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Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16
Condensed Telegrams

German aliens registered in Chicago total 13,264. zs
 German Socialist organ warns: Americans are coming!''
 Germany is equipping her Zeppelins with artificial fog makers.
 German Socialists are urging &C., ceptance of main American principles.
 The condition of the winter wheat crop of France is reported to be fay- orable.
 Andrew J. Sihley,. a banker and for merly postmaster of Montpelier, Vt, is dead. ; @4
 Deportations of Belsians are still being carried on by German military authorities.
 Three lieutenants and two privates were sentenced to death in Greece for causing smutiny,
 A total of s1,o4s applications for government insurance was made al Camp Funston Kansas. s. The names. of two Americans killed and one man wounded, appeared or the Canadian casualties list. The governors of the Stock Ex. l lz1. fkl-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16

'5rigadier General Isaac w. Littell, of the quartermaster's corps in charge of cantonment construction who has held his ranlSe in the national army, has been appointed brigadier general in the regular army.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16

Marne Way triumphed over Kaiser Wilhelm Street in Mount Washington, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The name was changed at the edict of the coun- .ci1 .-. -8'
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16

Andrew J. sibiey, a banker and for merly- postmaster of Montpelier, Vt, is dead. @4s
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16

Rear Admiral Bradley D. Fiske, U. s. N., retired, has been elected pres ident of the Army. and Navy Club at New York by the governors of that organization.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16

The Department of Agriculture has announced that 100, GOO acres of castor beans will be planted this year. to meet the governments requirements of, lubricant for aircraft
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16

The N avy Department hopes to se- cure relief from congestion. conditions on the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh street car lines. without resort to dras- tic. action.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16

A subway plan is to be whipped in- to shape as soon as possible by the Chicago City Council Committee on local transportation and submitted to the voters for approval.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16

< William > Yust, Rochester libra
 rian. was granted leave efSsabsence, to take charge of. the American Li- brary Associat ion $ war work kat. Spar
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16

Q 5rEfzE..N ae.ci
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-16

A United States soldier shot and seriously wounded one. of two men walking along the barred zone of the New York waterfront district after they refused to halt
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
One Of the most attractive booklets

One Of the most attractive booklets
issued recently is the year book put
OFT by Swift & Company, covering the
activities of the big packing concern
during the year 1917. Serving as IN
Introduction is the address of the vice
president, Il. +. Swift, TO the stock
holders, In which he tells Of the abnor-
mally high prices paid for live stock
in Chicago and Of the prices obtained
for meat; Of the investigation by the
federal trade commission, and the IL
censing by the government of food dis
~tributing agencies and the limiting of
profits on slaughtering and meat pack
Ing to 8 per cent on money employed.
Mr.. Swift also told with pride of the
$500 employees who had entered the
various branches Of the United States
service, and concluded with the state
ment that Swift & Company would do
their utmost to help win the war.
An interesting and illuminative sec
ton of the booklet is that devoted to
statistics of live stock prices and pro-
duction, and another Is given up to
telling "the packers service to pro-
Queer and consumer" Figures are
given showing that the net profit of
the company per head, 1912 to 1916.
averaged $1.22 for cattle. less than Is
cents for sheep and less than So cents
for hogs. II is explained that the large
aggregate profits are due to the i'm
mense volume of business done.
The booklet Is handsomely illus
trated with photographs and color
prints and the cover illustration, made
from q photograph OF q corn farm in
Ohio, Is especially attractive.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
A LITTLE BEDTIME STORY.

When Johnny Chuck ended his win
ter's Information and appeared In the
doorway Of his house, he found Peter
Rabbit waiting for him, a-Quiver with
curiosity.
$50 you are awake at last, Johnny"
exclaimed Peter. II was In your house
several weeks ago, and there you lay
with your eyes closed and your hands
embracing your stomach, sounder
asleep than l ever saw anybody be-
fore"
"Oh, I wasn't asleep" replied John.
ny. Il was In a brown study. Late
last full Sammy Jay, who thinks he's
smart. told me a conundrum. He
asked: What Is the difference be-
tween an American soldier and a BUTCH
er In a packing plant?' He answered
It himself. One Is q defender and the
other a beef ender.' And then he
laughed. l have been studying over
that all winter, trying to figure out
whether he Is a fool or he thinks I
am."-kansas City Star.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
MEMPHIS BOY GETS MEDAL
Horace N. Emery Decorated by King
Of Great Britain for Distinguished
War Service.

Memphis, Tenn.-Horace NJ. Emery.
4 Memphis boy, has been decorated by
King George of England for distin-
guished wal service. He was wounded
In the battle of the Somme and was
sent to q hospital In London, where
he has just recovered. When restored
to health young Emery WINS summoned
to the kings palace. King George met
him and shook hands with him in real
American fashion, and said:
Il am glad to meet you as an Ameri-
IAN citizen who came to my country
us q member Of Il Canadian troops"
Then the king pinned the medal on
Emery's coat.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
Former Royal Dublin Fusilier Tells
Of Tortures Undergone
by captives.
NURSE sPlTs IN COFFEE
Torments Wounded Officer Begging for
Drink-TraveI Five Days Without
Food or Orink-Fiendish
Forms OF Cruelty.

Chicago.-A tall, blue-eyed. fair
haired Irish boy recently arrived here
after spending two years In German
prison camps and suffering from hor-
r such as few men survive. NJ. J.
Prendergast is late Of the Royal Dub
lin Fusiliers. He was with the Fourth
division Of the Contemplate little
army" that fought at Mons. He took
part In rear-guard actions after the
retreat began. battling with what
seemed to be innumerable hosts Of the
enemy until on August q. 1914, he fell
wounded In the head, somewhere near
Etreux.
He was picked up by the enemy and
piled into q cattle chr along with
: OF other wounded prisoners. For
dve days he travelled north and east
on the way to Germany. without food
or water, without any attention by doc
tor or Red Cross nurse.
Nurse Torments Officer.
In his car was nm officer OF the War
wicks. painfully Injured. At one Of
the many stations where the train
stopped this man begged for some re-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19

def. A Red Cross nurse brought a
cup Of coffee. held 1t in front Of his
eyes, spat In 1t and threw it In his
face.
1T was the usual thing whenever
they offered us anything to drink for
those German nurses to spit In 1t
first" Prendergast declares.
The prisoners were detrained at
Senne Lager bel PaderbOrn, IN Of the
first prison camps opened by the en-
emy.
For II days." says the Irish boy.
1--WE lay on the bare earth uncared for.
There was no shelter above US and
not even a pallet of straw beneath us.
There were barracks and stables ear
by that might have been used, but we
were not allowed to enter them. Most
of us were too weak from our wounds
and virtual starvation to be able. to
move. At last they put up a marquis,
q mere canvas roof, without sides. and
we were permitted to lie under 1t.
The flrst medical attention / got was
when some French and Russian doc
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES at the camp.
They dressed my head as best they
could. but they had no bandages. ex-
cept what they could make from my
dirty old army shirt.
Il was four months ut Senne Lager,
and in oil that time was not given
even the chance to battle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
SERGEANT NETTIE GETS THEM
British-c Canadian Recruiting Mission
Has Only Woman Recruiting
Officer In United States.

Chicago.-When Sergt. Nettie Nc
Pherson sounds the battle cry the men
just 60 wild about her and fall e
each other to enlist In the British
army at local stations OF the British
Canadian recruiting mission. In her
trim Gordon Highlanders' kilties and
tartan, and with her snappy black eyes
and winsome smile, Sergeant Nettie
gets 'em. She can also do a Highland
fling and play the pipes, and when she
does, the fighting blood Of the Scot and
Briton boils and he can't resist. Ser
geant Mcpherson Is said to be the only
woman recruiting officer In the United
States.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
New Idea for Boys and Girls Of
the United States School
Garden Army.
Who IS SOLDIER YOU KNOW?
Name the Little Plot for the One You
Think Of When You Hear Them
Singing 1.-THE Long, Long
Trall."
BY wINiFRED BLACK.

(From the Department OF the Interior.)
There is a new idea In the United
States school garden army. It's this:
What are you going to name your
own little plot Of ground. little sister.
II you ri lucky enough to have one
Of your own In your back yard?
What r you going to call your po-
tato patch. brother. You with the
bright eyes that weren't SO bright the
day you went down to the station to
see big brother of with his regiment1
Oh, yes, you fell In behind the SOL
diers and kept fine step to the music
Of the band and held up your head and
felt big enough and strong enough to
march a thousand miles and take a
million German prisOners-but when
he had gone and you went home and
mother put her arms around you and
laid her head on your shoulder and
asked you to help her to be brave
something queer happened to your
heart and you have never felt quite
the same since. have you?
And now they are beginning to tell
you In school about Russia and what
a rich country 1t Is and how much 1t
will mean in food II the Germans real
~ get possession of it-and ut home
sometimes your prown folks look pretty
serious and you wonder II 1t could be
possible-nO, 1t isn't, and you are go
Ing to help make 1t impossible. You
and those strong little brown hands Of
yours. You and your brave heart and
loyal soul. You and your war garden
that you are cultivating for Uncle Sam.
What Will You Name Your 0arden7
You'll have good luck with your gar
den or good success with 1t. There
isn't much luck In the garden business.
It all just SINNERS down to hard work
and the right kind of care, and 1t Is
going to be hard work. too.
There Will be hot days when your
back aches and you want to 60 swim
ming /; and cool days when your knees
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
GERMAN PRISON CRIMES RECITED

1T was here they had a peculiar
form Of torture. Two big poles were
erected In the center Of the ump
The officers would pick out a couple
OF mentor no apparent cause beyond
the fact that they were hated British
ers-and have them tied tightly to the
poles. with ropes around their arms
and their feet about an inch from the
ground. Then they would set q bowl
or shadow sOup-our only food-in
front Of them, and leave them there
for AZ hours. Three times / was given
this torture. OF course ones head fell
forward while In this position, and one
was compelled to look ut the bowl OF
soup that could not be reached, while
hunger added to the pain Of the tight
ropes and the terrible WEAKNESS Of
suspension.
Another favorite entertainment for
the officers was to compel us to run for
hours with our bare feet In wooden
sabots that chafed with every step.
We would run until we dropped from
sheer exhaustion.
"FrOm Senne Lager / went to Lin
berg.
AT Limberg we were in%Oculated
with some virus, which we we're told
was to make us immune from .typhus.
The strange thing is that soon after
70 per cent Of the camp came down
with what they called bronchitis It
developed into tuberculosis. It Is to
this fact I owe my freedom. They
thought I was dying from consumption.
and they sent me to Switzerland to be
exchanged. / guess they would be dis
appointed II they could see me row."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
THE GOAL
by Katherine Lee Bates Of The
VlQI1anteo.

ny Katherine Lee Bates Of The
vlgllantes.
The world has glimpsed q vision
1t shall not lose.
Not hatred nor derisiOn
May dlsabuse
The nations, WrOnged and wronging,
Misled, misunderstood.
OF their deep human longing
For brotherhood.
Love is the only healing.
Music that blends
All discords, light revealing
Foes as friends.
New nfes our youth enrnpture
To a strife that shall not cease
Until their glad hearts capture
The Prince Of Peace.
They shall return with singing.
Whether they come
In flesh or spirit, bringing
Their prisoner Aome.
Courage and faith have bound him
Fast In q shining chain:
The blOssomed thcrn has crowned him.
Beauty from pain.
Goal OF the toiling ages.
No longer farl
on through these battle RACES
Leads the star.
At last for 4 decision
They fight Ii mortnl feud.
Brute Force against TIL. Vision
OF brotherhood.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19

Sutton, w. va.-A ommon yellow
cur owned by Hugh McQuain OF In
dian Fork, a here, q soldier sta
toned at Camp Lee, refused to permit
distance to bar his presence beside
his young master. The dog mysteri-
ously disappeared from home, and
three weeks later came a letter from
young McQuain that the dog had
turned up at Camp Lee. The dis
lance Is nearly 400 miles.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
Helps Considerably.

They've been married twenty
years and they are still In love-"
"After all, there Is such a thing as
lasting affection"
"Perhaps. But taking a practical
view of the matter, both had enough
money when they married to do what
they liked, and they have never had to-
borrow from each other"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
Absentminded.

"What's wrong with the boss?"
"You know he has been In the habit
lately of having his hands m~anicured.
You hold your fingers In q little bowl
Of water, l believe"
II know"
"Well the minute the new stenog-
rapher seated herself ut his desk he
dipped his hand into the Ink WE'LL"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
Why . Were There,

Mr.. Bacon-Look at the item in this
paper: The total wealth of the United
States Ii estimated ut $13O,0OO,0OO,
600.
Mrs. Bacon-Why are there SO many
ciphers In there2
1.-The ciphers, my dear. represent the
wealth Of a large proportion Of the
people,"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19

"Have you ever loved before?" asked
the coy maid.
"Yes," yawned the worldly young
man, "but-er-nerer before q chaper.
one, two small brothers and o pet bull
dog"
And then she suggested q trip down
the old road to see the stars.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
q Pesslmist.

Mrs. Hlckson-In the old days love
letters were written with goose quilts.
:. Mr.. Hickson-Yes; they were writ.
ten by many q goose, too.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19

"You my be has y lovely disposi.
ton"
"Wondcrfuliy lovely. ! have known
him to 20 al over the golf links and
level my anything more emphatic than
t0h. lo1nor"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
WHAT WILL YOU
CALL THE GARDEN

ache and you want to curl up In the
in the lot and play baseball, and You
will have to stick to the garden and do
your work for Uncle Sam.
What are you going to name that
little garden of yours?
/ will tell you what l am going to
name mine-mine is going to be called
Sam Brown-because Sam Brown Is a
boy who never had a chance In life
till the war broke out, and then he
saw his chance and took 1t, and he Is
over there In France today fighting for
you and for me and for Uncle Sam,
and I am going to name my little gar
den after him.
What IRE you going to name your
garden? Who Is the soldier you know?
Who is the n you think of when you
hear them singing "Over There" and
1.-The Long, Long Trail?" Lets name
the little garden In our " back yard
for him.
And You, Little Sister.
Come, little sister, you I doing
your part, too, and doing 1t faithfully
whether you are tired or not or whether
you wish you coull go down town and
have an ice cream soda md forget that
there was such q thing as a rake or
hoe In the world. You are the COM
fort of your lonely fathers heart now
adays. Where's that picture Of the
boy In uniform? Your W particu-
lar soldier?
: You wouldn't take anything in the
world for 1t, would you? How hand
some he Is. and how brave. It makes
your eyes fill with tears Of pride even
to think of his name-cnll your little
garden after him and write to him
we there in the trenches and tell him
about 1t. and just wait till you get
back his letter In reply.
"Sam Brown" that IS going to be
the name Of my garden.
What Is going to be the name Of
yoursf
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19

Marvellous Story Of Womanss
Change from weakness
70 Strength By Taking
Druggists Advice.

Peru, lnd.-"1 suffered from . de.
placement with backache and dragging
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19

Fifteen women are now included in
the membership Of the st. Louis po-
lice department.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19

A~
thGtat times
I could not be on
my feet and Il did
not seem as though
l could stand It !
dit erent
medicines without
benefit and
doctors
told me nothing
but an operation
do me any
good. My drug
gist told me OF
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. 1took
with the result
that ] o well
and strong. I ret
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
ciosa a. n.

Nick-Did her face light upf
Dick-Sure; her eyes snapped 0re
and her cheeks burned with rage.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19

Strength is largely q matter Of
discovering allies"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19

Gcorge-The idea Of accepting such
4 bufIoon Of . ma1 for Z husbandl
Why, his name doesn't look well on
a visiting card.
Evelyn-No; but It looks rather IN
vitins son 3 check.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-19
JOYOUS Assumption

A "cut-up" scatters careless chan.
He - indeed q happy eli
Who thinks he should make others laugh
BY watching him enjoy himself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

instructions for new defensive sys-
TEN, and this is the one now in use
over the greater part Of the length of
line. The old system was called the
system Of 'Ainear Defence" while the
new plan is called the system of ode
fence in depth" ole Temps" of Paris,
describes and compares the two sys-
TENS as follows:
"The system of linear defence COM
prsed three successive barriers, which
are illustrated in the sketch below
Figure y by the letters A, B and C.
An interval Of about two miles divided
one barrier from another; each of them
was formed of three lines of contlnu-
Gus trenches, protected by barbed wire
entanglements and provided with deep
cugouts; finally, specially fortified
points. called blockhouses, redoubts,
centres OF resistance or strong points,
reinforced these barriers wherever the
ground permitted or demanded.
Barrier A formed the first position
to be defended with the greatest OBJ
stlnacy against the enemy's attack, in
case Of need with the assistance of re-
Inducements detached from Barrier B.
If this first position was carried the
struggle was to be continued at Barrier
B and afterward at Barrier C. In or
der to pierce the front completely the
enemy would have to occupy success
sively A, B and c.
Varied First Defence
"The second sketch Gig q repre-
SCENTS the transformation of one of the
three barriers that formed the basis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Gen. Scott Relieved
AS Division Chief

WASHINGTON, March 1e. = Major
General Hugh l.. Scott. formerly chief
Of staff, to-day was ordered relieved
of his command of the 18th National
Army Division at Camp Dix, N. j.,
and placed IN command of the camp it
self, which is to be made an embarka-
ton camp.
Brigadier General James T. Dean
has been appointed to temporarily COM
mand the 18th Division.
No official reason for the order was
assigned. General Scott came to Wash
ington this week for examination by
the Medical Board appointed to deter
mine the fitness Of officers to hold com
mands on the fighting front in France.
and he understood that he had passed
the test. Five other divisional com
mandcrs had been relieved Of their
commands earlier in the week because
they failed 10 pass the physical exam
nation.
The general policy in the War De-
partmcDt has been not to give fighting
commands 10 officers who have reached
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Foes Secret Mine
Did No DAMAGE
Surprise Explosion Under Ital-
ian Defence Works De-
clared Failure

LONDON, March 16.-No damage
was done to the Italian positions on
Monte Pasubo by the great Austrian
mine recently exploded there, according
to delayed Italian official army head
quarters statement, dated Thursday
and received here to-day.
The enemy had claimed the capture
OF Italian defence works after they had
been blown to pieces by the explosives
secretly placed beneath them. 9
The Italian statement also tells of a
clever stroke at the head of the Ornia
Valley, where an ambuscade was laid
and two enemy patrolling parties were
captured.
The enemy fired with artillery on a
field hospital at Bassano clearly
marked with the Red Cross, the state
ment says.
To-day's official Italian statement
tells of artillery duels and patrol &C
tions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Italian Front
ITALIAN

ROME. Thursday. March 14-West Of
Bezzecca strong enemy parties which attempt
cd to capture one of patrols was dis
persed by our fire. The enemy exploded a
powerful mine on Monte Pasubo but our
positions were not damaged. In the vicinity
of Laghi one of our patrols caused great
alarm in the hostile positions and returned
without loss to line. Other patrols in
ambush at the head of the Orna Valley sue
ceeGed in capturing two enemy patrols.
Our artillery dispersed two enemy troops
and working parties in the Asago basin and
conveys along roads in the Brenta and
s:e1 valleys. There was slight hostile ar
along the Middle Pave At Bassano a field
hospital. visibly marked with Red Cross
was hit.
i, ROME, March Embarrassing actions by
the opposing artlleries were more FREQUENT
in the zone north of Pontc Della, Priula and
south of Zenson Con the Piave). Hostile
patrols were put to flight. In the Asago
region our bursts of fire repeatedly disturbed
enemy rear line movements
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
4 Am Satisfied"
Bakers Verdict
After Seeing Docks
iBy The Asses1ated prsssl

w BOARD SECRETARY BAKERS
ss.-ciAL TRAIN IN FRANCE, Wcdnes-
-, March l3.-Secretary Bakers first
after his conferences with the
.S"eh statesmen and American gen
t. ' ~ The capital has been to begin
a.. study Of what the Americans are
n,. "s ana ought to do in France by a
'y Of a great port department..
H. am still absorbing" said he at
snd OF fourteen-hour day. 81
a.. say frankly that / did not know
:. namensity of the enterprise which
nm nave undertaken in opening new
Arns ~. and when zee what we have
.Tsp.'hhsd here am satisfed."
sarsis american War Secretary at the
hndsd port In question was at
c sn.., ~ General Pershing. Major
gsnai William 81. black. Eripadtcr
sxf. a. W. w. Attcrbury and the Off
zts.,s. inc engineers who have been
4osL;,s Vast new equipment for
'H and unloading ahips.
inspeets Dock Front
Faliss secretary walked for three
fron, ai,eng the American army's dock
~ :, airsaa1 constructed or In proc
constructions. as an extension to