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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21
THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society.

BaIIefuI, in Northern France.-The following war geography bulletin has been issued by the National Geograph- ic Society from it's Washington head quarters.
 Like so many other medieval towns of northern France, the quaint little Flemish city of Bailleul, with its beautiful fifteenth century belfry, long the pride of it's 13000 inhabitants, is probably a mass of ruins today, for it is in the hands of the Germans.
 Situated on rising ground to the north of the River Lys, Bailleul is only nine miles east of the important rail- way junction of Hazebrouck. and is seven miles west of Armentieres. It is 8 station on the Calais-Lille rail- way. being 46 miles from the important seaport and 20 miles from Lille.
 Prior to 1914. BaiHeul was famous for it's Hotel de Vile belfry and for it's Church of Saint -Vaast, the latter dating back to the fourteenth cen tury There was also an attractive little "musee" here, with an interest ing collection of paintings and an- tiques. -.
 Tn the industrial world the town was known chiefly for its handmade lace but there were also woolen, pot tery and leather manufa
 "The town has an interesting histori- cla connection with the Baliols, a fam l fly famous in the history of Scotland. It was from the lief of Bailleul that Guy or Guido de Balfol came to Eng land with William the ConqHeror in 1 1066. John de Baliol, successful con l tender for the crown of Scotland aginst Robert Bruce, was descendant
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21
Views of the Vigilantes
Ro-GERMAN LETTERS
By Caroline Ticknor of The Vigilantes

Are we. the women of this country, helping the Kaiser with our pens? We are assuredly. in every gloomy .worri- some depressing letter We send to dampen the spirits and take the heart out of a soldier in field or camp If we do this, we are crippling the army of American and strengthening the enemy even though we are knitting day and night. putting our money into Liberty Bonds and helping Hoover con- scientiously.
 In an enlightening article entitled "The Woman Behind the Soldier" Mrs. Rhinehart has offered the following re- port made after first-hand study of the facts:
 In one great army camp, 50,0G0 let terS are received each day, nearly all written by women. A careful investi- gation has shown that one in five, or 10000 letters a day in that one camp are of the sort to take the very soul out of man. And the investigat tion showed that on the day man received a discouraged and peevish letter from home he was far below his normal eg- ficiency"
 Mrs. Rhinehart concludes that if a like proportion of this type of depress- ing letters are being sent to France the writers are doing their part to sap the strength and courage of one fifth Of our forces. Is this a trifing aid to Germany, or is 1t not?
 During the past twelve months it has been my privilege to read a great mum Der of soldiers letters, written coy relatives, friends, and total strangers as well as countless others, reprinted by the daily press. In all of these ] have not found single one that did not breathe courage and cheer and hopefulness. The writers made the best of everything. they made light ot their dangers, illness and hardships | they joked about the rats and verrn1n | the cold and wet, the manifold dis comforts and deprivations. But never one complaint or murmur have I yet | seen penned by a soldier. Apart from any regulations of the censor. it has l been evident 9lat every soldier ie taking pains to send back home only
 that which will cheer those left be. hind.
 Is it too much to ask of wive.
 and mothers, sisters and sweetheart! that they refrain from puttins petty worries. and gloomy foreboding
 household annoyances into their letters
 which are so vital factor in the live, Of the men who have gone out to stanC
 between them and the German guns l No doubt there are thousands of lonely anxious, tired, harasSed women ol ] this side Of the water, but as yet the. 1 have suffered nothing when compared with their sisters across the sas, ant 'yet the women Of England are smilin, the women of France are smiling ant
 even the women of Belgium are smilin,
 through their tears. If the America1
 women or even one-ffth of them, are
 at this stage of the great war sappinI
 the courage of our men, what will the, be when possibly they are confronte,
 with the real hardship and privatiol which is now the portion of thei
 European sisters?
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21
Q guide and instruct working parties

to guide and instruct working parties from infantry and other units.
 One sapper will have the handling of from fifty to one hundred men nearly every day of his life. A field company may be handled in working parties drawn from other units up to 1,50o men in a night, at two or three assembly points.
 The sappers are there as con- sulting engineers to lay out the work, to set the task and re- port on the amount of work done by the working parties under their direc- tion and to report on whether this work is satisfactory. If the sapper's report shows that working parties have not done what they should have done, then division headquarters brings pressure to bear so that the unit that supplied that working party will not have such thing occur again.
 The engineers training is of two fold nature. They are trained in the given sufficient military training SC that they may apply their technical knowledge effectively.
 Included in their training are drill, instruction in care of arms 1 swimming, rowing, field intrench- ments and works, knitting, splic. l ing and flashing, the use of blockt and tackles, construction of tres. ties, etc, construction of casks anG boat rafts and piers, construction O. pontoon bridges, etc, water suppl, apparatus, obstacles, sapping and min. ing construction and destruction O railroads, telegraphs. etc: road mak. ing and repairing, riding and driving drill, stable management and care O horses, etc. This training will il 1 many cases be of great value in eivi life after the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

operating their cars because they have no respect for the law. because they like to show of or because they have not been made to understand that those who violate the law will be made to pay in accordance with the laws provisions
 There is no question but what lem iency can be shown in some cases of violation of automobile laws, but when it comes to the matter of reckless op- eraticn there are very few who can give legitimate excuse for their &C., tions and yet they are normal mental ly. They have indulged in such reckless acts before and have seen others do the same thing and get away without so much as a warning. Leniency is what is encouraging them and the longer 1t Is indulged in the greater will be the advantage taken of 1t.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21
HELPING RUSSIA.

Inasmuch as the allied nations have informed China and Japan that they are to be given military cooperation. for the purpose Of meeting the dan gers threatened in the far east by the German penetration of Russia there appears to be good reason for the be- lief that plans are already underway with the idea in view of getting Rus sia back onto it's feet.
 Just how this is going to be accom- plished or how the effort to bring it about is going to he made is not in- dicated. That no time should be lost .n such an endeavor is perfectly ap- parent for the task is by no means a small one and the sooner steps are taken to such an end the quicker re- suits will be obtained
 That the United States is going to do its part in this direction was plain ly indicated by President Wilson in his address at New York when he de- clared with much emphasis regarding the fight which we are making for op- pressed humanity that AS far as 1 am concerned I intend to stand by Russia as well as France" That statement like others which he has made regarding Americas course and object in the war should mean much to that betrayed country, and with all the allies working to the same end there should be furnished the inspira- tion which will bring the Russians, even those in the provinces over which the kaiser is now posing as war lord 10 realization of the need of getting together net only for the purpose of showing themselves capable of receiv- ing this aid and making the best use of it but of shaking off the German menace which now hangs over them Russia cannot be abandoned if the world is to be made safe for democ- racy.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

have attributed some of the espionage that has come to light to this attitude.
 Freschmann, the Libre Parole says, enjoyed greater liberty of movement than French citizens and travelled freely without documents in parts of France to which Frenchmen were un- able to penetrate without safe con- ducts from the military authorities
 He escaped the concentration camps altogether and was apprehended only when soldiers filed a complaint against him for obtaining money under false pretense that he could have them as- signed to choice posts in the interior.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21
OTHER VIEW POINTS

It is still possible. we believe, to es- cape the threatened coal famine by making the mining of coal attractive. There is still an opportunity to trust to the judgment of a Lane in place of a Baker.-New Haven Journal Courier.
 It is too bad that there should be a controversy over the river trans portation question between the gov ernor and McAdoo for the plants in this state manufacturing war ma terials need the shipping badly and so does the vernment.-Meriden Journal.
 The proclamation of President Will son to have Memorial day as a day of prayer is timely indeed especially this year. in years gone by the day has been given up to commercialism in the form of sports and other money making enterprises, much to the dis like of the veterans of the Civil war and all good citizens in general The | memories Of '65 are too realistic with 8 great many even at this late day 1 to turn the day into other that 1t was | intended for-respect for the gallantry l of American manhood-and this year is a time when a different Memorial | day should be the result.-Middletow l Press.
 Twelve German submarines were sunk or captured in British waters 1 during April. The evidence was pos itive and physical in each case. Either a portion of submarine, a German sailor, dead or alive, or a submarine, was produced in each case before it was recorded. In addition, there were two cases in which no absolute proof of de- struction was found, although depth charges were dropped immediately i over submarines with results that left nc doubt as to the outcome No debris came to the surface, however, so the cautious British naval authorities decline to commit themselves. This is the kind of scorekeeping that in i spires confidence
 The work is credited to "Ameri- can and British destroyers. Water bury Republican.
 Not so very long ago we ventured the opinion that 1t would aid the au- thoritles immensely if every patriot ic citizen took it upon himself to re- port to the proper officials and dis loyal utterance or other seditious ac-
 tion on the part of resident of the community in which he lives Now Attorney General Gregory officially requests such cooperation from the
 public. And indeed it is the duty oi
 a loyal citizen to make such a re-
 port if he has reason to believe that
 the suspected one is In sympathy
 with the enemy. If he knows oi
 such a person and fails to report il
 he is guilty in concealing this knowl-
 edge.
 By cooperating with the fedora
 and local authorities, we can have ar enormously large auxiliary intelli
 gence department It is neither nee
 essary nor proper to go, out ''huntinE for trouble" That is not what thl
 Attorney General asks us to do. H.
 simply wants a prompt notice of an, evidence of disioyalty.
 If we keep our heads cool. our eyei and ears open, and our hearts tru,
 to the cause. we can accomplish ;
 great deal of good.-New Britain
 Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21
Scoffers and Doubters
Why Let Prejudice Bind You to
 Life of Rheumatic Torture?

Life of Rheumatic Torture?
 Be fair to yourself, you sufferer from rheumatism, no matter what form. Go to Lee & Osgood Co. or any good druggist and get a package of Rheuma, the guaranteed prescription. Use the entire bottle, and if you don't think it has. given you quick and sure relief, say so, and you can have your money back.
 Isn't that a f3r offer? Can you see any deceit CT red tape abeut it? What chance do you take? Absolutely none Then get bottle of Rheuna today. It's a reputable physicians prescrip- tion.. altogether different from =en1- edies usually prescribed, free from narcotics, and perfectly harmless. Rheuma acts on the kidneys and helps to force the uric acid from the swollen joints and other lodging places, It pleases you in day; it makes you hopeful and happy in a week. It has released from bondage rheumatic sufferers who thought noth- ing would give relief. It should do as much for you-it seldom fails. Don't miss this money back offer. A large bottle, sufficient for two weeks treatment is inexpensive.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21
Eoreianers in France.

The arrest of German subject, Simon Freschman, in Paris, on the complaint of swindling soldiers, has called attention to the fact that the Prefecture of Police and Secret Serv- ice Department have still 150,o00 rec ords of foreigners living in France to investigate.
 action is the liberality France has shown. even toward the subjects of countries at war with France. A considerable number of papers have criticized the government for too great leniency in this respect. and
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21
MEN WHO CAME BACK
THE WORK OF sAPPERs.
By Lieut.. E. Evans 18th Canadian Engineers

Lieut Evans had experience in Egypt and Africa, as well as other remote places where his profession of civil engineer has fitted him to talk to and advise men who contemplate enlistment in the Canadian Engi- neers.)
 not a returned soldier, who knows the status of the engineer in France. It Is a mistaken idea that the sapper in France does the actual work in volved m construction of trenches, roads, etc. The sapper in France has no time for that, All he can do is
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

When it was reported to a meeting of textile manufacturers that the gov ernment realizes that it Is falling down at the rate of 10000 tons of coal a day for New England. there is little wonder that the fuel administration has begun to worry about next win tar
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

"LIBERTY THEATRES" Have Been Built in All National Guard
 and National, Army Camps in America. "Smileage Books" issued by Federal Military Enter rtainment Council, pro- vide free admission to these theatres. Send one to YOUR soldier or to
 ANY soldier.
 Price $1. For sale at the following places: The Porteous & Mitchell Go. The Reid & Hughes Co. (Boston Store). .... Rathbone,s Drug Store. Rickers Drug Store. The Lee & 0sgood Go. The Wauregan Hotel Ofhca Mara & Eggleton. George Madden Cigar store) Engleris Pharmacy. K of C. Rooms. Ring 6 slsk, Druggists. The r. M c. A. Office. H. M.-Lerou. J. c. Macphsrson.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

So greatly were they impressed by 1t there seems to be little doubt of the fact that if the Red Cross parade were to be repeated tomorrow the entire town would be found participating therein. There should also be the same feeling about the financial par ticipation.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

With the third Liberty loan nearly 40 per cent. oversubscribed no better evidence is wanted of the manner in which the people stand behind the government for the prosecution of the war to a decisive victory
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

A Providence hotel has been closed because it persisted in selling licuor to men in uniform. The action will doubtless be as beneficial to the city as to the army and navy.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

If the soviet of Russia is sincere in its plan to raise an army to fight it means that Germany by it's methods is surely forcing that country back into the war again, Lenine and Trot- zky notwithstanding.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

Rivalry continues keener than ever among the riveters in the shipyards of this country and Europe. It means more than can be realized to the ship production programme.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

of your acquaintances. Mine, 1 found, was sitting right next to me and had that kindly, superior air that women wear when they know their hair is glittering, their complexion powdered just right over the cold cream ana their general effect bandboxy.
 My dear!' cooed she, whatever has happened to you?' Is it a telegram to come at once?'
 "So I told her my troubles. She said serenely that it was too bad and she was sure Jimmy was all right.
 T got my breath, but I couldn't get you've dressed in a hurry with your mind elsewhere. I found had gloves which were not mates and I hastened to the rendezvous simply seething at the world in general and Jimmy in particular. Still gasping tore into the cafe. Every table was empty. There was not a soul in sight. There was nc sign stating that the place had gone out of business or anything, so l tot tered to the young woman at the counter outside.
 Can-can you tell me what time it is?' 1 stuttered. She raised languid eyes. Most evidently she disapprove6 of disheveled, struggling ladies There's 8 clock she offered, on the north walll' I was too far in the depths to bestow few kind words upon her
 Weekly l turned toward the north wall. There was indeed clock, g large capable one marking calmly and dispassionately bare half past eleven And accordingly to my brain it should have been half past twelve! "Dazedly l turned to the 'disapprov- ing young woman.
 Do you mean to say I begged
 that it is only 11:30"
 She regarded her shiny flngernail: thorghtfully and then glanced at mt negligently. If the clock says it. l 11;30, she Informed ms, why, its 11:SO!'
 q didn't slay her even then. I wal 1 too far gone. Thank you I murmurec feebly. Staggering to divan in din corner l sat doWn-and without knit ing. without anything but my owl l thoughts, sat there a solid hour waiting for our friends and Jimmy, al of whom appeared promptly on tim 1 at 12:30.
 Say scoffed my child, who wa
 properly scrubbed and everything, "bu you were in hurry, weren't you?'' 1 Yes. Jimmy I said meekly.
 was in a sort of a hurry, I guess' Nc
 never told him-one simply mus
 save his face when it's twelve year old and ones own!"-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

For the time being at least there seems to be about as much trouble with the airplane mail service as with the airplane production programme.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

If all those who can proceed to raise a pig this year there will be ! large number who can snap their fin- gers at the pork profiteers.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The man on the corner says: Neu- trality is no easier for some countries than war is for others.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

Give a hearty welcome and make a warm response to the appeal of the solicitors for the Red Cross fund.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

of this Norman baron of Bailleul, Dam pierre, Harcourt and Vinoy, the fouad- CT of the family
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

A Bill giving the franchise to Indians in special cases has been sanctioned by the Canadian Govern ment.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

It is still possible, we believe, to es- cape the threatened coal famine by making the mining of coal attractive. There is still an opportunity to trust to the judgment of Lane in place of Baker-New Haven Journal Courier.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

It is too bad that there should be a controversy over the river trans portation question between the gov ernor and McAdoo for the plants in this state manufacturing war ma terials need the shipping badly and so does the vernment.-Meriden Journal
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-14
IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE
ON NEVADA NORTHERN ROAD

The Nevada Northern Railway is
laying new track through Clark
putting in new plank outside of and
between the rails 4 further improve
ment that is in the nature of a safe
guard to traffic as well as prolong-
ing the life OF the Dlanking between
the rails. IS effected by laying addi-
tonal steel between the rails carry
ing The trains and 50 placed as e
give the same results as obtained
from girder rails used on street rail
WAYS where the right-of-way is used
for traffic other than that of the
railroad. The concrete walk is also
to be extended along the north side
of Clark street from the Northern
hotel to Fifth street The combined
changes when completed will make a
marked improvement to the street.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-14
LOCAL ATTORNEY
REPRESENTS BANKERS

J. NJ. Lockhart was in Reno the
past week attending a meeting of rep
fesentatYeS Of the Nevada Bankers
association The Gazette in report
ing the meeting states that the heavy
demands upon the people of the state
OF Nevada incident TO the tiotation of
Liberty Loan bonds and the import
anoe of obtaining Tor this state a
eantonment flying field or GONZALES
cent hospital for soldiers are sub
jeets being discussed by the repre-
sentatives of the bankers associa-
ton and the state council of defense
Other bankers representatives
present were Moss Reinhart of Win
nmueca. John Henderson of Elko.
W A. snoekley. II H. Kennedy. A.
J Cation and George H. Taylor Of
Reno. and State Bank Examiner Gil
bert {. Ross.
The meeting Was unanimous in the
opinion thai meterial reduction
should be made i'm the bond appor-
tionment assigned to Nevada and
steps will be taken to have more
reasonable consideration shown this
state when its share of the Fourth
Liberty Loan is made up By the dis
triet board
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-14
land CAR AND AUTOMOBILE
COLLIDE On CROSSING

4 hand car going west and an
automobile going south through Mur-
~ street eellidel at tae Murry street
crossing yesterday afternoon 1t was
raining at the time and both the
handear and the auto were going at
fast clip. more particularly the
auto. when thp lwa outfits came to-
eether. There were six men on the
handear and when they slammed into
the automobile they all got off--in
a most sudden and unexpected man
ner Their first intimation that
something unusual had happened
was when they commenced picking
themselves ont Of the mud at widely
separated points from the scene Of
contact. The automobile kept on as
far as the Sacred Heart church be
fore the driver decided 10 stop and
see what il was all about Strange
Is enough no one appeared 10 be
much the worse from the experience
The hand car men were pretty we'll
besmeared with Murry street mud,
and were considerably Jared and
bruised but all found their feet and
all commenced TO tell how ii happen
ed. although no one was quite sure
Just how it did happen. The auto
mobile was somewhat bent along its
outer works but soon proceeded on
its way. The handcar was less for
tunate. Two wheels were most Ell
fectually sprung and refused to turn.
Its pre-emptied crew finally showed
il off the right OF way and then went
after another handcar. The incident
furnished few minutes mild excite
ment and interest to a crowd OF on
lockers and then Murry street resum-
ed the even tenor of its way One
Witness of the collision said:
ITS too bad 1t didn't kill that
automobile fiend I'll bet he was
going 35 miles an hour over that
crossing" He must have been eN-
ceeding the speed limit.