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New Britain herald., 1918-04-19
By Sergeant r. n. T. Fisher,
Canadian Engineers, I'd Division.

Canadian Engineers, I'd Division.
We held the record in January,
1917, for a brigade raid until a bri-
captured 100 prisoners at the Ypres
salient two weeks in advance.
This record-breaker near Lens was
carefully planned weeks in advance.
We had rehearsed the stunt in the
trenches, exact duplicates of the Ger
mans which we had dug behind our
lines We even prepared return
trenches, as the raiders trip back is
always most dangerous, the enemy de-
voting their whole attention to NOW
ing them down. This was done by
boring with a gasoline engine four
inch hole about five feet below the
level of the ground, from our front I )
yards toward the German front line,
which lay about 100 yards away.
Through this opening were thrust
three-foot length Of aminol tubes
filed with aminol, a high explosive.
A fuse was attached and everything
was ready to explode the tubes at the
proper moment, thus improvising a
return trench. Tape lines on either
side Of the anlinol tubes were laid the
night before to guide the raiders away
from the danger zone.
For "a hours before the raid, the
Canadian artillery had played contin-
uousy on the barbed wire entangle-
ments, practically wreclling them.
At $50 word was given and the 18Th
and Goth Canadian Battalions of
Light Infantry, and the 6 engineers
Of the I'd Division went over the top.
Owing to our intense fire the Ger
mans were in their dugouts. We would
stop at the mouth of a, dugout, call
upon the enemy to come out and sur
render. If they refused or showed
fight, we did not stop to argue, but
heaved a tube of aminol into the hoe
ard beat it to the next dugout. Each
man went over with a tube of aminol
| slung over his shoulder. If a bullet
| or piece of shrapnel happened to hit
| the tube, he never knew what hap
pened to him.
This was carried out along q front
between 200 and 500 yards wide. We
| brought back 101 prisoners, all our
| own dead and wounded, two machine
| guns and other plumber. We must
| have killed three times as many as
| we took prisoners.
| Something went wrong with our 10
| ward tube Of aminol, and 1T failed to
| explode, so we did not have the shelter
| Of the return trench. But we returned
| with comparatively few casualties not
| withstanding.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-19

out that while the Germans in their
bases on the Belgian coast are only
20 miles from the strait the exploit
in the Cattegat was carefully
planned operation conducted more
than 500 miles from the nearest point
on the British coast.
The enemy, 1t says, has gained lit
tie new strength for use On the North
sea by the Baltic situation Whlla
British superiority has been increased
since the battle Of Jutland by the CO.
operation of the American forces ana
the entire naval strength OF the
United States would be available II
necessary. Moreover, If the Ger
man naval forces were to be EN-
ployed simultaneously as the rlshL
wing of the German army theS
New Britain herald., 1918-04-19
men WHO CAME BACK
TELL OF TRENCHES
Citizens Of No Mans Land Find
War Thrilling Life
copyrighted by the British Canadian
Recruiting Mission.)
BY Captain G.. r. Campbell,
nt2 thc . n1-l ENl,-i1,cr Go,.r,S.


Captain Campbell was recalled
from India with the Highland Lgh% !
Infantry when the war broke out and I
after being wounded was attached to I
the Royal Flying Corps. The Sol
diers of the Sky" Davis Pub. co., |
covers two years experience in the !
air.)
A gun jam at a, vital moment COM
p1icated the situation during my first |
air attack.
We had maneuvered for some time
to get our position, the sun behind us
and the Huns in front and below us,
the sun binding their vision. Then we
led off the attack. Following my
leader, I picked out the Hun machine
! in the rear. 1t being my first attack
| I felt a bit windy (nervous) but soon
| forgot everything but the business in
hand.
I pulled UP my nose and stalled.
/ Whipping down straight toward the
| earth in a Sharp dive. I started a
| series of Zig-zags and spirals, making
| it more difficult for the Hun to return
my fire, bearing in mind that I must
| keep in his blind bay so that he could
| not return my fire.
The Hun was wise and maneuvered
also, but I had the advantage of
greater speed and height On and
on went and within so yards of him
| l let loose the fireworks. | planned
! my shots to enter the fusillage Of his
machine and after firing a shot burst
| I saw my tracer bullets entering just
behind his engine. I was running at
| a high rate of speed and just as |
pulled UP on him quickly, l had cause
to swear at my rotten luck Just as
l had him cold there was a gun jam
To make matters worse, behind me
| i heard the rattle Of q machine gun
/ Things looked bad for me just then
An hmm elmann turn brought ms
around in the direction from which
| the shots came to face, as | supposed
| an attack from another machine. In
agine my relief when I saw it was one
| of our own flight, diving and flying
| like mad at the very machine | haC
| been pursuing. At the Hun he wen
4 | and let loose the whole works. the Hun
q bursting into flames.
4 Not wishing to leave my patrol unit
4 l got my gun jam fixed, | followed
and watched the Hun drop, his wins
| folded, finally a little spot of fam
and smoke 1t certainly must be {
I horrible death.
I A gun jam occurring in a fghtir
| scout machine can put one in Il mos
] trying, and sometimes dangerous pr
4 I dicament, especially if he is over l..
1 line and happens to be attacked. II
this case I worked frantically at the
feed block and managed to extricatt
the faulty cartridge and then carried
on. In that Is minutes of fighting We
4 got two out of the eight Hun machine:
I we attacked.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-19
CAMPS turn OUT
NEW ARMY OFFICERS
Will Be Placed on Eligibility List
and Called As Needed

Washington, April 19.-Ten thou
sand Or more student officers who
today have completed their course of
training at National Army canton
ments and National Guard camps,
will not be graduated and given com
missions, but will be placed on an
eligibility list, from which in order
Of their rating they will be commits
soned and called to service as the army
needs them
The men are exclusively non-com-
missioned officers and privates of the
National Army, National Guard and
regular army or students from col
, leges having military courses in the
curriculum.
Until called to duty as officers, these
men will wear white brassards on
their arms as an insignia Of their
status They will be called to the
service in small groups. Consequent
ly it is impossible to present today
any list of "gradua ties" AS was done
when the two previous series of camps
| closed.
/ Any man who has remained in the
camps until today Is assured of 1,
| place on the eligible list.
/ Late reports to the War Depart
| ment bear out the estimate that sixty
| per cent. of the men admitted viii
| complete the course.
Elimination Of unfit students has
been proceeding practically since the
| opening of the camps. Physica
examinations of those who passed al
other tests began on April 9.
| In each division school, student
| drawn from the division organization
will be placed in an "eHgible list 70
infantry, or eligible list for field ar
tllery" according to q war depart
ment mem orandum. Students from
other sources will be placed on sep
| 4ratc lists for the same arms. Tt |
| the purpose of the War Departmen
to return the new officers, SO far a
, is pra cticab BILE to the units from whic
l | they were taken.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-19
WILL DISSOLVE UKRAINE RADA

Washington. April 19.-In carry
ing out their plan to make the
Ukraine an Austro-German colony,
the Central Powers intend to dissolve
the Ukraine Rada and to install an
Austro-G erman governme nt, a report
reaching the state department today
said.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-19
COMMENDED FOR BRAVERY.

Washington, April 19.--FiVe mem1
American steamer Action, sunk
November "a last, off the European
coast by a German submarine, are
commended today by Secretary Dan
ieIs for bravery and devotion TO duty
They are John A. Carroll, Washing-
ton; Osmond Park Erskine, Bath. Me,
William J. Hennessy, Cambridge
Mass; Henry r. Earl, Hopedale
Mass, and Albert Ferdinand Samuel
son, Minneapolis.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-19
SHOWING UP FRITZ
Exploit OF British Raiders Compared
With Feeble Dashcs for Short Dis
tances of German DcstrOycrs.

London, April 19.--The British ma
val success against German mine
sweepers In the Cattegat recently,
says the Daily Telegraph, is sufficient
answer to the Germans who say the
British grand feet is in hiding.
Contrasting the British fleet in the
Cattegat with the German raids in
the Strait Of Dover, the paper points
New Britain herald., 1918-04-19
ON CANADIAN LIST.

Ottawa, April 19.-The following
names of Americans are included in
the casualty report.
killed: II. j.. Gordon. Charles
town, Mass.
Died: w. Morrison, Railway, n. J.
Missing: J. P. Dent, Bellefont, Pa.
Wounded: S. Williamson, New Bed
ford. Mass; a. O'Dea, Lawrence,
Mass; IL. Holt, Nashua. n. H
New Britain herald., 1918-04-19

should have been thrown in before
and not during or after the opening
of the battle in France
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-15
Offering Values That Mean Much TO Careful Shoppers
Beautiful Silks and
Dress Goods for Gifts
Splendid Silk Values

Our superb Silk stocks offer splendid opportunities
for the selecting of desirable fabrics for street and
evening We have Silks in practically all
shades in one weave another. The excellence OF
the Silks and the very broad variety double the
pleasure of selection
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-04
MEASURING DENSITY OF SNOW
Gauge Its Specific Lightness" by MILF
meters in Height That Produce
One MiIIimeter Water.

The density of snow varies great
ly, and by gauging its Specific light
ness" by the number of millimeters
in height that will produce one mil
limeter of water, M. Mongin, the
French meteorologist, states that he
finds the range tobe from 200 to 1.3.
The snowfall on mountains is es-
timated in a number of ways. One
method is to measure the height ac-
cumulated on a board one meter
square supported one meter above the
ground and then sliding it into a
zinc tank for determining the water
it makes on melting. Another type
of instrument is a tube. which is
pushed down thr ugh the snow, then
closed at the bott I'M by shovel to
retain the contents of the tube on
withdrawal. In remote places Wis
tied only at considerable intervals
the snow is collected in a tank, only
the snow water for a stated period
being measured. Vaseline oil in the
tank covers the water, preventing
evaporation, and calcium chloride
hastens the melting of the snow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-04
THAT cAN'T.Go.oN FEELING.

There are very few people, | guess,
who haven't been gripped by the
can't-go-on feeling. There are very
few people who haven't felt that they
were fast coming to the end Of
everything, writes Margaret E. Sang
ster, in the Christian Herald. Ma
poleon must have felt it as he strug-
gled through the SHOWS of Russia
with a suffering, doubling army
struggling after. Washington, freez-
ing at Valley Forge, might-if only
for a minute-have wondered if the
game were worth the candle. Lin
coin. with his country divided and
slaying itself, must have known his
dark. hopeless dawns when he was
forced to say, in the anguish of his
soul, Il can't finish my task! It's
too much for me-" Helen Keller,
Florence Nightingale, Jane Adams
"a score of heroic fgures-have
doubtless felt the touch of discour-
agement and defeat And yet all of
them made themselves 90 on-re-
fused to admit their inability to play
the game of life!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-04
WOULD NOT STAY DEAD

Having sent Tommy out to play,
mother anticipated having a little
spare time for herself. However, he
had scarcely been out fifteen min
utes when he Indignantly pounced
back in again.
"What brings you back so soon?"
inquired mother. 81 thought you
were out playing with Billy"
81 was, but I'll never play with
him again. as long as | live" en-
phatically declared Tommy.
"What did he do?" anxiously
asked mother
cts not what he did do, but what
he didn't do. We played war, he was
a German, and l killed him, and he
admitted it, and now he won't stay
dead"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-04
URGES USE OF PAPER SKIRTS
Economist Would Also Have Women
Wear Wooden Shoes, as Measure
to Help Finance the Great War,

That it is time for the women OF
the country to cut loose from silks
and satins. do away with eccentrlci-
ties of fashion and sally forth in pa
per skirts and wooden shoes to help
finance the war was the thought pro-
mulpated at a "war finance con-
grpss" bv DIR. Simon n. Patton, for
mer professor at the University OF
PENNSYLVANIA. observes the Phlla-
delphia Record. Along the same line
of reasoning the men of the country
should forswear purple spats and all
things which tend to adorn rather
than have a utilitarian value.
When Doctor Patten declared for
paper skirts for women one woman
in the audience was heard to say
quite audibly, 'Does the professor
forget that sometimes itrains?" One
of the economists present thought it
would not be bad idea if the people
would cut loose with their old flour
sacks and make them into under
clothes or utilize burlap for making
clothes for those who could not al
ford to pay the high price of tailors'
bills.
Doctor Patten said the women OF
Germany were already wearing pa
per skirts and wooden shoes and by
other similar methods had cut down
the living costs of the nation until
only 40 per cent of the nations in
come was necessary for domestic pur-
poses and 90 per cent of the peoples
incomes could be used for carrying
on the physical burdens of the war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-04
ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETITION ro
CONUEv TANDC ON Co~,rr ,,,,

ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETITION TO
CONVEY LANDS ON CONTRACT
State of Minnesota. &C In Probate Court.
Sounty OF 81 Louis Special Term, Dec
ember 18th, 1917.
In the matter of the estate of John HonkaIa
Deceased.
On Reading and Filing the Petition of Wester
Miller. claiming to be entitled to a c.nveyance
OF certain real estate from the representative of
said estate. setting forth that John Honkala
deceased. was bound by contract in writing 10
convey said real estate to the said Wester Miller
upon the the terms and conditions therein stated
with description of the land to be convevetI
and the facts upon which such claim to convey
ance is predicated and praying that the Probate
Court make decree authoriz; ng and directing
the said Mary Honkala. representative of said
estate to said real estate to said petition
er as the person entitled thereto
1t is ordered. That the said petition be heard
before this Court. at a special term thereof to
be held In he Probate Court Rooms in the Court
House in Duluth. Minnesota. on Monday
the 14th day of January. 1918. nd all persons in
terested in said petition and in said estate are
hereby cited and required to appear at said
time and place and show cause if any there
be. why the said petition should not be
granted.
1t is Further Ordered, That this order be serv-
ed by publication in the Ely Miner according to
law.
Dated at Duluth. Mimi, December 18th, 1917.
By the Court,
s. w. GILPIN,
A. R. MORTON, Judge of Probate
Clerk OF Probate. 1921 IA
A ]. Thomas. Attorney for Petitioner
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Order to Examine Final Ac=
count, Etc.

County en Of St. louis. S. In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Ellen Toutloff
Decedent.
The Petition of Andrew Toutoff, Jr.. as repre-
sentative of the above named decedent, together
with his final account of the administration of
said estate having been filed in this court. repre-
senting. among other things that he has fully
administered said estate. and praying that said
final account of said administration be examined
adjusted and allowed by the Court. and that the
Court make and enter its final decree of dstri-
button of the residue of the estate of said
decedent to the persons entitled thereto, and for
the discharge of the representative and the
sureties on his bond.
1t is ordered. That said petition be heard, and
said final account examined. adjusted. and if
correct, allowed by the Court. at the Probate
Court Rooms in the Court House. in the City of
Duluth in said County. ON Monday the 9TH day of
January. 1918. at ten o'clock a M. and all
persons interested in said hearing and i'll said
matter are hereby cited and required at said
time and place to show cause, if eny there be,
why said petition should not be granted.
Ordered further That this order be served by
publication in the The Ely Miner according to
law.
Dated at Duluth. Mimi, Dec 18th. 1917.
By the Court.
Attest S.w. GILPIN.
AR. MORTON. Judge of Probate.
(Seal Probate Court. ST. Louis County, Mimi
A. w Nelson. Attorney.
1914 1928
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-04
SHARK ARE QUITE PLENTIFUL
ply Demand and Price Should Be
Within Reach of All.

Harry Goukler, has written Pres
ldent Leeds of the Atlantic City
chamber of commerce, to the effect
that when the Hoover propaganda
has created market for shark steaks
as substitute for meat, fishermen
will be in a position to provide a vir-
tually unlimited quantity of this
latest addition to Americas emer-
gency food supply.
"The ocean is literally full of
this kind of meat and it can be mar
keted to sell at a fair profit at from
four to six cents a pound" declared
Goukler in his letter. ''The kind Of
shark which the federal bureau of
fisheries is recommending to the pub
lie for use as food is not the large
sharks now being used to a consid-
cradle extent to replenish the leather
market, but small Goldfish sharks
weighing from eight to ten pounds,
which follow the cod in their move
ments along the coast. Their flesh
is very pleasant.
''They are very plentiful along
the coast when the Goldfish are run
ming. During the cod season last
winter fishermen pulled as high as
5000 to 1000 pounds of them day
from their fishing gear and threw
them back into the ocean, because
there was no market for them"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-04
TO HAVE FANCY SAND BAGS.

Women's wells and the tapestries
of private homes are to be utilized in
the Holy Land for the manufacture
of sandbags for the Turkish trench
es, according to the Constantinople
correspondent of the Geneva Trib-
une. The Turkish authorities in Pal
estine and Syria have informed the
local officers of Beirute and other
towns, the correspondent says, that
100000 sandbags are required in
the trenches at once for defensive
purposes. Inasmuch as sacks and
cotton cloths are lacking, "all silks
and tapestries" in dwellings are be-
ing commandeered, and soldiers IN
Syria have been told by their SUI
perlors they must remove the wells
from any woman whom they may EN-.
counter in the streets.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-04
AFTER FIVE MONTHS.

The two pictures are of the same
young man. The first was taken the
day he enlisted and the second after
he had had five months military train.
ing. His home is in North Carolina.
earning capacity, and that it was the
best investment any young man could
make.
"Billie, if you will go up to my room
and bring my small handbag, will
let you see two photographs of the
same young man, showing what only
five months of intensive training on
the Mexican border did for him."
The bag was brought. Uncle Dan,
showing the pictures, said: swell.
here they are. They tell their own
story and it is mighty interesting
one. The young man, before training,
has a discouraged look; he has seen
but little of the world. There was
very little in his surroundings to bring
him out. When he joined the cOlOrs
and Uncle Sam took him in charge,
life for him took on Q new meaning.
He saw chance 70 do something and
be something. He woke up. His cap.
tain says he is twice the man he was
when he joined the army. This may
be one of the extreme cases." said
Uncle Dan. Il can tell you, though,
that war or no war, no one thing will
do the young men Of this nation so
much good in so short q time as few
months of intensive military training.
1t fits a man to fight his own life bat.
ties in the business world as well as
to defend his country and it's flag.
NEARLY every civilized country gives
it's boys military training. 1t is com.
pulsory. 1t is based upon the fact that
it is the duty of everyone to help de-
fend his country; and as war is now
carried On, no one can do much unless
he is trained. Also, the records show
that the killed and wounded among
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-04
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number Two
Jimmie Collins Tells What He Saw
What Military Training Does
for Boys.
Number Two

swell, here we are!" exclaimed Bill
lie, presenting his chum, Jimmie Col
Inns.
very glad to see you, Mr.. Collins"
said Uncle Dan with a smile.
"Aw," said Billie, "Just call him
Jimmie. That's the only name he
knows. He's the pitcher of our base
ball nine, and he's some pitcher, too.
Just feel of his arm"
WELL" said Uncle Dan, feeling,
'That's mighty good arm!"
Nov, boys" said Uncle Dan, "what
do you want to talk aboutT'
WELL" said Jimmie, II was down to
Galesburg few months ago when the
boys came home from the Mexican
border. They looked fine. Everybody
was surprised to see how straight they
stood and how manly they were. The
boys seemed proud to wear the uni
form. ! tell you their muscles were as
hard as nails. heard Banker Haskell
say that the training and discipline
the boys had had was exactly what
every boy in the country ought to
have, and that now these boys could
get better job at higher pay than
they could have had before. Do you
think that's so, Uncle DAM"
Uncle Dan replied: Il have q
friend who employs hundreds of young
men. He always gives boys having
had military training the preference;
he says it pays to do so. He finds
they are more alert, more prompt,
more courteous; they know how to
carry out orders; they are quicker to
think and to act than those without
training. He said from his experience
he believed that six or eight months
of intensive military training would
add at least 20 per cent to a mans
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-04
lis P. M. ZOO A. M.
and
800 P. M. Ills P. M.
Duluth, Two Harbors, Tower,
Virginia. Gilbers, Eveleth, Nc
Klnley, Biwabik, Aurora.

unframed troops is nearly three times
as great as it is with well-trained men
who know how to fight and how to
protect themselves. BY this plan a
nation has trained men to defend her
and the individual is stronger and
better man for the training.
"If the Chamberlain Bill for Mill.
tary Training is passed by congress,
as it ought to be, the same thing would
be done for millions of other young
men throughout the land. Everybody
ought to demand Of his congressman
and senator's the passage Of this
bill"
''All right, sir, exclaimed Jimmie, we
will see Judge Brownell, Mr.. Haskell,
and Professor Slocum, and get them
busy"