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Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05
WESTERLY DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF
Donald Ferguson Advanced Sergeant by Town Council Fire District Committee Named-Draftees Called For Examination Today-James Royal Leaving White Rock NH for Pain6eld Conn. Presented Gift

A. an executive session following the meeting of the Westerly town council Monday, Policeman Donald Ferguson was appointed sergeant Of police and deputy chief with full power to act as chief in the absence of the chief from inc town or for inability to perform -He duties Policeman Frederick T. Mitchell was No. 1 on the force and in hne for promotion, but the councifmen state that the action taken was up- on recommendations Of Thomas E. Brown, chief of police, who gave as ? reason that in addition 10 being po- lice officer, Mr Mitchell was a deputy sheriff. therefore might not be avail able in emergency to act as chief.
 Applications for appointment to membership on the police force to fill Inc vacancy caused by the death ot sergeant Edwin F. West were receiv- cd from Wiibert Clarke. Michael J. Burke. Benjamin Chaunesy.. George 4 Delan and Archie H. Sheldon. The council postponed action on the aD- ro.niment of a policeman to the April meeting.
 These members were present at the meeting. President Maurice w. Flynr, presiding, and Coupciinan FIasveIl NTaiS. Robinson and iowlzr Council man LarlSin is pow an ensign il the navy and Councilman rhprp is spend ing the winter iT the south The cur rent bills for February were approv- eo and ordered paid r. cost the towr H,os for thaving out water service pipes by electricity. The hills from the doctors the ministers and underta kers Tor reporting vital statistics fer the past year amounted to s1t525 Tho bills of doctor and a warchnnan. amounting to s1G.50 for the case or an insane soldier in the police station Tor a week. were held up as .he town solicitor and chief of police were of opinion that the fede,aI government would pay the amount from the sol dicrs pay.
 Town Solicitor Agard called at.en. ton to the financial town r1eetino ae. iion, to tho matter providing for bet Ter Ire proteetion in the town. by the formation of general town fire dis trict-- He suggested that President Flynn appoint a committee to irvesti gate the matter and report to inc council, at a special meeting If neces- sary, to get the matter before tho nres ent session of the general assembly He was in doUbt whether the matter could be shaped in time for presenta ron at the general assembly and perhaps. there was no desire to rush ms very important matter He sug- seaed that the committee to he an pointed be not confined to members ot the town council and that the Watch din Fire district. mus be given the
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05

son, and he is now in Montreal Mrs. kilroy is the proud mother of t3, three of whom have now offered up their lives for the cause of the allies
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-02-19
ILLEGITIMACY IN PRUSSIA.
(From Indianapolis Sunday Star.


 According to statement made in the Prussian House of Representatives in debate vital statistics illegi innate births in Prussia 10 per ofthe number
 It further stated that the number of unmarried mothers in Prussia reaches a total of nearly 100000 yearly thus showing in figures what 10 per really means.
 Commenting this statistical fact. Dr. Enge Berlin ownCouncor says in Vorwaerts that this large propor tion of legtimate children is evidence of the moral healthiness of the German
 On what ground he bases this amazing statement is clear Possibly it is because the proportion births is only 10 per cent when it might be
 Possibly he puts his argument the theory that because the 200000 unfortunate mothers do drown themselves and their offspring murder the fathers, they prove the existence of high grade of morality.
 The percentage of egtimacy. it is well known, has always been high in Germany. and indicates bestial endency that probably of the es in Belgium but semiofcial apology for and boast 'uness condition of affairs far than com and that any other country would be regarded shame and disgrace. is fresh revelation of German character
 George Washingtons formula for keeping warm all Winter billet of wood follows: Take the billet of wood the garrett running upstairs fast in the yard and carry the garret again Repeat the performance often required for comfort Louisville CourierJourna
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-02-19
RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE.

t does real Americans good to hear Presi- dent Wilson talk right from the shoulder, in- -tead of using May suggest etc. his usual cypression even when reprimanding some one.
 Yesterdays dispatches told Us how he had refused to meet the president of the shipyard striking labor union who had asked for confer enee explaining to the latter that it would be waste of time and telling him what he should do. concluding his message by saying: If you do not ;.ct upon this principle you are undoubtedly giv- ing aid and comfort to the enemy" And of course the president is right. Any man or body of men, during this crisis going on a strike, or in any way. shape or form hndar.1g the courtry's aim. is pro-Ge1nan. Those trikers have taken advantage of the situation to improve their own interest at the expense of the country. The profteers are in the same class. And this aplies to any man in any industry whatever.
 Can't we realize that it is the country that is at war and not private corporations, and that the administration is doing it's utmost to win? Can't we realize that whatever hindrance we throw in the administrations way, we give aid and comfort to our enemy? What would we thin of the man who would hold another down in the water in order to save himself from dCOWn- ing? That is just what We do when we hamper the government in order to make few 0annies for ourselves.
 During this crisis, no real American is en- toying life. As matter of fact, we gre all making sacrifices but real Americans prefer to suffer than hamper the government, because they hold the country above personal interests. Not so with the strikers who cannot be real
 mericans. They appear money mad and by neir actions, help the enemy However. t is
 }tifyng to notice that the Presidents patience j; about worn out and at a not far distant date, he may make examples of some of those trouble makers, Meanwhile the real Americans will hope so.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-02-19

The vast majority of the Russian people are very much like the Americans. Here in Amer ica, = pay little attention to theory and logic. We see reality and try to adapt ourselves to it.. It is apparently the same in Russia today. Not 90 with Lenin and Trotsky and the Germans who are attempting to force reality to their theories But they'll never succeed. We know that we cannot change the climate, therefore we adapt ourselves to it. The German nation as well as Lenin and Trotsky should know that they can- not force the world into slavery
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-02-19
POSITIVELY IMPOSSIBLE

It matters not how man knows-or rather how much he thinks he knows about the best half of the world, when it comes right down to brass tacks he knows nothing. Absolutely nothing.
 We have always claimed to be familiar with the vagaries of the woman folks but today we acknowledge our mistake. What we thought was an impossibility last week, nas become a reality this week. We never thought for in- stance that very well-behaved tender aged girl would adopt six-foot-three soldier and bind the compact by giving him a pair of home knitted socks. But she did, which was evidenced yes- terday when the young lady received a letter of acknowledgement couched in the most endearing terms, such as My Dear God-Mother" and ap- parently mighty glad he is adopted. Now. wouldn't that jar you? What is she going to do with that big thing? Girls are simply and posi- lively impossible to understand.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-02-19
THE WRONG PRINCIPLE.

The Bolsheyik government went on record favoring the repudiation of Russa's war debts If the socialist element in that country sanctions such action, they are on the wrong track Instead they should remind the supper
 CTS Of that principle the fact that the nlone. loaned the old regime went a long way in keep ing Russia free from the Huns and the further
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-02-19

fact that had the Huns reached Petrograd-pre- vented in part with that borrowed money-the Bolshevik government would never have exist ed Elen as it exists today. Which is not mU1h of government. the world admits.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-23

that the fishing industries of Alaska arc owned by Americans. They can Ihayc their fish shipped wherever they ! please. The same people largely own all the industries in NIosl,a the copper
 the fish industries, also the transporta- tion lines. Tt is a long story to show tho combinations and the intcrlocking interests of these companies doing bus tncas in Alaska. SuTco to say that by understandings and arrangements satisfactory 10 themselves they have
 fixed very high rate that is a burden to thc people of Alaska.
 believe we should give the Presi- dent full and complete power to ex- ercisc every activity or agency of the government in this trying time The executive department, in every branch and at every place should have a free hand in the conduct of this war and in so doing these things that will give strength to our armies ana support to our people. There will be no need to discriminate against the people of Alaska and deny them q benefit that
 the Shipping Board, in it's wisdom might sec proper 10 provide for them and also for the benefit of our whole country
 Lct the people get their necessarics IS cheaply as possible. Let them get their hardware, their blows, hoes, picks and shovcls at reasonable rates. Let us get the great supply of food that comes from the fish there. Let the copper come as cheaply as possible
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-23

[ Now then, this argument that to per
 init Canadian vessels to engage in the coastwise shipping in Alaska would di-
 vert trade is met by the provision in tion to now, that the shipping board shall limit and define the scope of the trade" This bill is carefully drawn It was an admirable bill as it was first presented, before the committee was induced to amend 1t. This Shipping
 Board shall limit and shall define the
 scope of trade. They can direct where that trade shall be shipped to. They can tell where 1t shall go. They can tell at what time, and so forth, it shall be shipped, so that the Shipping Board can amply protect American interests and American trade.
 Yet, the argument is made that the bil Is only to provide ships when they are needed, and that none are needed in Alaskan waters. I want to direct your attention now to this; This as sumes q condition that is impossible to foretell. Why not leave this to the judgment of the Shipping Board upon whatever conditions may arise?
 If the Shipping Board has the power to fix these rates, we all know that fair competition is the best rate regulator In the world.
 How many of us have had our at tention called to the fact that when
 the Interstate Commerce Commission has fixed reasonable railroad rates for the transportation of freight Q little
 water transportation has cut that
 reasonable rate away down below the figures fixed by the commission or other tribunal If the Shipping Board has the power to fix these rates, why
 not let the people have tho benefit : of the competition? Why, by the in-
 sertion of this proviso exemptins Alas
 ka, utterly deprive the Shipping Board
 of any power whatever under this bill
 to afford relief to the government or
 the people of Alaska
 It is said that there are plenty of
 vessels up there. That statement was
 made before the committee and print
 .ed in the hearings that there are plenty of vessels up there to carry traf- ] hc. In another instance it Is said that 1 they do not need these vessels any
 ed for overseas transportation. N>
 see in the morning paper that the Ship
 ping Board is to commander all yes
 sels of 2,50o tons or more after Oc-
 tober IS. When we come to Alaska
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-23

And the Dispatch adds; When Congressman Houston, an able cham pion for Alaska and democratic leader in the House, was making this elo- 1uent plea for Alaska where was Mir. Charles A. Sulzero
 This plea was made on the floor of the House on September 2S, the exact date Congressman Miller informed tho House that Mir. Sulzor was absent visiting on the Pacific coast.
 When the most vital matter affecting Alaska coming before Congress this summer was being discussed Mr. Sul- Fer slipped away from Washington. ant left the people of Alaska without a voice on the floor of the House, md yet the Empire and Mr Sulzcr have tho cffrontery to parade their greatness before the people who Mir. Sul2cr has already betrayed and deceived with false tcIograms.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-23

what have they got up there? I was in- | terested in the statement on the hear | ings. It was said that there are about steamship companies in operation there, that the Alaska Steamship Co., operate 1G vessels and that are op- erated by the three other companies. It is said that most of them are small: but when the question was put In de- tail 1t was stated that out of the 16 owned by the Alaska Steamship Go. 12 had a tonnage of from 1900 to 5000 tons. In the number are q number of vessels that will be commandeered by the Shipping Rotrd, if they exercise the power they have; and if this bill passes with the proviso In it the Ship ping Board can commanded these yes IEtls of 2,500 tons and take them out of these waters, and the people up there will not be able to get Canadian ship or a ship from any foreign government lo t'tilS Ilclt IlSH to IHdlhcl, DuI tHS fish will spoil on the docks, as they have in several instances, for want of adequate shipping facilities.
 What are the facilities up there There are the Alameda, tonnage 3,15S; the Alaska. tonnage 3,709 tho Valdez 2,3S2; the Juneau, 2,3S2; the Eureka, g. 300. and so on; about ten of them rang ing at the figures I-have given. When they say the vessels of 2,500 tons arc to be communicated, that means dead weight. But these figures do not rep resent dead weight, which understand means also the coal capacity necessary to carry these ships on their voyages every one of these ships will be found to be above the size that the Shipping Board have already decided they will i icommandeer for the use of the Gov ernment Suppose they take these ships Of course, I take it they will exercise their wise discretion and not be reckless and eXtravagant, but sup pose that through dire necessity they take them. Who will carry on the trade between Alaska and our Pacific ports? Who will carry the fish tC market?
 see in this paper the Official Reg. istcr, which was highly oomplimentet by my friend and colleague on tho Committee on Territories. the gentle
 man from Washington (Mr. Johnson)
 that the United States has today 45| ships of over 1.500 tons dead weight with an aggregate tonnage of 2,s71, 900 either engaged in or capable of par
 ticipitating In foreign trade. The poin
 want to emphasize is that 1t will b'
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-23
EXCL LuSl0n FROM FOREIGN TONNAGE
 LAW WORKS HARDSHIP ON ALASKA

far better, certainly is will be far wiser, for this House to strike out that provision and let the Shipping Board in it's discretion determine what shall be done up there. If you keep this amendment In the bill you para llze their arm and they can not do anything to aid transportation, no mat ter what conditions may arise. If you strike 1t out they can exercise the power under the discretion given them by the bill and can make such use of it as the best interests of that country and of the whole country shall demand.
 In the hearings on this bill J. Fl. Bunch, general freight agent and pas- senger agent of the Alaska Steamship Co., stated that that company is op- erating 16 vessels between Pacific ports and Alaska, 12 of which run from 1900 to 2,0O0 tons. 2 of 2,S00 tons and of 5000 tons.
 Mir Hadley an honOred member of the House, states that there has been no necessity yet, so far as Alaska is con- cerned, for this legislation. but that there may be before we are through. Now, suppose MT. Hadley stated the situation correctly. The only way to get the benefit of the conditions that may arise is to give discretion to the ship ping Board and let them exercise that discretion as they see proper. All of this demonstrates that the Shipping
 Board should have the power to do
 whatever the necessities of the case require, in order to relieve tho coast wise shipping.
 understand from parties in Alas ka that there is not an abundance of , shipping facilities there that often there are times when they can not get their supplies in from Seattle and San Francisco and other Pacific coast ports for the want of facilities to carry them. I understand there Is great de- lay sometimes in getting materials into Alaska. I am told this by people ! from Alaska, the men who want to build houses, who want to go to work can not readily get their material there. Right along this line l want to call
 attention to what appears In tho Daily
 Alaska Dispatch on Sunday, Septcm-
 Der 9. Here are the headlines; Heavy loss on halibut---5,O0O worth
 of fish spcilcd-The lack of steamer
 space becomes serious matter 10 buyers
 and fishermen.
 | The article says:
 Five thousand dollars worth of hali.
 but, salmon and cod lies on the Junear
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-23

The following article ia reprinted from the Alaslsa Dispatch of Saturday, October 27th, 1917, and throws con- siderable light on the disadvantageous situation in which the Alaska Terri tory and it's people are placed as a result of the exclusion of the territory from the operations of the law passed by congress In Oct permitting foreign tonnage to operate in the American coastwise trade during the war period.
 The remarks of Representative Houston are drawn from the Con- gressional Record of September 29tA and disclose the efforts made by that gentleman to have the Territory in cluded in the provisions permitting foreign tonnage to ply in the American coastwise trade.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-23
FRESH DAIRY ICE CREAM

lee cream made from fresh dairy cream daily at the Arctic Bakery and Candy store.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-15
ORIGINAL NOTICE,

State Of Iowa, Lee County-ss.
In the District Court OF Said County.
Lena Rockenbach, plaintiff, versus
IIibbie D. Cook, Andrew L. Cook. Mag
gle Merrell, A. H Merrell. Robert B.
Pearson, Mrs. Robert e. Pearson, @.
w. Heller, Mrs. G.. w. Helter, defend.
ants.-Origtral Notice.
To the Above Named Defendants:
You are hereby notified that Pc
tftion is now on file in the Clerks Of
fee of the District Court aforesaid at
Keokuk In behalf of the above named
plaintiff, against you and claiming
Seven H ndred Dollars due on note
and mortgage and S117.2O advanced
for taxes and for attorneys fee, inter-
eat, costs, etc, all Of which is past
duo and unpaid, and asking for fore
closure Of the mortgage TO the front
One Hundred C1o0) fest of Lot Two
(2) and the northwester1y Ten (10)
feet Of the rear Forty t&o) feet OF Lot
TWO (2), Block One Hundred and
Nfnety-one (191), original town now
the City OF KeolcuIs Ia the County of
Lee and State Of Iowa
And unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon Of the second day
lof the next regular September Term
of said Court, 20 be begun and holden
at Nt,otruk on the 10th day of Sep
tereSRr. A, D., 1918, default will be
entared against you and Judgment rem.
Serad thereon es prayed for in said
petition.
Attorney for PLAINTIFF
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-15

almost entirely to cheap popular edi-
tons, costing from fifteen 10 thirty
cents a volume. 'Our reason for 90
ing this" says committee report, Is
that we get most for our money In
this way. The books inevitably get
hard usage, and some of them, used
in the hospitals. must be destroyed
almost Immediately, owing to the
danger of infection. Altogether, the
life OF those books Ia exceedingly shor'
and cheap editions, bound in paper OF
light cloth, are undoubtedly the mos'
serviceable and economical.
eve have made no attempt to I'M
port books from America, because We
realize that at the present time ton
mage is needed in more essential al
rections. AS to the class of readlns
m after selected, we leave it mainly te
the demands of the men, and they ASH
principally for fiction, and light nc
ton at that. Where we are supplying
more or less permanent Libraries fol
hospital stats or for American naVa
stations. we try to give an allaroune
tone to the collection Of books. 1nc!uo
ing classics, essays, poetry, plos
raphy and scientific works, but Sui
for the greater part. fiction.
THE magazines and newspaper
must of necessity come from America
In is our experience that this class o
literature gives greater satisfactlol
to the men than books. Their CT!
/ Is continually for more OF the hom'
newspapers"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-15

whereby the Dr.. Gerwig became pro-
prietor of the south side bakery and
Mr.. Campbell the owner Of farm To-
Gated two and one-half miles east OF
Memphis.
The fall term OF the Memphis public
schools opens Monday the second day
Of September. An teachers for the
year have been employed and the
board OF education feels especially
fortunate in its selection this year.
The teachers for the high school de-
partment Will be as follows: A. A.
Ross, superintendent: Miss Georgia
Crimes principal; Miss Lavina Kemp,
Miss Helen Knight, Miss Gylvta Bill
ings. Miss Emma Hundhausen, Miss
i Mamie Jackson
| On Tuesday OF last week the repub-
means or Scotland county elected the
following members of the central COM
nlittee: jefferson, G. E Leslie; Mt.
Pleasant, C. D. Dunn; Sand Hill, Geo.
Hendricks; Harrison, A. G.. HUFF;
Thomson, J. w. Adams; Johnson, Geo.
Schirch; Union, Walter Hyde: Miller,
N T. Calhoun; Vest F. F. Loe; To
bin, G. E. Kennison.
Joe Zumsteg went to St Louis last
Sunday evening to consult specialists
He is bothered with stomach trouble
and went to st. Louis for examination
land treatment II need be.
| Misses Mary Lou Parrish, Bertha
Barnes, Dorothy Platter and Mary Bat
low returned last Monday night from
lQuincy where they were week enc
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-15
Making a Tommy of a Cad.
TBy United Press.

by OulLto
LONDON, Aug. 15.-One man Is as
good as another and some are a jolly
sight better.
This is one of the first lessons
taught to the young nut when he
comes under the eagle eye of the
sergeant major
The boy fresh from home-idolized
by mother, spoiled by sisters, in fact
brought up to regard himself as being
not of common clay-he goes into the
army and learns for the first time
that he is not "the whole cheese.
At school he mixed only with his
own special crowd; here in the army
he rubs shoulders with every variety
in the social scale. 1t does not help
him one whit to explain to his soldier
companions that he went to the hnest
schools In England. The only thing
his comrades are interested In Is the
finished article; and If 1t isn't man,
mans man, they'll take prompt
steps to effect the desired develop
ment
The consequence has been that
some who were first are distinctly last,
and the last first.
year Of this life viii help the
Young nut" to find his feet. He Will
discover his true worth by compare
son with other men, and thus the
boys grit is tried and tempered.
He becomes a finished article and
In his turn helps educate" the newly
recruited nut"