The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 21, 1919, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
PAGE SIX
MADE FINE TUNNEL"""
Little
Ror
JHow Prisoners Used War Bread
Doled Out to Them. Not
have <
states.
Avenue by Whieh Captive Allies Had the trl
Hoped te Escape Was Really a mlsum
Perfect Pieoe of Work?even heiuia
Germane Admired It. name
, the u
There Is certainly more tragedy *y
Chan comedy In the cruel dlsapi>olnt- en
ment of unhappy prisoners thwarted
In a promising and almost successful . 1
effort to escape; nevertheless, the gal- inS,ry
last gayety that has marked so many u!* ne
f the allied lighting men does not fall . "
them wholly even In such clreum- ar
stances. Lance Corporal Charles W. * oue
Baker, who recently recounted his c*'UMtr
prison experiences la the Metropolitan 1 lut r
Magazine, wastes no pathos on him- *?r5, 1
elf or on bla fallow sufferers when p " 1
they failed to fat safe away through "UnJ *
Chair Ingenious tunnel, and cun even ? 10
fee a funny alda to the affair. * 8 ,
Some of the other prisoners had be- .
gun the tunnel and had worked upon !
It dally for a month before they let r'
him Into the aecret, which llnally be- ' ~. K
, . , , ' . Thei
came known to aeveral hundred of the trj#
e??>tWe8- lng th
It opened from the last hut at the ^
nd of the back row and wus headed jt,
for the only cluuip of bushes anywhere n0(ahj(
nenr the camp. The soil wus so sandy dm.(|0|
thnt It was Impossible to make a tun- tant fu
nel In the ordinary way; a long time its ?1m:
passed before the boys hit on a plan. ica|s
After our own packages had begun to nuinv
come and we had white bread to eat, tlent li
ays the corporal, some genius had a snrlly,
happy thought of using the war bread COuntr
for brlckB. The war bread Is as tough
nd as hard as rubber and of about portun
the size and shape of a small stone prove
block that you use for paving streets. Rrcat
We kept the bread buried until night have u
Then we piled It up In a kind of crate,
and when the sentries were out of
lght we rushed It over to the tunnel. It ?endln
was the most beautiful tunnel you ever To I
aaw. The sides were built tip like *oos I'
vncK wans, and the roof was a perfect <
rch. The annd that wa took out was use>
the same color as tha sand of the I,necamp,
and aa tha ground was almoat b'fds i
always wet you couldn't tell the dlf- ronned
ferenre. We would taka k out In small sitachi
tinfuls and scatter It all orer the place, w
nd with several thousand men walk
tng round there was no way of detect- to
?ng It, P1*"?*
Of course It was slow work making them
the tunnel, for we had to accumulate ?K 41
war bread, and eo to amuse ourselves " rr< 1
wa fixed It all up. Wa stuck pictures "*
from newspapers on tha wall, and we *
en ran a wire down from the cook r'""
house and lighted It all up with elec- * " 1
trlrlty. We took soma of the lamps, ? mr
nd when tha guard wanted to know 4,MI Ht*
where they were wa said they had got ran*?
fcroken. J"*?"
A hundred and twenty yards had '
been hullt out of the hundred and nM?r *
fifty that the tunnel had to go when a <nrr^ ^
. ?, ? or avei
miserable Frenchman, to curry favor
with his captors, betrayed the secret.
The other French srlsoner*
? Fl
were wild with rage and uluitne; end f
when the whole earup wu* lined up for j-j
Investigation and punishment the tfs ^r>,
French non-commissioned officers g>ist 2
tepped forward and begged "for the Klt<?h
honor of the French army" to he al* ^
lowed to tuke not only their own share jn? 0j
of punishment but that of all the otb- tjie B
*rs- Watts'
But of course, snva Corporal Baker, cnrrlni
the British wouldn't have that, and the coinml
mon-commlssloned British officers gave 0f ^ri
themselves up. It was a regular bow- ateaml
Jng and scraping, "You flrst-my dear- he des
lAlphonse" sort of proceeding. A few preasu
of the men were given five months In multlti
aolitary. but most of them got off pret- form o
ty easy, because the Gorman officers is use<
were so much amused. They thought motive
they had taken away every conceivable small
thing that could he used for tunnel cousin
building, hut they never thought of the er for
war bread. German otllcers came from which
miles round to see the tunnel. They Hdmttt
wouldn't let us destroy It hut kept It
aa a curiosity. Kven the general of Woo
a division near by came In to see It. ,j (
He said It was the finest piece of sap- ' "
p*ng he had ever seen.?Youth's Coin- '
, for th?
panlon.
large
Plcardy in Hletory.
Plcardy was one of the old feudal Which
provinces of France, and Its territory p ^
la now comprleed In the departmenta were ,
at Homine, Olse, Pae-de-Oulals and trHOlw
lane. The name Is still unofficially wennh
applied to that part of France which y
borders on the Kngllsh chunnel and 2 ^
contains the cities of Amiens, Beau- 2J0O
als. Calais, Boulogne, Arras, Sols- . ..
srain and Laon. The fighting In the (nf ^'
Ihpaannf w** *
ucnu ia I gt'l J ID ne- " ~
ardy, which vn t portion of that 'I
part of ancient Oaul Inhabited by the roni '
Belgians, who were conaldered by the Sclenti
Romans the bravest of the Gauls. The
city of Amiens la noted for Ita
cathedral, on* of the moat magnificent Mrs.
In Europe, founded In ITM. It la 470 fortulg
fact In length, with a transept 218 feet was a\
aeros*. where
1 room,
and for a Bomb, 8lr. ..jn
The excited voice of the mother of hack '
-George B. Elliott of the Ann of Breed, Wh*
Elliott A Harrison, announced that an th#( wn
Id house owned by Mr. Elliott waa
burning.
"la It still burnlngr Inquired Mr. 1 ? H"
Elliott, with some anxiety In his voice.
When Informed In the affirmative, he m* ,,ia
replied, with much relief, "Well, there in *****
Is nothing that I <mn do," and told hla ' (,on '
nether E notify him tf the Are van in 1 ^UBt
danger of going oat/?IiullanHpolle Net flr*
ttawa. <>
r~ ... Chronl
THE L,
iMIA HIVE OF INDUSTRY i TOUCHED MEN \l
Country, Now to Bo Given Op- V. M. C. A. Camp 8e<
tunity to Progress, Has Been Feeling of Soldier
Much Misunderstood. Subdue Bloodtt
one of the little countries which War's changes are
come Into belrig as Independent ' greater degree in the
or parts of new nations, since Ority, remarks the
umph of the allies, Is more often The psalui-slnging of
ilerstood In America thun Bo- i In his place Is the
has always been. The rery and entertainer, of re
has Implied, for many persons, ter example of ttu
nconventloual ways of artists, could have been had
paying of vagrants, and the Ira- dent not long ago at
cc of restraint which Is sup- great Long Island coi
to characterise countries remote where the men were <
great centers of trade and In- j fore sailing.
?..v ..u?-r imiswHru 1U rneir j Qne of lh 0i<i-st:
8 Interests. , holding a meeting and
Bohemia Is a wonderful hive of at |ength on the care
'oYking and skilled artisans. It take of their sonls.
of the most densely populated ready partly homesl*
iea In the world, exceeding. In Cf training, was rei
espect. Germany. Austria-Hun- giuramer and glummei
as a whole or In either half of ^ camp
1 monarchy, and even Italy. The dlsIimy tht. effpct t,
r of Inhabitants. In proportion hnvh,c OQ th<1 HO,d,e)
area. Is T5 per cent greater than Th<l cHnmi came w
n France. Hohemla Is almost after a flna, nppeR, tQ
r half as large as Ohio, but Its dea(h bravely sal(J.
tlon, nearly 7,000,0?H) at the be- i ?... ... ,
1 .. , , & , > "e will now sing
g of the war. Is about .15 per Qf IlenYM,...
reater than that of this state.
e Is no other division of Ans- That WUR
angary, taking Into the reckon- J* ? ,nnn he
e entire territory formerly lu !' ' ,IK up S-,rn< ^
nal monarchy, which Is equal to ^ 11,10 to s(oP* en
ila In manufactures. It Is a Boy#, before w? fIi
e center of Iron and steel pro- ^?'lls Heaven dor
a. Its textiles are ?;n lmpor- drst we uiust 'W
ictor in the trade of Kurope, and damned neck.
s.iwnre, china, sugnr, beer, chem- The shout that we
paper, tobacco, lace, toys and Hie abashed parson'
other products of skill and pa- "King tlie Hells of I
abor are widely known. Neceo- definitely postponed.
the commerce of so busy a
y Is large anil far-reaching. MODEL ON AMEF
that Bohemia needs Ib the op
lty which hus come at last to France Considering >
the capacity of Its people for Methods of Teachir
progress heyond the level they Boys and i
ilrendy attained.
Prr.nce Is conslderl
? , .a of Uncle Sam's metli
0 Carrier Pigeons by Balloon . ? # . ,
. . . . better furming and 1
ncrease the usefulness of n r . . , , n
. , .. . boys and girls. Repr
a warfare wire cages, each Just .. ,, . . , .
. ? .. . . the French high corar
>nough for one bird, are now In ... . .
.... this country, made a 1
ays Popular Mechanics Man* , ,, .. .. .
~ , " carefnllv the method!
The cages carry grain for ths . , _ . . .
,, . . department of agrlc
and pencils and paper for tna- . . ,
.... .. state agricultural coll
dispatch writers. They aro . . , ....
. . ? . ., .. . Ing hoys and girls
ed to small balloons that aro .. . . ..
. , , .... . the Information thui
rhen wind conilltlons are favor- . . , , . .
... . . . . . been widely reprinted
ind also to parachutee designed ...
. . , . _ . , press, sccompsnled b
droppod from low-fl vlug olr- T ...
n .. . . , . ment expressing the
On the other hand, several of
. . . . man or woman power
may ha strapped to a trained , . . , . .
id conveyed by him to tho dc- ,DR beM, ^
Mnt. All of which la for tho War "'7, Ca' F"nCVf
e of establishing communlcsUon Wme b* d<fp*nda
etachmonts that becom. cut off ^ ,tS /"""J" **>
ths main body of troop, and. WppJy and .ugg<
-eolatlng cspturo. have no means ln ? n?
nedtate -rape without out.lds boya and * 1
uce. The wlro cage, ars ar- tbope *? lt
1 so that ths birds may bo fed th*ae 4olub"
t being removed from them. -^en produce, w
brthermore, moesage, may b. and f?ra*# *
d Id tha pellets the pigeon. "Imals on farm, not
without ths latter being handled very. "oM ?I( 7Mch
n touched> put in condition. Th<
production by the y
France through orgnnl
ret Patents for Steamboat*. only In farming but
i number of curious coincidences P^ses such as bread i
nlted States government Issued n>nklnfC. cooking and
it patents for steamboats on Au nient.
0, 171U. to Nathan Read, John HZZZZHIIIZ:
James Hurnsey and John Stev- Record Telepho
iome time previous to the Issu- n,,. largest private
' these patents Read Invented ln the world Is the o
lecchsary machlnerv tn o.iui.t
, ? y. ine expanding needs
stenin engine to host and land partmenL On July 1
jes. In 1789 he exhibited to a (1<j 3,17s extensions;
tU'f of the American Academy (?>0. jt rt-qU|[-ea 126 ti
ts and Sciences a model of a coming cnlIs; 76 for c
mat with paddle wheel*, whloh cal an(1 8Uh,narine tol
dgued to connect with a high- |lnPS to ?few York, P
re engine. Head also Invented a tlmore, via Clevelant
ubular boiler and still another Newport News, and
>f holler on the same principle as ofhpr government atat
1 at the present day on our loco- ton
a. The Are passed through
spiral tubes, and in this way Acclimatizing
nlng the smoke and several oth- Thp |mreau ?f flshe
ins with many apartmenta to 20 000.000 sockeye and
the water was to be gradually back 8alnion egK? hn
ed ua fast as It was evaporated. #f t|)p atation nt Yes t
August 20. when collt
den Shipbuilding In Australia. September ,'M). If the
lack of shipbuilding and tha sufficiently large 1,0(
lg need of providing cargo spar# eggs will he sent to tli
> 5,000,000 tons of wheat and the for the continuation 1
quantities of other products ration experiments un
ng shipment In Australia Is cnus- years ago. I.nter In
revival of wooden shipbuilding hoped to send a seer
was comparatively Important In
tya when wooden sailing ships $216 for a Thack
he dominant type of vessel. Con- A su'.e of autogra
have been let by the common- scripts was held at N
i government for tha construe- ly. Chnrlea Scribner*
t 12 wooden vessels of about top price. $216. for ci
;ons each at Sydney and all of * letter of William 1
toua at Fremantle, Weat Aua- John Oxenford. askli
with a possihllty of arranging to a dinner In celebr*
considerably larger number. It pletlor. of "Vanity F
proposed to build 20 vessels of for the sale whs $2,75
>00 to 2,000 tona In Tasmania.?
Iflc American. The L|ves o1
??????? A mother had tw<
The 8lmpleet Way. FTance, the other att
Flash went away to spend B'ty near home. Th?
ht with a friend, and while she was wounded and nal
ray Mr. Flash wrote t. ask her er felt grieved over t
she'd put the key of the billiard *?dng of nn excltah
phoned her other ?oi
my bolero pocket," she wrote home at once. Ted
'somewhere In the wardrobe." being killed every in
n Mrs. F lush got hack she found
rdrohe absolutely empty. Unreadable 81
. .. ... General Pershing r
I'i r'.'Ti ' ' 0"' >"?> ? ' wx>wr
e ier us >an . required hereafter on
dear." said he .sternly, "yon roid aQ(] ln<,orseni#nU b,
t key was In your holera pocket t(|ry
men In F'rance he
; wardrobe. I searched, and at m II1Bfly officers write
know a l>olero from a box plait b?nf11y |hn, |t ? dimp,
took everything Into the yurden, out? n>i...roi p.r-h
tc tn-m. anrt recov.r*<1 fno k?/ w?te no Mma ln d#<
h? mbM r?A<Ulak?*. Au.traiU?,
efe
-
ANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTER. S. <
i right spot imraniaiiUBiiifitii!
:retary Knew the 1 [ 1
e Gathered to J
tlraty Hun. J| 1
being shown In J
i Y. M C. A. ae- r ]
New York Sun. j" |
flelal has passed, i t
athletic director [
d blood. No bet- f ] _
f metamorphosis . | f _ . _ _
than In an incl-|l? m ffg mWM^g
Camp Mills, the [J MjU
oeentrntlon camp T J
equipped Just bo- ? J
In home enter- rage#, the hnil of bullets, the J
making, garment cuisanns and the whining ol
home manage- motors. Lieut. Harry B. He
tells of a beautiful red rose
enrap table. In a letter to the V
ne Service. State Tribune, beside an i
telephone branch "hell w,tl1 hit of scenery pal
ne which serves 11 "'bleh served na a paper
of the war de- The1 there are Incidents tha
this branch serv- the "rlalhles" and afford ne<
on August 1. 3,- crslon to the mind. For Insl
runk lines for In- "The other day they were
utgolng calls, lo- us a bit busy and I had my ea
1; 17 private toll of my head all the time decl
hlladelphla, Bal- each 'whls' as It approached.
1. Ilohoken and the hottest part of It, one of i
10f> tie llnea to ners came tearing down a rut
Ions In NVushlng- c'a?l In a Prince Isuac coat he"
In a raid and wearing a Bo<
. He waa pushing a baby-buggy
Salmon. potatoes and dynamite wb
rles report* that thought I could use. We had
I 1,30,1.000 hump- nbles for lunch and then hlaste
d been obtained dugout with the explosive. Y<
ay, Alaska, from Imagine how you laugh when
ictlons began, tc been a hit under a strain for
e collections arl days of firing, and then see so
>0.000 humpback funny. Rut for my sense of the
le Maine station* ties I'd describe the giddy ling
of the accllmatl young m*n waa using for one
dertaken several explained to me that cootie
the year It I* tired of wandering through 1
>nd consignment Literary Digest.
:eray Letter. Japanese Activity In Sibei
phs and nianu- Canadian papers are cominei
few York recent the activity of the Japanese I
tsons paid th? out the maritime province of
italoRue No. 234. Agents af Japanese syndicate*
W. Thnokeray to ported to be negotiating for i
ig him to come chase of a large number of
itlon of the com- flour mills, brickworks, aawm
"Mir." The ?jOtal other Industrial undertakings
2.4.V commercially thay ara makln
efTort to extend their Influenc
I a Cat. Japanese firm#, which for tl
o sons, one In l,Brt haea only recently beat
ending a untver- l,Hh?"d at Vladivostok, are a
son In France their operations and endeavt
urally ttie moth- large a share us fan
he Incident, and the tra<1'' nt ,h* territory. Th
le nHlure. tele- these firms ar# reported to h
a: "John, come ln* th* country for acrap Iro
Is at the front Wo?'. bristles. beans and oi
ilnute." berlan and Manchurlan prodi
quired In Japan.
gnaturea. ?
eecntly gave or- Idea for Liberty Monumc
Iter signature (a A Washington man propose*
II official order* the United fttate* *11 In the
American mill- day*, a Liberty monument to t
cause of the fact bera of our hero#* b# ereotei
their n am cm "no capital, one foot In height I
ult to make them day, mak'ng It WM feet high.
Ing purpose* to name* *f all who gar* their
lpherlng written grated on bronze tablet*, to b
In the Interior of the monumei
pie officials was UT
I was expatiating rt"
the men should jy
His audience, al- Zfjj
k after months LC
itless uud grew {IM
y watched with SQ
he spenker was
rs about to sail. UL
hen the parson, rtj
the men to face
'King the Bells
, i , S Every o\\
h for the local
nped to his feet, g"J
a the man at the ill the COllIll
e shouted: LEZ
ng this 'Ring the Qf ., , ,
l't let us forget illV itfd to
ring the kaiser's rh
in an associati
nt up broke up UZ
s meeting and
leaven" was la- IIV" illlpl'ovil
ilCAN CLUBS ffi Members
adoption or Our j& j? t|?. S(lut
ifl Farming to
Girls,
US Ci)U A lltrmi,
ng the adoption jM
lods of teaching ~| . .
tome making to Jn ClcltlOll <111(1
esentatlvea frotn UZ
ifi l-adiator en;
^olnt of studying -O
i of the federal ^ 1
nlture and the LC A11 Vt >110 1
eges In conduct- >r
club*. Much of yO . .
8 collected bat 1Z0(1 ilOOllt
I by the Trench L
y editorlnl com- I r* / ??? ij /
T1?W Hint, the j 3 George 1>. t
of France hav- _ J
disorganized by I *
or soma time to ?
nt In large part r J
pnlatlon for lta r ]
>stlng the forma- |
tlou wide aystem
iba patterned on ? ^ *** M 1,1 M " fa
la expected that
staple products HAD THE LAUGH ON CC
ool, farm grain
?ultry and farm Soldier's Humorous Explena
devaatated, the Why Ha Waa Wearing 8
>at flrat of all be "Qlddy Lingerie."
?y will stimulate
oung people of Ufa on the front had lta wh
Ir.ed contests not ties at times In suite of roll
2. ; TUESD
&SZRF?F&BRRF&H2RSiflRFiS2flRS2i
JOIN THE
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c
ister County
Asfsnrintinn
)OTIES mills.
+ e Roads a
tlon ef PROFESSIONAL CARDS * fate ?'
uch bonds 1 ml
For C. A
Imslcalt- I>K- J. KBBC'K Pl'NDKlUHJRK, interest
Ing bar- IR'iital Surgeon. mill,
angle of 0fflce Hourg; For Intei
jr. A a *??
on hl? 2:00 to 6:00 P. M. 1 1-2 mills,
/ omlng An<1 l,y Appointment. Special t
Knstrlan Office Phone 160. rlo?? djjjjj
Inted on Residence Phone 291. mills
-weight. Office over Lancaster Pharmacy. In Dlstri
t excite | (31 mills.
ded dl- dr. w. H. HOLLY, Veterinary Phy In Distri
ance: j siclan. Surgeon and Dentist. Offlc*
keeping aj Gregory. Heod Live Stock Co Distr
r on top utables. Residence Phone 186: In Distri
dTlng'?,U Office Phone 816. 18. 19. 24
ln ; 39. 42, 43,
my gun
ty road, TAX NOT1CK. jn X)|Btrt
d found In Dlstrl
he cap. The ta* books will open October All male
full of 1918, and close March 15th. of 21 and
. . 1919. After December 31st the Poll Tax o
1 usual penalties will be collected. empted by
the emir jevy jB ns f0|i0Ws; All cltlz
d a new por gtate purposes 8 1-4 mills. 21 and 55
9U can't Ordinary county purposes 3 3-4 tntlon Roa<
i you've ?????????
several MaBasaBawBHBmsMmB
methlng
SS To the Auton
a get so
Owners in Lar
la.
ntlng on
through- I)o you know that the Anderson Moto
Siberia. cently rebuilt their Service Station and hav
i are re- repair shop In the 8outh?
the pur- While we are prepared to do prompt a
mines, any CAr> we have special tools and euulumcr
(Ma r\A
" "J" We are Rpeclallfltfl In electrical work c
i, while when the "other fellow" can't. W(
e *T*he to 1,0 11 wlthWe
Will Make a Redi
nlirrln*
>rlng to ?n Painting and overhauling during Junuarj
"m'ow We Have Some Ba
? scoqr- .
hide* slightly used Anderson rare, some vcrj
her 81- Hulcks. Maxwells and Overlanda. Aleo a
uota re- Anderson models. Sport models, Itoadsteri
Sedans.
mi We Want an Agent in
war^GM Write us or telephone 625, Rock Hill, S.
he mem- ^ _ _ _
irlSci Anderson Mot
with tli<
Uvea en llOCK HILL, HOUTH. CAKOI
e placed
? -WW
nor uf a motor oar or trin k and every man an
ty who is interested in automobiles and good
join the Lancaster County Automobile As;
on primarily designed to improve motoring c
ig the roads. ,
hip in the local association also includes me
h Carolina State Automobile Association, th
obile Association and the National Autoinot
members are entitled to one copy of the "Bin
iblem and subscription to the ''American Mol
wishing to join the association, which will 1
January 15, may secure desired informal
haven, Editor The Lancaster News.
AY, JAN. 21, 1919.
MHZRRRRHfi?
i
i .? r 1
obile |i
!;
id woman 11
I J
roads are 11
ij
sociation, [ J
onditions [ 3
ie Ameri- j! ]
?ile Asso- I ]
ie Book," []
;orist." ?
i!
>e organ- E j
II
nd bridgoa 6 3-4 mills,
tional school tax 3 mills.
oq past indebtedness
11.
k C. Railroad bonds 1 1-4
on borrowed money 1-2
-est on Township bonds In
ill, 3-4 mills; in Cane
-4 mills; in Gills Creek.
axes are levied in the vacts
are as follows;
lets 6 and 13, two (2)
lets 22, 29 and 45, three
lots 1, 3, 5, 21, 30, 9, 23,
41 and 4? four (4) mills,
ct 7, six (6) mills,
lot 4, seven (7) mills,
cts 10. 11, 12. 14, 15, 17
. 25, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34.
, 46 and 49, eight (8)
ct 38, ten (10) mills,
let 40, eleven (11) mills
citizens between the ages
60 years are liable to a
if $1.00, except those exlaw.
ens between the ages of
junia ?iu mime io a capi*
1 Tax of $3.00. I
lobile
icaster
r Company have reo
the beat equipped
nd efficient work on
it for Anderson cars,
in automobiles. Wo
) have the equipment |
iced Price
r and February.
rgains
f cheap small cars,
full line of the new
i, Touring cars and I
Lancaster j |
or Co. j I
jfNA. I