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MODESTY OK AIR. l.t'Rl.ESON
'(JTWCE Postmaster Genornl in his state
"llieht accompanylns the nnnimnccment
tithit' thn telenhone anil telecrnnh linos are
StSalM taken over bv the f'oternment at
l.L'-fi . .
lmNMIKnt next weonesciay arimiis mat ne
jgvrMUtcea me immcnuy oi inc iusk wnirii
t1airuin Anpiietort in hltn till fin nrlils
MS jrtikf becomineT modesty that "a sreat op
jipoittunit' is afforded to effect improve
ftt'wuiiM and economies and a larper ue by
CtM people of these facilities which hne be-
ifyz ' . , .
il'icoiiia ma imp era live iiuuu in inuu tt'ijuaj
St.ai'H
feViTnitch means that Mr. Burleson is .ilioiit
3'tOSaake those lmprocments wlilth seemed
RKt him to be beyond the abilltj of the e-ptj-perienced
experts who have created the
3EiUbb out or nomine until they are unsur-
'irjiMnrn lzor eiiiciency anjniiau in iwu
fe - -
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feti-Klng of Greece, on the throne of Finland
$ iHT'hope, for Tlno's own s.iki?. he'll be able
C& to 9lnA Rome more nermanent lob than that.
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jjtfTlHE person who does not carry some
ffi. ,form of life Insurance FCeras to be out
.tt'liaWon, If we may trust the fisurcs
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'iJttoi'itO that periodical the men and women
If'nOikJBerlca are protected by more than
iVaBKjr, billions of lif J insurance. This is an,
'iTanUuB of about 1600 for every man,
r$.. '" ...- . .HM i tn pnllntrv. nr SS000
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(rettfttiytry ramiiy.
.Oi'thlB amount ten billions Is carried by
H'fJMtraal orders nearly twenty-eiKht bll-
i., "tViijt by the regular insurance companies
L i?Z-'M . " . 1.1111...... 1... . t. n n. ..m..
lRaiy-lWO UUIiUlIS v L',c vii'ctiiiiui
lives of soldiers and sailors.
Hi,&9Sm"itxe of this total Is astoundintr to
' I1" 1 !! na n...lr4n nf h rt I n tt. P-. M .ft llllcl.
r-fciStlii. It indicates that the American pub-
"tlWyiiaH an finnhnr tn wlrtflwnril nnwcrflll
iWiSSfsr . : :
feKJaMlE to save it irom snipwrecK. n la
iS'"Mi,of the most gratifying signs that fore-
?.?;'' rfarht and thrift are Ingrained here and
Bifruit'-wedo not trust to luck
etS,'JSj
Q4V& BMna. t... 4Yn thn ll rt. emmnn. .. luh.d
'W .reduce the motorcar output because of a
tint hn onlnhtillrlrn mlrrht nas.s nil
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itfcilrtlme motorlns.
!Mt?Ji If' thp nir.n rnsT
jSSfllBI! hardy adventurer who risks his all
gM?ta endeavoring to buy nn adequate
rllcheon in an average Philadelphia res-
K"tiirahtjmust pay from ten to uenty-fHe
S-iiliea'a fleck of lettuce.
f5fe&l"r Gloucester and Salem Counties the
tiktt growers report that 400,00n crates
feflitioiaatoes, with an estimated value of
Sti.Uat few days.
SfJsSttto waste may be due to defective
ffitftMPortatlon methods, to delay or InefTI
Bfafcicy on the farms, to profiteering com-
(JakfMtori men or to more obscure causes.
FiJfclMOBs for the moment may bb considered
l&ipiftfttv The incident is far more interesting
Rjtltiue 'it reveals in a flash the complete
. liTlaB-.l-1?-. nva wAnl .II nltllll Itl Cjlc? ft if ttlft
jMVWW UL ail Ct. . ui-iuin uo.a .w ..!-
cost of some kinds of living.
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:"AVAustria faces a huge deficit.
This is ono
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;c.l, icttsb iiiaL iiio nun uiuca uaimui .lev
,CE DOES NOT LIE THIS WAY
NY must take the Entente Allies
-Wfifcfi!8 'f lt tnlnls a moment's con-
,.
II be given to the peace plans
wnllet Vnpu'nflrta nnvq TtftrUn
awz:. ..:; tz
wrepaiu lu auuuiii iu iiitriu.
that the fate of Belgium, for
pi?T is to be settled at the peace table
be entertained only at the- head
ers of the German General Staff. The
iOf Belgium is already settled by the
ruaatlon ot the conscience of the
ITworld. Germany will not bo psr.
tyio use it as a pawn in n-ty moves
1,-tt hopes to make at a peace confer.
IpXt there is one Irrevocable condition
t. It Is that Belgium must be evac
P;jpMtored to its rightful rulun and
amply for all the haoc that
.wrought upon its land and upon
lestlon that Great Britain must
), Gibraltar and the Suez Canal
ly-preposterous. Germany has not
Me to take the canal by force of
fjM ahe has not even made an as-
,.HUlDraiiar. xce wcriu win laugn
'ioaolence of a nation which lays
isfone of the conditions of peace
aanda which ahe cannot force upon
Hies by her armies shall be granted
la ready to atop fighting.
declaration that th'e Brest-
fkinhly aha'l not be questioned
. poor grace from a Power which
i that treaty time after time, be-
rtth the moment when lt forced
miiAl tools to sign it.
yorwawta Is said to regard the
as very reasonable. If
'iB'mwr, to th Vorwaerta
SECRETARY BAKER ON
THE RIGHT ROAD
nut He Will Have to Go Prclly Fa-l to
Keep Up Willi the War Demands
of llie Nation
T T IS noteworthy that wc did not begin
-"sendinp; troops to Europe in Rreat num
bers until the March drive of the Ger
mans proved that the British nnd French
must be rc-cnfoiccd if they were not to be
defeated. Only about four hundred thou
sand men were shipped til road from May,
of Inst year, to the end of February, this
year. In the four succcedinp; months wo
have sent six hundred thousand men.
This number will be increased by three or
four hundred thousand before the end of
this month.
It Is noteworthy also that nothing def
inite nbout the size of the army to be
mised came; from the War Department
until General Foch bef-an to show what
could be done when he was backed up by
the rc-enforcements with whicli we had
supplied him.
Secretary Baker has now announced
that we must have nn army of five mil
lion men available for service in France
net sprinp. This is the most important
nnd encourntrinp; pronouncement that has
come from Washington since we entered
the war. Secretary Baker is to be con
gratulated on his dawning appieciation
of the task brfoie him, nnd on definitely
setting out on the road to master it.
What the nation expects in Washing
ton is a readiness to summon its entire
man-power, if that be necessary, in order
to win the war in the shortest possible
time. It will stand behind Mr. Baker's
demand for an army of five million, and
if he concludes that we need seven and a
half or ten million it will support him.
There aic men who say that if we had
enteicd the war two years earlier Ger
many would have been defeated by now
and that many lives would have been
saved. But it is a waste of time and
breath to discuss this question at this
time. Wc are in the war at last, and
nothing must bp left undone which will
hasten victory.
If it is necessary to broaden the age
limit, and Secretary Baker thinks it is,
then Congress is expected to take the
necessary action when the Wnr Depart
ment asks it. It did not act a few weeks
ago because the plans of the War De
partment were not perfected, but the
matter was dropped with the understand
ing that it would be taken up again
after the summer recess.
Whether the minimum age shall bo
eighteen, nineteen or twenty is a ques
tion of detail that can easily be settled
in the light of the knowledge that there
are tens of thousands of boys of these
ages who are anxious to do their part.
Tens of thousands of them are already in
uniform as enlisted men, and boys still
younger have taken liberty with the
truth about their age in order to get into
the army.
Whether the maximum age shall be
forty or forty-five is also a matter of
detail that will adjust itself. Men above
thirty-five can do excellent work in the
Ordnance and Commissary and Quarter
master's Departments who are not fit for
fighting in the trenches. Every such man
who puts on a uniform releases a youngqr
man for real fighting.
If we can end the summer campaign
with the Germans driven back a few
miles at critical points on the line and
prepared to hold them during the winter
and can bo assured that we shall have
five million fighting men within call of
General Foch for the spring offensive,
we can contemplate the future with sat
isfaction provided the War Department
does not conclude that after it has raised
five million it need not increase the size
of the army. Another million or two
must be held ready to send across next
summer to keep the ranks full and to
enable General Foch to hold every point
that he gains and to drive the Germans
out of France and Belgium and across the
Rhine. It is impossible to make prepara
tions on too gigantic a scale. There is
not the slightest doubt that the war
could be ended next summer if we could
put ten million men in France before
the beginning of June. There is little
doubt that it can be ended with five
million, but it is the part of prudence to
give ourselves the benefit of every pos
sible doubt and prepare against all con
tingencies. We have seen what a million men can
do, not only in fighting, but in heartening
all of our allies, and in putting the
knowledge of fear into the s'tomachs of
the Germans. Five million men can do
ten times as much.
Mr. Baker is now headed in the right
direction and he describes the highest
praise. Now let u see how fast he will
go. He will have to make pretty good
speed to keep up with the temper of
the nation.
AVhat a hard time the Qrman papers
have explaining the American troops to their
readers' After telling them how few Ameri
cans there are in France, now they report
that the Yanks wre slaughtered In hun
dreds of thousands In the recent fighting.
CONCRESS AT PLAY
piUNS were roaring in France the other
- day, thrones tottered, the towers of
civilization itself shook a little, while Con
gress In a long debate wrestled with the
ethlcM of corn doctoring in the 'District of
Columbia. The debate rumbled on and on
among Mr. Cooper, of Wisconsin, and Mr.
Moore, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Thomas,
of Kentucky, who declaimed for the pages
of the Congressional Record the narrative
of his experience with corn doctors. Tne
question that caused the oratorical up-
J heva was whether fcorh doctors ,shoul I
The members were agitated. Did the new
word hide a subterfuge? Then:
Mr. Thomas: "Mr. Speaker, I ,nm op
posed to this bill. I believe we are passing
too many things, too many bills, to regu
late matters generally. Now, this bill, as
I understand It, Is what Is properly termed
n 'corn doctor's' bill. (.Laughter. They
lme got the word 'podiatry' In there.
Laughter 1 I do not Know where they
got It. I do not believe they got It out of
Webster's Dictionary, because I do not be
lieve It Is there.
"I say they are a set of fakers. 1 say
that from experience Iniightcr, because
I hae one corn on one foot, of course!
not one corn on two feet and I have had
a dozen corn doctors In this town working
on that corn, and It gets bigger alt the
time Laughter. Why, I believe t am a
better corn doctor myself than any ot them.
Laughter.
"Now, gentlemen, the only way nnd the
proper way to take a corn off of your foot
is to take It off all In one piece. A man
who understands his business can do that,
nnd .nu will not feel It. There Is not a
onr In this town I hae lslted who knows
mi) thing about tnklng a corn out in one
piece."
And so on and so on for hours!
Courage everybody!
Arc we down hearted, even with Congress
In session?
Xol
There Is a man on Chestnut street who
sells fresh lavender, and. curiously enough.
It wems to us that he does the world more
good than Hlndenburg ever did, alive or
dead
LICHTLESS DAYS
"jXTOST people are willing to admit that
-"- the fuel administration and Mr. Gar
field and Mr. Potter are doing their best in
a difficult situation. The fault isn't with
the intention of either administrator. It
Is with the performance. Their best Is dis
illusioning It Is often the worst that even
a pessimist has a right to expect.
It Is onlv a little while ngo that enough
lights were provided In Falrmount Park to
Insure the driver of a motorcar against a
tumultuous passing out In a collision with
a tree or a (light over an embankment or
an Impact with another vehicle.
Now, when motorcars move about In
dense clouds, Mr. Potter Is turning out
some of the lights which the Park Com
mission grudgingly supplied for their
safety and the safety of people afoot. The
fuel administrator In his zeal to win the
war Is turning out some of the lights on
Broad street.
Broad street has never baen provided
with the lights essential to safe motor
traffic at night. Councils has refused to
supply the funds necessary to Install Il
luminated signals at the crossings. Night
traffic takes care of Itself. All of the lamps
on Broad street are needed for the safety
of foot and vehicle traffic after dark.
Human imagination Isn't adequate to esti
mate the degree to which the current with
held from a few hundred street lamps will
aid In crushing the Germans. One can
Imagine Mr. Potter carving out a new
slogan and gravely declaiming that "frac
tured skulls will win the war."
The people took the .skip-stop and a cur
tailed elevator service without a whimper.
It is becoming apparent that the skip-stop
and the partial suspension of elevators,
while calculated to save a modicum of coal
-kin paper may really waste more valua
ble energy elsewhere. The skip stop trol
leys do not always keep up their speed at
the crossings. The motormen are more
cautious than the fuel administration. They
nie compelled to slow down, and they re
quire the usual excess power In getting
under way again, and the chief result of
the system is annoyance and resentment
in crowds of delayed and inconvenienced
passengers. Business men who have been
compelled to work long hours because of
a short.ige of help have to climb intermi
nable flights of stairs to their offices as an
added penalty. Thus priceless human en
ergy Is wasted. Meanwhile In the suburban
towns nnd In the cities a casual survey at
night reveals a consistent wastage of light
and power at unessential uses.
The war will not be won by food or coal
or light or money alone, but by efficient
administration. So far, the mauling in
each successive conservation experiment
by the amateurs has fallen to the ultimate
consumer the men and women In the
great group that endures and co-operates
and makes no sound because It has no
collective voice. The men who climb up
office-building stairs and grope about on
Ughtless nights are the same to whom
every producer passes on excess costs.
They pay doubde for luncheons. They bear
the brunt of Inflated prices upon food, milk,
tobacco, coal, ice, clothing and shoes. The
landlord plunders them. Their patience
makes Ughtless nights, skip-stops and cur
tailed elevator service and such futile ex
periments possible. Though they are voice
less, they are giving a fine proof of
patriotism. They go along patiently and
in good temper, though in their hearts they
must feel that they are living not in light
less nights, but In Ughtless days.
To the competition for
You Win the shortest war poem
which is now raging
In some of the American newspapers we
would contribute this lyric in the firm belief
that it cannot be outdone in brevity, vivid
ness, significance and eloquent truth:
Hun,
Itun!
The Bolshevik! who
The Xew executed 200 of their
Tyranny own members for the
killing of Mirbach,
the German minister, and exonerated the
slayers of the helpless Czar showed how the
winds blow In Russia.
Politicians hereabouts
The Way are eager enough to
of the World see the world made
safe for democracy
provided always that Pennsylvania is ex-
ceptedi
Germany is anxious
FooU. Are - for a return of the
Tr HatltnVd status quo. Wry
didn't she leave it
alone when she "had lt?
Hog Island has an answer for every ship
that Is sunk by a,submarlne.
Austria has a new Premier, but It's
hardly worth memorizing his name until we
are sure he will last.
A bumper crop of peanuts Is promised
by the growers. Similar news Issues from
the field ot politics.
Germany has appointed a. new Ambaaaa,-,.
.rfor-toBuMla, and buainaaa to brisk aaaak'
t ' I- ' .. -' - , ll).1 We-f i . -7 .T
RUBBER HEELS
When Tifpltz sent u U-boat 4000 miles
to sink four unnrmed scows oft Capo Cod
did any one think to call It scovvardly?
The Kaiser's "pocket" between Solssons
and niielms seems to have, a hole tn It.
Speaking of pockets, Mr. McAdoo's susj
ptclous silence suggests that he Is prepar
ing a new drive rm our wallets for the next
Liberty Loan campaign. J
What Germany seems to be seeking is
not self-determination, but self-extermination.
Dear Socrates What do people mean by
"a return to the status quo?"
ANN DANTE.
, They mean being able to buy a ham
sandwich for a nickel.
The Bolshevik! are said to be mobilizing,
but presumably It Is quite Informal; R. S.
V. P. If you don't Intend to be present. "
Helfferlch, the new Gel man ambassador
to Russia, Is taking two battalions of shock
troops with him to guard ngnlnst familiari
ties on the part of the populace.
But a saw buck nnd a cord of hickory
wood would have f lightened the Soviets
l.ir more.
What the Doughlinv Read
SAYS the sergeant to the corporal, "Let's
see you make a noise.
For some one's sent some magazines to
our doughboys;
Some ladles' aid poeioty has gone nnd done
us kind,
So let's unpack our stocking and see what
we kin find."
The corporal to the sergeant, he up on' sez,
sez he,
"There Isn't many high-brows in this Voro
compan-ee;
But what we'll do with Harp's Iidtaar is
more than I can tell,
Though they say there's lots of readln' In
the Ladles' Home Journcll."
The sergeant stopped to masticate a chew
of navy plug.
"We'll use that Howie and Claidcn when wo
buy the parlor rue.
An' when that Denver rookie starts to
wash his overalls
He kin get some nice suggestions by read
In' In .VtCnli's."
The corporal made two shining braids from
out his nuhurn hali-,
"I think I'll rest a bit," sez he, "an' take
up Vanity Fair;
I find my figure's so obese, I really think
I'll try
To cut my Butteilck jacket suit from
Fashions on the fly."
The sergeant shook two loaded dlco and
drew another card,
"I learned this game of checkers, from the
Youth's Companion, pard;
An' when I start to throw a bridge across
a bollln' canyon
I'll read up that new tatting stitch In the
B'wtiiii'j Home Companion."
The corporal smiled nnd blew non-alco!olic
foam away,
"I get so tender-hearted when I'm readln'
Vogue all day,
I sometimes think there ain't no use of
high Ideals an' vision
Unless my ruffled bathin' suit is genuine
Parisian."
The sergeant to the corporal, he up an' sez,
sez he,
"I think that's all the magazines for this
hero compan eo;
An' when the boj s has read 'em through
I'm sure they'll all be pleadln
To have some more good fashion plates for
desultory readln'."
PVT. WILLARD WATTLES,
First Infirmary, 164th Depot Brigade,
Camp Funston, Kansas.
Notes From New York
By Our Special Correspondent
Brooklyn Is recruiting a battalion of
death among the embittered wives of men
who have disappeared in the traffic between
Manhattan and the borough of unburled
dead.
New York is upset over the appearance
of the Subway Sun, a magazine written
and edited by the versatile Mr. Shonts and
pasted on the windows of the subway
trains to act as an anodyne'for the strap
hangers. That is one of the horrors of
New York life for which Philadelphia has
no parallel. DOVE DULCET.
If a man counted his money as carefully
all through the week as lie does when It
nestles tn the pay envelope, how Mr. Mc
Adoo would gain weight.
If the Kaiser had been contented to give
the Marne the once over all would have
been well. It was when he insisted on
going back for another look that he got
Into trouble.
SOCRATOS.
The Women of France,'
He (D. A. Davis, of the Y M C. A. In
France) was speaking of French women. He
told how he had been among them In their
agony In many parts of Fiance. He told of
women of high position and of education and
gentle blcth laboring In the fields, taking the
place of the men who had gone to the war.
Crops must be raised and garnered, the earth
must be wooed to bring forth fruit. He hnd
seen these women side by side with humbler
sisters striving In the furrow Ho told of
one typical mother of France who, when in
formed that her son had been killed J it battle,
cried: "Thank God he died for France. I
am happy that I have four more sons to
give to my country." He told his listeners
how the theatre and the novel with Its con
Tentional puppets of the play and story .haft
maligned the women of Frnnce. To the un
thinking and the" uninformed American a
French woman might have become synony
mous with a light woman. The French ad
venturess of the storx-teller is as familiar
as the wicked French count of the theatre.
"To you who have But now arrived In
France." said the speaker, "and who have
not had time to observe the heroism of the
French woman to know her in her home,
to see her at the .work of men I want to
say do not believe this libel. You know
what you have In mind when you speak of
French women, you know what you are
thinking. Well" here the face of the speak
er became stern, and his eyes shone ;''Well,"
he repeated and he raised his handi high
I waa prepared for a flow of fiery eloquence,
for a torrent of hot words, but he .paused
long, speechless, his (lance full of what his
heart could not- utter "Wall." he said again.
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THE NO-MAN'S
By Lieut. Leon
British Royal
AFTER
. nurlu
four days of pushing nnd being
purhed In the gieat Allied offensive at
l.oos in the autumn of 1015 a certain British
.regiment was withdrawn while there still
remained n core of rutllclont magnitude about
which to trcofistruct a fighting unit bearing
the same name During this process of re
habilitation It found itself in charge ot a
sector which, when compared wlth scenes
tl-at lay Immediately behind, might almost
be looked upon by this battered and blood
stained unit as a health reort. In fact,
there were those In the regiment whose seem
ing Indestructible sense of humor would have
It that they had been sent here to "take
the waters." There, realty vvaB sufficient
ground, or lack of it, to Justify the allega
tion. NOT many days following their arrival In
this new area saw tho beginning of
weeks and weeks of torrential downpours,
which, on account of tho topographical fea
tures of the country, or, rather, the total
absence of them, began at once to create
floods All that could possibly be done to
keep the water out of the trenches was
done: but In a land where the differences
In elevation were so slight theie was no
drainage, which simply meant that After all
exiling dvkes, ditches and canals had bc
eomo choked the trenches had to fill up also,
forcing the garrisons on both sides for tho
water was strictly 'neutral to take, up posi
tions on the higher ground to their rear.
This forced retirement In some Instances
placed as much kh a mile and a half of
water, anywhere from six Inches to six feet,
between tho British and German front-lino
trenches, and, as a consequence, warfare In
thin sector was reduced to n condition border
ing almost on stagnation. AH front-line
weapons, even as deadly as they might be
under normal conditions, suddenly were be
reft of their abilities to create discomfort
and simply lay impotcntly Idle, from hero
on. or until tho watera receded a few months
later, the war was handed over to the gun
ners and the airmen with but ono stipulation.
They must on no account provoke the brtene
Into retaliation on the InoffcndlnB front line.
The front line emphatically refused to be
nmle the recipient of punishment for the
sins of others. But. unfortunately, such a
delightful condition was not iu ,. m .w...
THERE exist In tho army beings whose
apparent aim lnllfe it is to be forever
concocting vvava mid means for tho annoy
ance of all and sundry beneath them, enemy
Included, and these persons decided presently
that the vast expanse of water between the
two lines must be patrolled In order that a
complete contact might be maintained with
the enemy by "night as well as day. This
patrolling was to be done by means of pon-
toon boats norroweu irum u .
manned by tho Infantry.
Four pontoons wero In due course sup
plied. Each was to carry two machine guns,
one foro and one aft. together with a crew
of ten men, and all that remained to com
plete their warlike bearing was to affix
to each the name of some ship of the line.
This was almost Immediately done, such
ships of war as the Lion, Tiger, Invincible
nnd Indestructible being called upon to share
their awe-inspiring titles with this latest
addition to tfo giand fleet. The Lion, by
virtue of tho importance she had become
heir to on account of her name, was made
the flagship. In which went the Benlor
N. C. O.. who in turn Immediately became
Jelllcoe, white tho Tiger, as wan hr vjfohtcd
custom, carried a Ueatty.
NIGHT after night these four valiant ships
of war left our shores In sections of
two, each section under the direction of Its
leading ship,' the Lion or the Tiger, with tho
whole or supreme command vested In the
Lion. One section went to the east to the
edge of a road which ran directly across to
the German trenches and along which ran
a hedge that served to bcreen. their presence,
while tho other went directly across, having
Its approach hidden by the Orchard Island
or. In other words, an elevation upon which
were growing several fruit trees. In tho
bow of each pontoon werp the lookouts,
wl-ose duties. In addition to keeping a,sharp
watch for any signs of the enemy, were Jo
direct the courses of their ships, keeping
them off shoals, fences, trees and other ob
jects which existed to obstruct their passage;.
Here again the unfathomable and Irresistible
fund qf humor came to the surface, and the
lookout waa cQMtliwaJIyorw(au'stfMlM
'mauo j-K-ytw m&: mmuom
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YES, WE'Vfe A "PEACE PLAN,"
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LAND NAVY
Archibald
Engineers
and "torpedoes." It was suspected that the
enemy had out patrols of a similar character
and consequently the greatest caution must
be exercised constantly, nnd on account of
the Intense darkness which prevailed there
was the added danger of losing direction.
F3R several nights the "fleet" put out to
sea and carried out Its work without inci
dent other than a frequent grounding or
losing touch In the dirkness, In which In
stances there was usually an exceedingly
uncalled for Indulgence In loud and angry
language, Interwoven In which would be a
hideously Incongruous use of terms nautical
and profane. Ono night, their patrol over;
the two sections came together somewhere
on their way home and Immediately started
a race to see which would be tho first boat
Into port. The attendant noise was easily
the most pronounced feature of the contest,
especially when the Indestructible, which was
leading by several lengths, suddenly ran on to
the upptr strand of n submerged wire fence
and tipped the most ot the crew overboard,
to the accompaniment of much loud splashing
and nuinv ungry voices lifted up In a some
what profane criticism of the'capabtllties of
the lookout, who, by .the way, was one of the
few- who had not been dropped unceremoni
ously overboard. In fact, not a single night
passed from the very commencement of the
pontoon patrols that was not made hideous
llirougl some mishap to some part of the
"fleet," all of which must have proved dis
astrously expensive to the Germans, for no
sooner would these weird and blood-curdling
noises begin somewhere out between tho two
lineH than the boches from their front trench
would resort to- a perfectly dazzling display
of star shells tn a frantic endeavor to dis
cover what awful destruction was about to
be visited upon them.
AT.f
T LAST this InqulsltiveneBS on the part
the enemy took more tangible shape.
and they sent forth two heavily armed pon
toons to Investigate. Tho pight selected was
lighted to a somewhat doubtful extent by a
small portion of a misty moon and, as fate
would havo It, tho German force had no
sooner put to sea than the Tiger ran afoul
of some shrubbery behind Orchard Island,
The Germans had set out on the trail of
trouble and, Judging from the sounds that
were wafted to them from behind the Island,
there was sufficient in sight to satisfy even
a bloodthirsty German pirate. In any case,
the enemy put on steam for the scene of dls
turbaiKc and by the light of the misty moon
and at a distance of some 400 yards opened
fire on the animated Tiger. This was promptly
returned, but tn the confused and somewhat
transitory condition of the Tiger her fire
Stood llttlo chance of being effective. In an
other Instant the other Qerman pontoon had
come up and this, too, opened up on the
unhappily situated British ship of war. Slid
denly there was shot Into the air directly
above the heads of the Germans a brilliant
star shell, and almost simultaneously with
this there broke forth the roar of nnother
machine gun. and an Instant later still nn
other, K be Immediately followed by yet one
more. The situation had taken on a decidedly
changed aspect, and ns the two German boats
were being gradually forced In toward the
shore tho Tiger suddenly came off free and
Joined in also. Tho German boats, being
made of sheet metal, hit after hit could be
heard on thefr sides from our boats, and
with the odds loo many against them they
surrendered and were proudly escorted back
to the British lines. The whole1 action had
lasted only fifteen minutes, and was Indeed
a brilliant victory for our "fleet," which once
more demonstrated In no uncertain manner
Great Britain's supremacy on tho water,
i
Coveted Rewards
Says the bearded wheat In the summer heat:
"I am growing like the deuce. t
For I want to fight and with all my might
Do 1 long to be of use.
I shall hold the field till the foe shall yield,
Till the Hun to earth I beat,
It would be enough for my struggle tough
If he dubbad me Devil Wheat." i
Says the tasseled corn In the summer 'morn;
"I am growing tall and quick ;
And I take no rest on my snooting quest,
For the Huq I want to lick.
In the blaxe of day, in the moon's white
ray,
,. I have labored hard and .well,
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JMIIr t HUM .Ma Kf.-V' . JEisaMaMM!
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TOO
The U-Boat Crew
ALAS! alas! for those blond boys who
J stalk
Their jprcy in ambush of, the shudder
ing seas.
Whiting the wait with merry, tender, talk
Of some dear knot of flower-clad cottages
Beyond the Rhine! The merchantship
draws on;
Their swift torpedo strikes its mark;
the sea
Moans with the dying; ftjr a victory won
They thank ,th'e pagan god of Germany.
Happier to die the hideous, smothering
death.
Too deep for mercy, in their own snared
trap,
Than live to learn how time interpreted
The cause they served; the tragical
mishap
Of prldo that pledged The Day and brought
The Night;
Than live to loathe their Fatherland,
a name
So high, so fallen, that betrayed their
bright
Young loyalty to savageries of shame.
Katherlne Lee Bates, in "The Retinue."
A Wind Warrior
"What's become of Bllgglntj?"
"He's laid up, a victim of the war "
"I dldp't even know he had enlisted."
"He hasn't. He sprained his larynx telling
how things ought to be done." Boston Tran
script. Cheering for Boarders
The high price of berries doesn't trouble
those who always have had a preference for
prunes. Boston Globe. (
Quite Simple
Among the things most easy to remember"--Is,
we think, the fact that Mrs. Lloyd George's
former home was in Mynyddednyfed, Crlc
cieth, Wales Springfield Union.
But Who'll Enforce It?
The greatest need ot Russia at the pres
ent tifne seems to be a drastic and most
sternly enforced "work or fight" law. Spring
field Union.
What Do You Knoio?
QUIZ
VHiat I meant by 4ugo-81aT?
In wht mrtbolou naa Mitehe Manltoa Us-
nre?
What la the oronunelatlon of Chateau-Thierry?
Where Is the Ourrq River?
What U the rounrll of national defense?
What are the capital and larieat city of TTIa-
eontln? '
What la meant by thy letters ."tJ. C.J B.
whlrh (leneral Tershlns Is now entitled to
write after hla nam?
Nam tho author of "Robuuon Crusoe."
Who la lb United Mates director of aircraft
urodurtlon?
What Is perique?
10.
Answers lo Yesterday's Quiz
Camp llanroek Is the
'cantonment
at
Aususia, ua.
t'befi the rhlef rook of a larse establish
ment, as of a rlub, hotel er restaurant.
Admiral Ton HlnUs has been named aa soe
resixir to Dr. ion Koehlmsnn. who resigned,
aa Herman Heerttary of Stale for Foreign
Affairs aa result f his speech admitting
that a military, derision could not bo
forced In faior of llermanyl
Annapolis Is tho rupltal and Baltimore tho
largest rlty or Maryland.
The lata Mary Manes Dodge, for many years
Mlior nr ns, .n-iioias. srnw --nana nnng.
r. or The. Skates." faTorlto ju
venile book of life In Holland.
llastllli
Day. Ju'y It. Is the French national
' holiday,
In celebration or tho atormlnz anil
capiurv, ! II.,, vr rrrnrn neTOIUUOn
CSIMur. " ii"., vr m
patriots, of the Itastllle
prison In Paris.
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the great state
Metropolitan. In an ecclesiastical sens
i. -
bishop, archbishop or patriarch who has
oirr sight and certain forms of control sf'
is province, caueu a metropolitan see, and
Including several adjacent dioceses, nro
slded over by bishop.
Motor Geaeral BadellSTo Is tho British air.
tor general of military, operations, sue.
ibutfc to tkftt tMrttoa
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