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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-06-28
Provost Marshal General Crow
der Rules Baseball Is Not
Useful Job.
HITS MANY OCCUPATIONS
Store Clerks and Automobile Sales
men Under Ban-Local Boards
Are Told to Use Common
Sense.

Washington, June 24.-New regula-
tons issued on Friday to draft boards
by Provost Marshal General Crowder
to govern application Of the work or
fight" order do not rule specifically
upon the status of professional ball
players or other classes that may be
affected, but emphasize the section
of the order placing games and sports
among the occupations classed as non
useful.
In an oral statement announcing the
regulations, officials of General Grow
1ers office said ''at present" the occu-
patton of baseball player is regard
ed as nonproductive, but that until
case had been appealed from local
board there would be no ruling on the
subject.
Local boards will consider cases of
withdrawal Of deferred classification
with common sense" General Crow
der's instructions say, and they name
illness, vacation, the impossibility of
securing productive employment with
out change of residence, as reasonable
grounds for waving the general order.
While sales clerks in stores and cleri-
cal workers in Offices are claSSed as
nonproducers boards are directed to
exempt department store executives
and skilled workers attached to sucn
establishments.
Travelling statesmen will be consid-
cred as engaged in productive employ
ment, but automobile statesmen In
cities will not, it is explained. Pub
lie or private chauffeurs are held to be
nonproducers only when they combine
other work with their mechanical du-
ties.
registrants to obtain new employment
through the federal employment serv-
ice and are given power to postpone
action while effort is being made to
place men in occupations held produc-
tive.
"When it has been determined that
a person in deferred classification is
an idler or is engaged in nonproduc-
tive employment" the instructions
say, "the classification and order num-
Der of such person will be withdrawn
and he will Immediately be indicted
into the military service.
1.-THE regulations provide that per-
sons engaged in the service of food
and drink, or either, in public places.
including hotels and social clubs, are
engaged in nonproductive employment.
This, however, does not include man
ayers, clerks, cooks or other employ
ees, unless they are engaged in the ac-
tual serving of food and drink.
1.-THE regulations further provide
that passenger elevator operators and
attendants and doormen, footmen,
carriage openers and other attendants
in clubs, hotels, stores, apartment
houses, office buildings and bath
houses are engaged in nonproductive
employments.'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-06-28
BIG REVOLT SWEEPS KEW
FORTY Thousand Peasants Armed and
Organized Are Participating in
the Revolution.

London, June 21.-A great revolt
has begun at Kiey, according to an In
tercepted wireless message transmit
ted from Moscow to the Exchange
Telegraph company. Artillery stores
have been exploded and there is con-
tinuous street fighting. The revolt is
spreading to the Poltava and Tcher-
nigov districts. Forty thousand peas
ants armed and organized are partic-
ipating in the revolt.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-06-28
Some Interesting Facts

For home consumption Great Brit
ain imports about 100000 pounds of
coffee annually.
Wisconsin must increase her wheat
acreage 30 per cent over last year il
she is to produce her share in 1913.
Over 100000 loads Of sawdust and
other mill waste were used during last
year In the United States for making
raper pulp.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-06-28
Bombs Kill Allied Prisoners.

Geneva, June 25.-The Germans are
massing more and more allied prison
ers in frontier towns, says the Lau-
same Gazette. An Alsatian newspa-
per reports that five allied prisoners
were killed in a raid on Thionville.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-06-28
Express Merger Announced.

Washington, June 25.-Formal an
nouncement of the express merger I'M
der government control was made by
the railway administration. The COM
panies affected are the Wells-Fargo,
Adams. American and Southern.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-06-28

A gasoline engine driven dynamo
that is entirely automatic in its action
is attracting attention in England.
Frequent and moderate rain is the
most effective Of all sanitary agen-
cies.
Sixty men a thousand are now be-
Ing killed in the war, and about loO
men out of each thousand are wound
cd
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-06-28
Defer Panama Elections

Panama, June 25.-President Giro
Urriola, who succeeded to the presi-
.dency on the death Of DR.. Ramon
Valdez on June 8, has issued a de-
cree, deferring for six months the
elections which were set for July.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-06-28
ouestionnaires to Registrars.

Washington, June 25.-Question-
naires will be mailed to all of the re-
cent registrants of the twenty-one-
year-old-class during the three days
beginning June %, the provost mar
shall General announced.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-06-28

third OF its own enlistment quota.
However, the Rudigers were not
all Fasteners. About 1OO,OOOOOO
people seemed to feel that the United
States did not roalizn +bot II xuar Of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-06-28

49, Fasteners About 1oooooooo
ssssss s ss . tss that hat TIE sss
only person America who the
his bon the a h aed got sqmDsT satisfaction actor out d
nd out what they're in for day when it's but tell
military world
look about him all millions
Rudger got scoldng
at ne a the WGs war on his one one pair Of shoulders For day
would e aad 60 out and play golf Then another day
he'd see e f u Of tine w would g Lie heavily 6 on him n
m dnd and gGan and seod Ih big
US irritable and there was 0 vast cdi W ng ou mnds
get YOU YOU don't enlist if YOU don't
YOU will be painted yellow.
dered by advertising
press ALSO an that YOU campaign to pas n m nd p
c0nga with the nervous ira Of the time It Rudger
neither the YOU scodng
When poster in trenches am apt
yours you
right screaming proaches warnings at me- You don't
it's more YOUR war than IS mine az and You nk YOU h
and YOU make tired I'm selfish
bull Yelling you, going
efforts
plural WE Us and OUR that reached citizens whom
left nothing Of the
country they
had
with Germany and this is benefit
that Germany conferred when she attacked killed the
But she pleased with the
would the American side the thought they really
citizens
said rest Of US often said
to them; but all o. ando
friend of of German
him. Until April 1917 he had been pGerman times critical
attitude
declared unform-a
right to felt that attitude
can't
have been mistaken But Germany
Of
life $ I'm
help get the kaiser, and we're going to do it"
ism romp
CALLING and unhepful
good Americans
of attacking
and
good cung' We cued the German
behaved well under the that
blowing
irriaion
and
certain dsomeh edio
Washington and without pausng to inquire how
physically unfit In the held
filing
had intention
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-06-28
Boofh Tarkin6Gon

URING the spring of 1917 certain groups
of patriots in the East, particularly in
New York and Boston, did great deal
of worrying about the Middle and West
1 &@~ ern states. These Fasteners would
k% come together at luncheons and commit
1 A~1 tee meetings, and after getting into
f- condition Of collective depression about
he nv of no
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-06-28


sentto camps
ball would have sent them not IN mood at all out at ng lack
UNDERSTANDINGS that his country needs him
should adopt and thing is certain those
its of other who is not in
ur6 m We can use the e an we fa a na1e been
soldiers We be judged Let US save our DtN
% dss~ .,E fas9
beoe they kinder to one an
among another They
find gdnesses and nobes another that they nave not Gus
they does not do
a &C. nnit po ahe gs "i - 80 - " ''''s
Some helped
cheer and perhaps tried not to cry when the flags vent down the
aruleryn the parade and hospital
city officials the
with mionaires
dentists clerks the
railroad men the BARRIERS the Gekag Marched e d h all sang when
the bands didn't The Catholic organizations
free and the like
called German but would no longer be called they
many Bugarians shouting
Battle Cry Cry Of nj and ere a az 10 @ @ ana There @ n
dressed antique bowmen No
anything that wasn't with the Germans
And overhead sailed the airpanes But not with Indianapolis
alone with all the cities and towns and villages and OF
visible all America where
Germany Ludenburgh could only brdeye view of
this
America united trouble
boher"
miarism
brighten His
err6rizaton" terf
child Zeppelns
7oe poison setting peaceful towns fire.
children
make
will
believe that 1t is
the world it's
talking
before mighty and mpacabe
Of the
Light Horse
William
marches
these said that the
wayst o S And follow them.
in prosperity
ndvsibe
doubts the
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
WOMEN HANDLE BIG SHELLS
Young Mother Gave Practical Demon
stration Of Their Physical Fit
ness to Do So.

When women first were put to work
in shell factories in England they
handled only the light field-gun shells.
Later 1t became necessary for them to
turn out larger shells, and doubts were
raised as to whether the women were
strong enough to handle them. A
young mother settled the question.
LET me heft the she'll" she said,
picking one up from the floor. aye"
she commented, 'this shell is a mite
heavy, It's true, but it's not so heavy
as my baby"
There is a shell factory In the Liv-
erpool district operated almost exclu-
slvely by the daughters of business
and professional men. Many are
young girls who had eve done any
kind of work other than needle work
and cooking. The heavy work of the
establishment is performed by the
wives of sailors.
This is a nonproft-making factory
and 1t is the reply Of the Cunard COM
pany TO the Germans for the sinking
of the Lusitania.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
Rip Van Noah.

It was the first twilight game at the
local ball park, and the little fan with
the whiskers just had to tell something
to celebrate the occasion.
Boys, here's a new n my son
wrote me-" he said, as he climbed into
the bleachers.
"Well, spring it, Spring i'll" begged
the gang" Lets get 1t owe with"
"Yuh know my sons at the Nation
al army camp at Chillicothe. Ieh, he
came out fiat-footed fer the war. Hah-
hah !" said the little man. as he bit
into a cigar which everybody knew
was made in Wheeling. well, here
is what he wrote me this morning:
Dear Pop-Here is a joke. / hope
you see the point. What put the chill
in Chillicothe? Why, the draft, OF
course. Jimmy. p. s. This is some
city Now wasn't that just like jim
my. Some little joke. He-hel"
Eyes, some little joke" said the
crowd. you old Mr.. Rip Van Noah"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
Evils of Eye FATIGUE.

Many nervous as we'll as other dis
eases are caused by incorrect illumina-
ton. The eye is a subject of prime
consideration in connection with our
health and happiness. Eye fatigue
spells the disposition as that Is one
of the conditions given for inefficient
work we find here a cause for more
loss of the workman's time. When
reduced to a dollar and cents basis
this loss shows a large percentage
over the cost Of the lighting that
would be required to eliminate them.
AS judgment is dependent upon per-
ception and perception upon the sight,
hen the laborer. to be efficient, must be
able TO see fine details and small OBJ
jects at close range with sharpness
md distinction, to distinguish objects
1t a distance with accuracy, and to
nave clear perception of all objects In
he intermediate space.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
Initiated kopenick Captain.

An extraordinary instance of Teu-
tonic servility where uniforms are con-
cerned has occurred at Essen. A par
ty of three armed individuals, two In
soldiers and one In a policeman's uni
form, made a round of all the schools
of the town, representing themselves
to be authorized to collect the chill
dren's satchels. They paid a trifie In
each case for the leather straps at
tached to them, and carried away their
booty. After a few days, the whole
affair was discovered to be a swindle.
How 1t is possible that this could
have been carried on for days without
anyone having the courage to chal-
lenge their authority remains n of
the mysteries Of the war;" says the
Rhenish Westphalian Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
WAS GIFT TO QUEEN VICTORIA
First Pekingese Dog Brought to Eu-
rope a Present From the EN-
press of China.

P~ekingese dogs have been known to
the western world little more than
half a century. During the looting of
the imperial palace at Picking, an Eng
fish soldier picked UP a dog belong
ing to the empress. Her attendants
attacked the Tommy en- masse. He
suggested that the dog be sent as a
gift from the empress to Queen Vic
toria.
The plan was agreed to and the
dog was sent to Buckingham palace,
where he was known as Looty. Other
dogs took exception to his appear
ance and made him wish he were back
In China. When the prince and
princess OF Wales returned from a
trip to the continent, the princess per-
suaded the queen to let her take him
to her home at S~andringham. The
princess thought Looty's loneliness
should be ended, since he couldn't
make friends with any English dog,
so she sent to China for a mate Of
his own kind.
The fad started by the princess was
taken ups by London society and
the breeding of Pekingese dogs be-
came so popular that London dog
shows have sometimes been devoted
exclusively to the new type.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
Ancestry Not Collateral.

Ancestral honors are not a safe lean
.ng post. The leaner usually grows
more lean waiting for providential
bonuses on parental reputation. Some
stocks pay perpetual dividends, but
ancestral fitness often goes to seed in
The spineless scions of modern days.
Natures dividends depend on present
production rather than on records of
has been. Dads reputation Is a
mighty good Introduction to the pres
busy world, but that busy old globe
won't take long to set her estimate on
you. Try living on the reputation of
the family and 1t will add an extra
mill to the tax rate to provide for your
future as "a ward of the poor board.
Uncle Sam has thousands of poor dubs
who thought they were more than they
are. Learn to lean on yourself and you
won't disgrace the family. Use-don't
abuse the ancestral brains.-Pennsyl-
vania Grit.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
Elxlnn Temperament.

The most eminent of British scien-
lists have devoted special study to the
psychological and physiological aspects
of flying. One authority says that
good eyesight. normal hearing, good
muscle sense" and ~equilibration are
Indispensable qualifications. But most
important of all is the right tempera-
ment-not an easy thing for a medical
board to examine. OF the types-the
imaginative and the unimaginative-
the imaginative youth is said to make
the better pilot IL he can keep his
Imagination under control.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
SENSE OF SMELL WONDERFUL
oIfactory Nerves Capable Of Doing
Work That Can Only Be Called
Marvellous.

It is said that the tenth part of a
grain of musk will continue for a
to fill a room with its odoriferous par
ticles, and that at the end of that time
1T will not be a%ppreciably diminished
In weight.
A cubic inch of air arising from the
fame of a Bunsen burner has been es-
timated to contain no fewer than
4S0,0O0,00 0 dust particles.
A drop Of blood that might be sus-
pended from the point of a needle
contains about 100000 red corpus
cles.
Yet, although matter Is so marvel
ously Invisible, the olfactory nerves
are Infinitely more sensitive. Much
yet remains to be investigated with
reference to these nerves which will
discriminate with such apparent mirac-
ulous accuracy.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
LOUDER THAN ANY THUNDER
Modern Guns Make Noise That 10 Far
Above That Of "Heaven's
Artillery"

Every big noise is compared 10
thunder. as IL heavens artillery werg
the greatest noise imaginable. We
speak commonly of "the thunder of the
guns" and the poets have always
spread themselves on the terrific can
nonade of q thunder storm. But Che
plain fact is that mans artillery beats
the clouds into fits, If the distance at
which each can be heard is any cri-
terion of the intensity and volume of
sound.
The gunfire In Flanders has been
heard In London countless times.
while Ii is quite impossible to say
how far the famous mineburst on the
Vimy ridge, produced by human
agency. though not gunfire. could be
heard. But 1t is doubtful whether the
loudest thunder that ever pealed has
been heard 20 miles away.
One of the greatest thunder storms
of recent years occurred In the Rich
mond area, but not a sound of ii
reached London, and 1t Is on record
that when the church steeple of Lost
withiel was destroyed by lightning to
the accompaniment Of such a roar of
thunder as the oldest inhabitant could
not remember, no sound was heard 80
miles distant.
The explanation of this seeming
anomaly is possibly the fact that
thunder is produced in the air. and the
sound is conveyed by earth waves
rather than by air waves.-London
Chronicle.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
Two Prize Captives.

While on sentry duty one night one
of the men at Camp Colt. who a
been the butt of numerous company
Jokes, halted two of his worst tormen-
tors as they were endeavoring to slip
into camp after taps. In response to
his challenge they stated that they
were Kaiser Bill and Won Hindenburg.
Thereupon the sentry called for the
officer of the guard. reported his dis
tinguished guests. and had the salts
faction of seeing them headed directly
for the guardhouse.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

9 The fifth Demorest medal contest which has taken place in Paradise
Q was held at Kemlers hall on Sunday evening, under the management of
> Mrs. M G Purvfance. The program a good and the declarations and
. singing were greatly enjoyed The judges were Miss Gertrude Abel
. o. Mcmillan and b f. Riley, who awarded the medal to James F Harvey
. eldest o of j. r. Harvey.
9 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Reinhart have returned from al extended trip
9 to San Francisco.
9 Twenty-Five years ago a oneinch want ad in The Silver State cost
9 $3.50 for the first insertion and $1O0 for each subsequent insertion. OF
. $3.50 for three insertions. To-day a one-nch want ad can be insertedt three
9 time for only fifty cents, and it's more valuable o than In 1893.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16
GERRY" NEW NICKNAME
FOR GERMAN SOLDIER

It's Jerry now, not Fritzie.
II has been noted recently In
soldiers letters that the pet
name for the enemy among the
Yankees In France is Jerry"
At the beginning of the war
the name was applied only TO
German aviators, but 1t is rap
idly being adopted for all Of the
troops.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-16

WINNEMUCCA LODGE No. 4
10, F. d A. M.-Ststed com ~
munications will be held 1T NA
their hall in the Silver State
block until further notice at 1880 D.
m on the FIN Friday evening If
each month. fl Master Masons In
good standing are cordially invited
to attend. T. NJ. PATTEN, W. n.
CHRIS WOLF, sec,y.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-03

shall have the distinguished honor Of
increasing the expenses Of the govern
ment."
Senator Smith Of Michigan imme-
diately rushed to the front with de-
tense Of the Republicans.
"Oh," remarked the Colorado sem
ator, II hope the senator will not mis-
understand me. The Democratic party.
to which 1 belong. when 1t comes to
extravagant legislation is just as deep
in the mud as the Republican is in the
mire." Later he remarked that it was
said the bills enactment would result
In 40 Democratic congressman being
elected-"one for every million dol
lars. want to see Democratic con-
gressmen elected, but l am not so
anxious that / am willing to pay
million dollars apiece out of the United
States treasury to accomplish that re-
suit"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-03
CHAPTER XIII.
Gas Attacks and Spies,

Three days after we had silenced
Fritz, the Germans sent over gas. It
did not catch us unawares, because the
wind had been made to order, that Is,
1t was blowing from the German
trenches toward ours at the rate Of
about five miles per hour.
Warnings had been passed down the
trench to keep sharp lookout for gas.
We had a new man at the periscope,
on this afternoon in question; was
sitting on the fire step, cleaning my
rifle, when he called out to me:
There's sort Of greenish, yellow
cloud rolling along the ground out In
front, It's coming"
But I waited for no more. grabbing
my bayonet, which was detached from
the rifle, gave the alarm by banging
an empty shell case, which was hang
ing near the periscope. At the same
instant, gongs started ringing down the
trench, the signal for Tommy to don
his respirator, or smoke helmet, as we
call 1t.
Gas travels quickly, so you must not
lose any time; you generally have
about eighteen or twenty seconds In
which to adjust your gas helmet.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-03

to disguise the location Of his machine
gun and get his range. Some Of the
most commonly used stunts are as fol-
lows:
At night, when he mounts his gun
over the top of his trench and wants
to get the range Of Fritz's trench he
adopts the method of what he terms
getting the sparks" This consists Of
firing bursts from his gun until the
bullets hit the German .barbed wire.
He can tell when they are cutting the
wire, because bullet when it hits a
wire throws out blue electric spark.
Machine-gun fire is very damaging to
wire and causes many wiring party
to go out at night when 1t is quiet to
repair the damage.
To disguise the flare Of his gun at
night when firing, Tommy uses what is
called flare protector. This is a stove
pipe arrangement which fits over the
barrel casing of the gun and screens
the sparks from the right and left, but
not from the front. So Tommy, always
resourceful, adopts this scheme: About
three feet or less in front of the gun he
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 it. The water prevents it
catching fire and effectively screens
the flare of the firing gun from the
enemy.
Sound is a valuable asset in locating
machine gun, but Tommy surmounts
this obstacle by placing two machine
guns about one hundred to one hum
dred and fifty yards apart. The gun
on the right to cover with it's fire the
sector of the left gun and the gun on
the left to cover that of the right
gun. This makes their fire cross; they
are fired simultaneously.
By this method it sounds like one
gun firing and gives the Germans the
impression that the gun is firing from
point midway between the guns
which are actually firing, and they &C.
cordingly shell that particular spot.
The machine gunners chuckle and say,
'Fritz is brainy boy, not 'alf he
amt"
But the men in our lines at the spot
being shelled curse Fritz for his igno-
rance and pass a few pert remarks
down the line in reference to the ma
chine gunners being windy" and
afraid to take their medicine.