, Which Acts
as Preservative of the
Wood.

Seattle, Wash.-C. o. Morrow, pres
ident of the Elliottray Shipbuilding
company, suffered something of a
shock the other morning, but at that it
was nothing to the shock suffered by
several prominent citizens who were
taking a stroll through the company's
big wooden shipbuilding plant.
The citizens were shocked when they
discovered that 20 tons of rock salt is
used in building each of the big wood
en- ships now under construction in
Seattle. Mr. Morrow was shocked be
cause his callers didn't know that rock
salt is a shipbuilding material. Every
body on the water front knows that,
but it seems that there are a lot OF
prominent business men who didn't
There is now a suspicion that only
very few residents east of Railroad
avenue know that a wooden ship has
to be sailed.
In showing the prominent citizens
about his plant Mr.. Morrow came to
the building in which he stores this
rock salt. A railroad car was unload
ing another shipment.
This is where we keep the salt for
the Ships" said Morrow.
'Haw, haww said one caller, who is
something Of humorist. Il suppose
you're afraid the ships will get too
fresh?''
That's the exact truth" said Mr..
Morrow.
But the citizens wouldn't believe him
until they had examined the salt. Some
| of them tasted it. The storehouses
| contained 120 tons.
Mr.. Morrow explained that the salt
is poured between the frames OF g.
wooden ship above the water line and
is tamped down solid. Then if any wa
ter seeps into the spaces between the
frames it is turned to brine and does
not damage the wood. Instead, it acts
as a preventative.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21

who have travelled in China know
what tael is. 1t is not coin, but
weight of silver. The haikwan or
customs tael is one and one-third
ounces of silver, 1916 fine. Each
province has tael, too, varying slight
~ from province to province, but
usually weighing about an ounce.
While the tael is not coin, it is cast,
even in one tael pieces, but such
pieces are curiosities. The 60-tael
piece, however, which is called
"sycee" or "shoe" and is worth at re-
cent rates Of exchange about $64 in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21

by Col. E. 81. r. Green of Texas, son
of the late Hetty Green. Over a win
dow counter at the post office in Wash
ington this sheet sold for $24.
So far as is known here, this is the
only sheet that escaped the vigilance
of the Washington postal authorities.
Colonel Green said here he planned
to retain a portion of the sheet for his
collection and dispose of the other
stamps among his friends. 1t is pre-
dicted by philatelists that if the sheet
proves to be the only one in existence
outside the government ownership, the
stamps will attain a philatelic value
of $3.50 each.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21
BROTHERS PREFER DEATH
TO EXPOSURE OF BODIES

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Rather than
expose their bodies to physical
examination William and Chris
tan Hoag, brothers, prefer
death. This was their state
ment to United States Commits
sioner Knox here when they
were charged with evading the
draft by not presenting them
selves for physical examination.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21

balances between banks must still be
settled as they were in New York and
other American cities before the Civil
war, observes Asia. One of the sights
of Chinese city familiar to the long
time resident but surprising to the
visitor is that of coolies carrying from
bank to bank great boxes of silver,
suspended on bamboot poles.
And still stranger is the form Of
that silver. Most Americans who
have read about China at all know
that the Chinese monetary measure is
tael, but probably few except those
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21
"FIat-Foot" Walks 11s Miles.

Elkins, w. Va.-Tom Binns, twenty
two, miner, says mine" is lucky for
him. Eight times he tried to get int
the United States military service but
failed because of fiat feet. The ninth
time carried him over. He is now a
member of the naval reserves. To
prove that he was able to hike with
the best of them, Binns walked LII
miles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21

cumbers, leeks, lettuce, melons, mache
salad, onions, parsley, peas, potatoes,
parsnips, pumpkins, radishes, spinach,
squash, tomatoes, turnips, cress, fem
mel and sorrel. A large amount of the
last is used both as boiled vegetable
and in making soup.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21
IF A WATCH Is WEARING
APPAREL, THEN HE WINS

Wichita, Kan.-Is a watch
wearing apparel? That is the
question that John Lewis, a
Wichita furniture dealer. has
asked the courts to decide. Lew
Is has the business in his wife's
name. He has been sued sew
eral times lately.
In one suit his watch and all
the money that he happened to
have with him, so cents, were
attached. Lewis, through his at
torney, claims that the watch is
wearing appare.., adjournment"
and cites the Century dictionary
for proof.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21
PLAY GAME WITH BIG GUN
Frenchmen Wager as to Hour the
Bombardment of Paris Will
Start.

Paris.-A new sport has made it's
appearance in Paris as result of
the long-range cannon bombardment.
One may drop in at any cafe or res
taurant any day and find the game in
progress.
After the dinner or between sips Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21
Attract and RepeI Lightning.

The best conductors of lightning,
placed in the order of conductivity, are
said to be: Metals, gas coke, graphite,
solutions of salts, acids and water.
The best nonconductors. ending with
nearly perfect insulation, are India
rubber, gutta-percha, dry air and gases.
wool, ebonite, silk, glass. wax, sui
phur, resins, paraffin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21
SANK EXCHANGE IN CHINA
Strange Form of Cash by Which All
Balances Are Settled In
That Country.

OF bank clearings in China one may
make the same statement that was
made of snakes in Ireland; there
aren't any. Because of the great num-
her of native banks which have not
vet caught up with American ana Eu-
ropean practice it has not been feas-
fhle to establish clearing houses, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21
ERROR STAMPS BRING $4,000
inverted AirpIane on New Impression
Creates Big value-Bought by
Colonel Green.

New York.-A sheet of 100 of the
new postal airplanes stamps, but with
the airplane turned upside down
through an error made by the bureau
Of engraving and printing at Wash
lncton. has been purchased for $4,000
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21

coffee a paper is passed around with
the question: SAT what hour will the
big cannon fire its next shot?' Each
persons fills in the time he thinks the
strafing will begin and pays a franc
The firing of the cannon causes more
excitement than fear. The waiter
PUSHES for the list, while the others
crowd around, shouting and gesticu-
lating to find out whose guess has
been the nearest and who gets the
money.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21
s.u.x1Is.....=;::::zs...I,ppss.. -
. Americans Best
With HeRifle
Weapon Comes Into Its Own with
Arrival of Pershing's ShdrpshooteTs
~-R~0,
zlIz12esz AssssaS5SS

200 to 600 yards in both
rapid and slow fire and
must make above 253,
points out of a possible
300. The sharpshooter
must average 23S out OF
300 on the same course.
It is no unusual record
for a candidate of either
of these classes to hang
up ten consecutive bulls
ewes out of ten shots at
the 6OO-yard range.
The German does not
rely on his individual abil-
ity with the rifle. He Is
inclined to shoot wildly
and at random. Reports
have reached US Of Ger
man companies frantically
wasting great quantities
of ammunition after d
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21

Rats hinged to the sides of life
boat and which spread out when 1t is
afioat to give additional buoyancy
form recently invented device for
safety at sea.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21

Pittsburgh, Pa.-The local food adj
ministration has decided to make
sauerkraut less German by striking
out the hyphen. 1t has been officially
placed on the list of patriotic foods
and it is believed more would be eat
en- if given the name picked cab
bage."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21

gold, is current among banks, and 1t
is with this strange form of cash that
bank balances are settled
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-21

LTH the entrance of American troops
into the front-line trenches the rifle
is coming, into it's own in the Eu-
ropean war. Hitherto, except with
the Canadians, it has not played the
part that might have been expected
of it.
Already the deadly accuracy OF
American craftsmanship has taken
its toll of German victims, for the
rifle is the favorite weapon of our
troops.
The reasons for this are several.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13

were unable to get full returns from life in work, and happiness.'
 The physical education needed must assume physical activity as the basic thing, the speaker added. There must be wholesome physical environment individual physical examination and record, and medical supervision Of schools.
 Tt should provide for all persons between six and IS years of age. It should extend it's benefits to youth above the compulsory school age. It should provide federal aid to permit states to carry on effective systems of physical education. This federal air should be limited to preparation of teachers for skilled service and pay- ment for skilled service.
 The program proposed will raise the positive co-efficient of the physical life of the nation. It will build mor- ality upon the solid foundation of phy- sfca1 soundness and vitality. It will be g. powerful influence in American ization.'
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13
milann'a

magnitude of the engineering work of the navy, both mechanical and electrical not only in it's actual amount but in the rapid development of facilities for it's execution-has been without parallel for the same period of time in the history of the worlds navies."
 To keep up the fleet abroad, three repair bases were established in France, one in Great Britain, one at Gibraltar and two in the Mediter- ranean. These were supplemented by six repair ships which achieved re- markable results in repairing vessels at sea.
 The report makes the first official announcement regarding develop ment of the submarine detection de- vices and shows that American equip ment for this purpose has been placed aboard both British and French naval craft. Details are not disclosed, however, the report in this
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13
PHYSICAL DEFECTS
 IN MANY CHILDREN
50 Per Cent. of Those of School
 Age filling

Chicago, Dec. 1S.-Fifty per cent. of the 25.000.000 boys and girls of school age have physical defects that impede normal development, Willard s. Small, school hygiene specialist of the federal Bureau of Education, said in an address yesterday before the American Public Health association.
 After declaring that the nations need of physical education" is inn perative, the speaker pointed out that 2,6Oo,O00 men in the first draft were disqualified for active military service because of physical defects, and added:
 Being unfit for military service. they were, therefore, unfit to render full service in any capacity. They
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13
GREAT RAILWAY OPENS.
Czech -Slays Permit Use of Trans-Si-
 berian Lines Again.

Pekin, Oct. 30 Correspondents of Associated Press) .-One of the inn mediate results of the CzechoSlovaks' success in Siberia is the re-opening of normal traffic on the Siberian railway ,at least as far as Irkutsk, the service between Vladivostok and Harbin having been in operation for some time, and it Is no strain upon the imagination to anticipate through communication to Europe at no dis tant date
 The American Railway Commission in Siberia has contributed to this re- suit. About eighty of the 300 m en- bers of the Commission which was ac- cepted by the Kerensky government went for months to Nagasaki after the Bolshevik revolution, but the re- mainder spent the time in Siberia, where by mixing with the Russian workers and demonstrating simple improvements and up-to-date meth ods, they gradually introduced changes which have enormously in creased the efficiency of a portion of the line.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13
Stomach Misery
Get Rid of That Sourness, Gas anC
 Indigestion.

Get Rid of That Sourness, Gas and
 Indigestion.
 When your stomach is out of order or run down, your food doesn't di- gest. It ferments in your stomach and forms gas which causes sourness, heartburn, foul breath, pain at pit of stomach and many other miserable symptoms.
 Mi-o-na stomach tablets will give joyful relief in five minutes; if taken regularly for two weeks they will turn your fabby, sour, tired out stomach into & sweet, energetic, per feet working one.
 You can't be veH strong and wig orous if your food only half digests. Your appetite will go and nausea, dizziness, biliousness, nervousness, sick headache and constipation will follow.
 Mi-o-na stomach tablets are small and easy to swallow and are guaran- teed to banish indigestion and any or all of the above symptoms or money back. For sale by The Clark & Brainerd Co.,, and all leading drug gists.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13
IT IS NEW MINIMUM
 AGE FOR SAILORS
Parent or Guardian Must Give Con. sent; Can Go Home Over
 Holidays.

New Haven, Dec. 13.-Minim um age limit for enlistment of apprentice seamen has been reduced to IT,
 Every applicant between the ages of Y and IS presenting himself for enlistment as an apprentice seaman must be accompanied with father, or by his mother in case the father Is de- ceased or by his legally appointed guardian in case he has neither father nor mother living, and the parent or guardian presenting such a person must sign the prescribed consent, declaration and oath" which forms part of the shipping articles
 In cases where parents or guard la11s may, by reason of distance, in hrmlty, or other causes, be unable to appear at the place of enlistment, they
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13
l,959 ]. s. VESSELS
 OPERATING ABROAD
Month Before Truce Was Signed-
 Naval Development Shown .

Washington, Dec. 13.-One month before the armistice with Germany ended the war, the American navy was operating a total of 1859 vessels of all descriptions, of which 264 carrying 42,oOO men were actively participating in the war in European waters.
 These figures were disclosed yes terday in the annual report of Rear Admiral Griffin, chief of the bureau of steam engineering. Daily expendi- lures of the bureau during the war year covered by the report exceeded s777,oo0.
 Admiral Griffin said the regular navy on the date of his report con- sisted of 570 ships, supplemented by 93 vessels from the Coast Guard, Lighthouse Service, Coast and Geo. detic Survey and Fish Commission In addition the navy was then operating 937 converted merchant craft, yachts and the like, and the Naval Overseas Transport service, consisting of PAT Shipping Board and other supply vessels, with 112 more about to be commissioned Construction under way for the regular navy at that time included 376 new ships of all kinds and 52 tugs.
 Naval Operations Abroad.
 "Since the United States became 8 beiligerent,' the report states, 'the
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13
Have You a Large Family :.

If so, your butter bill must be quite large. Try Benefit Brand Sweet Nut Margarine for week. It costs only 33c 1b. and once tried you'll never go back to butter again. Sweet Nut'' Margarine tastes, has the same food value, and when served, looks the same as the finest creamery butter. It is made of the nutritious elements found in the white, creamy meat of cocoanuts, churned with pasteurized milk-a delicious, pure, wholesome product; good alike for eating and cooking. Sweet Nut" Margarine does not contain a particle of "oleo" or pre- servatiye-Just cocoanut and milk. Benefit Brand Sweet Nut" Margarine is sold only at the Direct Importing Co.'s yellow front stores, BIT Main St., 365 Arch St, New Britain, where Benefit Brand Teas, Coffees and Gro cery Specialties are retailed at whole sale prices,
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13

inclusive, were under construction but the first two being 35-knot a The chief difficulty to be overcom carrying out the huge destroyer ject was building the engines, yey July 1 the driving plants of the boats then building were well vanced. Many of the vessels s have been delivered.
 Work Already Under Way.
 Of the big ships, engines for out of eight new battleshtpsA passed the 20 per cent. mark. No VI beyond preparation of plans appar ly had been done on engines forI six authorized battle cruisers work had not much more than sta on plants for three of the six aut| ized scout cruisers.
 Submarine building on July 1 nl bered 100, and the tables show engines for 28 were more than 6@ cent. ready; 14 of them being well the 90 per cent.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13

will, on written application to the commanding officer of this recruiting g station, be furnished with the printed form "consent, declaration and oath' in duplicate, by executing which the enlistment will be perfected should the recruits be accepted by the board of examining officers.
 All other applicants between the ages of Is and 35 will be enlisted upon application and passing required ex- animation.
 Leave of absence will be granted all recruits desiring it from date of en- listment to January 1, 1919, in order that they may be at home over the holidays.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13

connection confining itself to the fol- lowing paragraph:
 C-Boat Destruction.
 Previous to July 1, 1917, there were two devices for submarine de- lection in service. One was the Fes- senden oscilator, primarily intended for sending and receiving underwater signals: the other was 8 device de- veloped by the General Electric com pany Since then eight other devices for submarine detection have been de- veloped and made in quantity, not only for our own navy, but for the British admiralty and the French Ministry of Marine. Modified forms of these devices have also been de- signed for use in protection of the Atlantic coast of the United States"
 Taking up naval radio developm ent, Admiral Taylor shows that through the new high-power plant at Annapo- lis and the station built by the navy in France and nearing completion, provision had been made which would have kept the United States govern ment in touch with it's forces in Flu rope constantly. even if every subma- rine cable had been cut. The radio communication system has been ex- tended vastly, S4 additional main sta tions having been built during the year.
 Radio Development.
 Striking achieveme ments are noted in development of radio outfits for naval aircraft. Comm unication from ma chimes in flight to shore stations is now possible at a distance of 200 miles, the report says, while the land station can communicate with a ma- chine in air 50 miles away. Through the radio telephone, the aircraft can talk to stations 60 miles away and receive verbal instructions from sta tions 5 miles distant. Both systems have been employed with the coastal patrol maintained by aircraft
 Tables annexed to the report show that the battleship Mississippi, 12 de- stroyers, eight of which are 35-knot boats, and i submarines had been de- liVered prior to the first of last July. At that time destroyers Nos. 70 to 344,
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13
LUXURY TAX IN JAPAN.

Tokio, Dec. 13.--Japan is contem- plating the imposing of a tax on lux uries. One aim of the proposed tax is to check the growth of luxurious tendencies among the people.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13

Have your dollars ready.-advt
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13
Shop In the Modern Store
OUT AND SHOPPING EARLY IS THE RULE OF THESE BUSY DAYS.
NINTH FLOOR. Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture

BUSY DAYS.
 And customer CTS appreciate this store of manifold convent ences more than ever during the rush of Christmas shopping.
 Crowding, confusion, noise and the proverbial tiresome features of holiday gift-buying are eliminated for all time.
 With it's spacious floors, it's wide aisles, it's beautiful system of washed air ventilation, you agree that this store is a good thing for Hartford and for you personally.
 As for handise-which, after all is the main thing-4we have now most generous stocks in all lines, but advise irnmedi- ate buying as many articles cannot be duplicated at present prices, and not a few cannot be duplicated at any price.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-13
Moquette Couch Covers
ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR.

A beautifrh assortment of MoUuette Couch Covers, A very fine reproduction Of Oriental Rugs, both in color and design, so inches wide, full leng tn, spe- cial at $16.50.