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Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-15
STORIES OF THE WAR
A Significant incident.

That British and American troops should have celebrated the Fourth of July by fighting shoulder to shoulder against the common enemy is re- garded here and will probably be re- garded at home and in the United States, as a most significant incident. Best of all the Americans fought splendidly. There were not many of them but they fought as units merged in the larger Australian com mands. Before the battle their com manding officer told them that they were going in for the first time in company with some of the worlds best fighting men. It was an honour that they should be alongside Aus tralians and they must show them selves worthy of it, and must re- member that it was the Fourth of July, and that the credit of the United States was on their should CTS. They bore the burden magnif- icently.
 If the American showed a fault, it was as always with the first-class
 fighting men until they get expert ence, the fault of excessive keennss so that they suffered some casualties
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THE GIRL WHO LIKES TO TALK

Talk about mans inhumanity to mani" began the girl who likes to talk. "It isn't one, two, three with what gentle woman can do to woman! If there is any lot of suffering girls who deserve crowns and sympathy, free ice cream sodas and N-c-coming hands, it is the young women who have begun to run elevators in de- partment stores since the Mv., went to war
 Any woman who wrestles with ma chinery of any sort is a heroine, be- cause oil and water are just as rriend- ly as the gentle sex and mechanics. Why, 1 have seen a woman who could capture a burglar or joke with an ambassador tremble and burst into sobs as though her little heart were broken after trying to tighten. the leather band on her sewing machine or fasten up loose screw!
 And the things they can do to a clothes wringer! I was looking for mother once and they told me she had gone down to the laundry. Or dinarily our laundry is calm and frigidly neat and quiet spot, but when 1 reached it I thought a boiler factory had moved in. There were low burr ing sounds and loud crashes, and the floor was so covered with hammers wires, nails, wrenches, pans and pails and shovels that I could not enter
 There was no place to step. Amid all this confusion I decried my par ent's disheveied hair and worried ceuntenance. I shrieked out a ques tion and she bade me tartly to gc away saying that the laundress had mentioned the rollers were loose or the wringer and she was fixing it. think they have that wringer in 8 museum now somewhere as a1 aw- ful example. Anyhow. it's miss1on ir life as a wringer was utterly ended. So you can see that a girl who tackles an elevator is going some! Well, the other day there was ( crowded elevator in a dry goods store at the seventh floor and in plunged another She was a large, stout wo
 man with chin that you noticed right away
 "'Scuse me- spoke the elevator girl l politely. but the car is too full. Yol came in last madam. ana Will hav 1 to get outi"
 Nothing ensued but spectacula silence.
 Beg pardon repeated the eleva
 tor girl distinctly. but still politely
 there's one too many in this carl"
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A Kindly Act.

Mir. Editor: While I have witnessed many kind acts on the part of different ones. there was one that impressed na more than all the others. During the wint4r one very cold night a man was seen to fall hurting himself badly. While the man laid in q helpless con dition, the blood running down his face, a young man passed near by but did he leave this poor man to suffer more. or go to get an officer? No he helped him to his feet. then took him to a lodging house bathed his face, then placed him in bed-and did not leave until he had left the money for this mans lodging and breakfast.
 If it were not for the evil effects of rum, this good Samaritan would own his home, and beautiful one today.
 Can we not all make it rule each day to perform some kindly act that would not only fill our life's pathway with more content but at the same time bring joy and sweetness into the lives of those whom we meet? It may be but a smile that we give them. and a pleasant word, that will cost LIS nothing. Life is short, then why not try tc fill other lives with as much sunshine as 'tis possible and in so doing help to tighten their burdens and help them to bear their cross.
 If sorrows fail to come to US when young. they are sure to reach us in old age Why should we fear censure if we know in our hearts that we are in the right? Lift up the fallen when we can. God is our Judge, and not our neighbors.
 MARTLANDER.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-15
WHEN GERMAfI EYES ARE
 OPENED.

When the Germans become aware of the base purposes of the war and It's indefcnjble character they will be awakened to the deception and wick eaness which is the cause of their condition today.
 This doctrine of foreign hatred for Germans, that the men of all nations were enemies of Germany, is one of the blaekest lies ever imposed upon a eYave ana industrious nation,
 The people of Germany under pres- ent reyerses are reviewing the disap- pointnents and broken promises of the pas: few years, and the progress of democratic ideas is being accele- rated.
 "Whatever may be the outcome of the war" says the Ffeic Zeitung of Bern Ca German Republican paper) the republ can idea in Germany will increase in strength The democratic @sveauat may temporarily be check
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edit is not impossible that a terri ble period of reaction is imminent but it will become irresistible when the eyes of the German people are opened. when they como to realize to whom they owe the two or three mil lion dead. the four or five million crip- ples, which are already the result of the worldwar. We German 'republi- cans subscribe thankfully and with satisfaction to the words of the Baslie National Zeitung. one of the few neu- tral German Swiss papers when it says that after the war 'the madman of today will be considered wise, and the wise men of today as pathoiogi- call"
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THE MARRIED MANS PROSPECT

The new draft promises to give married men with families a classi- hcation which removes them to the last call
 The secretary of war does not hesi- tate to gay that the married relation will in itself constitute a deferred class.
 The youngest men, or those below .i are also to be placed in the de- ferred class.
 The men who are sure to be in the first class are bachelors, and many of them will accept their fate with glee, as not worse than being handicapped and harassed by family affairs; and Ii must he said for them that many are periodically eager to assume their full duty as citizens and prepare to face the enemy Of mankind.
 IL Is expected the law will make more than ten million men liable for military service and should necessity require t five million will be drawn
 This great manifestation of force is liss and money saver for the na. si0a-
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a ridge and down dip. where barbed wire impeded them, and then over another ridge into the village where there were bullets enough flying, but not many Germans willing to come to hand-to-h hand fighting. At last, how ever, he told joyously of how, when ne had been wounded in the foot two Germans came at him with bayonets Crouching on the ground he shot one as they came on and then staggering up, somehow managed to keep his balance and parry the Germans bay onet thrust and break his head with the butt before he him self tainted, to wake on his way to hospital.
 | The men who tell these tales are not
 bra gging. They are merely relating
 happy incidents of the greatest ex- perience that has come to them in life, and everything they say is
 borne out by the Australians who are
 by way of being judges and say they
 never saw such ferocity in fighting
 as these new troops showed. The inn pression made on the army by the
 Americans performance is profound London Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-15
MILLIONS OF TONS SHORT.

With the hard coal 100 million tons short and the soft coal 15 millions behind the supply. there is no doubt that the greatest, economy will be necessary the coming winter.
 The foreign demand and the war demand for coal is intense and con- stAntiy increasing. Tho great ln- crease Tn demand is for the navy and the war supply industries, mos: ot which are running night and day, and must b. supplied.
 With -rr,.rence to saH coal The Cttn- va Citizen says: The United States would take eIi the coal thac Canadian industry could produce. But far from being able to export a surplus. the S1RSrStatals cI!ncA -rde~ t;e ASnGicap of competition between wages and pfpdts sre not turning out sufficient ccal for Canadian needs
 II IS from anxiety that the fuel ad- ninistrGtors are calling upon all peo- pie who can 10 put in s!leir coal before winter sets in. It is apparent enough that fuel is not going to be any more plentiful the coming winter than it was last W:nter.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-15
THE NEW GERMAN PROPAGANDA

The raising of the cry for peace when the tide of war is turned is a purely Prussian cry.
 Don't entertain it for a moment ex- cept from the standpoint of uncondi- tional surrender for the Central Elm pire
 Everybody wants peace; but not at the Prpssian price-escape from pun ishment for all their atrocities and world wide opportunity to. begin anew their conspiracies for the subjugation of the world
 Their resolution is that "the meek shall not inherit the earth" but that the earth belongs to the fttest and the fighters.
 To Germany the spy and the propo- gandists are a. necessity; when they know too much they are intolerab,e and must be put out of the way.
 This great country stands for hu- man rights-human rights for the peo, ple of Europe as well as the people O America; and death to tyranny il every form.
 The ennoblement of manhood ant the glory of the flag should be our in. spiration.
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:" I don't believe it!' snapped the stout woman indignantly. How many are you allowed to carry?'
 The troubled elevator girl told her. 'H'h' said the stubborn one. I'll count 'em! And so while the car stuck and the people champed at the bit and the starter downstairs was making ready to send for an ambulance to be on hand when the, crash came. that woman deliberately counted us as though we were in a chute at the stockyards, and. glory be. when she reached herself she was indeed one too many and there wasn't single thing for her to do but to get out. We were all so glad that entire strangers just hugged each other.
 T can't see her doing rnat little trick if a brutal man had been at the lever! Her first cousin came along some days later in another dry goods store. 'That'N be all!' the girl run ming the car called out mechanically and was showing the door shut when this thin woman drifted in through about a two-inch space, stepping on peoples toes generaily. and took her stand like liberty enlightening the desert.
 You'll have to get out, madam, the girl informed her. Positively noth- ing occurred beyond the hurried hreathing of the excited people in the car.
 Madam said the girl. there is one person over the number I'm al lowed to carry-and you came in last You'll have to get out!'
 "The thin woman surveyed the gir erostily. I'll not get out she sait chattily and resumed her faraway gaze. There we were some hundred l feet up in the air. immovable obstacle meeting irresistible force and all tha
 and nobody quite daring to prod he with hatpin. When that car wa SC full of tension that it was nke tt
 burst. a nice little mouselil1e woman l near the door quietly said, I'll get out
 and she did and the thin woman le | her-and lived through the vitrioli
 two minutes which the car took go ing down. Why. a woman like tha must lead a perfectly horrible life" T know who she was!" excitedl cried the patient listener. She's tn same woman who thumps you in tn middle of the back when she is irwin
 to get through a crowd or grabs you Iarm and makes black and blue spc
 when she edges by! It's the identicf
 party!'-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-15
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by pressing on into our barrage. But the Australians are lavish in admira- tIon of their gallantry and dash and a certain added piquancy is given to their performance by the fact that the prisoners taken by them were astound- ed when they learned who their cap- tors were as they did not believe that there were really any Americans among the fighting men yet in France
 The men who fought yesterday had never been in battle They had only their imagination to tell them what the battle would be. like, and in hos pital today some Of them, no more than boys of 20 and 21 spoke with amazement of the volume of the bom-
 bardnent and barrage which. they said, beat any previous Fourth of Ju-
 ly demonstration they had ever haard
 But when the time came to go, they
 were as keen as the keeuest Of their Australian comrades with their hearts
 set on killing Germans, and they did it.
 One American sergeant captured and brought in seven Germans single handed. Another a corporal of 21 lies in hospital. happy. with three wounds and the consciousness of hav- i ing killed seven Germans-it seems to be lucky umber for the Americans in his first engageemnt. This lad was in the Vaire Wood part of the attack, and his first three Germans were got by bombs with which he "did in" a
 machine-g post hidden in a wheat l field, after one of it's bullets had wounded him. Though wounded he could not resist chasing the German
 into dugout. and killing him there. As he was coming out he was at i tackled by two more in succession one of whom wounded him with bayo- i net but both of them he bayoneted in turn. The last of the seven was shot
 with the rife before a third wound i crippled him.
 In another bed close by Hes a boy 1 one year younger, being only 20, who | had been given. the command of a platoon-he did not know why, except
 that he had surely wanted to make a
 good soldier, and had worked as hard { as he could. He fought at Hamel LIE
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-15
THE DRIVE THAT FAILED.

The Hindenburg drive was launched in March to force peace accompanied by the Junkers' promise that Gen. Won lIindenburg would dine in Paris amidst destruction and misery by the aid of Prussian bayonets on April 1st
 We are nearing September 1st and von Hindenburg is not only four months late, but is really farther away from Paris than ever after hay ing lost from three to four hundred thousand men and millions of dollars worth of material.
 The German people know that their army has failed; and they also know the promises of peace have no foun- dation whatever
 The effect of this m litary failure in Berlin is told in two sentences in the Berlin Tageblatt: "The Marne de- feat has produced unspeakabls scenes of despair in Berlin. Such outbreaks of utter Encouragement and down heartedness never before were wit messed"
 The old Russian war cloud is as- suming such proportions that Der lin sees conflict instead of peace in that direction; and a broadening de- mand for man-power which Ii cannot command
 The beginning of the end appears 10 be in sight.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-15
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Ine Hearst papers are now llKen- | ing the Kaiser to the most hideous vulture.
 Hearst's good company in the days of Bernstorff were bad characters.
 Uncle Sam is in the war to stay till a little nation is as secure as 8 large one.
 Don't join the yearners for peace It is better later on to cheer for vic tory.
 That freemen make the greatest fighters is demonstrated at the front ljy the Canadians, Australians and Americans.
 Tho nobility of any country arc it's defenders. No country needs the ar tifcial article.
 The American Eagle is showing the Huns that their double headed eagle is fraud.
 Look out for the enemy A peace propa ganda now is treason.
 There will be a just peace as soon as the Central Empire surrenders un- Conditionally.
 So long as our soldiers fight like heroes we should with joy meet all of our war obligations. Germany finds her Bolsheviki treaty with Russia is no treaty. only a scrap of paper
 Now that "the tide of battle has | turned" the entente should be left to speed the tide
 When is this war going to end? When the devils who started it are dead
 The way for Germany back to trade is not immediate-she must pay for aer crimes
 German conspiracies will go right on if the soft way out sought for is found!
 In religion, medicine, science and government we have learned too much from Germany that is not so; and it cannot be too quickly unlearned.
 Labor in this country has a right to form unions. If capital expects la bor 10 be fair it must be fair with it
 The old swallow-tail coat so popu-
 lar in society and with walters is known in the west as a the Jim .Swinger"
 There are too many corporations ir | money for poor advice. A park was never made to stant II Up and admire. but to sit down ant enjoy. This is why parks alway> need lots of benches. A human weakness: To add 20 pel cent. profit anywhere to any old thinG
 with a smile. and 10 get a grouch or : about a Scent tax. . The Berlin war office represents tn, greatest news taking agency upon thi. round earth. !. God rules the world and he has n, use for the Kaiser. or any other pieu
 maniac.
 The surgeon who has his eye ol
 your pocket book doesn't always hay
 q clear vision of your needs. e Those who would make of Henr l Ford joke find that in all his rela e tions to life he has put most of tn = captains of industry and multi-rnil r lionaires into the shade.
 Those who pledged to buy wa r stamps cannot afford to violate thei S word. These are all pledges or honor f Incompetence drives automobile a every day in city streets. and the lis
 of maimed and killed show how he i . tolerated.
 = There is need of more commo f sense i1 our laws. in our buslnes s places, in our hospitals and in ou = churches. Practicality and commo
 Sense are twins f Have you noticed that the presiden if is too busy to ask for time and a hal }, for overworS? Il No doubt the coal dealer dreads t c have winter set in as much as an : householder.
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A NEW ATTITUDE REQUIRED

From patriotic motives organized labor and organized business men have agreed to have no government weakening quarrels during the war; and both are apparently trying hard to honor their pledges.
 There is not bit of American sense in any combination of men refusing 10 recognize a labor union. Labor has the same right to organize that capi- tai has in this country above all others.
 The business issues between these two bodies are different matter en- tirely, and they should always be kept strictly business-temper and preju- dice are always a shame to both.
 Starving the men to agreements is no more right than that other curse of German origin. sabotage. and both dishonor manhood.
 The inclination in all issues should be on both sides to be JusI, to be 1 always rational This is q good war time spirit and a good aH-the- time cndeavor
 Let us hope what is temporarily so loyal and honorable may be contin- ued by these forces forever
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There is a shock coming to those congressmen who are goink before their constituents with a save our boys" speech, thinking that the peo- ple of the country will approve ot
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there would be an overwhelming ma jortty in favor of going into training for the service.
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their attempts to scale the lower age limit upward If the opinions of the boys themselves could be tahulated
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

If the income tax is raised from ? to 10 per cent. there are men who say they will marry in order to dou- ble their exemption. There are peo- pie who WI undergo almost anything in order to save money.-Shoreline Times
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This cautionary warning is utter ed none too soon. The danger does not liz with the fighting men nor with the government. They are ded- icated to a war fought to the finish. The danger turks in those who are eager to seize upon anv nretext f" invite peace: Not made of the stuff that endures, naturally sensitive to the call of the undisturbed. moved by speculations of an emotional character and easily converted into priests of pacifsm. they will be quick to cry. Hold. enough" Against them and their persuasive influence the great American heart must steel it. self. We will all do well to remember the words of the correspondent of the Times: The wild animal that has been terrori2ing Europe is still alive and loose, though lamed. New Ha- ven Journal Courier.
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Foch will be ready soon to give an artithetical statement to stand in history with his famous war message of the first battle of the Marne which ran: My left is routed: my right is in retreat: I am attacking with my center. The companion messa ge will read: T have smashed them with my left: I am giving them the knockout .a'ow with the center - Waterbury Republican. .
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-24
ELECTRIC EDITION

BOISE, Ida.-The first hearing in
the northwest on the subject of gen.
eral heating by use of electrical en-
ergy is on in this city. 1t was con-
vened on the initiative of the Idaho
Public utilities commission and no
doubt certain startling and wild,
statements made during the recent
campaign had something to do with
the action of the commission. which
could not of course, take up the
matter during the campaign. The
commission invited all power COM
panies and All citizens having any
information on the subject to be
present.
A special invitation was sent to
Joe Burns, who campaigned the state
for the Non-partisan league and
made sensational statements about
the availability and cost of power,
but he did not appear. The COM
mission sent a subpoena for him
with statement it would pay his
expenses. 1t is commended that Burns
has no real knowledge of the sub
ject and that his statments were
without foundation in fact and made
for political purposes as we'll as to
deliberately disseminate misinforma-
ton. Ray McKaig, another Nom
partisan league agent, also made
statements that the commission may
ask him to explain. Every DIT OF
available knowledge is sought and
the evidence comes not only from
power companies, but from profess
sors Of leading colleges, where they
hold chairs of electrical engineering
and physics.
Not Enough Power
DR.. Merrill, professor of electrical
engineering of the University of
Idaho, testified that If all the power
available in Snake river, from Amer
lean Falls west, and tributaries and
springs were used exclusively for
heating purposes there would not
be enough to supply the population
in that district, irrespective of cost.
detailed and authenticated figures.
Cost Per Kilowatt
It was brought out by various en-
gineers that the cost per kilowatt Of
producing juice in this territory was
over $50 at the present time. This
was the cost to the Idaho Power
company and included only operat-
ing, maintenance and taxes and not
interest on the investment or de-
probation.
The cost Of supplying Juice for
the average house of five rooms was
given at $500 to SAP year, de-
pending on winter climatic condi-
tons, as against around $50 for