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SPARES LIVES OF SOLDIERS. Pardons Two Men Sentenced to I>eath for Sleeping at Posts. Washington, May 4.?President Wilson's action today in. pardoning two soldiers of the American expeditionary force who had been condemned to death by a military court-martial in France for sleeping while on sentry duty and commuting to nominal prison terms the death sentences imposed on two others for disobeying orders was viewed by many army officials as approval by the President of r Secretary Baker's stand against the imposition of the death penalty in the army except in special cases. Privates Forest D. Sebastin, of El * Dorado, 111., and Jeff Cook, of Lutie, Okla., were the men pardoned. In reaching his decision the President took into consideration their extreme youth?the former being twenty years of age and the latter nineteen ?and concluded that they did not realize the seriousness of their offense. Privates Olon Ledoyen, of Atlanta, Ga., and Stanley G. Fishback, of Connelton, Ind., were the men convicted of disobeying orders. Their sentence ^ was commuted to three years in the federal prison. Details in these cases have not been made public. The soldiers are nineteen years old. All four of the men were volunteers in the regular army. The President's action was in line with recommendations made to him by Secretary Baker, who made a full investigation of the cases. ^ im? The Debts of Warring the Nations.. The London Economist for February places the total gross debt of Great Britain at 5,678,600,000 pounds ($27,636,000,000). The French minister of finance in presenting the budget for 1918 esti^ mated the public debt of France on December 31, 1918, at 115,166,058,000 francs ($22,227,000,000). The public debt of Italy at the end of 1917 is estimated at about 35,000,999,000 lire .($6,676,000,000.) The debts of the central powers are i estimated as follows: Germany, $25,A AAA A A? _ O 0^4 AAA 4U8,UUU,UUV; AUSiria, io)oxt,uvv)000; and Hungary, $5,704,000,000. | Our own public debt is now around $8,000,000,000, but more than half | of this amount has been loaned to our j allies and will be repaid us. It is es- i ^ timated that of the total net expenditures of the United States for the fis- i v cai year of 1918, exclusive of our advances to our allies, more than one-half will be defrayed by taxation. german'war practices. 1 I (Continued from page 2, column 3.) , army or its regulations which was 1 committed within their boundaries 1 In An Appeal to Truth Cardinal Mercier cites the following cases: "Malines, a working-class town, i r* without resources, has had a fine of , 20,000 marks inflicted on it because the burgomaster did not inform the j military authorities of a journey < p which the cardinal, deprived of his ' motor car, had been obliged to make 1 on foot. In fact, upon the flimsiest 1 pretexts heavy fines are inflicted on ^ ( ftmmnneu Tho pnmmunfl of Puers was subjected to a fine of 3,000 | marks because a telegraph wire was broken, although the inquiry showed that it had given way through wear." In addition to such arbitrary, sporadic exactions, in December, 1914, the Germans demanded 40,000,000 francs ($8,000,000) a month to be paid by the Belgian Provinces jointly. Concerning this enormous imposi* tion Cardinal Mercier says, in the Appeal to Truth: "The essential condition of the legality of a contribution of this kind, according to the Hague Convention, is that it should bear relation to the resources of the country, article 52. "Now, in December, 1914, Belgium was devastated. , Contributions of war imposed on the towns and innumerable requisitions in kind had exhausted her. The greater part of the factories were idle, and in those, which were still at work, raw materials were, contrarv to all law. being < freely commandeered. "It was on this impoverished Bel gium, living on foreign charity, that J a contribution of nearly 500,000,000 J * francs was imposed." ( The Crushing Pine is Increased. j The German authorities were not satisfied with this impoverishing ] levy. In November, 1915, one month before the expiration of the twelve month period fixed for the levy, they ' decreed that this contribution of 40,000,000 francs a month should be ] paid for an indefinite period. In ( November, 1916, they increased the 1 J. ~ ETA AAA AAA n. levy tu yu,uuu,uvu iraucs a uiumii. In addition, faithful to the method laid down (see page 10), the German authorities have continued to levy fines upon towns and villages for acts committed in their neighborhood, although they had no proof that these acts had been committed hy any inhabitant of the city or village thus fined. (Compare taking of hostages, noted above.) w OVER THE TOP. (Continued from page 3, column 3.) j on the left, and then the boxholder* turned loose; but outside of this little j fiasco the performance was a huge sue| cess, and we decided to run It for a r week. New troops were constantly coming through, and for six performances we had the "S. R. O." sign suspended outside. CHAPTER XIX. On His Own. Of course Tommy cannot always be producing plays under fire but while In rest billets he has numerous other ways of amusing himself. He is a great gambler, but never plays for large stakes. Generally, in each company, you will find a regular Canfleld. TVi{<2 mon honl-c noorlw oil tho cromos of chance and is an undisputed authority on the rules of gambling. Whenever there is an argument among the Tommies about some uncertain point as to whether Houghton is entitled to Watkins' sixpence, the matter is taken to the1 recognized authority and his decision is final. The two most popular games are "Crown and Anchor" and "House." The paraphernalia used in "Crown and Anchor" consists of a piece of canvas two feet by three feet. This is divided into six equal squares. In these squares are painted a club, diamond, heart, spade, crown, and an anchor, one device to a square. There are three dice used, each dice marked the same as the canvas. The banker sets up his gambling outfit in the corner of a billet and starts bally-hooing until a crowd of Tommies gathers around; then the game starts. The Tommies place bets on the squares, the crown or anchor being played the most. The banker then rolls his three dice and collects or pays out as the case may be. If you play the crown and one shows up on the dice, you get even money, if two show up, you receive two to one, and if three, three to one. If the crown does not appear and you have bet on it, you lose, and so on. The percentage for the banker is large if every square is played, but if the crowd is partial to, say two squares, he has to trust to j luck. The banker generally wins. The game of "House" is very popular j also. It takes two men to run it. This game consists of numerous squares of cardboard containing three rows of numbers, five numbers to a row. The numbers run from one to ninety. Each card has a different combination. The French "estaminets" in the villages are open from eleven in the morning until one in, the afternoon In accordance with army orders. After dinner the Tommies congre- j gate at these places to drink French j beer at a penny a glass and play I "House." As soon as the estaminet Is sufficiently crowded the proprietors of the "House" game get busy and, as they ! term it, "form a school." This consists J of going around and selling cards at a franc each. If they have ten in the Bchool, the backers of the game deduct two francs for their trouble and the winner gets eight francs. Then the game starts. Each buyer places his card before him on the table, first breaking up matches into fifteen pieces. One of the backers of the game has a small cloth bag in which are ninety cardboard squares, each with a number printed thereon, from one to ninety. He raps on the table and cries DUt: "Eyes down, my lucky lads." All noise ceases and every one is attention. The croupier places his hand in the bag and draws forth a numbered 3quare and immediately calls out the nnmhcr. The mnn whn nwns the card with that particular number on it, covers the square with a match. The [>ne who covers the fifteen numbers on his card first shouts "House." The Dther backer immediately comes over to him and verifies the card by calling put the numbers thereon to the man with the bag. As each number is called he picks it out of the ones picked from the bag and says, "Right" [f the count is right he shouts, "House correct, pay the lucky gentleman, and sell him a card for the next school." rhe "lucky gentleman" generally buyB pne unless he has a miser trace in his veins. Then another collection is made, a school formed, and they carry on with the game. The caller-out has many nicknames for the numbers such as "Kelly's Eye" for one, "Leg's Eleven" for eleven, 'Clickety-click" for sixty-six, or "Top pf the house" meaning ninety. The game Is honest and quite enjoyable. Sometimes you have fourteen numbers on your card covered and ^ ? i? XI /?^X - Xl. A. ? t ^ pou are waiting ior tne mieeuuu iu ue called. In an imploring voice you call DUt, "Gome on, Watkins, chum, I'm sweating on 'Kelly's Eye.'" Watkins generally replies, "Well, keep out of a draft, you'll catch cold." , Another game is "Pontoon," played with cards; it is the same as our "Black Jack," or "Twenty-one." A card game called "Brag" is also popular. Using a casino deck, the dealer deals each player three c^rds. ir. mmilAK fn mm nftlfor fnr I II 10 Oliiiliai IV VUi Jk/vuv&| the fact that you only use three cards and cannot draw. The deck is never shuffled until a man shows three of a kind or a "prile" as it is called. The value of the hands are, high card, a pair, a run, a flush or three of a kind or "prile." The limit is generally a penny, so It is hard to win a fortune. The next in popularity is a card game called "Nap." It is well named. Every time I played it I went to sleep. (To be continued next week.) ' """"" " II I H HHBM1 MBMMiiM 1 ||| PEACE TO YOUR FEET. DON'T 20 $H LET YOUR FEET BE COLD. pi I I WEAR SHOES I WEAR SHOES THAT WEAR || WHILE ALL OTHERS ARE WORN ||| GET STYLES THAT ARE STYL- |9j ISH AND THAT LOOK AND FEEL ffl AND WEAR LIKE SHOES OUGHT B I?WS?1 I I 1OJLS0B?GSSUAff9 g S680KD IT TUB | UNITED STATE8 fB* K jSOVERKMINT | Buy Them And | \ Help Win The War I j FOR SALE EVERYWHERE || 1 AiND PATRONIZE S | ^ 1 rariTT"? o irnnrn B 11 i itunu & fULUM i I |j BAMBERG, S. C. P | . ? ? ? " - ~ Wjggi f JJ^ appetite. Ts=^f dteestion. "Give It to me, please. Grand"Why Bobby. 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