6 EVENING LEDGEB PHILADELPHIA. FBIDAY, OOTOBEB 2, 1914. Jr, GERMAN VIOLENCE NOT WANTON, SAYS AMERICAN IN DIARY Bicyclist, Following Armies' Trail, Minimizes Reports of Atrocities Captured by Both Sides. KING GEORGE BIDS TROOPS FROM INDIA GODSPEED IN BATTLE Child Bun Sown by Auto Valtr Syken, S years old. of 31 HriiiKhut street, Germantown, was run down by a motor tar at Germantown ave nue and School lane, but not seriously hurt IU Js in the Germantown Hos pital Ihe ariient orrUrred ja?t night Oft-j Jl Ka'j-r, the d-lver of tho rnnfr car, aj oi'jrrd tMay before Mag's v-ai r-r-K ana he'a Ja fWO tad await ts res-i't cX tha chlUj lajjrl-s. NEW YOllK, Oct. I.-LIrIU Upon tho luestlon of the treatment by thn German troops of prisoners nnil Inhabitants of sonquorecl territory In the Kiironenn war 8 presented In the tllnry of Arlluir M. SweotBer, of Boiton, ri young American newspaperman who has been Investigate 'ng eniidltlon.'! In the Held of war on hid own Inltlntho mill from n standpoint ap parently fire fioiii prejudice. His dlnt, ultlcli Ims been foiwnrdcd to filonds In New York, Hives a vivid Im pression or the diniciiltics nnd (Lingers which a forelBiirr faces In following tho armies, with much fltst-lnnd Information of affnlro In the camps of the opposed forces. Mr Sweetser succeeded In cettlnB from Paris to Lille, and, Inter, In pushing by bicycle, followed the route of the Germnn rirmy. He was captured by the Germans, nnd later by the Trench, who held him for a time ns n spy. He lived several 3ays with only ci lists of bread to cat, nnd was at ons time for more than 21 hours without water. His conclusion icgardlns the conduct of the Invndlin? Germ.ins Is that, although some barbailtles doubtless wcie com mitted, they v.cie no more than were to bt expected In the trail of n wur-nmil host, and no tnoio than those of which combntints on the other sldo have been RUllty. What wrong ban been done, be says, was strict against orders and un der pcnalti. of being shot Ills diary also tells of actual mutilations alleged to have been inflicted upon German soldiers by Belgians, ot which he learned from a nurgcon who had seen the InjuieU men themselves. WAirs uonv mhaning. In the diary n sense of the meaning of Var Is given. In n picture of a battlefield lifter the light: "Suddenly I topped the ciest of n par ticularly steep hill. There before me lay nil the awful relics of n struggle between the Germans and n Yorlcshlio regiment. It was the bnttlcllcld of Cateau. wheie of 3100 Englishmen TOO were left dead, wounded or prlsoneis nnl two dav.i ln fore. Beyond lose n Slope, whence the German artillery wrought Its cninnge. Near me stood two angry Held pieces, sullen and still defiantly facing the Ger man position, which the Biitlsh had left behind In their retreat. "Zlg-zagging heiu and there through the fields were the ugly scais of Hiltlsh trenches. Some of them were utmost as deep ns a man's height, while others were just hastily scraped-up mounds of earth. All sorts of refuse cutteied them, and brought to mind the men who had man ned them. "What a carnage It must have been! For only eight hours It lasted, but it was nearly the final battle for that legimcnt, for the few who survived were lushed to Paris to recupeiato against the siege of the capital Krch-made graves scarred the tleld on nil sides." At St. Quentln Mr. Sweetser fell In with German forces nnd had nn opportunity of talking with Kngllsh pilsoners, who told him how their conquerors had placed them in the front line of battle: "In a small back yard I found about 250 English and :'(K Fionch who hnd been captured nearby. Their sergeant told me talcs of utmost hoiror. swearing on his honor that the Germans had marched them as prlsoneis at the head of the column light Into the face of the British Kims. Tor thiee da3, he said, the Ger mans had not given them food, and only n few of the men had been able to get anything from the French outside. GLRJIAN" VIOLENCE XOT WANTON. Continuing tho discussion of the stories of barbarity. Mr Sweetser sas. "The French call the Germans Mes bar bares.' sat age", murderers of cliildien nnd violators of women. In France, how ever, I must tay I have seen little of this Tho Germans have brought misery. Buffering and starvation; but as for wan ton damage and hi utallty, there does not seem to be more than must be expected from n hostile army of nondescript men drunk with the lust of battle. Undoubt edly cases of brutality have occurred, but wholly, I believe, at least in France, against orders and under threat of being phot " A few da9 later Mr. Sweetser was ar rested and was allowed to go about only undci the guard of two Germnn bicvclo scouts. They weie Mopped on the load by a woman hunting for licr children. who had been visiting with a relative at v. nearby village Thi-y found a bicycle for her and took her under their protec tion. THE SACKING OF SENL1S. T'tifchin? on the next day, the three came to Senlls, which the Germans had occupied: "All the splendid houses lending to It Wf shut and unoccupied and many unowfil signs of having been broken Into. Uefon same were mattresses and piles of straw w tiers soldiers had slept, and chairs, tablis ard furniture pulled out, Heavens knows why. The heart of the city we found still blazing. A pretty wtutlon already lay in cinders, but the big Hotel du Nord nnd most of the houses along tho raaln street were burn ing merrily. Indeed. It was so hot that we could scarcely pass by them. It was a tenibln thing to look upon this useloss destruction of an undef nded city. It was done, the Germans claimed, as punish-ffn-nt fur Illegal resistance by the civil ians "The shopping district was the wildest scene of dlsoider. Here in places there was calm, deliberate looting. A shoe store particularly, I remember, where ever) thing had been pulled from the walls nnd piled knee-deep on tho floors till it bulged out through the door on the street. An incessant stioam of German soldiers tiled in and out, kicking ot-r the goods till thej found what they wanted. Other rhopb stood equally open. "Finally It came time for supper and Bleeping My two friends com eyed me to the best residential section, selected the handsomest mansion they could find, and proceeded at once to make themselves at home Eery door and window was locked and every nook and corner searched for possible enemies. Then we net about to get dinner. It was a beau tiful house, and splendidly equipped A wine cellar UldeU the choicest vintages, while wood for a Are, potatoes, preserves, and other food were found in abundance. Jly friends, being good cooks, prepared a dinner. We kerned It in a beautiful ma hogany dining room, under the light of a handsome centre drop shade and two old candelabras on the mantelpiece. Ma dame's finest table fittings gae it tone, and momdeur'g finest wines and liquors gave -at jyice. Ruler Confident British and Hindu Soldiers Will Win Glory in Strife Against 'Relentless Enemy. i ' PAlllS, Oct. 2. King George of Great Britain has sent two messages to the i enforcements that have .lust nrrhed on the firing line. One Is nddresscd to the British troops re called from India; the other Is to the Indian troops. Tho message to the Kng llsh soldlets follows: You have been recalled from service In India, together with your romrndes from that country, to fight for tho safety and honor of the empire. Bel glum, which country we were plcdgrd to protect, has been devaBlntcd, and France Invaded bv the same foe. 1 have Implicit confidence In .ou. Duty Is your watchword. I know ur duty will be done nobly nnd I pray God to bless you and guard you nnd bring you Lack victorious. The pecond message, addressed to tho Hindus, follows: I look to all my Indian soldiers to uphold tho Ismt of tho British Tlaj against an ngtrrcsslve and relentless enemy. I know with what readiness the brave nnd loval Indian troops are prepared to fulfil this sacred trust on tho field of battle, shoulder to shoulder with your comrades from all part' of the empire. You always will he In mv thoughts and prayers. I bid you go forward nnd ndd fresh lustre to the glorious achievements nnd to the notable traditions ot your nge nnd chlvn'ry of the Indian nrmy, whose honor nnd fame is In your hnnds. COUNTRY NEEDS THE HORSE Banished From tho City, He is Use ful on Fnrm. There wcto nearly 21.000.CM horses in thn United States on January 1 last, ac cording to the count of tho I'nltcd States Department of Agriculture. At the same dato there were, approximately. 4,500,000 mules, says the Louisville. Courier Journal. So far as the countiy at lnige is con cerned the liorfe Is not disappearing rap idly. There aro fewer horses in the cities. Horse-drawn vehicles of all klnd3 aro dis appearing fiom clt streets, but nothing in particular seems to be happening to tho horse except that ho is being ban ished to the country and piobably ho feels more nt home there than he does umid the rush and loar of metropolitan tratlic. ,, , , , The horse by no means lias outlived his usefulness. The people In the rural dis tricts know very well whnt to do with him to make him cam his board and lodging. It Is not easy to foresee a tlmo when he will not be useful on the farms for a variety of purposes. It Is true thnt plows are being driven by steam and electricity In somo poitlons of the coun try. Perhaps the day may come when the horse will be emancipated from plow ingat least. In regions where the land is level and there are no rocks and stumps to be dodged. But there are millions of little hill farms In this country nnd some of them are nlmost perpendicular. There are many of that kind hero In Kentucky -some of them, In fact, that nie too steep for the horse and must needs be cultlmatcd with the sure-footed mule or the plodding steer. Steam engines, gasoline tractors, elec tric motois and the like cannot supplant the horse in the hill country. Invention may do the trick in the next century oi so, but the horse seems reasonably certain to have a long period of usefulness ahead of him. When thcic aro good roads everywhere, when the motors have pene trated to all the remote regions, win farming can be done by pressing a button or pulling a string, and when the horse has come to be economically unavailable for the varied services he Is giving nt present that will be the time for dis appearing. All of which means that no tears need be shed at piesent by favors of the faithful animals in anticipation of his extinction. REPORTED AS A FRENCH PRISONER Crown Prince Ruprecht of Bavaria, who, according to late reports, has been taken by the enemy 14 miles north of Nancy, PSYCHOLOGY OF COLD STEEL Bnyonets ns Visible Sign of Death More Terrifying Than Bullets. Anybody can prove that In hand-to-li.ind fighting nn automatic gun is worth ton bayonets. Which would you rather face a burglar with, for example? After a chargo across a field, with which could you do the most damage? There Is no doubt for the answer. Yet every military power retains the bayonet and uses It In close fighting. Why? Tho answer goes back of fighting theory nnd fighting machines to the human equation. It Ib a question of psychology rather than killing power. The automatic may bo the more deadly weapon, but It Is net tho wicked, visible glitter of a low of fixed bayonets charging up a defenslvo line. The bullet Is nn Invisible enemy. You cannot sec It sweeping townid you; you do not Imagine It cutting into you. The gun coughs and It is nil over. The row of bayonets starts, wavers, comes on, faster and faster, nearer and nearer. Somo of them go down. Others keep on. Cold, visible death is sweeping up to you, and smnll wonder that you break nnd run. It is the constant assertion of the Allies that tho German soldiers linve no taste for steel and have constantly given nw.iy before the bayonet charges. The point Is one of the most psychological ques tions which Impartial reports may or may not settle. Tho fact Is unquestionable, anyway, that cold steel has tetalned Its value In warfare, despite all the mai- velous weapons that gunpowder has placed In the hand of man. GIRL FOOLS HORSE TRADER "I saw a mighty smart young gill sting a. horse trader and throw his doc tored horso back on him before every one," says Farm and Fireside. "She ex amined tho horse clooly about the ears for shot and smelt of the hoofs for tur pentine. If a horse Is lame through sore feet, things can be temporarily fixed by beating turpentine to tho boiling point ond pouring It over the hoofs. For that matter she wvnt after that horse for nil tho tricks known. You see, hor dad was n horseman. She took the eyes for blindness, carted tho horso to the sun to see him blink nnd examined his eye biows to see If they were triangular oi wilnklcd. "Evidently she know the trick of clear ing a blind eye by belladonna or blood root. Then she came to the nose and laughed out when she noticed tho nos trils hnd been slit a little in the thin part. Turning to the boy, she said: 'Give him n drink nnd run him nround and then we can see what this horse has got.' When ho cumc back I noticed signs of heaves and, sure enough, that was what the horse had to a high de gree. Everybody gave the dealer tho laugh to think thnt a girl could beat him." EGYPT HIT BY WAR LONDON, Oct. 2. The flnnnclal conse quencis of the wnr have been felt seveie ly In Egypt. In view of the scarcity of gold rolnago nnd the tightness of money nnd the necessity of maintaining rev enues, arrangements aie being made to enable the fellaheen to tender gold nnd Jewelry In payment of taxes, of which lm pnitant instalments are due. Annually large quantities of gold coins disappear In Mutdci, where they are melted down to provide Jewelry for the women. The expectation Is that a largo amount ot this hoarded treasuic will now be recov ered nnd restored to circulation. RALPH DE PALMA ENTERS CLOSING RACES AT FAIR Sixteen Cars Entered in Six Events On "Get-away" Day at Trenton One 25 Mile Event. TltENTON, K. J Oct. 2,-Today Is "get-nwny" day at the Interstate Fair, nnd thousands of visitors camo from all parts of tho State to pick up tho bar gains to bo had when the exhibits close. The attendance was largo this morning and Increased until noon, when many left tho grounds. Many ot the stands nnd exhibits nro being leveled prepara tory to being shipped to the next fall, nt Mount Holly. The automobile exhibit drew a largo crowd today. All kinds of cars wero shown, and somo freak machines among them. The machinery exhibit also was a good drawing card. Aviator NIIcs gave a wonderful ex hibition today, continuing his tricks in tho air shown during tho week. Ho made spirals, dips, tho flguro eight and flow up side down, to tho delight of tho crowd, who cheered his daring. Tho Judges were kept busy today awarding prizes. Great Interest was manifested In the outcome of the prize exhibitions In the agricultural depart ment. Secretary Mahlon It. Mnrgcrum. of the Fair Association, stated today that the exposition was one of the most success ful ever held here. The crowds In at tendance were largo every day nnd the weather was all that could be hoped The chief feature today was the nute racing, which drow thousands to the ginndstaud. Sixteen cars entered the six events, llulph do Palmn, the famous auto pilot, Is a contestant. One of the big races scheduled for the nftcrnoon is n 23-mllo ovent. AFFILIATED AD MEN MEET Adopt "Sell America First" as Slogan for Convention. DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 2. 'Sell America first," wns tho slogan at the convention of Affiliated Advertising Men from De troit, Cleveland nnd Rochester, which met here today for a two days' session. Explaining the purposes of the conven tion, Lee Anderson, president of the De troit Aelcraft Club, declared tho dele gates would seek to point out the way for on "Intensive cultivation of tho American market." Instead of slowing up because of an al leged 'psychological depression," he de clared American business Interests should speed up lo tnke advantage nf a "psycho logical opening." FLOCKING TO ENLIST LONDON, Oct. 2. Itecrulting lias been so successful In England that tho mili tary authorities. In some districts, have been obliged to call a halt, owing to congestion In the reserve depots. For the moment only those men are accepted who aro willing to remain at home until accommodations can be found for them. ! Now tho Wnr Office feels Itself able to I pick and choose. It has Just announced that, until further orders, tho minimum height for all men other thnn cx-soldlers, who enlist In the Infantry of the line. will be raised to 5 feet 1 Inches, nnd tho i the minimum chest measurement to 354 Inches. SUNDAY OUTINGS From Mnrl.ft Street Whnrf $1.00 $1.25 Si. 50 Atlantic City. 7.30 a. m.. Wllilwoort, AiiKlee.i. 7 -0 n m. until December 27 Inclusive: Stone Harbor, Sea Isle City. Avnlon, 7.30 a m. until October -I. Im hiitve. Barnecat Pier, Hay Head. Tolnt Pleasant. 7 20 n. m. until October 25, inclusive Aoburv Park, Ocean (lroe. Long Urnnch, Del mar. Sea Olrt. 7 20 a. m. until October 2.1. Inclusive. From Ilroiid Street Station Baltimore. 7..1S a. m. October , 23; November 22: December 20. WanhlnEton. 7.f5 a. m.. Octoher t. 2S: November 22; December 20. New York, 7 43 a. m , October 2.1. $2.00 $2.50 $2.50 Pennsylvania R. R. MORTALITY IN BATTLES MAY BE FOUND LOW Wholesalo Slaughter Improbable Even With Deadly New Weapona To rend of n battle In which 3.000,000 arc engaged naturally raises visions ot wholesale slaughter. All the appliances of modern warfaro nre designed to that end! till tho skill nnd science of tho great est military experts nro directed to that purpose. Yet, basing estimates on authentic his torical records, there In good reason to nsstimo that the number of men killed In nnv ono battle In Frnnco will be sur prisingly low when compared with tho death rate under normial circumstances among tho same number of men. At Gettysburg, for Instance, the death rnte per 1000 was B3.R, the highest In 21 battles In tho Civil Wnr. According to tho figures published by tho Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company In tho American Experience Tablo of Mortality, for ovcry 1000 men living at tho age ot 49 there will be 63.0 deaths beforo reach ing the age of G.1. For all purposes, this Is exactly the same rnte of mortollty as that on tho field of Gettysburg; That Is to tnv, each soldier had tho same chnnco of Biirvlvlng the battle of Getysburg that a man now 4'J years old has of living to hn 61. At the battle of Chancellorsvlllo the death fate among the soldiers engnged was 20 3 per 1000. Acordlng to tho life In surance tables, tho death rate per 1000 nmowr men In peaceful pursuits ranging Jn nee from 42 to 44 Is exactly the same. Every soldier at Shlloh, where the death Tate In battle was 42.2 per 1000, hnd the same chunce of eooapo nllvo as thn aver age man of 30 has of reaching tho ngo of 35. Theae figures nre surprising In showing how far wo nro likely to be led nBtray In calculating the relative mortality In battle. CAVE A NATURAL IC MINE Phenomenon May 33o Seen lnBtlll Near Coutlersport. Among the rugged foothills it thfl AN leghenles, just beyond CoudsrtPcrt" Vtu, ono may sen a most curious nnural phe nomenon. In n cave a few fet betow thn surfaco Is a natural Ice pine, tho celling, walls nnd floor of the enve be ing nernetuallv covered with nick Ics. Curiously enough, during tho heat of summer the Ice Is much thicker than In tho coldest winter. Chemists who have tested tholco pro- notinco It to bo nn absolutey P"re natural Ice. but no ono has beenable to discover thn cnuso of this nhnsAl for mation, nlthough several th5rW lxiye been proposed. Home sclentfitts bellrjvs that underground water, firing 'V1 great depths, congeals, upon tho "jji! but nil theories thus far advance V1 been unconfirmed, and the origin V' Ico mine remains as much of r t,fy as ever. NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATS ' State Chairman Culls Meeting o Can didates Tomorrow. TItKNTON, Oct 2 Stale Trcad-'ircr Ed wrad U Grosscup, chairman of te Pern- ocratlc Stole Committee, today Issiiod a' call for a conference for tomorrow niorn- Ing at 11 o'clock nt the Stnto heidtiuar tcrs here between tho hnld-ovcr lienaltorsi the Democratic nominees for SerMoinndsJ Congressional candidates frermf .lie) 1 ' districts. Tho object of tho conference . Is to organize the Interested persons It,, i Bt)lt;uii.iu ..uiiif.iibii ,imju(,mi, Ml State. ' Kl Tho Governor's Itinerary follows: J urday, October 17, Union County; Ml dny, October 19, Warren: Thursday, 1 tober 22, Somerset; Friday, October Monmouth: Saturday, October 21, Cal den: Thursday, October 29, GlouitstI I'rldav, Octolier 20, Salem. That Foster Plug prevents slipping. Makes 'em wear longer. 4T5 PA Ji CUSHION Bmk " RUBBER HEELS JIBi ,; All Dealers. 50c. Attached. Pjj J5 mBO&issssfiiyxif&Bismssssipys . 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