ING MOST COLD-BLOODED WEAPON OF MODERN WARFARE Exploder Pressed Down and Foe by Hundreds Is BloVn to i Ainmi! Thiplr nf thn Firrhr. nf Pnfnln'w ta mont Described Written Specially For th Ei-ama l.tmaita By ELLEN ADAIR LONDON, Jan. 14, iiUrlNINO. Prhap Is the WW Wooded form of warfare, rilrrlne down of the handle of tl most cola Just the tho exploder, torclns dow hundred odd men will be blown to "Tho moot I m p r e naive m o m e n t of my life," eald a youmr Hrlt lull officer, "was when I stood, watch In ono hand, t h o explod er's handle In the other and wondered If I would Klvo the poor dev ils In the oth er trench a few more sec onds of life!" "I could hear them talking and laughing with each other. Utile dreaming they were on tho edge of the Great Be yond l could bear IXSSX!. .&3 t)10 Huspenia KU.ENADAIII no longer. nd quickly I forced tho handle down. A terrific explosion ! Then alienee. Thl5 War of Mole?, with death lurking In the ground, means constant struggle with an enemy ono seldom sees. Mining and counter-mining are dangerous games The enemy may get up near the opposing, trenchei with counter-shafts, and many a man has come face to face with a foe. far Underground, and fought a bloody battle With pickaxes! The British, French and Ilusslan soldiers whom I have met arc unanimous In giving Die Germans their due meed of praise They ire also unanimous In decrying the Ger man "massed uttacks" as Inhuman to the German troops themse)es. MKR WHEAT DEFORM SCYTHE TVe are forced to meet them with the toll blast of our artillery," says the French "doIIu," "and It makes us week to see them IF, to do.wn like wheat before the scythe, fnll lv. h. hvitpnn nf Thousands!" W The British Tommy Is mote terse. "Makes mo sick nt the stomach to see the I'C ilaughter," says he, "hut they bravely stag. v jer on, dying m rows, ngni up 10 our trenches." The Ilusslan soldier In telling the tale crosses himself devoutly and murmurs a prayer o "Little Christ our Father." "Braxe fellows." he declares, "hut against cur guns massed attacks are Insanity!" The Crown Prince's massed attacks before Verdun cost Germany 500,000 casualties. And the retaking of Douaumont by tho French Is an epic which will not soon be forgotten. "Imagine a vast plowed field, the vastest . that ever was thought of." says a spectator : let It be pitted with Innumerable shell hole, so deep that a large wagon could be ; hidden In some of them. Pill your holes with water sufficient to drown a man If he . .Ihtuld fall therein Let your mud be ho It glutinous that It will draw the boots from y pur feet. ' -'Rrine ilnrltnrRs unnn the preiir, nnrl .a i; terrible barraso from the enemy and here Vlhill be a picture of what tho Douaumont relief had to suffer nightly. IWr"Eery step was a hazard in that fearful Ijjnorass. Shells fell inces.-antly, plowing the scarred earth making lountalns of the rnlii poois, ouen destroying n wnoie platoon as they fell! Tho sky sliono silver with stars not astronomers' stnrs, but star shells! Wen burled their faces in tho very mud and Wondered In God's name how they could RED CROSS HERE SENDS REQUEST FOR SUPPLIES Takes Enrollment for First Aid and Litter Bearing Free Classes tfeeded at Once by Red Cross for Emergency 10,000 sheets. 10,000 pillow cases. 5000 blankets. Surgical supplies. Thousands of night shirts, com fort bags, pajamas, bath towels and washrags. v RICHARD E.'WILSON, Executive Secretary, Southern Penn sylvania Chapter Red Cross. j, "i ui vnranizauon nna preparations J for any emergency nro going on apace nt , the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chanter of W.1. ... the Red Cross, 121 South Eighteenth street. .jS according to announcement made today by fe'.the executive secretary. Richard E. Wilson. J ho says enrollment l.s being taken for t eiatscs and requests for aid are being pre- parea and sent out. "We are sending out requests today to our members, to other branches In this ter ritory, which includes Philadelphia, Dela ware, Bucks, Montgomerv nnd Chcnlcr i Counties. ncWIn. in,v -,-.-. . i r- iu & w jv.vuu snecis, iu.uuu lit p low cas, 5000 blankets, surgical sup- -puea of all descriptions, thousands of com- Hf"" Daes- nightshirts, pajamas, bathtowels. fo towels' and washrags. Then, too, we are V.. enro"men' now for first-aid nnd "Ker-bearlng classes fm- m liLM1'81 ald and lltter bearing classes liEwlll ba iron . ,j .L- .. . . Jfl ' " mo omer i-re, ac- l?iordlng to Mr. Wilson, who says the free i v.Fiant. ... . h f nro an innovation,. The latter will &t JOT thOSQ Who Cnnnnt nf..A .. Brasses, whether paid or free, will be ln- KlV?lu.nt"L8lcl?!. . "r- "2Btn.i . .. :"" "'reciion or ur. Alfred rt th. tt i nomt surgeon nnd lecturer I.College. y 0t Pennsy'vanla Medical Ks 2!S1V ;:. ?i ow cases and Ktn r. .7. " "f l"e nea.uros Cross, according hMnTito'rVr" Jie- P'ac?d " Owern. ? readvi fn- i """" l"r "J naval nospitai, SechirWnLm?,ecllaU uea m caae th " T-taraiion of war. P!:',yomer, Pledge Support to"Vison Jtwlih , ,er"' comPosed of the leading Jewish women of Phlladelohla. hnv .nt m lo'vlhv nV0.rf,e.B!d.!nt.w"80" press""f ialw. "v-'" : v" iiicmuerH. ine leiegrom Snw . commends Mr. wiin-. rrt n hV&fli6 Unlted states ,rom war tnd hopes Tr.t -' " '"" uy anon Ja ., President, and Jeanetta Oppen "ner, aecretary. rValt Whitman' Ttlrihn1.ro' H..M Ih' birthplace ot Walt Whitman ha. nt told, it u a inn. , ' . ,,..--. w? u r .".ndT.'.' t?" .""J." 'i V"' P" vrK man' as nn investmant. fh'nliiiiiw w l ai,'admlrer of th nian.whoa body. , ana a BVtom! ft 5-C X I - . v r V v - tf ' by Eyewitness JoriS,.thnt fenrful mll ot wilderness that stood between them and their salvation." llath?p,'CMeJ when t,,e hour struck Is hfJ ' "ell known. ru. with' all his tight ,. 0?.up' swnrl "J' the thousand across that terrible Held. Running, crawl , E'u, J! d0d8lnK to the left, now to tho right, disappearing In vast shell holes, re appearing undaunted, he mado straight for the enemy and nlways singing the songs of trance as ho ran. "Marchons !" and "Aux amies, cltojens!" mingled with tho roar of guns. And then tho Germans saw that they were tak.-n on both sides, l'anlc occurred, six thousand pairs ot hands went up In surrender. .hiL'ilfVm " Wils ,erlc "Rhtlng. too. In tl . .' 'J'1?" RTmni Old-time ferocity came into full play. Men crept from ruin HU "; ea poised, their tread cat like. Machine-guns rnttled eerily from hid- h!!?COr.n,en' nnrt wnole K'atoons went down before them. r.ln.lZie' crLcs ot "Kamerad ! Kamerad 1" rent the air. but the French mood mocked it all, f,13e.We.rc men "ho ran a winning race wnr.l . "" '" flnlSl''" Snl'' " P"U ?.? A ? " WM ony th aettlng of the sun that stopped t,s In tho end!" Iiefore the nnlsh of the thud day i;,000 prisoners were taken hefT,r"i0,nera.'. Nlvelle addressed hl.s staff before leaving them. Gentlemen," said he. I eave you after a splendid day. The ex- r.e".Co '" ""elusive, our method has Army has displayed more clearly than be- IJZ.,1 moral a,lcl '""terlal ascendancy over the enemy." weTr'hiiwndn " ,,,0''l ot m acaualntance were busily digging themselves Into a trench n ZL ,i ' ,"0(1' Jbey ""e ho-'om friends. cn,Z tha 'ona,hnii and David, and had come through two years' fighting unscarred MtHAD OF SNIPERS Suddenly the younger of the two gave a little cough, his shovel clattered against his ptk and he slipped quietly forward. A s-ilper a aim had been only too accu rate, and he will never wield a pick and spade again. His friend wont almost mad with grief. Revenge was his leading thought. All day he ciept stealthily from tree to tree, till at last ho sighted a dim shape in a fork, silhouetted vaguely against tho eve ning sky. Ho took a careful shot There was a crash, and something fell through the branches with a heavy thud It was a German sniper and his friend's death was avenged. The eerie sights of No-Man's-Land vastly Impresses the average soldier. "Never shall I forget one glorious dawn, when the rky was glowing In shell-pink and blush-rose," one poetical Tommy told me, "everything In nature seemed wonder fultill I had one glimpse of the wire be fore our trenches' Ugh! 'Twas a fear some sight' Nearly a hundred dead Ger mans were twisted over It, only n few yards from my nose, and ono of them so close that I could lean forward ard touch him '" "He had the wire-cutters In ono hand, and that was held stiff above his head! In tho other was his :IHe, and his legs were twisted. His head was twisted backward ovrr the wire, and his face was most ter rible nf all. For It was drawn Into a grin that showed every tooth!" "'Turn his face away!' screamed out a soldier whoso nerves had all gono to pieces with shell-shock und who was trembling with honor i.t tho sight. "And Just with that tho dead German quietly slipped down a touch of wind did It and as he slipped his chin caught In one of the wires, his head tilted forward nnd he stopped grinning. "Hut after that," concluded the Tommy, "the beauty of rosy dawns didn't appeal to me, and I was so busy watching the wires that I couldn't stop to watch the) skj! For after all, that's the safer way!" LORD ABERDEEN SEES EARLY END OF WAR Peace Will Come Much Sooner Than Expected, British Diplo mat Says Iord Aberdeen, British diplomat, who Is In this city after attending tho banquet of the League to Enforce Peace last night at the Hellevuo-Stratford, predicted today that peace would come much sooner than many persons expected. The diplomat, who was a former Vice roy of Ireland and Governor Oienernl of Canada. In making this prediction added that this war was one of salvation. "If I were a German," he remarked, "I venture to say that, knowing as much as I do, I could not help being pro-Ally In my sym pathies. We are fighting to protect Ger many from Germany" In explanation of this, he said that the struggle was for tho continuation of civi lization, meaning that tho true Germany would be better off by -the elimination or eduction to submission of the men now ruling the destinies of the Teutons. Eord Aberdeen explained the motive of the League to Enforce Peace. Persons should not, he said, think that the league Is going to "butt In" the present war. "It Is simply to preserve peace after peace once more reigns. It Is a fine Idea, Not only do statesmen of leadlnc countries rec ognize it, but even your own Theodore Roosevelt has urged It, If I remember cor rectly. In a magazine article." "Do you not think the moral effect will be effective?" he was asked. "Ves," he answered, "but it must have something more potent to back it up. A policeman acts as a moral effect, I might say. The sight of him will often stop a man from breaking the law. But when a man starts to break the law the policeman must take out his truncheon and stop him." Lord Aberdeen then praised this nation very highly for its severance of diplomatic relations with Germany. The act he char acterized as a "pronouncement of a great principle." "I can only repeat the words of Lloyd George," he said In regard to this. " 'America has harkened to the call of destiny In taking her share In the vindica tion of International law and rights.' " "There Is no real unfriendliness in Engt land toward tho United States," he con tinued. ''If there were the headlines would have said last week. 'Better Late Than Never.' or something of the sort. But they didn't." Lord Aberdeen afterward went to the luncheon 05 the Playgrounds Association at tho Unjverslty Club. Safe Milk FarlafuU ft Iiralid .Substitute Jfl -.'ll u' .,. ) -TT? SuiePrW A Nutritious Diet for All' Ages. rXp Horlick'a Always on Hand V..', 7 ' -v-- EVENING LEDGERPHinEEPHi, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, EVENING LEDGERITES IN PRIZE CONTEST Many Letters From Readers Ex pressing Their Views of the .Woman's Page The response with which the prize con test open to all readers of tho Woman's fage of the Evening LEDOEn has been met Is most encouraging. From day to day letters from different parts of the city nnd State have been coming In, somo of them full of useful suggestions. Tho competition Is now In Us second week. There Is still another week during which you may try for these three attrac tive prizes of 50, 130 nnd J20 each, so If ou, too, have nny ideas about the kind of page you would like to see, send them In. But do so before the evening of Saturday. February 17 No letter mailed later than midnight of that date will be accepted. The awards will be announced tho following week, Don't hesitate because you fear your views may not be worth while or your lit erary stylo will not win a prize. ,Lltcrary merit will not bo considered, the awards and publications being determined solely on the value of the suggestions submitted. If jou have cause to criticize the Wom an's Page of the Evkxinci I.EnaEn, or the manner In which It is conducted, good or bad, bring your criticisms where they will be most effective to us The aim of the editor has always been to reflect the sentiment held by the greatest number of Its readers. Give us jour honest opinion and before Saturday night of next week! MINIMUM POTATO COST 40 CENTS A BUSHEL Bucks County Farm Bureau Disputes Plumsteadvillo Farmer's Figures DOYLESTOWX, Pa , Feb. 7. A Plum steadvillo farmer stated before a grange that ho raised potatoes at a cost to him of nineteen cents a bushel, and to disprove, this statement a committee from the Bucks County Farm Bureau, headed by It. E. Garber, county farm agent, prepared an expense list, showing that potatoes can not be raised at less than forty cents a bushel. Allowing a jleld of 200 bushels of potatoes to the acre which yield Is rare these figures show the lowest posslblo cost: Te n bushels of nfcii potatorK st $1 40i . . . 11 1 00 Min and two hordes plowing half tv dy. . 2 00 fuulng potatoes . 2 00 Planting marhln-. two men an homes.. 2 r,n Cultivating four tlmea 4 00 Fertiliser, fiOO pounds 7.&0 Manure, nine tons nt $J nnO spreading. . 27 on Paris greening tw le I 00 Digging and putting away 12 00 Sorting and measuring a 00 Kent of cround .1 on Total JSOO0 This Is the rost of 200 bushels, making the cost of a single bushel forty cents. LOOK FOR TOMATO BOOM New Persey Farmers Anticipate An other Season of Bip Profits SWEDESBOnO, N J., Feb. 7. Should the damage to southern crops be as ex tensive as reports Indicate It will affect the prices of early truck crops In New Jersey nnd elsewhere In the North. 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Tho stylo for the spring and summer, Indeed, will reach very nearly to the other end of that line ot cxtiemlty marked a few years back when she ap peared under a wealth of pompadour nnd a largo gob of millinery that often looked like tho wreckage ot an explosion. Kxcept for tho sharp colorings of it, she will wear this spring almost no hat at all. It will be light very light In weight nnd to guess from tho early showings of the milliner's art. Its lines will be n part of her. , That Is to say, It will not seem nt nil. as In memorable tlmea gone by. liko a bit of e-ttraneous matter that had somehow collected nroiind her brow In 11 process of development similar to that In which a. cobweb strays across tho corner of an old room. It will be a design nnd not nn nccl dent. The milliners give no reason ; Its change is only n change of style. Hut thero Is a reason. There nro two reasons One Is, as those who havo watched have seen, that all of woman's clothing has tended toward several years. 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