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Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
Ordnance Department Provides Cars
 for Field Use.
Among the standard motor vehic

Among the standard motor vehicles being provided by the Ordnance De- partment are tht following:
 The ammunition truck, which has steel body designed to accommodate packing boxes of any type of ammu- hilton mounted on a four wheel drive truck chassis. The equipment repair
 truck, making use of tht same type of chassis, has bins and drawers foi spare parts and material for repair ing personnel equipment, rifles and machine guns. leather equipment, etc
 The artillery repair truck has a four Whtel drive chassis and a small ma chineshop body with equipment con-
 sisting of lathe, drill press, bench grinder, electric drill welding outfit, air riveting hammer, milling attach
 ment, blacksmith outfit, and othef
 tools. Electric power is supplied by a gasoline driven gtnerator
 The 21k ton artillery tractor weighs
 about 5000 pounds and is capable of
 making F miles an hour under fla
 vorable road conditions. The 5-tcn
 artillery tractor, weighing 5000
 pounds and capable of a speed of 6
 miles an hour, will handle a. load of 10000 pounds. It is intended for use with AT inch gun and 6-inch howitzer material. A load of 1S000 pounds is the maximum for the 10-ton artillery tractor, which will make about 415
 miles an hour on high speed. The 15-ton artillery tractor and the 120- horsepower artillery tractor will be supplied in linittd numbers. They
 are of the track-laying type similar to those used by the French and British Governments and are for heavy loads which are not subdivided for transportation.
 Other standard motor equipment consists of the real and fire control truck with a four wheel drive truck chassis and rear wheels replaced by caterpik ar tracks; reconnaissance car 1-ton truck capable of a speed of from 30 to 40 miles an hour the light repair truck, weighing about 2.400 pounds: the 1 F ton trailer for anticraft guns; the 3-inch field gun l trailer, which is utilized for hauling ! ammunition as well as the 3-inch gun materiel.
 1 Tanks and other armored land ve- 1 hicIes are designed, procured. and
 maintained by the Ordnance Depart 1 ment.
 i There has been a constant effort to 1 keep the variety of vehicles and parts | to a. minimum. Only one size of tire 1 is used on all the heavier trucks an1 1 trailers, this size also being used or 1 similar vehicles by the Quartermastel | Corps, Signal Corps, and Engineers 1 The same nagneto is used on all types l of ordnance vehicles. All types o- 1 ordnance truck bodies are inter | changeable on all truck chassis is l sued to the Artillery.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
MT. HOPE

Charles Southworth. has returned from Willimantic after spending a few days in the hospital for treatment.
 Mrs. Adele Ford spent Sunday with her sister. Mrs. Jennie Bacon, return ing to Norwich Monday
 Miss Mary Brown of New: London ana MISS Katherine Fletcher of Staten Island were visitors at Mrs. Jenria Bacons last week. s.-.
 Frank Young of Brooklyn has re- turned after spending a. few days at home
 Arthur Burdick will be out on the road with his new car in a few days,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
ATTAWAUGAN
News Received of Safe Arrival of Boys
 of Battery D.

Mrs. George Colby visited MT. and Mrs. Albert Robinson several days this week.
 George Colby and John Hemminway of Phoenix called on friends here on Sunday
 Mrs. Ironhorn and Mrs. Bert Chase and child were in Norwich Tuesday.
 Elmer c. Wood is i'll.
 Mrs. Louis Morgan of Turner Falls visited her parents, MT. and Mrs. Julius Mason, over the week end.
 Bernard Caffery, Jr., of Dayville is visiting his grandmother.
 Herbert Thyng has returned home from Chester. Pa, where she has been all winter.
 Louis Aldrich of Jewett City called on friends here last week.
 There was dance at the Social hall Saturday evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
Course Prepared to Train Men for
 Technical Endowment.

A war emergency course to train selected men for machine shop occu- pations, biacksmithfng. sheet-metal working, and pipe fitting has been prepared by the Federal Board for Vocational Education and will be dis tributed to the schools throughout the country. It is known as bulletin No. s.
 The board is acting with tht War Department in preparing these courses of study and in dealing with the State authorities in charge of the school work,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
New Card Record to Expedite Pay of
 Men in Service.

There is being prepared in The Ad- jutant Generals office new "pay card" which will be kept by the ptr- sonnel officer and will show the pay status of the man at all times. Should man be transferred or detached from his company he will carry his card with him. This is expected to elimi- nate the many causes for delayed payments of men so transferred, and to do away with many of the annoy anees that have heretofore existed.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13

Westerly, have taken possession of the farm which MT. Bonnar bought of John B. Perry. MT. Bonnar and MT Williamson continue to work at West erly, going by automobile.
 Mir. and Mrs. Mario Host are now with the latter's parents, just north of this village. Mrs. Maine was in West erly Wednesday and was accompanied home by the newlyweds.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13

East Haddam.-The pupils of the Pine Brook school, which is taught by Miss Mary Cavanaugh, have been en- rolled in junior members of the Red Cross society for the year 1918, with 10G per cent. membership. The chill dren have shown their patriotism by doing this and should be proud to think their school is the first in town to receive this honor.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
Australian Farmers May Put Cattle
 on Wheat Land.

Recently there has bten considerable discussion through the press and at public meetings in Australia concern ing the advisability of producing more beef cattle and sowing less acreage to. wheat, according to report to the Department of Commerce.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
Safely Across,

Word has been received here of the safe arr:val overseas of Odelard Obin Arthur Shepard, Walter Robinson Ovid Jarvis, Edwin Heselton, Edgar Mathieu, and James Stockton, of this place whom are members of Battery D, that left Fort Terry two weeks ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
CLARK'S FALLS
Great Quantities of Laurel Being Gath cred and Sent to New York-Five Men from Westerly Picking It by the Cartioad.

Miss Julia Fleming resumed her school duties in this district Monday after spending the Easter vacation at her home in Grafton, Mass. She was accompanied by Dorothy M. Collins.
 Ruthless Picking of Laurel.
 Five Syrian men from Westerly are lodging in enc of A. M. Clarl1's tene- uents They have been busy gather ing mountain laurel for decorating purposes, breaking off the tips that soon would be in blossom. J. D. Mac Outlook has delivered several two horse loads at the Westerly depot for shipment to New York Mountain laurel is the state flower of Connecti cut Not only it's glossy green leaves 6ut it's pink and white blooms are very attractive. It is very plentiful in this part of the state. but residents here don't want it exterminated. While some owners of land make no objec- ton to the picking, of laurel. others are not as willing to part with it, and have ordered the men off their prem ises. In one instance a man empha- sized his words with a shotgun.
 Mir and Mrs. Irving c. Eccieston were callers on relatives here We'd nesday on their way home from West erly to West Ashwillett.
 Corp. Thomas Callahan of Camp Devens was at his home here recently.
 Take Possession of Farm.
 Mir. Bonnar and sister and the lat ters husband. MT. Williamson, of
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
WAR NEWS DIGEST
Stories Activities and Conditions Throughout the United States on j.

for which the United States permits so far as consistent with it's con servation policies, the export1to Spain of necessary supplies of cotton and other commodities to cover gtnuine Spanish requirements.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
session of Farm.

Mir. Bonnar and sister and the lat ter's husband, Mir. Williamson, of
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
Weekly Examinations to Fill Positions
 in Civil Service.

So urgent is the Governments need for bookkeepers that civil service ex- aminations to fill positions of this character will be held throughout the United States each Tuesday until fur ther notice. Women as well as men are eligible.
 Two classes of examina tions are an nounced. A grammar school education or it's equivalent is required of ap- plicants for either class, with the further stipulation. that those who wish to take the bookeeper- typewriter examination must have had at least six months experience in bookkeeping. and those who would undertake the clerk -bookkeeper examination, one years experience in clerical work, six months of which must have been ill bookkeeping. The vacancies to be filled from the register obtained from these examinations are in the depart mental service at Washington and offer entrance salaries of s1,0000 a year.
 These examinations are open not only to all citizens of the United States but also to subjects of allied nations who are otherwise qualified for the positions offered.
 A national school poster competition has been put under way by the
  Prizes of war Savings stamps are to awarded for the best posters dealing with war savings stamps and cer- tiicatts, designed by pupils Of public schools and art schols. The contest will close May Is. aA The Norwegian Government has ap- l propriated $7 100000 to assist in tensiwe ag-e ,ultural development. | Of this amount, s4.500.000 is to main. l tain low maximum prices for cattle 1 feed and fertilizer.
 New Japanese concerns numbering over 100 are reported as having en tered business at Shanghai during 1917 The Japanese population is rapidly increasing, now being about ] 14,O0O. A standard system of inspection by which Federal food administrators 1 may keep a check on commercial 1 bankers is being worked out by tpe ! Department of Agriculture and the Food Administration.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
Raw Cotton from United States Goes

The War Trade Board has granted lictnses for raw cotton to Spain in quantities sufficient to load several Spanish vessels. This action provides cotton necessary to fill the norman re- quirements of the Spanish mills.
 Under the agreement with Spain that nation permits frte export to the allies of certain commodities in return
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-04-12

contributed TO the Red Cross and 81.
a. G. a. and II lct on this time he win
move ~ some other community where
he cen repent hls oTonse before o.
different lot OF citizens Add the corn-
Ell Tor defense refers tie case 20 the
u 8 District Attorney who Ia course
" timo replies that 50 far IS he knows
there h mo- statute INV covering the
case and mr.. Hun has made joke
Of the council for defense and the law
and The loyalty Of the citizens OF the
community And thon the visions
rise OF our boys with their tsroats cut
and eyes gougd out and bodies mutl-
lated and the community SEES RED
and proceeds to out-Hun The Hun and
to fine that community would only og-
srvate It to an uncomfortable desire
% sure get its moneys worth of Hun
hides while the getting Is good and
thousands of Innocent people would feel
the vengcnco az the mob. The senate
should remove the cause OF auti-Ger-
man mobs Instead Of PLANNING to pun
Ish the mob ana there would De mo-
mohs 90 hunish.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-04-12
DRASTIC MEASURES

senator Reed. Of Missouri. and "wil-
ful Twelve" fame. has introduced bill
providing that any county or city per-
hitting a mob to hang Tor otherwise
injurel any German person shall
be fined from i've thousand to ten
thousand dollars
The immediate cause OF Senator
Reeds interest in this matter was the
hanging last week Of a pro- German in
Illinois after the authorities had re-
fused 10 stop the said German from
Hooking Der Kaiser IN the faces OF
loyal citizens Il was a ease where the
law bad failed 20 protect the citizens
either through the weakness OF the law
or the weakness Of the officers en-
trusted with tho enforcement of the
law. The remedy proposed hy Senator
Reed Is in exact harmony with his re-
cord on war work.
lie Is one Of the Senators lined up
with Bob LaFollette In opposition to
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-04-12


Fused g withdraw Lenfoot' a. 'hey ie'i
sure q hls election regardless ~ she
~ one seriously considered ne pos
"iri'''s - ihe election % berNer The
contest aettled down g Lenroot Re-
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''''lA'fnihf wisconsin fof p"}lH' ga
lie same ''a's q" 'ne ifss'a'nta let- (
tfi"
finhie Lewis. the red whiskered Sem (
ator from Illinois, and close friend
~ the President len hia duties in the
Senate ana spent some time talking Tor
Davis
The National Democratic organiza-
ton excrted its utmost energies for
Davis az indicated bv the facts above
stated.
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-04-12
pARrlsANsAlp vs. nArRIoTlsM

The New York World aceusea the
Wisconsin, Republicans Of placing par
tikanship ahead ~ patriotism ln their
recent election 81 ienroot TO the 4.
= Senate Here are the facts frora
which every citizen should base his
Judgment
Through the death 81 ono ~ iis SON
niora vacancy occurred
The Wisconsin law provided for
special election to 90 such a vacancy
The candidates to he nominated by a
primary election.
~ the primers campaign Victor eHr-
ser on the socialist ticket had no ops
i.osisiop. a German platform.
ON the Democratic Heket AR. Davis
was nominated on loguiist platform.
on the Republican ticket sharp
contest took place between IaFouctte
and ami .iafoilsite fsrtions - the
party i.enrooi the onti.I.aFonette
candidate was nominated
The REGULAR election WAS held the
hrst week n Apfii The Republican
party was apparently hopelessiy split
ever the primary roniest
Bot tho election shaped itself with
Davis Democrat. and Lenroot. Repub-
iican. running on ipyaiist platforms /
each pledged 70 Support the Admlnis- I
trasion ia rs war policies. nerrer. So
ciaii~i. running on a disloyai platform. 4
The rest of the country looked upon
the outcome ~ the election as a teat
of the Royalty of Wisconsin. since Il
had very barge German population
end had been thoroughly worked into
q stats o. political Torment by the So
cialists. ne l. " W the Nonpartisan
League and an other disloyal clements
who esntefed their efforts in The cleo.
iion q BERGER.
II was fcared that the ioyalist vote
might ~ - divided between Davis ana
tsnroot a. 70 result 10 the election OF
Berger on a dlsloyal platform
Wisconsin, ir a normally Republican
'isse with Bob laFoilette elected az a
Republican An EFFORT was made 10 1
'triko compromlse between Davis &
Democrat and f.snfoot Republican q
md have one or the other withdraw. I
eaFiug the other 70 run on a strictly In
oyaiiss platform eliminating partisan 4
'eliiies 10 ne campaign c
Wisconsin heins normally stronr
Republican state the Republicans re- "a
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-04-12

m THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF
THE STATE or IDAHO, IN AMI
FOR THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN.
J. b. Steele. Plaintiff
W. NJ. HASTE, Lucy NJ. HASTE. his wife
I and Saida Russell, widow of Al Rus
sci. deceased the unknown heirs Of
AL Russell. deceased; the unknown
owners and the unknown parties in
terested in, the So of the NWA of
Section 70. Township South, Ra lge
16 East of the Boise Meridian, in
said Lincoln County State of Idaho.
Defendants.
ALIAS SUMMONS.
The State of Idaho sends Greetings
to w. NJ. Hastie, Lucy NJ. HASTE, his
wife, and Saba Russell widow of Al
Russell, deceased; the unknown heirs
of Al Russell deceased; the unknown
owners of and unknown parties inter
ested in. the S1k of the NWA of Sec
ton u, Township s South, Range II
East of the Boise Meridian, in said
Lincoln County State of Idaho
You are hereby notified that a COM
plant has been filed against you in
the District Court of the Fourth Ju-
dicial District Court of the State of
Idaho, in and for the County of Lin
coin, by the above named plaintiff and
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Ine pi"lntii .oI me puiciase anu SAFE
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-04-12

the war.
He has vigorously opposed Che food
decentralization and he alone delayed tho
Senate mst summer ia rs war worl,
GER many months every aay Of which
vas distinct advantage for Germany
Now. Instead ~ prppoang ieslsla-
SION calculated q panish traitors and
pro-oermans f9r tauous and tro1-
souabie aots he propoaes punishment
for those outraged by ne weakness n
the law until forced 10 act iu self de-
tense
I Americans are getting worked up 10
the Hehtins pitch on this war problem.
Every loyal citizen as be goes about his
daily tasks carries an over present
vision 81 American soldiers having
their eyes goueed out and their throats
cul by German nends after the soldiers
have boon ovofpowered and surrender
80 He seca cur soldiers struggling Ia the
icy waters az the Atlantic after
noaahe U-Beat has torpedoed the
Ship without a warming. he secs an
fhe dirty luhumnn work Of the Hun
1e carries Those visions constantly in
hls mind a slight word or act from
pro-Gefman ympalhizer eliminates
thla vision into consuming desire 10
remlilate. to hu and KILL am who IN
any manner contribute to these horrors
Tho American IS not only intensely |
loyal but IS just as Intensely interest
ed iu having public functions carried on
by due process of law. But when the
law fails either through lts own weak
ness or the weakness Of the duly elect
ed officers To enforce it. the loyal Am
erican is not going to stand idly by
and have these German Kalserltes grin
Ia his face and Hoch tDer Kaiser. If
u g law cannot reach these yellow back
ID Huns and our law makers win not
give him laws that win quickly and
adequately punish such acts the loyal
american viii not hesitate to admins
cr the punishment without law. Should
his bill to pcnaiize the community for
icting in self defense become law
hen woe to the dutch Hun or any
rlend of the Kaiser who resides in any
american community which as been
med ten thousand dollars for violating
he law Believe me that community
sill resolve to pay the fine and get
Is moneys worth Of German hides.
here are not dozen counties in the
'uited states that would not consider T
IN thousand dollars a good investment =
Or the privilege Of claiming out the q
.aisertes within their borders.
AZ present our law for handling Sc
ition is farce. A man may get out Z
n our streets and deliver himself of
lmost any sort OF Vile contemptuous 4
regarding the flag and our
'ldiers. lie may laugh in the faces @
the friends and relatives of those
'idiers whose eyes were gouged out
1d whose throats We're cut and when
llled TO account before the state or
'unty council for defense he gets down =
nd pleads that he did not mean It as |
l insult, that he was misunderstood
2 his accusers, that it is bit of
'rsonal spite. etc That he has al II
ays been a good citizen. has paid
$ debts and bought liberty bonds and -
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-04-12
RECRUITING OFFICER

D- 'lIH
An ARMY recruiting officer win Doe
located at Shoshone Idaho. from April
18Th, 10 April goth, both days inclusive
for the purpose Of accepting for en-
Hstment qualified applicants for SER
vice IN all branches of the army. This
officer can accept men between the
ages Of IS to p and 81 to Al. Young
man, now is the time to serve your
country where you are most needed
That is in che army
The young man that volunteers his
services now. has the opportunity to
enlist in the Department Of the Army
The daily Alaskan., 1918-09-26
WAS \ DAWSON VISITOR

Major White, commander of the United States army post at Fort William H. seward, at Haines, near Skagway, Alaska, arrived in Daw- son this morning, on tour of the interior of Alaska. He will visit Fort Egbert, at Eagle; Fort Gibbon, at the mouth of the Tanana, and the posts at St. Michael and Nome after which he will return south a. long the Alaskan coast. Major White stated today that he has no information as to the process under which Americans in Canada or othel territory outside of the American rossessions should register under military regulations, but that no dcu1t ample time will be allowed fo' tbosa living in such remote quar- ter as this. and that the instruction' roc. ived here from the American consul at Prince Rupert will cover the matter and that by acting Ill accordance with information from
 him no one need be uneasy.-Da" sen News.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-09-26
DO NOT APPEAL TO VISITOR
Writer Frankly Expresses Feeling of
 Disappointment at Sight of Build - ings Within Kremlin Walls.

To me none of the ten churches with in the Kremlln walls is impressive. Ivan YeliA towers the highest, but 1t Is far from Imposing. writes Maynard Owen Williams in the Christian Her aid. From one side it resembles tow CT rather than Il church, yet it has no such quiet dignity as one finds in the Kutah Mlnar, near Delhi, or the tow erlug dome of St. Sophia with its fanking needle minarets. The other cathedrals are dropped around with careless abandon and q nice disregard for the cost of gold leaf, but none of them dominates a vista or gathers about itself the other masses in pleas ing array. The Kremlin is a mighty whole, composed of many unimposing parts. Its long red walls and splendid gates produce an effect of simple strength which cannot be found within their portals.
 The interiors are as disappointing as are the groups of domes which dis tingulsh the exterlorS. None is large, none is truly intimate. The effect is of surplus gilt and multiplicity of saints which remind one of the gopurams of India. Spindle-shanked saints, whose emacIated figures seem too weak to support their gilt haloes, alternate with knights in armor.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-09-26
PRIMITIVE WAYS IN ARABIA
Mode of Life Differs Little From What 1t Was in the Time of
 Abraham.

It appears that iu certain parts of the Arabian desert life is as primitive as In Abraham's time. Sheep are still slain to seal a VOW. The salt or bread covenant is observed and when a man dies his tent is torn down and destroyed.
 Old names like Joseph. Moses, Alex ander etc, are still in common use among Arabs, although pronounced "Yusuf," "MuSa" and "Skandar." To divorce his wife a man may repeat the formula "Ent telek" three times; usu- ally uttering 1t once makes the woman behave and the repetition is not nee essary. The evil eye superstition is common, and the first injunction giv- en a foreigner by experienced Arabian travellers is that he must not point at animals or persons in Arab settle ments.
 Arabs say that q man possessed of this malign power can look at a bird flying in the air and it will drop dead {; that If he chooses to cast his wicked spell on a camel 1t may go lame, or q child may be struck blind. None of the lower class can read or write, but the Arab Is noted for his ready wit and his habit of speaking in allegory.