"Outwitting the Hun" By Lieutenant Pat O'Brien (Copyright, 1918. by Pat Alva O'Brien.) aiii in 11 n. J couldn't refrain f T >1 in 1 ; 1 11 ii i n K ln'ti I ■ .inic to an account of Zinimer man (of the Cuba) being benched for Ml me spat with the wnipire, and it af forded me just as much interest three years after it hap more—than some current item of aAworld-wide interest had at that time. I rummaged the house many times from cellar to garret in my search for something to eat, but the harvest of three years of war had made any success along that line impossible. I was like the man out in the ocean in a boat and thirsty with water everywhere but not a drop to drink. I was tempted while in this city to go to church one Sunday, but my better judgment told me it would be a useless risk. Of course, some one would surely say something to me and I didn't know how many Germans would be there or what might happen, so I gave up that idea. During all the time I was con cealed in this house I saw but one automobile and that was a German "Mon Vieux, Prends du Fer Nuxate" Thin In what you hear "Over There." j Kven In they *ay "Take Nuxated Iron Old Pal" Aa a tonio, fttrength nn<l blood builder prohnlily no remedy hitH ever inei with eh phenonieniil ■iirfrim n Hun \iii-I nted Iron. It In eonNcrvntlvely e*tl ■niitrd that over three million people annually are tnklnu it In thin eotintry alone. It has been highly endorsed and used bySluch men as Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, former Presidential Cabinet Official (Secretary of the Treasury). I'nited States Judge Atkinson, of the Court of Claims of Washington; Judge Wm. L. Chambers, Commissioner of the United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation, formerly Chief Jus tice of the International Court. Sa moa: former United States Senator and Vice Presidential Nominee Charles A. Towne. of Minnesota; former U. S. .Senator Richard Holland Kenney, of Delaware, at present Assistant Judge Advocate General, U. S. Army; Gen eral John L. Clem (Retired), the drummer boy of Shiloh. who was Ser geant in the U. S. Army when only twelve years of age; General David Stuart Gordon (Retired), hero of the battle of Gettysburg; physicians who have been coimected with well known hospitals have prescribed and recommended it. Former Health Commissioner Wm. R. Kerr, of Chi -1 ago. says it ought to be used in every hospital and prescribed by every phy sician. Dr. A. J. Newman, late Police Sur- ! geun of the City of Chicago, and for mer House Surgeon Jefferson Park Hospital, Chicago, says Nuxated Iron has proven through his own tests of it to excel any preparation he has ever used for creating red blood, building tip the nerves, strengthening the muscles and correcting digestive dis orders. Dr. James Francis Sullivan, former ly physician of Bellevue Hospital • Outdoor Dept.), New York, and the Westchester County Hospital says there are thousands of men and wo- • men who need a strength and blood , builder but do not know what to take. In his opinion there is nothing better than organic iron—Nuxated ' Iron—for enriching the blood and I helping to increase the strength and ] endurance of men and women who , k burn up too rapidly their nervous en- I ergy in the strenuous strain of the ! great business competition of the day. If you are not strong or well, you ' owe it to yourself to make the fol lowing test: See how long you can work or how far you can walk with- i out becoming tired. Next take two I five-grain tablets of Nuxated Iron I three times per day after meals for j two weeks. Then test your strength j again and see how much you have ; gained. MANUFACTURERS' NOTE: Nuxat-• ed Iron which was used by former , members of the United States Senate j and House of Representatives, and i other prominent people with such surprising results, and which is pre scribed and recommended above by physicians is not a secret remedy, but one which is well known to druggists everywhere. Unlike the older inor ganic iron products it is easily as similated and does not injure the teeth make them black nor upset the stomach. The manufacturers guaran tee successful and entirely satisfac tory results to every purchaser or they will refund your money. It is dispensed in this city by Croil Keller, G. A. Gorgas. J. Nelson Clark and all other druggists.—Advertisement. Jump from Bed in Morning and Drink Hot Water Tolls why everyone should drink hot water each morn ing before breakfast. Why is man and woman, half the i time, feeling nervous, despondent, J worried; some days headachy, dull! and unstrung; some days really in- j capacitated by illness. If we all would practice inside- j bathing, what a gratifying change would take place. Instead of thou- j sands of half-sick, anaemic-looking souls with pasty, muddy complexions we should see crowds of happy, "\ealthy, rosy-cheeked people every * here. The reason is that the hu -3 an system does not rid itself each sty of all the waste which it accu mulates under our present mode of living. For every ounce of food and ! drink taken into the system nearly j an ounce of waste material must be 1 carried out, else it ferments and forms ptomaine-like poisons which are absorbed into the blood. Just as necessary as it is to clean the ashes from the furnace each day, before the fire will burn bright and hot, so we must each morning clear the inside organs of the previ ous day's accumulation of indigesti ble waste and body toxins. Men and women whether sick or well, are advised to drink each morning, be fore breakfast, a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of lime stone phosphate in it, as a harm less means of washing out of the ' Ktomach, liver, kidneys and bowels the indigestible material, waste, sour bile and toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying the entire alimentary canal before putting more food Into the stomach. Millions ol people who had their turn at constipation, bilious attacks, acid stomach, nervous days and sleepless nights have become real cranks about the morning inside bath. A quarter pound of lime stone phosphate will not cost much at the drug store, but is sufficient to demonstrate to anyone. Its cleans ing, sweetening and freshening ef fect upon the system. MONDAY EVENING, BXItRISISURO iMMi TELEOKXPB ' ? MAY 13, 1918. staff officer's. That same afternoon I had one of the frights of my young life. I had been gazing out of the key hole as usual when I heard coming down the street the measured tread of German soldiers. It didn't sound like very many, but there was no doubt in my mind that German sol diers were marching down the street. 1 went upstairs and peeked through the window and sure enough a squad of German infantry was coming down the street accompany 11s a military motor truck. I hadn't the slightest idea that they were coming after me, but still the possi bilities of the situation gave me more or less alarm, and I considered how I oould make my escape if by chance I was the man they were after. Hides In Wine Cellar The idea of hiding in the wine cel lar appealed to me as the most prac ticable; there must have been plenty of places among the wine kegs and cases where a man could conceal himself, but as a matter of tact did not believe that any such con tingency would arise. The marching soldiers came near er. I could hear them at the next house. In a moment I would see them pass the keyhole through . which I was looking. "Halt!" At the word of command shouted by a junior officer the squad came to attention right in front of the house! I waited no longer. Running down the stairs I flew down into the wine cellar, and although it was almost pitch dark—the only light coming from a grating which led to the back yard—l soon found a satisfactory hiding place in the extreme rear of the cellar. 1 had had the presence of mind to leave the door of the wine cellar ajar, figuring that if the soldiers found a closed door they would be more apt to search for a fugitive be hind it than if the door were open. My decision to get away from that front door had been rnaue ried out none too soon, for I had only just located myself between two big wine cases when I heard the tramp of soldiers' feet marching up the front stoop, a crash at the front door, a few hasty words of com mand which I did not understand, and then the noise of scurrying feet from room to room and such a bang ing and hammering and smashing and crashing that I could not make out what was going on. Decides to "Stand Pat'' If Huyliger had revealed my hid ing place to the Huns, as I was now confident he had, 1 felt that there was little prospect of their overlook ing me. They would search the house from top to bottom and, if necessary, raze it to the ground be fore they would give up the search. To escape from the house through the backyard through the iron grat ing, which I had no doubt I could force, seemed to be a logical thing to do, but the chances were that the Huns had thrown a cordon around the entire block before the squad was sent to the house. -The Ger mans do these things in an efficient manner always. .They take nothing for granted. My one chance seemed to be to stand pat in the hope that the officer in charge might possibly come to the conclusion that he had arrived at the house too late that the bird had down. My position in that wine cellar was anything but a comfortable one. Rats and mice were scurrying across the floor and the smashing and crashing going on overhead was any thing but promising. Evidently those soldiers imagined that I might be hiding in the walls, for it sounded as though they were tearing oc the wainscoting, the pic ture molding and, in fact, every thing they could tear or pull apart. Before very long they would finish their search upstairs and would come down to the basement. What they would do when they discovered the wine 1 had no idea. Perhaps they would let themselves loose on it and give me my chance. Heatly For a I'iglit With a bottle of wine in each hand I figured 1 could put up a good fight in the dark, especially as I was becoming more and more accus tomed to it and could begin to dis tinguish things here and there, whereas when they entered the pitchy darkness of the cellar they would be as blind as bats in the sun. Perhaps it was twenty minutes before 1 heard what sounded like my deathknell to me; the soldiers were coming down the cellar steps! I clutched a wine bottle in each hand and waited with baited breath. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! In a moment they would be in the cellar proper. I could almost hear my heart beating. The mice scurried across the floor by the scores, fright ened no doubt by the vibration and noise made by the descending sol diers. Some of the creatures ran across me where I stood between the two wine cases, but I was too much interested in bigger game to pay attention to mice. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! Again an order was given in German, and although I did not understand it I am willing to bless every word of it, because it resulted in the sol diers turning right about face, marching up the stairs again, through the hall and out of the front door and away! I could hardly believe my ears. It seemed almost too good to be true that they could have given up the search just as they were about to come upon their quarry, but unless my ears deceived me that was what they had done. The possibility that the whole thing might be a German ruse did not escape me, and I remained in the cellar for nearly an hour after they had apparently departed before I ventured to move, listening in tently in the meanwhile for the slightest sound which would reveal the presence of a sentry upstairs. Not hearing a sound I began to feel that they had indeed given up the hunt, for I did not believe that a German officer would be so con siderate of his men as to try to trap me rather than carry the cellar by force if they had the slightest idea that I was there. I took oft my shoes and crept softly and slowly to the cellar steps and then, step by step, placing my weight down gradually so as to pre vent the steps from creaking, I climbed to the top. The sight that met my eyes. as I glanced into * the kitchen told me the whole story. The water faucets had been ripped from the sinks, the water pipes hav ing been torn from the walls. Every thing of brass or copper had been torn off and gas fixtures, cooking utensils and everything else which contained even the smallest propor tion of the metals the Germans so badly needed had been taken from the kitchen. I walk-id upstairs now with more confidence, feeling tolerably assured that the soldiers hadn't been after me at all, but had been merely col lecting metals and other materials which they expected an elaborate dwelilnghouse like the one In which I was concealed to yield. Later I heard that the Germans have taken practically every ounce of brass, copper and wool they could lay their hands on in Belgium. Even the brass out of pianos has been ruthlessly removed, the serious dam age done to valuable property by the removal of only an insignificant pro portion of metal never being taken into consideration. I learned, too, that all dogs over fourteen inches high had been seized by the Germans. This furnished lots of speculation among the Belgians as to what use the Germans were putting the animals to, the general impression apparently being that they were being used for food! This, however, seemed much less likely to me than that they were be ing employed as dispatch dogs in the trenches, the same as we use them on our side of the line. They might The King of America Is Corn JSo&mcwi'J Eat More Corn Save More Wheat '(IKLI, 1001—23.VJ UNITED HARRISBURG, MONDAY, MAY 13, alolß. , FOUNDED 1871 ~ ~ I The Scientific Air Circulation System of Mr Small Sawr * Buy A Seeger Syphon Refrigerators ISPifZ Will Be Demonstrated Tomorrow STAMP Gra y> an aut h° r ity on Refrigeration, will be TO! W " at this store to-morrow all day and demonstrate the many Jgj special features found only in the "Seeger" Original THE ORIGINAL SIPHON REFRIGERATOR Syphon Refrigerators. ■ Mr. Big Saver One of the popular models of this ideally efficient re- rrn = frigerator will be iced and filled with provisions, showing * | gEll§§ Do Your Bit With "Two the perfect state of preservation. [ a} Prominent railroad lines are installing the Seeger Sy- h | [JA Bits" More— phon System. Seeger refrigerators are used by the United % SlU^^ States Navy department. It is in many beautiful homes and R ClTld ThcH SotHC worth a place in yours. ...... , . , ~ if The Bowman Club Plan offers the opportunity of se- Every little bit helps to hit the Hun. lr u j £ . . * k L. i iij • a curing a high-grade remgerator on convenient payments. ,Jr every man, woman and child in America . i F e . i m • r "X ' bought just one Thrift Stamp, Uncle Sam This gives you the use oi the refngerator while paying for L \y would have $25,000,000 to help win the 'l* Ask The Plan. war. Think of it —then go and buy YOUR Attend The Demonstration Tomorrow. Expert here all day. stamp to-day. bowman;s~Main Floor. One Lot Bandeau Brassieres Service Flags in |gr and Velvet Belated in Shipment—soc Various Materiah&Sizes — —— Percale flags 2x3 feet, 50 cents. 'A" Fancy silk lining fitted with coin purse and mirror. Some These were to have been here in January, consequently Percale flags 2j/ 2 x 4 feet, 75 cents. W,th Sl " gle a " d double inside P 8250 un to WOO were secured at the old price The Bandeau Brassieres are Builldog Bunting flags 2x3 feet, $1.00; During this sale all goods at their'regular price. ' among the most popular of all the bust conhners. They come 2/,x4 feet, sl-50. JTTj J A fry The new sty , e Rcd fe Cross Kn itting bags made of black in white and flesh—close front or back—in Marquisette and Silk banners with gilt tip and silk fringe fif § & Vachette Leather inside purse, with long double strap handle lace —very special at anc j BOWMAN'S—Second Floor. jJO BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. " ~ I BOWMAN'S—Fourth Floor. . 1 O 1 1 tl New Wash Fabrics - ~—777~u These Handkerchiefs . m hOf IjUSV Iv CIV // orkers having a complete and varied SL— YT Y7~ CI ' IT ~TL ' T J variety of D. M. Ferry's Gar- Women busy with war duties V Specialty PriCed MgHL ' tat' Wi IH|M will have plenty of opportunity to \/1 Pakro Seed Tape. I WBL-m dress becomingly if they choose For Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday Seed tapes insure y° ur rJ materials for frocks from this \\ fif vi: planting in straight rows ; even > J vaSt < : ollectlon of new w * sh fab " You know from daily reports how scarce linen is getting Jl thev P 'trLV to Ja\ w \ i rics, for we cannot recall when . , , , , ~ ~ . ~ , . , aM/ rows crooKea 11 tney tnea to qualities were better nor patterns to be ' therc f ore these handkerchiefs which represent purchases mi ( < do so. They are also econom ' or colorings more varied or hand- made at prices far below what we have to pay to-day to re- ' c£d ' aS tbere ' s no waste VT* \/ some- place them, are unusual values, in fact, unsurpassed at these seed; the seeds being placed in U Every kind of wash material is prices. t>.\ (• ' • tb e tape the right distance introduced in (his ert.dJ'vJ'allK "artkularfy . to-morrow Wednesday or Thursday, if your supply Gladiolus bulbs, dozen, 30 called to the following wash goods offerings in plain colored .s runnmg short- Better va ues you cannot find to-day. Gladiolus bulbs, selected, dozen 40* materials for morning dresses, house dresses, garden frocks . Men s Khaki handkerchiefs for the soldier boys full large Peony roots 2 for 525e and aprons. Slze —® for ' better grade 6 for sl.lO Dahlia roots, • 2 for 25<: 38-inch embroidered voiles of the finest weaves. White and Ladies' and children's fancy colored handkerchiefs, 2,000 Canna roots, large selected, each 10^! tinted grounds with beautiful silk embroidered designs and fancy colored linen handkerchiefs, white center, pink, blue (jrass seed, large package 25^ dots in two different sizes, yd., 95£, SI.OO, $1.50, $1.85 and green, lavender border, and embroidered corner, each, Grass seed, package, 250 38 and 44-inch plain colored voiles of the best American 150 FOR ONE DOLLAR you can join the BOWMAN manufacture, complete line of shades, yd~ 32-inch gingham in smart plaids and plain shades. Gingham printed in all the leading colors and combination, embroider- r.v,-- -• is in great favor this season for practical wear and smartness, ed corner, each 230 Cp**ppri DnnrQ y ard ; * • * ••'."••• and 500 Crepe de Chine and Jap Silk handkerchiefs white center 44-inch "Directoire voiles in six different designs and col- an( j f an cy colored wide and narrow border, each .... 12v£0 , TTr , - orings. This is the last word mcottondressfabr.cs and their Children's lawn handkerchifs, hemstitched and scalloped Atld WinOOW SCTCenS I H be fi" y ! aS •£ u T '■? P P y t . -rf I pink. blue, lavender, colo-ed edge each IHUUW CCIIS , aMM 36-inch silk check voiles in eight of the best colors. These 1 . FHUBBI are in plain shades with self color woven silk check of about 2,51)0 women s pure linen handkerchiefs hem. The screen doors that we sell are the very £ fflHtjUHttll j4-inch square. Something very nobby and attractive, yd., 850 , ® f° r 500 best obtainable- They are made well and will | aOBNMtI 36-inch Printed voiles in the smartest styles of the season. 1,500 women's pure Irish linen handkerchiefs—J4- inch hem wear well. . j §(ss| A wonderful collection from the best of makes, after the 6 for 750 Prices range from $1.59 to $4.75. HHHBB most careful choosing. Make your selection early. Women's all linen handkerchiefs—%-inch hemstitched Bring exact measurements with you as we do not exchange 290 and 390 edge 6 for $1.25 screens or doors. We have all styles in doors in the follow- A/T . T> ~ C:I L T? L ' Women's all linen handkerchiefs—}4-inch hemstitched ing sizes— Many Beautiful bilk Fabrics edge, e for SI.OO 2 ft. 6 in. byp ft. 6 in. ; 2 ft. 8 in. by 7 ft. Finest Irish linen—hand drawn hemstitch ~ 6 for.. $2.50 2 ft. 8 in. by '6 ft. 8 in.; 2 ft. 10 in. by 6 ft. 10 in. 32-inch Jerseyniq—the latest silk fabric for suits or skirts— Men's pure Irish linen colored initial handkerchiefs, 2 ft - 8 in - b y 6ft 10 in - > 2 ft - 10 in - b y 7 ft weighty and drapeable, yard $4.50 6 f D r $1.40 3 ft. by 7 ft. 40-inch satin Royal—plf in and changeable tones—;a skirt- Men's all pure linen handkerchiefs—long fellow initial In one of our st y le doors we have the following large sizes ing of unusual beaaty, yard $4.50 6 for SHI' BO made for transom and double doors— -36-inch Khaki kool in the most up-to-date patterns. Also 7 8 • kv 7 9 fi . in ■ . af . plain colors, yard $4.00 and $4.50 Men's all pure Irish linen handkerchiefs, .... 6 for $1.25 \ }*' g£J g ft *' 3 J' P 7 * . f £ 40-inch printed Pussy Willow, Navy and Black grounds Men's all pure linen handkerchiefs—small script initial, ?tJin ,n i,v 7ft in • \ftil sft with white figures and stripes, yard $3.75 • 6 for $2.50 c . ! u . . e . t 32-ineh bleached Ninghai pongee-a good suiting weigh, B •„ p „ re Irish linen handkerchiefs-plain and colored hinge,"gate'tok and eye', 7"r puTandTecessa^ sc ews"" 1 ? yard W ' JO ; 6fcfW - #0 m , po3flbly kill the dogß and use their skins for leather and their carcasses tor tallow, but I feel quite sure that the Huns are by no means so short of food that they have to eat dogs yet awhile. Indeed, I want to repeat here, what I have mentioned before: If anyone has the idea that this war can be won by starving the Huns, he hasn't the slightest idea how well provided the Germans are in that re spect. They have considered their food needs In connection with thefr re sources for several years to come and they have gone at It In such a methodical, systematic way, taking into consideration every possible contingency,* that, provided there is not an absolute crop failure, there isn't the slightest doubt in my mind that they can last for years, and the worst of it is they are very cocksure about it themselves. (To Be Continued) Germany Makes Serfs of Belgians' Helpless Ones; Children Taken to Front Washington, May 13.—"After hav ing forced scores of thousands of men in Belgium into service for work of a military description, the Ger mans have extended their slave methods to women, and even to chil dren," says a statement issued by the Belgian official information ser vice. "According to the latest news from occupied territory, and to the text of a protest, of the Belgian Senators and Deputies from Invaded Belgium just received at the Belgian Legation, the abominable practice of commandeer ing for forced labor is now general all over the military zone which comprises all of Flanders and a con- siderable portion of Hainant and Luxembourg. There are numerous instances of such treatment. "At Ernegham, a village of Fland ers, the bodies of ten children who had died near the front, were taken back to their parents. In the region of Mons a census has been taken of all youths over 13; a good many of them have already been taken to the front, under armed guard and un der most pitiable conditions. "Mons has been obliged to supply 320 youths, half of them not out of grammar school; St. Ghislaln, 48; Frameries, 76; Cuesmes, 37; Quevy, 22; Haine St. Pglrre, 96; Manage. 81; Quevraln, 98, and so on. A great many boys from 14 to 17 are digging and gradine. close to the trenches near St. Mihiel and north of Ver dun. Others are used for the load ing and unloading of heavy mer chandise at Donai, most of them unused to manual labor." MAJOR GRAY ON VISIT TO WASHINGTON OFFICE Major William B. Gray, Engineer R. C., construction quartermaster in charge of the big contract at Ordnance Field, near Middletown, left this morning by auto for Washington, D. C. He was accompanied by J. A. Whitney, of the engineering depart ment.* LYNCHERS PLACE® ON TRIAL Edwardsvllle, Ills., May 13. Eleven men, indicted on charges of murder In connection with the lynch ing April 5, of Robert Paul Prager, enemy alien, of Colllnsvllle, were placed on trial this morning in the Circuit Court here. The selection cf a jury will take up several days, it Is believed. Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad. PRESIDENT WILL REMAIN ON DUTY IN WASHINGTON By Associated Prtss Wnntilnuton, May 13. President Wilson has decided to spend the en tire summer in Washington this year, as he did last, so that he can keep In constant personal touch with all the nation's vast war-making machinery. He and Mrs. Wilson plan to take oc casional week-end trips down the Po tomac river on the Mayflower and motor Journeys in the nearby coun try. BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Druggists refund money if it fails. 25c 3
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