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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-28

Hartford, Sept. 28.-The Federal War Industries Board of which Der nard M. Baruch is chairman, has ask ed the Connecticut State Council of Defense ito act as it's representative in passing. upon proposed construction, in order that all building which is not absolutely necessary for war purpos- es may be stopped"
 The only exceptions to this sweeping federal order, which has been made necessary because of the imperative necessity Of conserving labor, mater ials and capital for war purposes" may be summarized as follows:
 l. Construction for strictly war purposes, provided the proposed com struction has been approved by the federal War Industries Board.
 2. Repairs of, or extensions to ex- isting buildings involving in the az gregate a cost not exceeding $2,500.
 8. Construction for the United States Railroad Administration.
 4. Construction directly connect ed with mines producing coal, metals and ferroalloy minerals.
 3. Public highway improvements and street pavements when expressly approved in writing by the United States Highways Council.
 A special committee of the Connec- ticut State Council of Defense has de vised the plan of organization by which this work will be carried on ir this State. The report of the com
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-28

K that 1t was impenetrable except as cut into with axes. Engineers in the winter surveying actually had to scramble on top of the brush, eight feet above the ground, to reconnoitre the line. It was so wet they had to keep fires alive to dry their instru- ments every little while.
 Five million feet of lumber are be- ing bought for the trestles, bridges, and ties. Very little of this is cut locally-it must be taken in by rail from Willamette Valley or by boat from Astoria The piling for trestles is unloaded into the open sea near the place needed for the railroad, and then is captured by the soldiers and hauled in:
 Dual control of the soldier work 1 CTS presented a problem. The con- tractors of necessity had to direct the | operations, for they were the ex- | perienced men. Few of the soldiers had any experience either in railroad | ing or logging. There are clerks
 farmers, bootblacks, thirty-secont
 degree Masons language teachers
 masters of arts, Americans all, la
 menting the fact that they were no
 in France, but appreciating tha
 spruce had to be cut to win the
 war.
 1 The contractors job was to use thi
 untrained aggregation of men in con
 struction work, much of which wa
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-28
RAGING FOR SPRUCE
 IN OREGON FORESTS
New Railroads Built in the Northwest to Transport Airplane Lumber; Fight ing Wet and Cold for Un- cle Sam.

It's strenuous race that's in pro- gress along the Oregon and Washing ton Coast. Spruce forests are the goal. Building new railroads is the task. These new lines will tap the spruce tracts this fall, and over them will come the giant logs from whose white flesh will bes tripped the tough, clear stock for airplane beams to win the war. Speed is the essential. It's the most vital race that ever was run in Oregon. The welfare of the world is at stake where soldiers labor on the grade with pick and shovel, according to The Oregon Voter.
 The railroad part of the spruce pro- gram is by itself the most ambitious transportation project ever attempted in one year in the Pacific Northwest, this empire which transportation en- terprise has made celebrated for ini- 1 tiative and daring. It is true that there have been more miles of rail- road completed within several single years in the Northwest than this one l year of 1918 will see completed, but never have there been so many miles l of railroad conceived located, sur veyed, cleared, graded, constructed, and completed all within one season all as part of the race for spruce.
 Some of these railroads will each l carry as much tonnage daily as is carried by transcontinental railroad. This tonnage will be the logs from the spruce forests to the water at the l sawmills.
 TbiCT10 na t1oa+ tho rai1Tna Hc h9va to be built stout enough to handle the traffic. They will have to be ballasted simply rails on ties in the winter mud won't do, especially under weather conditions such as prevail in the mountains of the Oregon Coast.
 Think what this .baIlasting means Take the great project centering
 around Yaquina Bay for instance. Ii
 stretches from the celebrated Blod-
 gett spruce tract on the Yahats, south
 of Alsea Bay, to the equally celebrated
 spruce forests in the Siletz Basin to
 the north. To reach these two dis
 tricts there are 60 miles of railroad
 being built this year-37 miles ot
 main line and 23 miles of spurs within
 the tracts.
 To ballast the 97 miles of main line l
 will require 4,S0O carloads of gravel about 200 train loads of 25 cars to the , train. Neither gravel, nor any rock l that can be used as a substitute, car } be found in the Yaquina region. I is necessary to go away over the coas mountains into the Willamette Valley near Corvallis to Yaquina Bay
 nearly 100 miles of curving mountain line. Quite transportation problem : in itself.
 This project tributary to Yaquins Bay is only one of nearly dozen pro-
 jects being conducted by the Spruce
 Producution Division with soldier la l Dor through contractors on the cost p plus system. Here are some fact!
 about this one operation:
 Seven miles of railroad were com = pleted north of Toledo in two month: 3 this spring to reach one tract o1 1 spruce. Logging now is in operation
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-28

skilled. and in logging work, which involved even more skill. The off, cers' problems were many. Military training had to be developed. Thegu was room for friction between fore men and officers. That things are moving smoothly and with a will Is convincing testimony of the patriot ism, tact and energetic spirit of both officers and contractors, soldiers, fore- men and all others concerned.
 It's a big job, but the boys are making good. They are getting the spruce that will win the war.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-28

there-about half the logs being cut up in the reVamped sawmill at To- ledo and about half the bigger logs shipped by rail to Portland, where they are sawed in a Portland mill. The f1itches or cants. of airplane spruce are cut off from the clear out sides of the logs at both mills and sent to the governments new cut-up mill at Vancouver, Wash.
 More than 200 soldiers and nearly 50 civilians are employed on the To- ledo railroad and logging operation alone.
 Already 1,S00 soldiers are working in railroad construction alone, the south railroad being graded to Alsea Bay and the Blodgett tract of spruce. There will be 2,150 soldiers on the job soon
 More than two hundred soldiers al- ready are working. on the north line in railroad construction toward the Siletz tracts, and there will be 1,2OO men there shortly. Soldiers are coming in by the trainload. There are twenty-two soldier camps estab- lished, with from fifty to 15O men in each there will be twenty-nine | camps.
 These camps were operating with in sixty-two days of the time the line was roughly located.
 Two hundred and fifty teams o- horses now are on the grading job seven pile drivers; two steam shovels 1 The horses are being taken in by the carload. New pile drivers ant l crews are going in ;also new shovels | The job of finding this equipment ir competition with all the other pro | jects and all the other public ant l private work now in progress is a bis one.
 | hospital has just been built, five big warehouses have been built, ana struction, scattered over nearly ever, mile of the project.
 Shovels, scrapers, picks axes, tools and equipment are literally tough for, being assembled from all parts O the Pacific Northwest as far as Mon ! tana. The markets of Seattle, Port land and San Francisco are combec I for supplies.
 Rail for the railroad has alread, arrived and is being bent at Yaquin; to the curve needed.
 The railroad is 60 per cent. ol curves, so difficult is the country. With the completion of the las mile of spur into any tract, a trail arrives with donkey engines an, heavy machinery. and within da, takes logs back with it.
 | Construction of a two-band saw
 mill has been begun at Toledo, to b finished as soon as the railroad, S logs can be sawed there instead o hauling them by rail all the way t Portland. The new mill, being bull by soldier labor, will cut from 500, 000 to 750,00 feet of lumber a day Only 30,000 feet a day is being GU
 by the present mill at Toledo.
 Twenty million feet of logs will b cut in readiness for the completion 0 the railroad and mill so as to give tn mill good start for the winter. Tn logging will continue all winter i spite of the high water. The winte rainfall averages 70 inches, the an nual rainfall 90 inches The camp are being built so substantially t provide winter comfort. Some of the railroad right of wa had 100000 feet of timber per acr on it. All this had to be felled an rolled to one side of the right of wa by hand power. The brush was S thick over much of the right of wa,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-28

4iMLs WANT ADS BRING RESULTS
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-28
OBITUARY
THOMAS MCGEE.

Thomas McGee, eight year old son of the late Thomas and Catherine Mu- Gee, died yesterday at the Bridgeport hospital as the result of a motorcycle accident. Besides his mother he is survived by two brothers. John T. and James, and two sisters, Margaret and Catherine. The funeral will be held from the home of his mother and in- terment will be in St. Michaers ceme- tery
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-28

Gabrielle DAnnunzio, the Italian poet and aviator, flew across the Alp mountains to Paris.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-28

Chih seized the German vessels in- termed to prevent them from being destroyed by their crews.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-28
Acting Secretary of Labor. : APPOINTMENT OF ACQUISITION

THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That New ton w Schwab is hereby appointed a ReQuisition Officer and as such my duly authorized representative to en- ter upon and take actual possession. for and on behalf of the United States, of every plot, piece or parcel of land, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, by me re- quisitioned according to law, to do such act or acts upon the said land as may be necessary or appropriate to evidence the title of the United States, and to certify to his act or acts as such Acquisition Officer in the manner prescribed by me.
 (Signed)
 JOHN W. ABERCROMBIE, ss
 (SeaD --ss
 Acting Secretary of Laborsssl
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03
GENERAL RILEY
FOR SEN. WATSON
WHEELING LEADER CERTAIN
COLONEL WILL BE NOMi-
MATED AND ELECTED.

General Thomas S. Riley of Wheel
ing, who for thirty years has been
one of the foremost Democratic lea
ders of the state, when asked by a
representative of the Wheeling Reg
lister about the Senatorial situation
in West Virginia from the Democratic
standpoint, said:
Senator Watson will be nominal
ed and elected to the United States
Sesate, and that is why 4 am for him.
Senator Chiffon made a very
good senator, but he was nominated
two years ago as his own successor
without opposition, and at the cleo
tics he had the united support of the
party and was defeated by almost
5000 votes. | am satisfied that it is
the consensus of opinion of the ma
jority of the party that he should, at
least, wait until the term he lost be-
comes vacated. "-tPolitical Adver-
tisement.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03

LOST-CHILD'S BLUE SWEATER,
between Martinsburg and Protumna
Orchards on Saturday. Finder re
turn to Gray Silver.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03

CASH FOR OLD FALSE TEETH
Don't matter if broken. | pay 5000
to $500 per set also cash for old
gold, silver, platinum, dental gold
and old gold jewelry. Will send
cash by return mail and wil hold
goods 10 days for sender's approval
of my price. Mail to j.. NAZER.
2007 g. 9th st., Pbila., Pa. va
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03
ARMY IS DR|ER
THAN EVER NOW
SOLDIERS EVEN WITHIN PRk
WAITE HOMES.

Furnishing OF liquor to officers and
men of the army within private
homes is prohibited in the new regu-
lations formulated by President Will
son and Secretary Baker, and made
public last night by the commission
on training camp activities. Dry
zones around every camp where as
many as $50 men are stationed for
more than 30 days also are estab-
lished.
Heretofore officers and men were
permitted to be served with liquor
in their own homes or when bona
fide guests in private homes outside
the government zones.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03
MARTlNSBuRG PEOPLE
SHOULD EAT PIE DAILY

Pie is wholesome, combining both
frult and grain Those who nave
trouble digesting pie should take ONE
SPOONFUL simple buckthorn bark,
glycerine, ETC., as mixed In Adler-i-ka
This Pushes the ENTIRE bowel tract,
removes foul matter which poisoned
your stomach fer months and relieves
ANY CASE sour stomach, gas or con.
stipation and prevents appendicitis
Leaves stomach in condition to di.
gest ANYTHING. Leap-Worthing ltd.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03

FOR RENT-TWO STABLES. AC-
commodations for two horses in
each, with carriage shed, and hay
.mow in EACH Located in West
END. Reasonable rates by the
month Address BOX TAs, Care
The World"
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03
BARGAIN LEMONADE.

Two little boys were selling lemon
ade to earn circus money. A thirsty
old gentleman stopped at the stand
OF the first little boy and drank three
glasses of the beverage. He then pass
ed to the. stand of the second little
boy. Are you aware" he asked
pleasantly, that the little boy across
the way only asks three cents a glass
for his lemonade, while you charge
five?"
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03

LETTER HEADS AND BNVEt.-
opes.-HaVe supply of them
printed at The WorfT Printing OF
fee. Work promptly, neatly and
reasonably done. We have just
received new supply of paper
stock ana are prepafed to execute
orders promptly.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03

= PRIVATE SECRET AIRY
for summer months Duties will be
simple but applicant must be vail
able for three hours every evening
and also during short portions of
day. Lady or gentleman will be &C
ceptable. Address Secretary, Care
of The World" 6 II tt
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03

The limit of the dry zones, miles
except when the camp is within a
city or town where the sale of liquor
is legalized and in that case within
half mile, remains as before
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

You are autAorf7ea to announce that
1 am a candidate Ter the united States
Senate, subject to the Republican pri-
naries to be held IN August. will
announce the principles upon which
1 will make my campaign q little
later ON.
JAAGT1S A. HUGHES.
Huntington, w. Va. March 2 1918.
3 2 tt.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03
The lad addressed answered very

The lad addressed answered very
readily: Eyes know. mister. but his
lemonade is what the puppy tell in"
The goods the mail order houses
sell YOU compare with the lemonade
the puppy fell in. Ours are OF the
Jewellery store kind SIZE?
w. L. JONES &SON.
jewelers..
Advertise in The World.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03


81 Miss Brady holds the highest
fob g. woman ever held in the rail-
way world. She is secretary to
Oscar Price. McAdoo's confidential
secretary. Mrs. Brady is a Wash
tngton society belle.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-03

REPRESENTATIVE WANTED-MAR
evlous new Heal, Accident Insur-
ance for eolored people. Address
Box 351, Chicago.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
Senator Makes Hot Attack On
 Boards

Washington, Friday. - Senator McCumber of North Dakota, In an address which he made on thG floor of the Senate chamber this morning said that five million men must be sent to the battle front in France by ths United States within one 4esr from the present date.
 "The results" said the senat- ar, "of Americas efforts up to ths present time since her entry into the war has almost been negligible and the past six months has been wasted by the shipping board and S64O, 100000 for aircraft has teen worse than squandereG."
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
]. 5. TROOPS TURN ASSAULT
 ID VICTORY

With the French Army in France Friday. - A strong German attack against the American positions in t! @ vicinity of Villers BrettonneauS was repulsed yesterday afternoon The American troops inflcting heavy losses on the enemy.
 A preliminary bombardment oi the Amercan positions lasting two hours was begun at four o'clock in the afternoon, and this was fol lowed. by storm attack. The American infantry rushed forward over the top to meet the assault and the enemy were driven back leaving large numbers of dead in front of the American front line of trenches. j !.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03

Mrs. J. l. Stewart accompanied by her daughter. Miss Muriel, wife and daughter of MT. J. L. Stewart of he White Pass auditing department were passengers for Vancouver on the Prncess Sophia Wednesday. Mrs stewart and Miss Stewart will be greatly missed in social and church circles here, as both of these ladies havr occupied prominent positions in women's club work, Red Cross work, and were great faVorites in the social circles.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
B0HEMIANS
 JUN ITALIANS

London, Friday. - A cOmmunfca- tion 4receiyed in London from a Daily Mail correspondent at the It4EGn Field Headquarters and printed in that paper yesterday says -ha' Bohemian troops are joining withi hte Italian troops against Aus rria and that the first detachments Of these troops are already on the lrsl'ap fighting line wearing Italian uuifOlms. .t '
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03

Washington, F.iday.-Secretary of War Baker appeared before the house committee on military affairs yesterday afternoon and asked that blanket authority to Raise any number of men that the present fla facilities for training and transporta ton will permit" =
 When asked what that number might be Secretary Baker declined to state the number, saying that "A definite number or double the
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
YOUTHS SENT ID
 BATTLE FRONTS

British Headquarters in France Friday. - From prisoners. captured in a recent sktrmiSh in which the Thirteenth German reserve division was engaged, 1t has been learned that that division had just re~eiV- ed company of 25O boys of the 1g19~192O class who had only been in training fer eight weeks, and when they were put in training it Yas understood that they were not to be put in he firing line unless I. was absolutely necessary.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
GERMANS TAKE
 I6,OOO. FIEES

openhagen, Friday. - Advice has been receiCved here that German troops yesterday afternoon captur- ef 16,OO0 prisoners at HelsingfOrf and ViborE, including the BolsheY1ki Prime Minister at the latter place.
 According to reports received here from the Finnish capitol today, a g~ouD of young Films is demanding tLe establishment of 8 republican form of government, but the civil anI parliamentary parties agree to the introduction of 8 monarchy,
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03

Washington, Friday. - Allied in tervention in Russia is very near a hand according to the opinions ex- pressed by Russian, British, French and Japanese diplomats in this city.
 This opinion is based On the fact that during the past month the sentiment has shifted and official Washington has canged its minG."
 Today it was stated that the form Of intervention is the only obstacle that is causing the de- lay.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
INTERVENTION
 MAY COME SOON

Amsterdam, Friday-Advice re- ceived here today say that the Ukrainia government has been overthrown and that Rada has been pu. down by the peasants. Depu- ties who arrived at Kiev imme- dia.el upon arrival formed a new government and declared it ad- hered to the Brest Litovsk treaty with Germany.
 Following on the heels of the dec laration of the new government by the peasant deputies, Germany established military rule in Kiev.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
BAKER WANTS AUTHORITY
 ID RAISE AN UNLIMITED
 NUMBER OF MEN

number for the reason that any nun be- implies limit and the only pos siFle limit is our ability to equip train and transport troops. All these branches are constantly being increased, and for this reason no definite figure should be made linn ting the number"
 l. is quite probable that the Draf' OfFice will send out g call for 100000 more men on Saturday.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
|. 5. CASUALTIES NUMBER 97
 MEN.

Washington, April 3. = The cas- ualty list received today by the War Department fromsG msGeneral Parshinss headquarters in France contains the names of ninety seven men, two of whom were killed outright and eleven dying from the wounds re- ceiyed in action, and the balance of th. number reported having sustain ed wounds in action. |
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
Me ANDREW MADE
 CHIEF PERsHINGs STAFF

Washington, Friday. - Advice was received at the war Department this morning that General Persh- ing has appointed Major General McAudrew chief of his staff, ana has assigned Brigadier General liar bord to Field Commander. The latter has been chief of staff to Pershing. - ] ]
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
Strife Is Brewing In Aurtria
 Hungary

Zu,ich. Friday. - The Austro- Hungarian situation is becoming more serious each hour, according
 a dispatch today. Karole has gone to Vienna to organize the workers and, others against Baron Burian and Count Tisza. German Nationals are demanding that Prem Ter Ygn Seidler resign at once.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03

Paris, Friday. - French troops made an attack late yesterday on the enemy's positions between Haines Castel and a point southeast of Amiens and captured hill No. S2 and the woods on the Avre river
 French troops after 8 sharp en- counter with Germans near the ViE lers Brettonneux gained consider able ground, inflicting heavy loss es on the enemy.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
ID GUT TURKS OFF FROM
 ASIA

London, Friday.-Statements just fssu,d disclose a remarkable eN- tLenion of the British offensive in tho Mesopotamia campaign. The statements issued indicate that Mosul and Aleppo are objectiyes in s vast forward movement which has for it's object to cut Turkey completely off from all her soVther- ly possessions in Asia.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
552 MORE MEN CALLED FROM
 WASHINGTON

Seattle. May 8. - Orders were re- Ceived in this city this morning to dispatch 552 more men from the State os Washington to camp Lewis at once.
 This will be the last contingent that can be sent to Camp Lewis un- der the existing legislation.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
AMERICAN BLUE
 JACKETS LOST

An Atlantic Port, Friday. = Af'- vices received here today say that seventy-four persons were lost ort the Deleware coast when the steam ship City of Athens was rammed by a French cruiser late yesterday. A number of American marines are reported to have perished.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
BRITISH AND FRENCH MAKE
 SEVERAL IMPORTANT GAINS

London, Friday. = A report giV- e1 out by the British War Office tkis afternoon says that In the upighhorhood of Villers Brettonneuz British troops gained advantage in local fighting during the night.
 On the nortern front artillery fighting is very active, especially near Givenchy forest and Neippe and Locre and south of Ypres.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-03
FIVE ARE KILLED WHEN BALLOON
 EXPl0DES

Omaha, Friday.-A captive bal loon of the Cacquet type exploded i'll its shed at the Florence ayia- tion field and as a result of the e1- plosion five soldiers were killed out right and twenty-one more or less seriously injured by the collapse of the big building.