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The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-30
BRITISH TANKS
 UPRO0T VILLAGE
 ID JET AT HUNS

LONDON, Aug. 30 British Wire less Service) British tanks up- rooted a whole French village to stop the fire of German machine guns from the houses in the recent allied offen. sive.
 The French troops have been seri- ously hampered by the German ma chine guns in or on the tops of the houses. Tanks were in the vicinity, and a message was sent to them for assistance. These complied, but the German machine guns were too well protected to be knocked out by the fire from the tank guns. Accordingly the tank commanders conferred at the far end of the village and decided, in a hurried impromptu war council, to destroy the village by sheer weight of metal
 The tanks accordingly rammed house after house, bringing down the machine guns, eXtricating themselves from the ruins of one house. then pro Ceeding to the next In this way the village was captured without a single British casualty. and 1t was at once occupied by the French.
 In another attack tank was set
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-30
Special to the Daily TimesD

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-Secre. tary Redteld of the department of commerce has announced the inau- guration of numerous aids to com | merce in Alaskan waters during the lights were changed from fixed to | flashing, one gas buoy. l2 buoys of i tablished. Before the present season Is over l6 additional new lights will be established. as well as two new gas and bell buoys and an unlighted day mark. A considerable number of new navigation aids will be installed before the end of the present year, and working scows and other equip ment will be purchased.
 The bureau of lighthouses will also recommend to the department that new appropriations be asked of con gress as follows: $75.000 to continue the work of installing new aids to navigation in Alaska; $l25.o00 for a light and fog signal at Cape Spencer, Cross sound. to replace an automatic acetylcne ligh now established at that place. and $7O,O00 for improve ments at existing stations for which funds are not now available.
 Ending with this fiscal year-June 30-the lights established in Alaska were as follows:
 Black Rock, Revillagigedo Channel Flashing white light of 130 candle power.
 Inner Point, Chatham Strait Flashing white light of 6o candle power.
 kalgin Island, Cook Inlet-Flash ing white light of l&o candle,power.
 katalla Bay, katalla Bay - Fixed white light Of 60 candle-poWer.
 Kiawak Island. Prince ot Wales Island Flashing white light of 6o caudle-power,
 kiawah Reef, Prince of Wales Island Flashing white light ot 1o candle-powcr
 Middle Ground Wrangell Strait Flashing white light ot 6o candle power.
 Red Blun Bay Chatham Strait Fixed white light of 13o candle-power
 Point Crowley Chatham Strait Flashing white light of 13O candle power.
 Tonki Cape Afognak Island-F1ash- ing white light of 13O candle power
 The Eckhoms. Sitka Sound-Flash ing white light of 130 candlepOwer.
 Changes from fixed to flashing lights were made as follows: Mary island. Revallagigedo channel. and Sentinel island, Lynn canal, changed from fixed to group flashing; South east Five Finger islands. Stephens passage. changed from fixed to flash ing llluminant in each case changed from oil to acetylene A gas guoy was established at Helm rock. Sumner strait, and buoys of other types were established as follows. with their type and locality:
 Blind Breaker. 1-First-class can, DelarOf harbor, Unga island.
 Chicagof, 4-SeCond-class spar klag bay.
 Eastern Passage Narrows. First class can, Eastern passage
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-30
NEW AIDS TO NAVIGATION
 ESTABLISHED IN ALASKA

Helm ROCk-First-Class can, Sum- ner strait
 Hidden Inlet, Second-class can, Pearse canal
 Hood Bay Entrance. 2-First-class nun, Chatham strait
 Hood Bay. 1-Second.cla can Chatham strait
 Klawak Reef, inner. 3--Second class can, San Alberto bay. Petersburg Bar. 4-Second class spar. Wrangell strait Spike Ledge-Second-cla spar Wrangell strait
 The Gate, 1-Eighth- spar Klag bay.
 Thin Point. 2-First-ciass nun. Cold bay. Alaska peninsula.
 The beacons established during the last fiscal year were as follows:
 Highwater Rock-San Alberto bay.
 Little Chilkat lsland-Lynn canal.
 Protection POint-Nushagak bay.
 Rose Channel Rock-Peril strait.
 Yellow Point Rock-Peril strait
 Before the present season closes Is new lights will be established. as fol- lows: Gambler bay entrance. Ste phens passage. one fixed white light; llalibut cove and Homer spit. Cook inlet, two fixed white lights: Cholmon- deley sound. Hump island. one fixed white light. and Skin island. one flash ing white light; Windham Bay mar rows, Windham bay. one fixed white light; Cape Edgcumbe. Stka sound. on" flashing white light: Gayna point, Orca bay, one group flashing white light: L"m"surier island and North Indian pass. icy strait, two flashing white lights. Martin islands, Katalla. one flashing white light; AIitkon shoal. one fixed red light; Wrang"ll strait and South Flat Mid dl", one fixed white light; Point Car rev, Yakutat bay. one flashing white light. Beck island. Clarence strait. one flashing white light Boat rock, NNon entrance. one flashing white light. numinant or fixed lights will h, oil and of flashing lights, accty- lcnc.
 Gas and bell buoys. showing flash in@ white light. will be placed on Fa- yorite reef. Stephens passage and on Morris reef. Chatham strait, during the present season. An unlighted day mark will be established in keku strait, Sumner strait I
 Other improvements to be com pleted before the end of the fiscal year are as follows: Port Walter light, Chatham strait. will be changed from fixed to flashing white. and the illuminant changed from oil to acety- lenc; Tree Point light. Revillagigedo channel, will be changed from fixed changed from oil to incandescent oil vapor. which will materially increase the candle power. Akutan harbor light is to be changed from fixed to flashing white, oil to acetylene. Cape Sarichef and scotch Cap lights. Aleu- tian islands. will be changed from oil to incandescent oil vapor At Con- troller bay two lights and four un- lighted day marks will be established. At Point St. Alvans reef, Sumner strait gas and bell buoy with fash ing white light will be established.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-30

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The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-30

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The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-30

For Fairbanks and Interior Points Travel via Sheldon Auto Stage Line, the pioneer auto line the ChitnaFarbanks trail. Carrying C $. mail and assuring patrons the very best service to Fair banks obtnabe For further particulars call on or ad dress communications to
 ROBERT E. SHELDON
 Owner and Manager, Chitina, Alaska
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

the hazard existed and that twice during
the past winter snow bad slid off in such
quantities as to completely block the
entrance to the church where people
are going in and out nearly every day.
he told of one occasion where a lot
of work was required to shovel out in
preparation for funeral and another
when he came within one minute of be-
ing buried under an avalanche of snow
and ice which threw the board walk out
into the middle of the church yard. He
said that because no accident had hap
pened this was no guarantee against flu
ture accidents and that if a few chill
dren on their way to or from church
should be killed or manned the town
would pay through legal process many
times the cost of putting adequate snow
guards on the roof.
Fred c. Brown said that the danger
GUS risk which existed was known by
all. He felt that the article should not
be dismissed and moved that the select
men be instructed to put guards on the
roof the coming season. l.. +. Holden
caused a laugh by suggesting that an
iron fence be put up to catch the snow
as it slid of, apparently not giving
thought to the fact that an exceptional
ly high and strong fence would be re-
qurcd. Samuel Il. Brown called atten-
tion to the fact that the church had q
right of way in common with the town
on the north side of the town building
and declared "there is no such thing as
fencing them out When +. c..
Brown s motion was put it was carried
without a dissenting vote.
Under article II Captain w. T. Haigh
moved that the town exempt from tax
alton the polls of all Brattleboro men
now enlisted in the military service of
the United States and all others who
should hereafter enlist, for the duration
of the war, and this was voted without
dissent.
1t was now zoos o clock and all the
regular business had been disposed Of.
Moderator Schwenk stated that Gov
ernor Graham had asked the town meet
ings throughout the state to resolve
themselves into one big patriotic rally
and he read n statement from the gov
ernor entitled, The Hun Is At The
Gate.
He finished reading at 1924 and
Major +. w. Childs moved that as Il
mark of respect and esteem for the
boys in service the audience stand with
bowed heads in silence for one minute
to be followed by an audible prayer by
Rev. H. +. Trout, which was done add
ing decidedly impressive and unusual
feature to the annual March meeting.
The patriotic feature of the meeting
was continued for some minutes after
this, Rev. Richard II. Clapp explaining
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

the thrift stamp and war savings stamp
plan, Food Administrator J. J. Wander
veer telling how food could win the war.
Town Clerk Hopkins reading com
munication from the liberty loan com
mittee of New England and Rev. D. f.
Trout outlining Brattieboro' 8 war chest
plan.
Under the last article, to transact
any other business, John T. Kaine in
troduced a resolution which was adopt
ed unanimously calling for the con-
struction of sidewalk four feet wide
on Estey street beginning near the
schoolhousc and extending to the june
ton of Estey and Birge streets, to-
gether with the necessary retaining
walls.
A recess was then taken, at about
lO.45 o'clock, to await the completion
of the voting on the license question.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
SEES BRATTLEBoRo SOLDIER.
Miss Marion M. Rice Writes from
France of Watching American Troop
Trains-Men Fine and Healthy. =

a letter from Miss Marion NJ. Rice
dated at Evreux, France, Feb I exs
presses keen disappointment at having
missed seeing a number of Brattleboro
boys who went through that day on
their way to the front. "For days
now Miss Rice writes "we've been
watching the American troop trains
pass through, taking the boys every.
thing we could lay our hands on in the
way of papers, books, eatables and to,
bacco. think they like to talk with
us as well as anything for some have
told me that they haven I talked to
an American woman since they have
been in this country. This morning l
found a Brattleboro boy named Lane
who told me there were lot of others
on the train behind. 1t was supposed
to come at 6 p. m, but instead passed
through here at 3 and no one of us was
at the station
Regarding the appearance and CON
dition of the United States troops Miss
Rice says: 'They seem in awfhlly
good spirits and look fine and healthy.
One boy told me they got better food
over here than in camp at home.
A letter received Tuesday by Mrs.
George Lane from her husband, who
is with the l0lst ammunition train,
mentioned the fact that he had seen
Miss Rice among other American
nurses at one of the stations through
which his unit passed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
"BLOOD and IRON"
A Combination That Makes for Better
Health This Spring.

Every man and woman who would
enjoy good health this Spring, and
would have such life and strength as
not to be a Stacker, but equal
to anything, must have an abundance
of iron in the blood.
The new iron tonic, Peptiron,
combines this valuable metal in
medicinal form so shat it is easily
absorbed and readily assimilated.
Peptiron also includes pepsin, nux,
celery, gentian and other tonics,-
nerve helps, digestives and carmina-
tives-a health-giving medicine in the
form Of chocolate-coated pills, con-
venient and pleasant to take. 1t has
given entire satisfaction in the treat
ment of anemia or thin blood, pale
ness, neurasthenia, nerve debility,
brain-fag. One or two Peptiron after
each meal will quickly tell story Of
marvellous results.
Peptiron is prepared by its origi-
majors, c. I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass,
in one of the best-equipped labora-
tories in the world. Get it today.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

Don't worry. You will always look
good to your friends.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
WENT ALONE TO THE LOOKUP.
Man from Ashuelot Found on Floor at
Police Headquarters and Cots Is Days
at Newfane.

It would save the police lot of
work if q person becoming intoxicated
would go to the lookup and go i'll and
wait for an officer. That is what Thorn
rs Nolan of Ashuelot, n. H., did late
Friday night at the Brattleboro police
station, and now that he has set the
pace others might follow the example.
Nolan came in from Greenfield on the
night train and asked an officer at the
station to be locked up. He did not
appear to be sufficiently piflicated to
warrant being taken to the cooler, y
and said he supposed he could get
locked up by smashing a window or
something of that kind, whereupon he
was informed that that would be a
pretty sure course.
Later Nolan was found on the floor
in police headquarters, the outer door
being unlocked, so he was given his
heart S desire and put behind lock and
key.
On Saturday he entered a plea of
guilty before Miss Ethel A. Millington,
clerk of the municipal court, and was
fined S. and costs, but as he could not
pay he was given the alternative sen
tencc of - days in the county Jail at
Newfane, where he was taken.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
PRIVATE BAKER
DIES IN FRANCE
First from This County to Give
Life on Battle Front
Death on Feb. 90 Caused by Blood
Poisoning-Was but Lad in Years
Enlisted at Age of Is.

Tidings came late Tuesday that one
of Brattleboro $ sons had given his life
in France in the cause of liberty and
world democracy. He is Private Ed
ward NJ. Baker of Company f, 103d In
fantry, Goth division, American expedi-
tionary force, and he is the first Wind
ham county boy to be sacrificed on Eu-
ropean soil i'm this war. Large in stature,
he was but a lad in years-not II years
of age--yet the present conflict was not
the first in which he had served his
country, MS two years ago, when he was
only Is, he went with the Vermont reg
iment to the Mexican border.
Private Baker died on Thursday of
last week, of septicemia, which is gen
cral blood poisoning. No information is
at hand to show how he contracted sep
ticemia. All the facts which are. known
here concerning his death came to his
father, Michael j. Baker of LAG Elliot
street, after o'clock Tuesday after
noon III telegram from the adjutant
general at Washington, D. G., which
read as follows:
deeply regret to inform you that it
is officially reported that Private Ed
ward NJ. Baker, Infantry, died of sep
ticemia February twenty-eight.
ice in the trenches, but no mention of
Private Baker having been wounded has
been made in the lists of casualties.
There are variety of ways, however, of
contracting blood poisoning, so in the
light of the few facts contained in the
adiutant general s message it is'futile
to speculate as to its cause in this in
stance. The young man enjoyed the
army, and if there was any fighting to
be done he was ready to do his part.
Private Baker was born in Brattle'
boro May 10, 1901, the oldest of nine
children of Michael j. and Bridget
(Griffln) Baker. He attended st. Mi
chael's parochial school, took an active
part in the school athletics and gradu-
ated in 1916. That same year he en-
listed in Company /, LIST Vermont regi-
mcnt, and after being in camp at the
state camp ground near Fort Ethan Al
len went with the regiment to Eagle
Pass, Texas, for guard duty at the Dor
der.
On his return he was employed for n
time in the press room by the Vermont
Printing Co., and then entered st. Mi
chael s college at Winooski, later going
TO st. John S preparatory school in
Danvcrs, Mass. 1t was while he was at
home on q vacation from DanNefS that
the call came for the regiment to
mobilize in the service of the govern
ment in the war against Germany, and
he went with the regiment to Fort
Ethan Allen, thence to Camp Bartlett IN
Westficd, Mass, and from there over
seas, as q member of Company f, l03d
regiment, landing in France last Octo-
Der.
~. Besides his parents, who have the
comfort and satisfaction of the knowl-
edge that he died in the noblest cause
his country ever undertook, Private
Baker leaves eight brothers and sisters,
James, John, Joseph, Loretta. Mary,
Margaret Frances and Rita Baker, all
living at home.
Private Baker carried $1,000 of life
insurance through Brattleboro agency
in addition to any war insurance he
mav hive carried
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
GREEN MOUNTAIN GUARD.
John D. Whittier Formerly of West
Brattleboro, to Lead it.

John D. Whittier who has been SUI
perintedent of schools at South
SALISBURY, has been appointed man
ager of the Green Mountain Guard
work this year and will have Offices in
the educational department in. Mont
pelier.
1t has been arranged that the work
done last year by the farm extension
service and by the school children will
be combined under the leadership OF
Mr.. Whittier. He is taking over the
work which Fraser Metzger did last
summer. Mr.. Whittier formerly was
union school superintendent in West
Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

Women are to be employed as crush
hour" conductors OH the street railways
in st. Louis.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08

No man is as wise as the young man
who is studying law, tries to look
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-22
DICKINSON NORMAL
WILL OPEN JUNE 1ST
Plans Completed for Launching
New Slope School

Dickinson. n. D., April 22-Ths
initial term of the Dickinson state nor.
NAL school will open on Monday. June
"a, and will continue for a period OF
five weeks-six days per week AS
no quarters have as yet been provided
by the Board Regents. the summer
term will be held in the Dickinson
high school building. 80
Prof. P. S. Berg, superintendent Of
the city schools, will have charge Of
the summer term, after which the
permanent president of the normal
will assume charge. Mr.. Berg viii
have the assistance of five instructors.
two to be selected by the Board Of
Regents and three to be chosen by
himself. Those chosen by the regents
will remain as part of the perman-
ent faclty of the school.
Students should keep in mind that
regular normal school credits will be
given for attendance at this term. It
will be more than the regular summeh
teachers training schol-it will be Z
regularly authorized state normal
school term, supervised by = corps Of
efficient normal school instructors. 6
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-22
RUSSIAN WOMAN
TELLS OF HUNS
ACTS OF HORROR
Writes to Brother at Dickinson
That Acts of Enemy Are
lncOnceivable

Dickinson, n d.. April pa Rus
sian citizen of Dickinson, has translat.
ed and given to the Post the following
letter, just received, altho mailed in
Russia six months ago. 1t tells OF
the loss of the family. the horrible
outrages upon the women and chill.
dren by the savage enemy, and is as
pitiable an appeal as we have ever
seen:
October 26, 1917.
Dear Brother:
We are all we'll and wish to hear
the same from you. 0, my dear bro
ther, you are asking me to find your
wife. God knows where she is. The
enemy. when they came to our town
took all the young women and butch.
cred the children and only left the
old women. My girl ran away be!
fore they came to our town and she
is now in Eeatcrino, slave starving
there but thank the Lord, she wasn't
ruined by the enemys soldiers. o
Lord, you better take my life. | am
very tired to live in this world of
brutality. This is only shame to
see what they are doing with our
children.
o, my loving brother, please send
me your picture. l wish to see it be-
fore | will die and please send me
often your letters. My husband is
killed, only saved my three chill
dren and myself, while am too old
for the brutal Germans.
Good bye. my dear brother. l wish
YOU all the luck in the world.
Your sister that kisses you from
far.
EKATERINA PAVLOWNA.
(Translated by a loyal citizen ol
DickinSOn) s-5-& t..
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-22
GREAT NEED FOR
MEN IN Y. M. c.. A.
WAR WORK NOTED
H. P. BeckWith Finds Immediate
Need for 1000 Helpers
for Association

H. P. Beckwith has Just returned
from a meeting of the treasures
handling the financial end of the Y. NJ.
C. A. war work, held in Chicago on Ap
ril 15.> Mr.. Beckwith reports a very
interesting meeting. One Of the mat
ters brought to the attention of the
meeting was the fact of the great need
for men, for both at home and abroa d.
as secretaries, chaffeurs, mechanics
and clerks. The need is estimated, at
1900 men per month, beginning with
April l., of which 600 will be used at
home In the cantonments, etc, and
1000 for overseas. y t
At the present time (on April y
there are employed in American can
ton ments, 3O03 men, and overseas,
1885. of which 294 are women in the
canteen work. Expenses are kept
down to the minimum. The total eX-
pense, including the work in this couu-
try and abroad, runs between four
and five million per month. This fig
ures out less than cents per day
per man, or 81 cents per month, which
is the expense so far. The secretar-
les and men in charge of the camps
and cantonments both abroad and at
home, have an everage monthly alot-
tment of $106.24. This includes mar
ried men and single men, the allotment
for married men being 500 for their
families at home, and not to exceed
$500 for the men abroad.
There is no need to elaborate on the
value and worth of the work at this
time, but suffice it to say that Gen.
eral Pershing thought enough of the
Y. M. c. A. so that he has turned
over all the canteen work brought to
the organization, which entails more
expense, but is really position in
which the Y. M. C. A. can fit in very
nicely and do vast amount of good.
AS to the finances of North Dakota.
while not so high in amount, it stands
100 per cent in collections, and is
aheadr Of the other states in the
central division, in this respect. .s..i.s,-s
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-22
MILLER STILL.
HOPES T0HAVE
ST, PAUL BOUT
Promoter of Naturalization Box
ing Match Gets Ultimatum
From Camp Grant

. St. Paul, MINI, April 22.-Col. J. C.
Miller; promoter of the proposed Will
lard-Fulton boxing match, declared
this afternoon that he was still hope
full Of staging the fight in St. Paul on
July 4. but he was willing to talk bus
mess at any time with army officers
at Camp Grant.
When Col. Miller made this state
ment, he had not yet received the dis
patch from NJ. H. Berry, representing
Camp Grant. A dispatch from Rock
ford stated that Ferry had wired IAN
ultimatum" to Miller that unless Mil.
Ter met him in Chicago by tomorrow
noon Camp Grant would withdraw its
fight offer. 5;ss .,,~ [-