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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-06
AlrpIans Wrecks Train.

An airplane has often proved itsek
more than a match for its antagonist
In an unequal encounter. A French
aviator once penetrated far behind the
German lines and chanced upon a
heavily laden troop train. The speed
Of his craft being fully twice that Of
this unusual antagonist, it gave him an
advantage he was quick to use. The
airplane flew SO low that Its machine
gun was brought to bear upon the cars.
raking them with disastrous results.
Still flying very low, the airman In
creased his speed and, on coming
abreast of the locomotive, shot both
engineer and fireman. Left to itself,
the locomotive raced forward uncon-
trolled. and taking a sharp curve at
high speed was wrecked with great
loss Of life.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-06
NEW TYPE MIDGET TRACTOR
Conventional Caterpillar Design 20 Be
Used az Substitute for Narrow
Gage Industrial Railroads.

A small tractor Of the conventional
caterpillar type which Is designed as
a substitute for the narrow-gage In
dustrial railroads operated In connec-
ton with large plants, has recently
made Its appearance, says Popular
Science Monthly. 1t can move mate
rial rapidly from one department Of
a factory to another and pass obsta-
cles, since II does not require roads
or tracks for its operation. Further
more, IL does not mar the surface over
which II passes, because 1t lays Its
own track as 1t goes along.
For this reason IL can be used In
side factory buildings. 1t can pass
through doorways of the ordinary size.
and when not used in transporting ma
terial from one department to another,
1t can be employed In the shipping
room or on the loading platform. IL
is but 30 inches wide and 81 inches
high.
There are any number of other uses
to which the industrial tractor may
be put. For instance, 1t can be en-
ployed for pulling loaded wagons out
Of excavations, or IL can be used In
logging camps. or In lumber yards.
mines and shipyards.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-06

Strange ritual marked the ceremony
Of the cremation of the body of fe-
male Hindu on the banks of the Zwart-
kops river (South Africa). The body,
In a coffin, was taken to the spot in
sshearse, where II was removed from
the coffin and placed on a pile of fag-
gots, which had been built up cradle
fashion ready to receive the body. De-
ceased's daughter then walked round
the body three times with a burning
torch and set fire to the pyre In sew
eral places. 1t took three and half
hours to cremate the remains, the
ashes Of which were thrown In the
river. The coffin was also burned.
Permission was granted for the carry
ing out Of the above by the town
council and the administrator.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-06
PICS BLADDERs AS DEcoYs
Suggestion They Would BE Mistaken
TOR Chinese Heads In Water Won
Prize 40 Best Idea.

During the war between China and
Japan In 1894 viceroy Liu Kun-yf is
sued a proclamation Offering q reward
to any one who could suggest q plan
for destroying the enemy feet. The
prize was won by an old literary gen.
tleman who suggested that a large
number Of pigs bladders should be
procured and blown up tight. Then,
when the wind was blowing or shore
towards the feet, these should be put
In the water and the enemy would
mistake them for the heads Of Chinese
soldiers swimming out to attack, and
would open fire with all their guns.
When all their ammunition was fred
away the Chinese could then go out in
boats and secure possession Of the
vessels without loss. To the foreign
mind II sounded very funny, but 1t was
quite q classical scheme.
During the Three Kingdom times the
city Of Hwangchow was being be-
sieged by a hero who had clean run
out Of arrows. He thereupon manned
a fleet Of boats with straw men, and
sent them under the walls at night,
when the defenders shot them full Of
arrows. In this way he replenished
his own magazine and depleted that
Of his opponents, thus capturing the
city easily.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-06

No, / tell you, a little love goes a
long way. observes the Los Angeles
Times. Love was intended as a piquant
condiment, never as a whole meal
Hate may endure through generations.
but love can't stand week under
the same roof without an ingenious ad-
mixture of other ingredients. Love
rules the world-exactly. For the rea-
son that 1t Is scarce and precious. de-
lightfully uncommon, and therefore
valuable. Diamonds themselves would
lose their value II you could pick 'em
up In the streets. Gold would be cheap
er than tinsel II there was enough of
1t to 60 round. Gold and love epoth
powerful for the same reason-hard to
find. difficult to get, still more din
cult to keep.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-06
POETS GET INTO FRONT RANK


The literature Of the war proves that
some soldiers are made into poets, and
we know also. of course, that some
poets have been made into soldiers.
Mobilization and conscription take lit
tie account Of persons and no account
at all Of professions. There is one
great poet Of history, however, and one
great painter, too, who were denied
entrance into the ranks Of the army
Poe and Whistler.
The story Of why Whistler did not
become a soldier Is well known, but 1t
may bear repetition. Like Poe, he was
a cadet at West Point, and like Poe,
he was discharged from that institu-
ton long before the completion of the
course. Whistler was found deficient
In chemistry, and when he was asked
why he did not graduate and become
soldier he answered: 'Tf silicon
were a gas. 1 would be a soldier"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-06
PANIC AMONG BUFFALO HERD
Dummy, Operated At Suggestion Of
cartoonIst Mecuteheon, Causes
6isons to Flee Jungle.

When John McCutcheon was hunt
ing In Africa he was almost as much
interested In taking pictures Of the
game as In killing 1t. For few days
there was a large herd Of buffaloes
grazing near his camp, and he was
keen to go out with his camera and try
his luck.
Mr.. McCutcheon had q wonderful
idea. II he and another man got In
side = buffalo's hide they could 60
among the herd and easily get dozens
of valuable pictures.
The day that they were to try this
experiment McCutcheon had killed his
first lion and was too tired to go out
and play among the buffaloes. So an
other man was persuaded to take his
place, a very tall man. He took thS
hind part and the other man took the
fore. The tall man was little agitat'
ed and when they got near where the
buffaloes were grazing his emotions
increased.
All went well until they were really
among the beasts; then the gentleman
In the hind legs forgot himself and
kept raising his head. The buffaloes
saw one Of their brothers with lively
undulating back. Panic seized them
They fed to the jungle.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-06
West virolnia Soil.

Nearly two-thirds Of the land area
Of West Virginia is in farms. All
soils are from disintegration Of lime
stone, sandstone or mixtures Of shales
and clays. The soil Is generally fer
tile and does not wash into gullies.
the land being productive to the tops
of the mountains. Clay soil is found
In some of the higher portions. alluvial
soil in the uplands, and unproductive
sandy soil in the northeast. In the
extreme northeastern counties the soil
Is of rich limestone. West OF the
mountains the broad. fiat hills furnish
grazing for cattle, while the valleys
produce good crops.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-06
EUREKA. NEVADA. JULY 6. 1918


No two papers seem to agree on
the subject Of the former czar's new
place Of abode, says an exchange. A
favorable account speaks of Tobolslx
as the Boston Of Russia" the home
Of the arts" a picturesque old town,
and favorite winter resort In western
Siberia. Its refinement and culture
are attributed to the large number Of
Swedish officers who were interned
there after Peter the Greats victory
at Poltava. The town never lost the
influence Of their advanced civiliza-
ton.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-06
MUST USE SPADE CAREFULLY
Old RattleneIds VIII Have to Be
Worked With Care to Avoid Count
Iess unexploded sheIh.

A great deal of careful spade work
will be required in the northern part Of
France. Old battlefields covered with
wild flowers, as have seen them, OBJ
serves Paris correspondent. are In
wide stretches q slumbering menace.
Months after the war is over, naval
men have told me, mines win still
make voyages perilous In certain sea
areas. For perhaps many months more
II would be equally as perilous for
farmer to plow these once fertile fields
In the great wars battle swept areas.
Here and there are danger signals
indicating unexploded mines. And the
immense power of these mines is cas-
ily gauged by looking at the enormous
craters where some Of them have been
.blown." The war has gone on its
wav and left these souvenirs of its
intensity and deadliness. Here, there
and everywhere are unexploded shells,
German 'minnies," or Boche "jam-
pots"
What can a Siam pot" dor 1 was
talking with an officer who was In a
first line trench early In the war
when one of these Internal machines
was lobbed over from the German
lines. II stuck Its nose In some soft
mud and did not explode. 1t was per-
mitted to rest In peace by the battalion
then In that part of the line. Another
battalion came. and one man decided
to fire into II with his pistol to explode
1t and thus remove the ever present
menace. The bullet pierced 1t. but 1t
did not explode. He moved closer and
fred another shot, and they found
nothing of him after the second shot.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-06

"Whale meat q la Creole" is the
new Offering on San Francisco hotel
menu. The portions are large and
juicy. delightfully."- seasoned and cost
70 cents each. The new food has come
to stay, according to the hotel experts.
1t 10 q wartime food resource Of the
United States that has been. over
looked. Many tried 1t and pronounced
1t good. The whale meat Is supplied
by sea products company. which has
bought property at Moss Landing and
WIN establish a packing house there.
The meat resembles beef In appear
ance, texture and flavor. There Is no
nshy taste about II.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-06
Cents and Cigarettes.

The tobacco trade finds no difficulty
in using cents in making prices. Gig
arettes are priced as closely as any
thing sold In any department store.
Perhaps the reason is that smokers do
not have to have smokes" and that
the trade would shrivel If prices were
not kept MISUNDERSTANDING
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-06

There are several remarkable his
toric paving stones In Edinburgh upon
which the visitors make a point OF
standing. One is the Heart Of Mid
lothian, heart formed In stones mark
ing the spot where the old Tolbooth
stood. Another Is the paving stone
In the Grassmarket which marks the
spot where the old gallows stood on
which, In the words of the old rec
ords, hundreds of Covenanters glori-
fed God" and the third Is 3 little
square fiagstone bearing the inscrip-
ton, ~. K, 1872" 1t marks the spot
where John Knox was buried. once
the churchyard Of the cathedral now
In the middle of the thoroughfare.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-06

A new life preserver, invented oy
Dane. consists of cylinders filled with
oil. which serve as a brake. The ire
preserver Ii designed to save people
from burning buildings, being 30 con-
triyed that they may be dropped %
sha Oround without intnrYs
New-York tribune., 1918-06-21

March showed a decided tendency to
opply the sclective system without any
regard whatever to the question Of
seniority.
It also is regarded as probable that
General Pershing, in making his selec-
tions for the overseas forces, has
ignored the seniority rule. When the
last list came out the fact that the
War Department had applied seniority
while General Pershing bad
followed another policy, is understood
to have caused some correspondence on
this subject. There is no doubt that
the commander in chief abroad has
been authorized to select officers of any
rank for promotion, and his recommen-
dat;ons will be accepted without
change, so far as the War Department
is concerned.
The exact number of new generals to
he created is rot known. 1t is under
stood. however, that preparations are
under way for the organization OF
twenty new divisions of the National
Army to go into training on this side
as rapidly rs quarters become available.
That would mean at least one hundred
new general officers of the line, with 2
corresponding increase in the staff.
The present list, however, is believed
to contain around thirty names, which
would indicate that Only a few Of the
officers for the new divisions are being
ce1orte1 now
New-York tribune., 1918-06-21
Copenhagen Women
Demand More Food

COPENHAGEN, June 20.-As a pro-
test against the government food regu-
lations workmen and women marched
to the Danish Parliament buildings on
Wednesday carrying standards bearing
inscriptions demanding more bread and
butter. Most of those in the procession
were women.
A deputation called on the Home Sec
retary. He told them he had already
stated that it was impossible to grant
a greater allowance of butter.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-21
Need National Unity,
Says Lloyd George
It Is the Only Issue Now,
Premier Writes; Must
Crush Oligarchy

LONDON, June 20 (via Ottawa -
The necessity for national unity, espe-
cially at this particular time, is en-
rhasized by Premier Lloyd George in
"a letter 20 Mr.. Greet. the coalition
candidate for the House of Commons
ir the Clapham DIVISION. who is being
opposed for the seat.
.'The only issue at the present time
is national unity" the Premier's letter
reads. "ln resolve to subordinate
everything to winning the war the Ger
mans are bent on undermining the
morale of The Allies by promoting dis
trust behind the lines. We have got
to show that until the attempt of an
unscrupulous military oligarchy to i'm
pose it's deapotism on the world has
heen definitely defeated, 1othing can
turn us aside from our goal.
only through winning the war can
we realize the ideas of freedom for
which we entered the war"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-21
Everybody Cheats and
Steals, From Iailbirds
to Officials
War Prohteering
Rampant Everywhere
Junker Party Denounced
for Blocking Peace by
Negotiation
tBy The Associated Press,

AMSTERDAM, June 2o.-The follow
ing is a picture of social conditions in
Prussia asspresented during the debate
on June IS on the budget of the Min
istry of the Interior in the House OF
Deputies by the Socialist member
Braun:
eve are face to face with terrible
condition of public morality. We hear
of numberless cases of thefts on rail-
roads and alarming juvenile crimin-
ality. According to official statistics,
between October, 1916, and November,
1917, there were 4s7,726 convictions for
infractions of the food regulations, and
these were only small percentage Of
the actual transgression committed.
'As for that, we are all sinners.
Profiteering exceeds all bounds, usury
is rampant among all classes. Fraudu
lent profiteering, like that of the Daim-
Ter works, is nowise exceptional. Even
official bodies attempt to extort ille-
gal profits. Poor people can only buy
clothes at the official clothing depart
mcnt by bribing the statesmen with
tips or food.
Everybody Cheats and Steals
THE increase of criminality demon
strates the decentralization through the
war. which is described by. fools as q
rejuvenating BATH. Self-sacrifice and
patriotism, perhaps, are still found in
The trenches, but in the invaded re-
gions profteering begins TO rear its
head, eliminating in the most repulsive
profit-snatching at home.
Everybody cheats. steals, grabs,
from jailbird to court chamberlain,
who cheats the needy home worker out
of bis scanty earnings. and pockets
fnillions-and the longer the war lasts
the worse it becomes.
added to this is the fatherland
party's wild war-baiting propaganda
and refusal of equal suffrage. What
wonder that popular eXasperation burst
forth in big strike in January"
Denounces Police and Censor
Herr Braun further pilloried the
nefarious activities of police and in
(, formers, and the hateful hypocritical
+. acknowledgement Of gifts by soldiers
! ordered for the purpose of Withholding
Z from public knowledge the magnitude
J OF the demand in the army for peace
Z and equal suffrage.
He further mercilessly indicted the
systematic discrimination against the
! Socialistic press, while the Fatherland
party and the annexations with i'm
.punity raised the accusation of bribery
with Anglo-American money against
those favorng peace by negotiation.
He finally gave a number of instances
of arbitrary suppression of political
meetings which were unwelcome to the
military commanders, all of which
caused the gravest bitterness among
the people.
The Minister of the Interior, DIR.
Drews. answered vaguely that he was
not responsible for the censorship or
the other matters complained of,
which were under the jurisdiction Of
the military authorities.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-21
Austrian Mob
Attacks Home
OF Premier
Continued from page 1 z


agitation throughout the country is
growing enormously, according to these
dispatches, and the authorities in Aus
tria- Hungary regard the situation with
the gravest apprehension.
The Austrian Premier, DR.. Won Seyd-
Ter, in statement to the press repre-
sentatives at Vienna announced that as
result of recent negotiations the
German government declared itself
ready to advance to Austria a certain
quantity of grain, and, he added, sew
.eral hundreds OF wagonloads were al
ready on the way.
Germany had thus again proved its
fraternal attitude in the alliance, he
continued, but the supply in Austria
was still SO scanty as to make it inn
possible for the present to remove the
restrictions on the bread rationa.
The Hungarian government also had
promised to send foodstuffs, especially
considerable quantities of new pota-
toes, he said.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-21
March Sends Big
Army Promotion
List to Baker
Seniority Rule Believed to
Have Been Ignored in
Selecting Officers

WASHINGTON, June 2O.-Nomina-
tion of long list of general officers
to fill vacancies in the expanding army
is expected at an early date. Selection
of the men to be promoted has been
under consideration by General March.
chief Of staff, for several weeks, and his
own recommendations. embodving those
of General Pershing, now are believed
to hove been submitted to Secretary
Baker for transmission to the Presi-
dent
In presenting previous list General
New-York tribune., 1918-06-21
Germans Condemn
Is Belgians to Death
Fifty Men and Women Ar.
rested in Flanders on
Espionage CHARGE

AMSTERDAM. June 2o.-Sixteen
persons, including some women, have
been condemned to death by the Ger
mans, following their arrest in East
Flanders, Belgium, on suspicion of
being guilty of espionage, according
to the frontier correspondent or the
"Telegraaf."
1t was rumorcd yesterday that the
executions have already been carried
out. More than fifty persons have been
placed under arrest.
1t is reported from Belgium that the
German Governor General has requi-
sltioned all bronze statues in Belgian
occupied territory for use in the manu-
facture of guns.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-21
Hoover To Be British Guest

LONDON, June 20 The British
Food Ministry announces that Herbert
c. Hoover, American Food Administra-
tor, will be the guest Of the nation
when he visits England in few weeks.
The ministry expects that Mr.. Cotton,
of the meat division; Mr.. Bell, Of the
milling division, and Mr.. Jackson, vice
president Of the Grain Corporation,
will accompany Mr.. Hoover.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-21
urks and Germans
In Clash Over Fleet
Constantinople Disputes Berlin 8
Right to Captured Rus
sian Shins

ATHENS. June 2o.-A dispute has
arisen between Turkey and Germany
over possession of the Russian Black
Sea feet.
Replying to deputations from the
Turkish Navy League. which pointed
out that Turkey had an incontestable
claim to the fleet. Talaat Pacha, the
New-York tribune., 1918-06-21
Home Canning Increased

WASHINGTON, June 2o.-Home can
ming will preserve at least 100000
900 quarts of foodstuffs this year, as
against $50 100000 quarts last year, ac-
cording to an estimate of the Depart
ment of Agriculture to-day.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-21

Grand Vizicr, said that Negotiations
were proceeding between Germany and
Russia for the handing of the feet
over to Germany, but that the Turkish
government had taken energetic action
with view to acquiring the fieet.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-04
MORE GRAVES. HARDER TERMS.
NnfurlIaN RIndcl

one thing The busy reviewer, war correspondent
and eminent military expert TO have overlooked
the few weeks the that the Germans have
changed their method of hghuE Since the Hesssns un-
the German king OF England George III. fought
the Americans under George Washington. the Germans
have always been lighting solid mass scattered
faced our boys they thinued they
could their "coNey' together again and i'm
the Eve weeks find evidence OF their lighting
masse which had tactics hung! Of
and which the kaiser had evidently depended
90 win This shows Germany has Al last come to the
question of conserving man power.
Germany 6gured when she entered the that she
had 1S.Uo coo from Is 20 so years OF thar
she could the The United Stataes mas nov
the conclusion that will use
from lS IS years old. which viii give about -
coo 600 men 10 draw from % percent Of
three fourths of men, than Germany has had al
ogether
Since The beginning Of the war Germany has lost
nearly s.oo"ooU. about so percent OF her best
.erisl and we have ONLY begun 10 night
the kaiser and his crowd knowing that their absolute
6nSh written e,er> where Will their
own people iron. utter ruin and destruction 10y
abandoning their military organization dictaoral
government and stating TO their people. save your-
selves by making The best trade YOU with the
representatives of freedom and democracy"
That would place enemies the position OF
getting the very nest possible from allies
free people and ne sooner they make terms the
better conditions they viii receive