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Connecticut western news., 1918-06-13
i eXaIIIIned my nrsI

e1anlIneu my nrsI &c nemer.
A bullet had gone through 1t on the
left side, just grazing my ear. The
gas had penetrated through the hole
made in the cloth.
Out of our crew of six we lost two
killed and two wounded.
That night we buried all of the dead.
excepting those in No Mans Land. In
death there is not much distinction:
friend and foe are treated alike.
After the wind had dispersed the
gas the r. A. M. @. got busy with their
chemical sprayers, spraying out the
dugouts and low parts of the trenches
to dissipate any fumes of the German
gas which may have been lurking In
same.
Two days after the gas attack was
sent to division headquarters, in an
swer to an order requesting that cap
tains of units should detail a man
whom they thought capable of passing
an examination for the divisional In
telligence department.
Before leaving for this assignment
I went along the front-line trench say
ing good-by to my mates and lording IL
over them, telling them that 7 h"~
cncKed cushy job behind the lines.
and how sorry felt that they had to
stay In the front line and argue out the
war with Fritz. They were envious
but still good-natured, and as / left the
trench to go to the rear they shouted
after me:
"Good luck, Yank, old boy; don't
forget to send up a few flags to your
old mates"
I promised to do this and left.
reported at headquarters with six
teen others and passed the required ex-
animation. Out of the sixteen appli-
cants four were selected.
was highly elated because / was,
thought, in for cushy job back ut the
base.
The next morning the four reported
to division headquarters for instruc-
lions. Two of the men were sent to
large. towns In the rear of the lines
with an easy job. When 1t came our
turn the officer told us we were good
men and had passed a very creditable
examination.
4. My tin hat began to get too small
for me, and noted that the other man,
Atwell by name, was sticking his chest
out more than usual.
The officer continued: "I think can
use you two men to great advantage
In the front line. Here are your orders
and instructions, also the pass which
gives you full authority as special M.
p. detailed on intelligence work. Re-
port Mt the front line according to your
instructions. 1t Is risky work and /
wish you both the best of luck"
My heart dropped to zero and At
wells face was a study. We saluted
and left.
That wishing us the best of luck"
sounded very ominous in our ears; IL
and painless death" ii would have been
more to the point.
When we had read our instructions
we knew we were In for Ii good and
plenty.
What Atwell said is not at for pub
lication, but ] strongly seconded his
opinion Of the war, army and divisional
headquarters in general.
After bit our spirits rose. We were
full-fedged spy-catchers, because our
instructions and orders, said so.
We Immediately reported to the
nearest French estaminet and had sew
eral glasses of muddy water, which
they called beer. After drinking our
:-ssr we left the estamlnet ana nanca
s,unfv amhulcnoa
Connecticut western news., 1918-06-13

drives two stakes into the ground
about five feet apart. Across these
stakes he stretches a curtain made out
of empty sandbags ripped open. He
soaks this curtain in water and fires
through 1t. The water prevents It
catching flra and -
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01

Work has been started on the Gold
Dust group at Mogollon.
Biologists, 1t is said. pronounce con-
ditions around fabian as exception
ally favorable for OIL
A larger oil hoist is being put in at
Deadwood mine at Mogollon, to be
used as auxiliary to electric hosting.
Crusher house ard engine hoist
room are being put in at Socorro
plant Delivery on mill machinery
has started and this will be put in as
fast as 1t arrives.
A number of citizens of Roy have
organized the Roy Development Com
pany. which will employ an expert
geologist to investigate the indications
OF oil in the vicinity. A fund of 81 200
has been raised for the purpose. II
oil prospects are found, leases will be
taken and drilling arranged for.
Deep Down shaft at Mogollon has
been unwatered by the Oaks Com
pany. Two shifts are now sinking the
shaft. The second and third levels
will also be advanced. Shipments
during the week were made from
Maud s.. Pacific and Eberle mines.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01

The mining of molybdenum has
aroused new interest in that portion
of Gunnison county tributary to the
town of Pitkin.
The production made by lessees of
the Ell Paso Consolidated Gold Mining
Company. from its Beacon Hill estate
during January. was close to 500 tons.
Prof. M. F. Coalbough, who heads
the chair of chemistry at the Colorado
School Of Mines, is about to commence
a series Of tests for potash In Colo
RADIO. as the war demand for this min
eral is urgent.
Black Prince Mining Company of
Caribou, near Nederland, which has
been financed to large extent by
small stockholders made one of the
richest strikes recorded In that dis
trict for years.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01
ENSIGN KRYLENKO

"Who is Ensign Krylenko?" is the
title of recent article In the Russ
koye Slovo about the present boishe-
Wiki commander In chief of the Rus
sian armies. According to the Russ
koye Slovo, Krylenko first became
known during the Russian revolution
of 1905. At that time he assumed the
name of Comrade Abram, which led
many to believe that he was a Jew.
"Krylenko. now middle-aged
man." the article says, SIS native Of
Little Russia. Early In life he de-
voted himself to the interests Of the
people, on account of which he was
many time prosecuted by the police
and gendarmerie. He Joined the party
of Lenine and became one of the most
enthusiastic champions of extreme
radical socialism. He is popular MAIN
ly among the city proletariat; the
peasantry and the intelligents' are
foreign, II not hostile, to him.
"Krylenko is brave and fearless.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01
WARNS AGAINST FAMINE

Lord Rhondda. food controller of
Great Britain. referring to the intend
ed rationIng of the British people, says
for the remainder of the war he In
tends to play socialist, but directly the
war Is over he will go back to indl-
vidualism.
.People with property may find
themselves without property" he said.
''The state may have to turn farmer
and butcher few months later, and
things will be better. but there will be
a testing time, and the test Will be APP
piled to the stomach of the English
man-applied sharply"
Lord Rhondda spoke of the real
difficulty which the ratloners never
seem to consider, the difficulty of get
ting things wherewith to ration 49,
100000 people there and the not in
considerable millions who represent
the allies. The food wanted by man
kind does not exist. The word short
age'' is not strong enough for the sit
uation. Lord Rhondda could make a
Guilty is to get hold of the little, and,
way. To put the matter bluntly. the W
familiar IN tho Indian naopIa cutIad 10
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01
COLORADO ADDS TWO BILLIONS.
Gold and silver Lead States sixt,
Years Mineral Production.

nearly two billions of dollars to the
worlds wealth from her store OF min
eral resources. Within the next two
years, at the present rate OF produc
ton; the two-billion mark will be
passed.
A table, showing the production OF
the various metals from the day that
the first seekers after gold discovered
the yellow metal in what became
known as Russell Gulch sixty years
ago. has been prepared by Howard
Sullivan, statistician Of the Colorado
Bureau of immigration, from figures
furnished by the United States gov
eminent and various state bureaus.
Ea11np-iurr To fha ah1a.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01
OFFICIAL CHANTlE MAN

Stanton II. King of Boston has
the only war job of Its kind.
He Is official chantie man for the
American merchant marine.
His work will be to revive chantie
singing among merchant sailors who
will Join the country's new cargo
ships through the United States ship
ping board recruiting service. ma
tional headquarters Of which are at
Boston.
While chantie singing has declined
on all seas, owing to the change In
recent years from sailing vessels to
steamers-there not being much op-
portunity to "heave and haul" on board
a steamer-its revival Is considered
important for two reasons.
Mr.. King is an old salt and learned
chantie singing In Its home, on deep
water vessels. He begun going to sen
3S years ago, from the Barbados. In
the merchant service. For six years
he served chiefly on deep-water Yam
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01
Fix 1918 Wheat Price a. s2.2o.

Washington.-President Wilson. to
head off agitation among the farmers
for legislation increasing the price of
the 1918 wheat crop to $3.50 or $2.7s
a bushel, issued a proclamation Satur-
day STIMULATING a government guaran-
teed price for the principal primary
markets, which is in effect continu-
alton OF the 1917 price OF 1920 bush.
ell at Chicago. The prices in the proc
lamation vary from $500 at Spokane.
Wash. TO S2.28 At New York
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01
ONLY BROADER OF REGULARS

Edwin B. Babbitt has the unique
distinction OF being the only brigadier
general In the regular army.
All the senior brigadier generals OF
the old army are now serving as major
generals In the National army, and the
officers holding the commands of briga-
der generals In the regular army are
acting under temporary commissions.
General Babbltt will be assigned
to the command of brigade of artil-
lery In the regular army. which Is
about the highest command that the
secretary of war can bestow upon him
until he receives the second star that
indicates the major generals rank.
The promotion Of General Babbitt
shows the appreciation of his record
as senior aid to the chief Of ordnance.
a position which has placed upon him
the responsibility of administering the
division of ordnance equipment and
supply. of supervising the increase OF
the bureau from a peace basis to Its
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01

United Verde Copper Company has
paid dividend of 81 share.
Adams and Townsend are shipping
rich tungsten concentrates from the
Williams mines, in the Aquarius
mountains.
]. w. Prisk, operating the Home
Pastime mine at Mineral Park. has
carload OF rich ore ready for shipment
to the smelter
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01
Wyoming.

st. Mary's dome is the latest oil
bearing structure to be added to wyo-
ming's credit.
Bethlehem Oil and Gas Company
has leased in the neighborhood of
5000 acres in Albany county.
Drilling has been resumed on the
well OF the Shiloh Oil and Refining
Company in section 16-41-s1, Tisdale.
Several rigs have been set up in the
Lost Creek field. new locality west
Of the Lost Soldier field in Sweet
water county.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01

Butte & Superior report for the
quarter ended Dec. 81, 1917, shows
profits equal $1-94 share. Earnings
for the full year of 1917 were equal
to 1898 share.
There is not enough copper avail
able at the moment, says New York
dispatch. to take care of the demands
being made upon the dealers. Exports
of copper in January we're los, 991 $50
pounds. the largest in a year. the high
record having been established in jan
uary of 1917. when 11S.S81, 2s0 pounds
left this country.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01


sad 1t not he that created the idea but the idea created
In.
leaders of
in
to
Of Of
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01

magnitude
illness OF General Crozier chief Of the
He
anng
before 1t
He has active big for the develop
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01

Boulder.-Tungsten concentrates, GO
per cent. s20.00@22.5O per unit. Crude
ores. 60 per cent, s22.O0925.o0; rs per
cent. s12.00912.50; Is per cent. $40
Q12.20 per unit.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01

January
while himself
Haven at Charlesown, alongside barroom
Watches n Yarns"
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS


New York.-Lead-$7.t2h OPS.
Copper-s23.17h.
Bar Silver-S5ssc.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-03-01

St. Louis.-spelter-s7.72M.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09
President Wilson Asks
Support of the Red Cross

in
whole human family the Christmas greeting which
which stands need.
The Proclamation.
follows:
the America People
by
1t
destruction
o the 0 represented.
n
he
suferngs
Red Cross Christmas 1918 Is
not that fold our hands It further sacrifice We
of
helpful
Christmas membership
the addend lands returning home today where there
doubtful
Of
to
which it stands in greatest need
N~ ~ ~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09
FINE BEHAVIOR
OF AMERICANS
SHOWN BY REPORT
Few Death Sentences in
Army Court Martials
Mostly Minor Offenses
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Dec. s.-Not a single
member OF the American army has
been put to death since the beginning
of the war because of the commission
of a purely military offense, Major
General Crowder, Judge advocate
general, declared in his annual report
today to Secretary Baker.
Very few death sentences have
been imposed" he said, "and none of
those imposed for purely military Of
lenses, have been carried into execu-
ton"
Mostly Minor offenses.
Records Of the judge advocate gem
erals office show that 12.357 officers
and men were brought to general
court martial, Of whom 1888, or SS
per cent were convicted. More than
half the charges against officers were
listed under three heads: Absent
without leave, drunkenness and con-
duct unbecoming an officer.
Less Than Last Year.
Convictions Of enlisted men for de-
sertion, the general said, were actual
lyl less than in the previous year, al
though the strength OF the army had
increased many fold.
One Was Spy.
The report shows that one enlisted
man was tried and convicted Of "be-
ing spy and that 773 men wore
convicted OF sleeping on post.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09
ALL FRANCE Will
WELCOME WILSON
NEXT SATURDAY
celebration VIII Eclipse
Any Event Paris Has
Yet Seen
fRv Asaociated Press.l

Paris, Sunday, Dec. S.-Elaborate
plans are being made by the French
government for the entertainment OF
President Wilson. These plans in
clude various state dinners and Off
ciat calls and probably a gala night
at the opera. The program will be
completed in the next few days.
Up to the present it has been de-
cided that President Wilson, upon
his arrival at the. Bois de Boulogne
station at 10 o'clock next Saturday
morning will be met by President
Poincare and other members of the
government. He will then go to the
Murat mansion which will be his
home while in Paris. No definite de-
cision has been reached as to what
the President will do Sunday, but 1t
believed that he will drive through
Paris. 1t is possible that other plans
may be made before that time. Mr..
Wilson's drive on Monday to the Ho-
tel de Vile will be an occosion of
considerable ceremony.
AS soon as possible after his arri-
val Mr.. Wilson will confer with Col.
b. NJ. House. The conference prob
ably will take place at the "Maison
Blache de Paris The school children
of Paris will be out in force when
the President arrives. Thursday is
usually a school holiday in Paris as is
Saturday is in the United States.
King George of England and King
Albert of Belgium arrived In Paris on
Thursday, so that the children did
not have an extra holiday, which the
arrival of President Wilson will give
them.
Virtually all the mercantile estab-
lishments In Paris have notified
their employees that next Saturday
will be a full holiday. 1t is to be a
larger celebration than any before
in Paris
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09
CANVA SSZzVG BOARD DECLARES
TEN AMENDMENTS PA SSED
Vast PERSONNEL
ORGANIZED FOR
AMERICAN PART
IN PEACE MEET
(gy Associated Press.)

Paris, Saturday, Dec. 9.-The plan
of organization Of the United States
peace mission, which is now tenta-
tive, but which in its essentials un-
doubtedly will stand unchanged.
shows the body which will look out
for Americas interests when the
worlds delegates gather at Yer
Sailles as complete in every detail.
The chart OF the organization
which has been prepared here shows
the large American organization
headed by the members OF the peace
commission itself, with the chart
lines running from this group to that
OF the first secretary, John @. Grew,
to the second, or L1asion and diplo-
matio intelligence group, and the
third, the group Of advisers, prtnci-
pally technical, with large STATS Of
assistants.
Elaborate Personnel.
Under tho liasion and diplomatic
intelligence group are military and
naval officers. including the COM
nlander OF the American expedition
airy forces, naval and military at
taches and foreign representatives.
Under some OF these heads are Of
ficers dealing with the peace COM
diplomats and ceremonial officers.
whose duties will be along such
lines as the making Of formal calls
and attending to similar matters.
One or other Of the two assistant
secretaries will have within his sec
retarial duties the looking after the
printing of communications, the dis
tribution OF press information, fling
OF reports, coding matter for trans
mission to the signal corps and wire
terminals, etc.
A sub-branch of the Liasion and
diplomatic intelligence office is a
bureau in which American civilian
activities will be represented, such
as those of Herbert C.. Hoover, the
food administrator, the Red Cross,
the 7. NJ. C.. A, the knights Of Col
umbus, the Knights of Pythias, the
Salvation Army and the war trade
board.
There are vast STATS of codfng
clerks, stenographers, translators.
confidential secretaries, cartograph-
ers, paraphrasers. message transmit
ters and receivers. There are special
cartographers for western. Europe.
southeast Africa, Africa in general
Poland and Turkey, which go to
show the scope of American inter-
ests in the coming discussions.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09
THREE MEMBERS
APPROVE CHANGE,
.STEEN and HALL
OPPOSE ACTION
LANCER Holds "Maiority of
All the Votes" Doesn't
Mean What it Says
AND
K0SITzKY FOR TT
Five Amendments Fail to,
Get Sufficient Vote, But
Are Declared Over
LEGISLATURE OR
COURTS NEXT STEP
Rewriting Of State Consti-
tuition Effected by To
days Action
LEGISLATURE OR
COURTS NEXT STEP
Especial to The Forum. J

Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 9.-Ther
state canvaasing board this
morning declared passed the
ten constitutional amendments.
submitted to the voters at the
recent general election, five Of
which failed to obtain the ma
jority "of all the votes cast in
the general election, as pro
vided by Section 202 under
which they were initiated by
the Nonpartisan league.
Three members of the can
vassing board, Attorney General
William LANCER, State Auditor
Carl Kositzky and Superintend-
ent Of Public instruction NJ. g.
Macdonald, joined in creating a
majority to declare the amend
ments passed.
Secretary of State Thomas
Hall and State Treasurer John
Steen declined to sign the docu-
ment declaring all the amend
ments passed, and after the cam
vassing board adjourned they is
sued statement explaining
their position, declaring that
opinions prepared by Attorney
General LANCER to the contrary
notwithstanding, the section un-
der which the amendments had
been submitted clearly provides
that an amendment to be adopt
ed must have "a majority of all
the votes cast in the election. ~
They call attention to the fact
that the first paragraph of the
same section, (202) providing
for the enactment of laws by in
itiatiye petition, provides that
such proposed laws must have a
majority only Of the votes
east thereon" while the con-
stitutional amendments must
have "a majority of all the
votes cast in the election. "
MessrB. Steen and Hall also said.
in their statement, that there is q
mass of supporting court decisions.
supporting their view.
Courts Support Views.
During the session OF the board
this morning, Secretary OF State HAN
submitted opinions by the supreme
courts of Nebraska and Wyoming. in
which provisions identical with the
North Dakota constitutional proyia-s
ion have been held to mean that q.
majority Of all votes cast in an eIec-l
tfon, means all votes cast in the.
election, rather than votes cast on
any particular issue,
AS indicated several days ago. the
Nonpartisan league members OF the
canyassing board are using a decI-
sion in the Mountrail county seat
case, written by B. +. Spalding OF
Fargo when he was a justice of the
supreme court, as governing. This
decision covering another section of
the constitution. held that TO divide
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-09
Thounht Kaiaar Coward.


London, Dec. 9.-Maximilan Har-
den, editor of the Zukunft of Berlin
said to the correspondent Of the Ex-
press, according to dispatch from
the German capital, that the impress
sion abroad concerning former En-
peror William is false one. He said
that he, himself, had suffered too
much through the former emperor to
incur a charge Of partiality, but that
it was fact that William Hohen-
zollern had no personal part in
willing the war, but was a tool in
the hands of the military party, by
which he was regarded as a. coward.
Should Have Been Snowman.
when the moment for declaring
war came, the militarists were afraid
he would refuse to sign the declara-
tion," said Harden. 'The former en-
peror missed his vocation. He was
never happier than when posing IN
the limelight. He ought to have
managed carbaret or taken a show
on tour. He was a great Snowman"
Harden. Favored Peace.
Declaring that he knew when
America came dnto the war that
Germany would be beaten. Herr
Harden said: II fought with the
censors to tell the people this, and
when President Wilson published his
IA points advocated their accept
ance because / knew we could not
get better or more favorable condi-
tionS."