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PAGE TWO BARNWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA AMERICAN TRANSPORT WiM < >■ >« <! Ml ® W«»trrn Newspaper Union IS BROUGHT TO EARTH && rail i’lioto t>> iVniern Newsb*prr Union £*W'»/ :t/SS' rai^-T!Jiwrt<CTm Union ® * •© West«*i links moving up to \ $3&£2Z$ l'note by J, cstern Newspaper Union Ameg'c^n and Canadian Officers Visiting Ldndon Also Fleeced ky $fiafpe;rs. •" GIRLS ARE USED AS DECOYS If necessary tbey will fulloyv. man or I onian round the' vvi International Coterie Using Private Houses for Games Operates Un- disturbed—Tragedy of an Avia tor's Wife-*—Women Worsen „ , * * Than Men. v Loin Ion. :'Jlu'iv is y mail living in retiri ihn11 In • ’^T>• ofVtt'B'i^F'Tftrr^ in 1 * standing old .1;i<•-<> 1 »<-a11 manor houses, not lil ty miles 11 inn d.oii'loij ; a mode) country sqiiir't\. popYiFnr with his ten ants, ft thot'oughgoi.hg sj*<irtst11a11, ulto rider to hounds most ivfiglniisly and entertains pip the most lavish .scale, lie t'lm afford it, II* aiiiumJ ^iicome l f s jouiiewTiefe in JtwN.'slINi.MKi lines" yet before tin- • u|ir this particular man hadn't K.penny to Id's.name. .. The secret of Ids extraordinary sue- «• * ceps lay in quiet, sumptuously fur nished hack rooms in quiet. coinnion- place houses in those ^oml'ier streets' that nestle ' in and urotlnd Mayfair. Oheittin de fer^poker/Nhiro, sometimes n roulette wheel, and -thK, gilded Idlers of old British arlstoeraeysi vvpiild . be ■warming . rnmw'tjl like moms about a candle. '1 hey seenf to hove t an Intuitive sense for sin h places., trUfto folk. Where the nvi man would puss by without com ment, they midge one’s elbow ajj.d whisper, “That’s old so aud io s place. If ever mui fed Inclined for a quiet flutter"- that notorious ’‘quiet, flutter' signifying any thing from a live Hid note to jp.T<Mi or so. Among this select coterie are men and women of douhtfu! nationality who make host irse of their liHSinefsS for e\j c: i ( t fnu In format ion of tftelr more highly connected clientele. Tills was proved 1 ill the case of a' recent raid, wjiere thk woman proprietor was discovered to he an agent In Herman pay. Thus they attain a* il^mhje oh- Ject Women Worse Than the Men. . i But there Is also another class who frequent these places. Ma-nufaeturW's from provincial munition districts, flushed with their new and easily-'wcm fortunes, and wishing to he in. the so rinl swim, run blindly Into these welf- baitbd traps. Perhaps their unpleas ant experience gives them "'wisdom. They never repeat the performance. the plan of cminpaTgu and oldest In the world. Girl la Uced a* Lure. -• J, • . • " K- ■ ..ft 'rids partleulnr stretch of water Is Binds, ratines fftUT" ^ Kansas City, Mii.^-B^eieitmfiTii I tan kiln hits Joined the marines, und the “Immortal fouf” [of the K a n s'as Cl ty mn r i n <* njeru.lt i 11 •dike Is now complete; The-oth efs are George Dewey, William .lentdugs Bryan and: John Hop kins. P>en hailed front Imwey. Okln., vi here he lias been “dis. covering'’ olLwells. He sajij'lo . ■ - f • ••. _ ■ ' ■■ : • wanted to ’’discover" (lie hesHt BENJAMIN FRANKUN M ' NOW IN MARINE: l/u tig ;tf' Mr: Jones wilt dMbn^frfb^~TVTTt1^rin"»mxTffir^nTTyr' Quite the snmrtest-of their-Indepen dent missions was that established lr,i a sleepy old world vlfhige Hnpt hugs, the hunks of a quiet .reach of tlnyiUver __ Thames. The ^delightful scenery fluid |dhe_, picturesque surroundings atTrart the most exclusive clientele. A family of the insist delightful people are al ways then* to welcome a stranger at all hours —a family. Of‘three, father, mother and beuutljful duiigfiter., And the simplest * -. ‘ ■' extremely popular. Hihhirhouti ,go flashing up and down frqiii ci mirk. Berlin ‘discover v Hated tile most tli>* v flvershh annex .exclusive I.oral arlv morning until well after - .At last, they grow Half a mile up stream Is sTT A friendly hand of bridge is suggested f one of as an alCjaiat)ve. Only small stake- are allowed at tlte stark—Bnh/is Iu im! Thitherward every aftorno/* nliig the-beautiful flaughti (Be most fetrhing costumes.irnd In the ‘ and. 3 the host and lattes tuny make anything from Sl.uud to 000 out of the gamld»*--a gamble for daintiest of dainty canoes, goes pad dling. The younger members of the Vliib'nre also fond of the river. There Is a fleeting smile as they pass In, mid stream, and they very soon become ac quainted. ’ . - ■ At first the mntden appears inclined to he reserved. There are the pfopTie- tleslto he observed. She iP ta» fooi. It hi .eiuhs wyud eve follow s hand and drink follows dri ik Attired m j fhey Increase In vakie.- Between 1 1'p in. a ml. 3 it-.—ffi no tise frightening your flsli at the first bite. But'toward the end of the flirtation* she relentP f.dmevv hat. lief mother Is giving a small da«< , «*— 4 ‘N*oth-' know •rage < * n k’ .fonntil, you know; Just amongst qurselves”' that evening. "If Mr.—«*h _£s 1 * ■ ■ 'them, hut no gamble for the, unlucky army suivaltern or the impecunious col lege youth. ; • *; Once they have rhj. themselves of all their yttvallahle loose ensh tkey 'are courteously sent home, with ii firessing Invitation to 'return ,some/other night for their revenge. They idon’t fail to ncer-pt the *elial.leTige. Cllv the end of a week tin* whole *Tf their eapltul may he In the tiQX of their hosts. — , Young and*fnsYdonably dressed woth en are Invariably the deco’ys of the The United States transport Covington, formerly the'llner Cincinnati.which wus torpedoed while on Its return :tr4x-froni France. Six of the crew wcji*re lost. I»**\leljghted B», see him.’ Mr\.Fom*s goes. More ofteq than not : he takik a friend. They dance and are 1 aeeordetBMTie most hospitable, recep- tTnrf. M.otlrm - Is there'; 'a charming, stnftiesque worn an in flowing dra-pvrles. Tim game is played in’the ti'iost t:e- speftahb* house and aiming most re spectable people. Thift'Is the chief dif ficulty of bringing these criminals to book. * ,* ■ Quite recently an American' woman Father—they apologize profusely- -Is* wrote to the editor of a London news In a somewhat -mew~y condtlTotb ‘Tfttttjj pafnT~gT*vlhg him particulars of one of Is obvious from tlie\thickness of liTsljtlies'e respei'table 1‘iitertaittmeuts. 1 lie accent. iMid liis lialting\galt. The vis Itnrs In such delightful company— there are numerous pretty girls.- tincon scions of smires._of ihe bat)d.\jiass- tie matter off with a smile ar*l a Jest.. ' But father Is'tiot quite so "nn*Hpvv as he vvouht*. Iwive them believe. \\t least there Is nothing the leiist bit un steadv In flint searching glance" to which be treats them from beneath beetling brows. And the hand that pours ofit flu* drinks Is hardly- that of , address of the hofise was mentioned in fthe letter; abjkihe time ^it which Hie j game w as commenei*<l am! the mime of the proprietress of the place. \ ! This Woman, saidHhe American, had They belong to Hint eternal type which thinks It can beat the thief at Ills own game. They are gamblers for the same reason that drngtakers- and dipsomani acs are w hat they .are. They can’t help It. The women are worse even than the men. At least f><) per cent more*of tfie other sex favor the green table. They take their gambling serl.uisly~de\id seriously. To them, is nothing erf the. Sporting element of the affair; It Is ^Titthront business of pay and receive. Once a woman is seized vvjth tip* gambling “bug" nothing on earth can hold her. It is the flr«t step of the mnny'great tragedies of life. a drunkard. made during tire vvni - . Many American otlicvrs bad been d<*covcd ti>. the- place, one lost another KLoOti aii'l a < 'anadian Sot mi pistwkeOVuu* ' likving for tile battle front. Women decoys VvrMe afloweil to put their los ings •'Wi .the slate" up to ^I.OttfV'aml fttlke windings in cash. / AIR RAIDS ONL arfhij \ 1 liis (h rmanVeouting airplane of the Alhiitross chiss l*n n encorinter^-vvitlr a British airman was brought to wa The Hun pilot vyhs injured 1 in the ? fight and unable, to wreck tmichiue‘after landing behind the BrlflshMlnes. r\ BRITISH TANKS MOVING TO THE FRONT ' I COMMANDER OF THE COMFORT They Watch^the Weather and Draw the Blinds But Refuse ^ to Be Panic-Stricken.' * going to "Tied ! tin musiehiHs in .a hotel the Tljmr.es mid MANY DON’T -SEEK SHELTER Tragedy of an Aviator’s Wife. 'Perhaps one of Himost stances of this nature was t wife of a eointmimh/r in Hit Ing corps. Prior t/ the wii member of tin they lived In a from I,bndnti. \Vherr,he joined the owl ors they sold their home and the wifi went to live Ip town—In a tiny flat Knlgbtsbfldge. • She -was little more than a child, am! a charmingly unso phisticated one at that, *-<> fell Victim to the giTTnhVr’s wiles. _'f • • . They got hold of her .through, the uialtre d’hotel of the restaurant sdie frequented —even Hie smartest niaitres d’hotel and head waiters afe some time^. though uuvv ittinglv. the Histrtt- ‘ i ... ments of the ponfed«*pates w h<> t^> the restaurants rnTTphTt of their daily business to'»ct at the ioijely men and Unrint the syuu vvhicnyfront Is well^-kiiovv Atnerlep* played \n Jis Usual, ‘and yi< cafe crfivvcl did noK ktfovv there vva a ri>H until the “all V^ear" vyas sound f*<T, Club Men Talk CsTrrdy. But tin* booming of ImavV guns in. and around the city generally reaches most ears. A crowd of men <ut in a 4» smoking room at one club', with a glass .roof nhot-o. and talked of one'thing'and .mother dnring the raid. Seeking .shel ter In a subway would appear as Im possible to.them .‘is golngjhivvn Hroall-'. By FLOYD MACGRIFF. wny> baref«W»*d. Only a v>ry small T.oii'lon.- The thick Londmi‘■ fo^j proportion »Tp Lombm cun be m*eVimmrr" often referred to iji Aniericn. Is one of dated in fin* stibvvays. The crowding the British capital’s chief protections 1 of ijtlblld buildings during raids has* (rout air raids by tin* Hiitis. If \B IfrJ.hecn dlsnmfaged. bccansi* if realized U* n foggy x»r misty flight the searcifflghts j that very few of them can \ withstand x of Zfppellns cannot reach their l\>ng i the hevrvy bombs. Itesidcnts now an Busses and : Su"bway Trains Operate as Qlsual and Club Men Srt Calmly Under Gliss Roofs—Only the Foreign Element Frightened. ’ 4- t ‘ f lingers of light to thb earth and pick | oflldnllv advised to stay at home dttr ‘•A S J' inut the English coast or find their Way ! raids and take their chances, which To London. Airplanes, lijievvlse baffled. So a thick' fog gjv*es ii sense of security and one buys a tlcket'To a theater With Tar more cheerfulness than 'on a moonlight night jvlien the iiTr TiWclen r. TTie* sweafher has..^lL‘4»ed a sjdiere as f tni'i|Tti• nfirthvFTSIffttSfl $ are | at* Ij hbmit one ib .}(H».(HiO. Despite more than loo raids orrLon don one has to limit Hu-any evidence of /damage, although •scores have been killed j and -wounded. Li vvoiiien wirh UToriry.wlie i'i 'V efcil . i:i e\ cl \ Lr-U'-l, day -a cluirmiiig vv itiuirtr-o! jippearancc strolled over :i po'IVe re 1 in ('orc-ent -w as z< it have beim. .demolished an* in* v’viflelv 4iew—| scattered districts. London being : a n t |-,T-Hf y-wdiIdr i* - sprawled qver considdra Londoner may - greet another with: ' ble territory vvith "bnv buildings. v Bnsi ".Well it h►Hk-s-UJiik.il-' pot<<1 night for a ness houseiS.-'jqfldlr structures and fee, W ifd.” If the evening It® fair: More ! tories show no <*vhb*nAe of attack. Bn* than ri*hundred bombings have taugfTt.- booses _which have been bondnal arc II! gil t l ooyuijs rh her. -.Ctlitiy Tlie "vvilciim* sffa't; s\ 1 -.qhIz«i*J w ith bur loneilness, mid finished by In- vRing. her to a dainty maisonette off Park lane. After dinner cards Were' produced. And tin* fleecing find begun. T’.y tin* timy.licr lmsba'nd vv.nsTildi* t.o pet; home'.on leirve and resale hcf. the unhappy woman. h,tid f been robbed of tb(* best part of S'JO.OOO. 'f Organized Like a Company. That is only one of the brilliant “ methods emplo.ivd.. Tills intcrtmtional pang—Its agents cover every eityminri large tow t _.*n tlu*/\v orld i*viu In 4 ,fr enemy eoptitrlcs- (is organized like a.! su^mdy, company, on a prollt-sbarihg liff^s. There are trusted agents at every port, fashion center and high class health resort It is flic business of these agents to live In-princely .style, grad , unlly vvoriAing their way into the eon* fidenee of thi* rnitTibbrsirf the 'oeallty ’pFv'tiig full detailed rcpoi.ts of tlnTr —movements and business transactions to a genera! headquarters, 5 When a .noneyed' .man o-' wVminn ..... WjL^iiLt fron. ..liiiu^umintry to tlte agent at the port of emharkofii^ wires full parfle- ahs of his—or h^r flhe I.omhiner to expect a raid o.n'syclr s " much niortar :ind dust, even lmnsei 1 le considers It luckv if fiohe “Blinds must he drawn at p. m. . toijav.” runs a line in - the daily papers. As summer approaches *l\e hour Is unde later, to correspond;With that Were, four stories high. Spirit of the Trenches Prevails. 'I lit* spirit • the tranches, vvhii b makes mem fac ( » death 'bravely, is tlv spirit of London durhip a Hun attack Houses which This oflicinl British ‘photograph shovvs some llVitlsh Hie battle line to meet a tbrinan advance. GUN HIGHER THAN / x dusk. And the blinds are draw n. .Ho tel maids qre instructed to attend to j this promptly.' Hotels also have pin- f cards warning guestT that ptdice will' I If a light shows 0 MVuhjrs ' are the .i+e^st .nervous. a|ji, 'hnl^V them responsilih front their many lobbies lnrVe been taken Into tb- ! f.ldd'lifglit ,‘ilr, during a raid, too tliin ly did, each mother believing sin** wa doing., the best thing by going* to-y sub wav. And these babies have died from the exposure. •• " Tint; -there are imkivy-overhalryncin : cases*,,,f braverv. The bishop .of T/vp-w story tic:!>fg; wimlovy. Busses -Operate as Ufeual. All London does net take to cover , when- an ah', raid i** oir. Luring a re cent raid, "'hen l-.mbs—wmv h-ing ^p-]. aged. sejien a ml nne-k- ’fy^v Jiped mitt ''i’s •*'• shrapnel f. !l fud who Wftft alone flu?Tng pv the auto hnsse.s,y-w*it!i tlirtr..! amused her four youngeiMvrothers ami o'lmm coi^luciors. oja-rVliviBrnS iisti'al.'[ sisters! hroughts t.ym d.->v. i,v,..i r jilaec’d file]n nTvq readings-a Bible w’ Ami there'Were ,pa>s<*n<r5Trsuij(Nriri«h'- ers do 'not regard- the air rijids with fear. I’eople In the street gl*t cover, if it Is handy, so as not bit bv faTttnik sltrapyel. But not flash mpdly^j Jam thdr vvny- Into safety In ufidergrotrn.il railway stations. under to In’ Widow tr»*ss. they do. her llffl Iter or push or j'pi'mrTul _ snifvvty truths tire operated as Usual. V’ *bu.slnes», available capital and intend- t*<| poiifiiJ 1 of visit- lu nis »«>nfeflernte at the orher end. The vldflni is shad- ~ owed aud approachtnl orv the • truin. •board the ship, even. Iti hotels. Their organization is the acme of thorough- iOnly the foreign element, largely em ■idiuvtuL Ui^. wn 11 i Fl*m lm-*- bo- ^pottie frightenej. Many of these have moved Into safety z<mds. As an Instance of air-raid boredom , a lirl t Uli officer _on- _leav e. 4,w'ii^ on Ills _ way to. hts -hotel room when the warning .to take rover Tens sounded. "What are ybtf going to-db?** he was asked. ‘Do?" he echoed. "Hell. TTn t Awninp Saved His Lite. Diisa, nkitt/— Ihitry f-'koog. an cn, pi owe < ; »f a ynulkbig’ eot:ipan» w hit working iq.. a: fourth- du.ui.-yi iud,« .v -h-! an c.tliee. huildirtg lost Ills balance am’ fell out. A smarting crhzy bom* vva the sum of his Injuries. An awning h:H< just been Ud^ered beneatfiV Hr wlndyw. He Jit on If and rolled to Hu ^devvajk, ligUting-on Iris feet. He hip struck his nrtn In -the-, desrrtit onr ( flower pot tn a lower window.^. A... - ♦‘j w ■ V 4 This Is Charles Malden Oman, com manding oflicer of the Amerlcun Uos- altul ship Comfort which: the govern *nt phumeijl to so/id across the At- laihlC without convgy to test Oer- sinanvKs respect for the Ited Cross cm* bhqi>. v *The plan may fie abandoned, sinc<T\lhe German* recently, sank a CanndlniKhosplttir ship. ’ one of the g»Hnt Britisn guns that have been).Instrumental In checking the German offensive on the western front. A guu of this type is used only for long-range firing, and enu Are to a distance qt about 15 miles; , They ore placed far In the rear of the infantry. To Lea^ftsFate of Sun. It Ts by inert ns plNqew stars that as tronomers Tmpe to estfrhllsdr vvhat will lie thi* ultiniate fate of f attendant planets. Every the sun Is a star, Is rushing space fit enormous speed.\*T^e s is traveling toward Vega with a veloc- / - * t Other stars speed of n f ity o/ ( 12 mlTe» a second. Ot are known which possess a 3$0 miles|H-eecgnd ; There are in’ t,he s^y great Tiouds of darfc meteors, such its obstruct ohr view' Ojf 'the milky way, When a star hits one of these clouds there Is a flash of fire ns It tears lt» why flmmjHi. Tf The “awa rm Tf sjhnil the star nmj,- escape, hut If It. Is large* the star Is destroyed nn<| its frag* ments gd to Increase the clotid' that •Caused IU. destruction. ’ Tbe^^gllsh- hstfonjStter who first observed the^iew " starr-says that It .represents a catas trophe of enormous magnitude In !»-• conceivably remote fleld^ — .ni.wrr.i*