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S' YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. ~ Z98UED t. ?. orist's sors. Pnbiuhiri.} % jfamilg |1 f trspapt r: gotlh? Jroraolion ?(!h? political, foetal, ^grieattnial and Commercial 3ntrrfsls o( fk< jT E "c*r*ArV"c?1 ' " ~ YORK, 9. C. TUESDAY. JULY 16. 1918. 4 ? 1 " " ? v- '-1?1 '? ?'"> I ??nl nliivt psl njt n nrla> IhkiI pmw. IniiTiro nr unrrinv nnnrr PRISONERS AT SEVIER Germans Are Being Held In Stockade There. THEY BEHAVE THEMSELVES NICELY. Good Workers All, and They Keep Themselves Busy so as to Avoid Any Possibility of Trouble. (i'assed by the Censor.) Correspondence The Yorkville Enquirer. Camp Sevier. July 10.?Several Mcore German prisoners have recently l?M-n sent to Camp Sevier to l?e put ??. w?,rk on Improvements here anil many a soldier in training has within the past few days for th?: first time gazed on citizens of the empire of Hunism and Kultur which ho will soon Is- assisting in subduing. Arrival of these prisoners has naturally created much interest among the soldiers. Many of them have taken a trip over to the division stockade this week in order to take a look at the fellows wlio are fit representatives both physically and mentally of the Boches who occupy one edge of No Man's 1-and. They are good looking, well developed physically and apparently of fair education. Few of them speak Rnglish but "spechen zic Deutseh" as often us allowed. Some of them are wearing the uniforms of German sailors, others are in ordinary civilian clothes, others overalls, and others various costumes. They came In about a week ago from Fort Mcl'herson, and they are quartered in the camp penitentiar.v surrounded by high bariled wire and American soldiers with Knflelds who would cut loose five times without batting an eye. And Incidentally, it may be said, that most of tlie aforesaid guards would bo tickled to death at the chance of a justification to cut loose. For, you know, it grows mortar less monotonous after a bit. shooting nt nothing but figure targets and bull's eyes. That kind of target is pretty tame, anyway, for the average American soldier; even If he is young ?li- title. If there is anything in l?e- 1 ng "slick." he fails" to show just where it is to be found. Of all men Evans should Ik- the last o speak of party lo>ulty. Kvery pei ion in the state is familiar with his word. He was chosen by the part> o be governor. Was la- loyal to the ' [KiltyV \\V should say not. Head the lies of the Columbia State if you want to know something of this "obloxious" chairmsui of the executive ' ominittee. If there is anything in the line of corruption that he was not iccused of, we would like to hear | ihout it. Now he acts as spokesman for his new 'Trienils" and wants to [kuhh u|>on the party loyalty of Mr. Ulense alter that gentleman submitted without a whimper, to being robl>ed out of his last election (is governor with Evans as chairman of the party's machinery. The whole thing Is so outrageously disgusting that the wonder is that Evans with his reputation blackened by the State cannot see it for himself. He above all men has unmitigated nerve to venture an opinion concerning any man. One would think that in his declining years he would make an effort to partly redeem himself in tlir eyes of his fellow citizens by devoting his re muining energy to living down the black charges brought against hini back in the 90'b. Now, to make matters worse he has lorcvd himself into national committeeman. When this foolish talk about party loyalty comes to an end as it will in short order, we will probably he comforted with the suggestion that we prove loyalty to our "obnoxious" national committeeman. However, South Carolinians airloyal to America and loyal to the Democrntlc party. The Reform side of the party stands ready to defend our country abroad and at home. This is a settled fact and will not Ik- disputed by any except trickster politicians like Evans and the few who are desperate in their desire to continue control against the best interest of the state.?Charleston American. Austrian prisoners recently taken by the Italians, have expressed great surprise when informed that the United States was taking part in the war. When an automobile cerryirig an American mission, stopped before a line of Austrian prisoners, one of them called out in English to the chauffeur, "Say, what are you doing here?" When told that the United States was very much In the war, the prisoner said: "Well, I hope the Americans keep coming strong enough to win the war. Then wc can get out of this mess and go back to America." President Wilson has suspended Local Board No. 4 of the Fifth ward, Philadelphia, pending an Investigation by a Federal grand jury of alleged Irregularities In connection with the draft. tary authorities will see to that. And no doubt the prisoners themselves want to build It so tight that there will be no chance for them to get back to the land of autocracy and Kultur. Of very peculiar interest to the few negro soldiers here are these Germans. truck load of them was halted this morning beneath the warehouse in which | hare an office. I was standing on a platform interested in lopking them over myself. Two or three negro soldiers were also standing there. "Boss," one of them inquired of me, "what kind of peoples is dem dere In dat truck 7" ik l ne kami'. Th?- prisoners, though, are not going to give any soldier on guard at the storkude a chance to try his Entlehl on a Hun. In the tlrst place, they know It would he sure death, and in the second, judging I'rom their attitude and general manner, they are well content to be prisoners. They are .getting three good meals everyday hera and a covering over their heads at night. And they are treated as human beings, though there maybe room for doubt as to whether they really are or not. "Kultur" isn't human, you know. At least, the Herman Idea of it Is not. They evidently reason that being an American prisoner of war is much smoother sailing than being In a ditch J. opyofttii pn Amejican $ectOJ^ftchlng t ?well, Sherman Bald It. They talk ?: and they smile. They smoke their pipes and look at ease. When they I are ordered to do anything, they do t it with alacrity and If they could all t speak English they would say. "Yes. i sir, !>oss, just tickled to death to do ( anything you say." > If they have got a worry about the t war they don't show it in their faces J and something about them si-ems to t give out the expression: "Well, dear ? Kaiser, we ure out of it and are glad t of it. Ish kl blbble!" So far as their i personal safety here is concerned. | they know that they should not wor- i ry. I Tliey are hard workers, all right. I Since their arrival here they have i bi-en doing general utilities work?re- i pairing roads and moving lumber and such jobs. \ sergeant of the quarter- I master corps who has had charge of a s number of them for several days was i talking to me about them today: I "They are the first Hermans I have 1 ever had anything to do with," he I said. (He comi-s from a section of ' No'th Caliny where there aren't any.) i "I have never handled better work- ( . era In my life. They don't creep along I with n load: but go in a trot. And i they keep it up all day long. Fact is, i It looks to me tike the.v iuv afraid of I their Jobs, which I reckon will last ] for some time to come. I "I just noticed this morning, as I I pointed my tlngir unthoughtedly in I the direction of one Fritz who was i standing at leisure because there was | nothing for him to do just at that I moment. As quick ns a flash he stooped down and picked up a piece of manure. It was the only thing in that road he could p ck up. and I guess he was afraid I was going to give him the dickens for loafing on the job. "I have never seen workmen before who apparently never tire. Still, I guess if I were a prisoner in Germany I would put out considerably myself." Most of the prisoners are young ip< n, some 20 to 30. and maybe a b n a little over thnt. They app nr to be .. yery much interested in their surroundings ns well as their work. A load of them standing in a big government truck and going up the road a little distance do not miss seeing a thing. According to the sergeant quoted above, they are not satisfied with the exercise secured through a hard day's work: but at the day's close on their return to the stockade, they spend a couple of hours or so in running and jumping and playing tag. This morning they were put to work building a new stockade which they will occupy exclusively, since it has been considered unwise to keep them In the same enclosure with general prisoners of the camp. That they will build for themselves a strong nrmon is assured. Pnmn Savior mill "< lei-mans," I replied. "Aw. go on. white man." the colored soldier replied. "Yo* all know dem ain't no Ocrmans." "Surelv arc," I said, "flcrman prisoners." "Is dom dc same kind o foiks what yo" an' me is a-fight in'?" 1e asked. "Yes." "Well, suh. judgin' from the looks oh dom. dey is trot some sens*-. "Hut I reckon dey ain't, 'cause if dey did have, dey never would hah tackled >o' an' me an' all dc rest oh us. would dey, hoss?" And then he laughed a regular old time nigger laugh. James D. (Irist. TRICKSTERS IN A CORNER Light on the Personnel of the State Executive Committee. In the beginning it was disloyalty to the government. Having no claim uf?on the support of the people of South Carolina and wishing to continue in their outrageous rule of the state government the anties centered ujton this issue of patriotism. Fortunately there was sufficient time before election day for the people to do some good, hard thinking. After a thorough Investigation and discussion of the so-called issue of patriotism it was almost if not unanimously decided that every person in the state like those In other states. Is patriotic to the extent that every individual is ready to give his life in the cause of America. When it was found that the Washington administration was convinced of the patriotism of Hlease and every one of his followers the bottom dropped completely out or ine- oniy thing u|h>ii which the hypocrites huel hone-el to make a stand. Long before tin- unties realized that the country was actually laughing at their hypocrlcy it was known that there could lie no fiatriotic Issue since iKitriotism was the cominon attribute of every man and woman. And so the "issue" died a natural death while live lioys from the Iteform homes marched in greater numbers to the battle front. The next move was to ride roughshod over the rules of the |ieople's primary and open the lists to admit additional candidates. The thing was so filled with danger to the well being of the commonwealth that even Unnerve of John (Sstry Kvans failed him when the time came to talk about it. The News and Courier with its usual hatred for honor and fail' play, made a desperate effort to smash the wholefabric of the- system upon which re-sts the safety of the De mocratic party in this state. Calme-r heaels soem put the<iuietus on both the- Ne-ws a net Courier anel Kvans and the- iele-a of e>|s-ning the- lists went the- route of tile- patriotic "issue." Hut this left the- matte-r the- same as It has been all along. The ridicuo add votes to the atroioy treme-nIoiis Ble-ase majority. Hut something, they argueel, lead to ' e done-. So they appe-nleel onee- more- J o tlie man saiel l?y the Coluinlda State o be the arch-corrupt ionist. ".latf- ! tery" Evans pre|>nrcU :i resolution ^ at Hint; upon Mease and McLaurin to vithdrnw on account of disloyalty to he Democratic party. He forttot that 1 to such question was raised when hose two candidates tiled their pledK s. He t'oraot also that the voters of south Carolina are well able to dc ide such question for themselves. A rerson would think that Evans, who ^ s said to be "slick," would prove > If ,.i !,.net,i _ THE BUSINESS OF PUBLICITY ? ? C New ConditloDS Make Necessary New Methods. I 8< IMPORTANT WORK POORLY PAID m t< Recent Act of Congress Taking Away " Alleged Charity to the Newspapers, Brings Newspapers to Realization " that They Must Depend Upon Their Own Merit for Existence. P Manufacturer's Itncortl. a In announcing the raise of the- sub- jj script ion price of the Manufacturers' t| Uncord it is well to call attention to some facts in regard to the publishing business not generally known to the ^ masses of.the people, often not under- ^ stood I > men who are familiar with f> all other lines of industry than that of n newspaper anil magazine work. It is a fact, we believe, not to be jr successfully controverted, that taken t,( as a class the worth-while publishers of this country, whether this term be n applied to the publishers of the great dailies, or the weekly or the monthly ? IK-riodlcals of business, science, pro- n gress or fiction, are leaders in the js constructive thought of the nation. Consider, for one moment, what it would mean to the life of the nation and of the individual, and to civiliza- (| tion itself, if these publications did not exist. The light of the present would be supplanted by the darkness n of the middle ages, and chaos would c reign. n The publishers of America meet their responsibilities in a way that (| does credit to American genius, and, beyond a doubt, they make possible ^ the great advancement wo see In our ^ national life. They do It without a w question as to the sacrifice of profits for the nation's welfare. Despite the popular thought that f, publishers make fabulous profits, the luisiness is at nil times measured by ^ the work and capital involved, one of the least remunerative in the land. w And todav, in war times, poverty S( triads nipidly u|>on the heels of nearly every publication in the country, with cost of raw materials and all other Items which enter Into publicolien work leaping forward with sevenleague boots. The publication business calls for a display of energy and nervous force and hard thinking and quick acting to keep nbnast of the times, that is not ^ imposed u|Min any other business. It is beyond all question a business of specialists; highly trained, dependent (i every day upon the nerve force and the thinking of the men who run It. ' And vet these men must, perforce, work on a lower basis of remunera- ^ tion, by virtue of conditions which have surrounded the publication busi- ^ nes.s, than any other set of men of ^ equal ability and equal nerve-racking C5T*.thy.country. ? I Because of circumstances, due, In ^ ?art, to the early history of puhlicaion work. In part to the modesty or ack of courage on the part of pubishers themselves, this business has teen conducted on a itasls where if ^ t has not been in the position of a j mppliant, it has to say the least, s<* lever had the courage to demand a air price for the product that it isMC nies and a due recognition by the ivorld of the dignity and rvs|Minsihili- vv :y of its work and of the fact that the ivorkcr is worthy of his hire. I'eople have been educated to pay ^ >ut a small sum for a newspaper or a ^ naga/.ine, no matter how meritorious t may be, and without regard to how ^ far below the actual cost of the white an nor and the printing, the price may ill have been. Tlic average man has come to fool ( licit lie hiis a right to ask for a froo opy of newsjiapcr. when ho would never think of going to his grocer and h;i taking for a froo fiound of sugar. Many men, even some business men. ivho would view with honor the suggestion that thoy invito from their . to grocer or butcher a free contribution . to i>f food for thoir table, take it for di granted as a matter of course that they have a right to ask of the newspaper free food for their brain; anil ffi thus they put the feeding of their ^ brain as far loss important than the j' feeding of thoir stomach. The newspapers themselves are ^ partly to blnmo for this condition. Many of thorn stalled without a dollar for capital and in early stmgglos sought business on the basis of "help ^ the paper," whon. in reality, the paper was helping the community in which oi it existed far more than the business men could possibly "help the paper." Growing up from those early days, P 01 there came into the newspaper world ^ a spirit which permitted subscribers and advertisers, and even those who p wanted to use the paper without be- ^ ing either subscribers or advertisers ^ to take it for granted that the news- ^ paper was a purely philanthropic institution upon whose resources they ^ could draw without limit, however p| great might be the burden thus placed d upon the brain and strength of the f| editors and publishers. Many who have been ready to run s( eagerly to the newspaper office for Its -'J < ..-? I 1-- tlw.l.. >1111 Ul III! llll-l lllf* tlll-li nvin v> ? > > (j plans have yet somehow held them- (( selves as superior beings to the men who made the papers and thus held ^ In their hands the power of what is really the superior element of the nation's life. The time has come in the 1 istory of the world for a new declaration of independence which shall mark a revolutionizing change In the relation y between the publishing business and the public. A It is time for the newspapers an?i the magazines which are worth" to exist to place a true value upon their H services, and upon their part ?n maintaining the very* life of the nation. This new declaration of lndepend- fl ence which should be issued from the office of every American publication. ' may mean some struggle. It may g mean that those who have counted themselves as superiors will think V that they can Ignore this spirit of v freedom and continue to deal with the publishing business as the people of the country have done to the past? disregard it when It suits their con- ti venience, seek its favor when It can a help, and then pay a beggarly sum for c the paper or the magazine they buy g while getting ten times the value of u the amount they pay. 1 There* are publications in this counry selling from three to five cents a opy easily worth to every buyer five a ten times as much, and costing that tuch to produce. These publications, t the erase of large circulation, have old their product at less than the ost of the white paper and trusted > large advertising to recoup their reasuries. We do not blame the public half so luch as we blame the publishers. The ublishers have for years placed hemselves in the position of supliants, and the public has naturally crepted the estimate which the pubshers have put upon themselves and heir work. In congress there has for years been constant denunciation of the newsaper postal rate, though the United tates is charging twice as high a ostal rate for its newspapers and lagazlnes as In Canada, ana ine im?" as now been put Into effect to greatly lcrease the rate. It has been claimtl that the publishers are making an normous profit out of the governlent. As a matter of fact, they are ot doing so. The public has been ettlng the benefit of the low postal ites which were brought Into exstence years ago by congress for the lepras purpose of serv'ngthc public, nil new the government has inc-ecsI the postal rate and added to the at increase a zone system whtoii dnrg the next four years will ad.once ites from 50 to 90 per cent aver forter rates as the zone distance inreases. American newspapers and inguzines must choose between librty or death. If they choose liberty ley must utilize the occasion to lace their business upon an entirely liferent foundation and to establish on a declaration of Independence :hich, so far as the publishing busless is concerned, will be as revoluionizlng as that of 1776 in world aftlrs. What that declaration meant, t liberty enlightening the world the ublishing business means, as in all f its ramifications It enlightens the 'orid and advances the progress of [ fence and art and everything else - - _.i?? 'men manes ior numiui wnwniKiii nd In thin hour when the life of ivilization Is nt stnke the newspaers anil magazines must dedicate all twit Is In them to the mighty task of 'Inning the war. BIG FARM AT SEVIER lovernment Planning to Raise Plenty of Food for the Soldiers. I'rof. If. Findlay of the garden ranch service of the department of griculture in Washington. Is at amp Sevier engaged in assisting in rganizlng the truck farm that Is belg operated by the conservation diision of the office of the camp quar rmaster. I'rof. Findlay, who Is a orticulturallst of national reputaon, expects to spend the next s^L 3ntt?riirViVift&g tlitf in/ck?| at are being conducted at the to- I 3us camps and cantonments over i e country. ] In operating these truck gardens at | I- various camps, the government | is a four-fold purpose: first to pro- i ice fresh vegetables for the soldiers; j cond to utilize and make productive I land belonging to the military rervations not in use; third to provide < ark for those enlisted men who are < illt for active military service, and \ urth, to Improve the lands about i e camps which at some time In the j ture will again be In the hands of | e farmers. I The Camp Sevier truck garden or t rm which Is located about a mile ] nth of Locke station. Includes 389 i res, which has been planted in peas, ( lap beans, sweet potatoes, corn and | her vegetables. Some 76 acres have i en planted in white potatoes and | mato plants, totaling several thou- i ind, have been set out. I About fifty enlisted men, most of i horn had more or less experience i ith farm work, have bren assigned < i that work. They have their quar- ( is on the farm, and work under the ( rection of an experienced non-comissioned officer. ' i The farm equipment includes some \ >rty or fifty animals and the very i test farming machinery. It is the i itention of the conservation division i i conduct this farm as a strictly , lsiness proposition and to make it ( *y its own way. While It Is not the lea of the government to try to make ( uy profit out of its farming operaons. further than the profit which, of >urse, would accrue by its paying its ivn expenses, still with good seasons rid good luck, it would not be surrising If the fall sees a big balance it the right side of the ledger from te farm. In talking about the farm recently, rof. Findlny said that while the soil i naturally poor, still he could see o reason why it should not be made roductive, and that in his opinion, to hundreds of tons of manure taken om the camp stables will greatly ftrich the soil. He expects a big pronation of vegetables and other truck om the farm in the late summer and lrly fall despite the fact that a late tart was had. Another year will see ie farm in splendid shape and prouclng enough wholesome vegetables i feed Camp Sevier with a sufficient iirplus for perhaps another camp or ,vo as large as Sevier. James D. Grist. (For the York^ille Enquirer.) TO KAISER BILU By Alpha L. Neely. fr'U sing today about the war, That stands the world agast, nd soaks the soil again In blood. As tn the ages past he Kaiser's bombs of poison gas. His boats beneath the sea, [is ships that sail high tn the air. They lurk for you and me. ly force, he tramples down the weak. He fights with flesh and steel; [e hopes, some day, to rule the world Beneath his "Iron heel." iTe tried our best to live tn peace? We were slow to begin; lut since we're In it?look out, BUI? We're going to rub It tn. ITe'll do without something to eat. We'll teach our boys to kill, fell never suffer German rule; We'll conquer "Kaiser Bill." Lieut. Thos. 11. Lynch, JI Oth lnfaary, has beer dismissed from the rmy after courtmartlal on charges of onduct unbecoming an officer and * entleman. He was fornd guilty of sing marked cards at Camp Travis, 'exas BUILDING DEFECTIVES huo UmJOckO loobe GItm Net Zest li Lilt KEIINf IIUCLEt ABE BEING DONE. Orthopedic Division at Camp Dix is Saving Many Men Otherwise Unfit ?Crooked Spines, Flat Feet and Various Joint Defects Are Remedied?Physical and Mental Wrecks Built Up. He came to the big training camp at Wrlghtstown. N. J., In a recent draft from a rural district In New York state. How the home board coma tn arrant him ill a mvaterv. for he wu so round shouldered he looked J like a hunchback. Had he arrived a I few months earlier the camp examining board would have sent him back posthaste, but under the new ruling which permits the army to salvage from this human stream called forth by the draft much of the material that was formerly stamped "unfll" be was accepted. For several days he drilled with his company In the depot brigade. At least he tried to drill, but nothing could get him to straighten up and throw back his shoulders. To ina^e matters worse his feet went "bad" and fli)ally he could scarcely hobble about. Then he was sent to the base hospital where he became a patient in the new orthopedic department. Experts Take Charge. Experts looked ov$r his bent form and set to work. They massaged his back, and even "baked" it under an electric heater. They compelled him to undergo exercises until he winced at the pain of muscles and tendons which had been useless for years. The crooked spine became supple. With a supreme effort he could straighten his back while in bed, but when he sat up or walked he slouched in the same old stoop-shouldered posture. "It's no use. I can't do it," he pleaded when a physical director told him to straighten up and go through the exercises, and apparently he could fAvnAH^a A# V? I o now H <? _ nut. out lilt* CApcl 10 VI into *??* MV partment had still another card to play. They began to teach him self, confidence, and In a week had proved to his own satisfaction that he could straighten those shoulders. He is now fit, not for a camp job but for a first line unit. The orthopedic experts actually inverted the hump on his back and made it bulge out his chest He carries his head erect, his shoulders thrown back, and he now walks with a confident, easy stride, for they have strengthened the arches of his feet and have given him special shoes to correct any threatening defects. been the physical ^ange, it is surpassed*!#!* his improvH imental condition. He ?vaa inclined :o be dull, listless, and omW't'JB." The 1 itraightenelng of his body seems to lave given him a higher, brighter out- ( ook on life, and there is snap even in 1 lis conversation. The doctors have made a better citizen as well as a 1 tood soldier. "Puts a Man On His Feet." The story of this young farmer Is ine of the many cases in which won- ' lerful results have been obtained in this new branch of the army hospital 1 lervice. Like many of the other prolects planned for the new armies of the United States, Camp Dlx has been made the experimental center for this iclence. which alms to "put a man on ' tils feet again." The orthopedic treat- i ment does not confine Itself merely to correction of foot defects; it applies to joints in any part of the body. A rheumatic knee, a stiff shoulder, a dislodged vertebra, all come under the i ministrations of this science; so L>road is the field covered that Lieut. Col. W. Cole Davis, commandant of the base hospital, has allotted Ave wards for patients of the orthopedic department, and already they arc Ailed. The work of the new department Is under the personal direction of Captain Rolland Meisenbach of Buffalo, and the manner in which he has made the lame walk and performed other seeming miracles has convinced war department oAlcials that this new science can be made one of the most important factors in the general scheme of rehabilitation of human bodies. Dr. Melsenbach's chief assistant is Lieut. M. A. Blunter of Pittsburgh. Experts have estimated that us many as 96 per cent of negroes and 49 per cent of whites called in the draft have foot defects of one kind or another and large numbers become acute under the stress of continued marching. A year ago the "flatfooted" recruit was rejected. Today he is accepted, and eventually lands in the orthopedic hospital for a course of treatment that it would be almost impossible for him to get In civil life. One of the patients most recently discharged as cured was the son of a wealthy physician, who had been unable to obtain for his boy the special treatment which he received free here. b..:ij ii. A re has. HUHU W p ?ri - ? So-called broken arches are built up by massage, various prescribed exercises, development of self-confldence, and, lost but not least, the equipment of the patient with shoes specially built to overcome the defects from which he is suffering. A special cobbler's shop has been opened in the main ward. Former cobblers among the patients sent to the hospital are now doing the work, and incidentally are learning a branch of their trade which will enable them to demand big wages when they return to civil service. Captain Melsenbach and his assistants render another important service to th? army In that1 they can quickly pot the man who may be-"stalling" in the hope of getting out of the service. A few. of the testa they have devised will quickly make the faker convict himself. At the same time they discover many Instances of real debility In cases that hare aroused the suspicion of officers. A New Jersey recruit a heavy-set man who had been a hotel keeper, )v|Aa drilling on the field with his Ipompany. suddenly sat down on the feuusd. His astonished officer Shouted an order, but the recruit did not arise. He said he could not Two fellow-recruits lifted him to his feet, but be COIiapseu wnen nc uicu w >... .... other step. His company grinned when he was sent to the hospital in | an ambulance, for they regarded him as a "quitter," but the surgeons found i he was suffering from a real, but rare, i ailment. For days he could get about < the ward only on all fours. Under an i elaborate treatment he is again learn- ; ing to walk, and while he may never | be fit for first-line senlce he can do i camp duties that will release some | able-bodied man for a line regiment. Several recruits were found strong ] enough physically, but unfit for mill- t tary duty because of web fingers. Or- j thopedic surgeons operated to correct this deformity, and these men have , hn/>ic to their resriments with , free hands. In another case where ex- t tra toes on each foot prevented a negro recruit from wearing shoes and } extra Angers annoyed him in handling { a gun, the surgeons obligingly took } off the extra digits. GUARDED BY CANNON < t Prussian Capital Surrounded by i Large Number of Guns. t Berlin is defended by a labyrinth of monster guns of diameter ranging l from 22 to 42 inches, hidden in pits 35 to 55 feet deep and 125 to 150 feet t apart, and In three circles surrounding t the city. : These defenses were outlined by { John Brickson, native of Sweden, em- l ployed by the Rice Lake Lumber com- t pany of Minnesota. Erlckson worked t for Ave years on the outer defences of t Berlin and before that time worked t for the Motala Gun Works in Sweden, r turning out hea.y ordnance for Germany, which was prepared at that I time to make good Its dream of world t domination. : Some of the guns forming the de- i fence of Berlin are 200 feet long. All the guns are hidden In pits. Foundations are set In seven feet of granite sunk in the bottom of the pits. Of the ' three circles of these pits surrounding the city, one is seven miles from the city's outskirts, the next circle Is eleven ' miles from the city and the largest ' ring circles the city Afteen miles dls- 1 tant. 1 m tVinsa t A Bcroen root huh ? >.. puns both from the elements and from ' sight. A layer of two feet of dirt cov- 1 ers the top. Gardens, grass crops and ' even trees are planted over the tnstru- ' ments of death to prevent their being detected. Electric motors are so arranged that these coverings may l>e ' thrown off like sheets of paper at a moment's notice. Electricity controls the huge guns. The heart of the city Is connected with j every gun pit by electric railways running through the sub'vpys for carrying J ammunition and reinforcements. A chart with a map and a dial to In- ( dtcate just where each shell is to fall hangs on the wall of every gunpit ( The guns throw shells twenty-flve or shell is determined by the elevation at | which each gun is flred, and elevations (| are obtained through the uae of electric motors to move the guns. ( Prior to his employment on the defences of Berlin Erickson says he n worked for years for the Motala gun works in Sweden. These works, as r well as every gun works of Sweden, n worked day and night for years prior , to the war supplying munitions for 0 Germany. Just before the war was declared t Erickson says the Motala gun works | turned out 4,000,000 automatic rifles , for Germany. This was the culmlna- t Hon of a huge order embracing every ,. nort of gun and cannon, which for ., years kept 8,500 men in this gun n works busy. > Plans for the defense of Berlin, > Krlokson said, were laid twenty years ago. Militarists of Germany, he said , had planned the fall of Namur and (l Liege years before the war was declared, and they also planned their own j capital must have defences stronger j than those of the Belgian cities. , Numerous smaller German cities are t simillarly protected, he said. I Lady Cowpunchers.?"Just as cer- i tain as shooting" says Bill Davis, May- f or of Fort Worth and ranch owner of si Jefferson County, Okla., "we'll have cowpunchers in skirts before next sum- l mer, If the war doesn't end before that r time. The government is no respecter 1 of persons in the draft these days. It r can't afford to be, in this emergency, i Hence the ranchers of Oklahoma and Texas have got to give up their cowpunchers, and they must be replaced I by women, just as women are replac- I Ing men on railroad trains, street cars, ? in barbershops, offices and stores." 1 Mayor Davis believes that women may do practically as well as men for the lighter duties of the ranch. In ! horsemanship, he says, many of them I already have proved as efficient as ; men. < So long as we have men at home I over the age of forty-five years, the 1 ranchers need not seriously suffer I through the substitution of women for I many duties," Mr. Davis says. "Nat- 1 urally we would expect the men to do the heavy work by branding cattle and I loading and unloading feed. But the 1 women should do excellently in tne saddle oq the ~ound-up and the long drive. She could easily attend to the dipping that Is required, for It is a matter only of driving the cattle one at a time Into the vat of oil. Wild West shows have proved that the average horsewoman could easily cut cattle on the range. She could do feeding and assist In loading cattle for market" U-BOATS IN MOVIES Huns Would Show Homefolks the Work They Are Doing. Motion picture operators on German supersubmarines at sea are late additions to the U-boat fleets. Films are made of merchant vessel sinkings and taken home to be shown to the German populace to give an idea of the dangers of the deep, says an Associated Press dispatch from Norway. Details of how a German submarine of the larger type commandeered the big Norwegian steamer Norefoe and used her as a tow boat for weeks at a time in the Atlantic, were related here recently by members ef her crew. The Norefoe was overtaken by the German submarine off the Canary Is- i lands early this year. Two German i navai oiacmrn auu wwm" ??- -j. Then the submarine departed on a pirating exptnlit ion the (lermnns on the Norefos adjusting the wireless apparatus so as to l>e able to keep in communication with the undersea boat. Dn this trip the submarine was gone sight days, and upon her return to the Norefos the sailors heard that she had l>een in search of a British fleet of merchantmen from the other side of the Atlantic. The submarine then tied up to the Norefos and for two weeks the Norefos roamed the sea with the submarine n tow as the U-boat was short of fuel. The Norefos soon ran short of fuel ind an effort was made to utilise trrecn peanuts from the cargo, but they won developed a gas which caused tumerous small explosions in the Are mjxps ana create*! sucn a stream or iparks throujh the funnel that the hip nearly caught Are. So n<> more peanuts were used, and for several lays the Norefos wallowed along with he wind and tide. When other ships ?ere sighted the Germans unfurled :he Norwegian flag. After another two weeks' cruise the U-boat returned to her "mother" ship. After helping themselves to a part of he cargo of rubber the prize crew reurned to the supersubmarlne, the Norwegians were ordered Into lifeboats ind the Xorefos was sunk by three jonibs exploded In her hold. The moion-picture operator on the U-boat ook film records of all the Important vents starting with the seizure and he developments of the voyage with >ach return of the U-boat to the ship The Norwegian sailors were in lifejo.?ta several days, being picked up by t French steamship, and several weeks igo they arrived In Clirlstiania after in absence of live months. KOLA Russian Port Where Great Quantities of Supplies Have Been Accumulated. Kola, the Russian Arctic |M?rt. vhere American, llrltish and French narines are reported to have landed ecently In order to protect munitions ind provisions originally intended for he Russian government, Is the subect of the following war geography ml let in issued by the National Geo rraphic societ) from its Washington leadouarters: "Ik'foro the world war made every liussiun fishing village on tho Arctic wean a iwtentlal city, the town of Kola, situated at tho junction of the Kola and Tulotna rivers, had only ibout 600 inhabitants. I'rlor to the ollapso of all organized government n Russia, however, it had become a dace of meat, importance because of he fact that Its harbor is relatively 'ivo from Ice all the year, thanks to ts location on the Murman coast, vhleh is temper '* " void' Atantlc drift. <jpr "Kolji is aboulj^-^^,^ of ilexandrovsk, the iVlssInn naval ase established 19 years ago five all?*s from the mouth of Kola bay. "In peace times the chief oecupnion of the people of Kola is fishing, i ihich is profitably followed by the in fives from May to August. "Kola is well within the Arctic Clrle, being in latitude 63 degrees, 53 linutcs. It is 335 miles northwest of j Lrchangel, the great White sea jmrt f Russia. i "The jieninsula of Kola constitutes he major part of what is known as i tussian I .upland. It Is hounded on he north by the Arctic ocean and on he south by the White sea. Its area ..( In >l,nf ?r lh? atntn of N'i.u' York ml is largely a plat ail having an voi*ago elevation of 1,000 bsd. The irctic shore, extending a distance of GO miles, is known as the Murman oast (a corruption of "Norman"). It resents a rugged appearance, with liiTs rising abruptly from the sea to i height of nearly 700 feet In many laces. There are several Indentaions, however, where excellent an horage may be found, and one of hese breaks in the granite line is Cola bay. "The Kola peninsula is especially Ich in its timber resources, Great orests of pine, birch, fir and spruce ire to be found. "The month of July in this region s usually quite warm, and the crops nature rapidly, the time of harvest eing August, which is also the rainy nonth. Winter Fettles down over the eninsula ir Noveml>er. "The Kola and the Tuloma are two ?f the many rivers which flow into he Arctic; there are also several arge streams which drain the southern half of the peninsula and flow into he White sea." Pershing is a Soldier, Not a Liar.? Statements of German cruelties at:ributed by a St. Louis newspaper to ' ? oni.fr/iftnt nf fKn Am/iH can expeditionary forces, sent to the United States to assist In the third Liberty loan, arc denied by General Pershing In a cablegram made public ast week by the war department at Washington. Genera! I'ershlng recommended that f the sergeant was quoted correctly, le lie returned immediately to France 'or active duty. The statements attributed to the tergeant were quoted In General I'erthlnig's cablegram as follows: "The Germans give poisoned candy :o the children to eat and hand grenades for them to play with. They nhow glee at the children's dying ivrithlngs and laugh aloud when the jrenades explode. I saw one American boy, about 17 years old, who had neen captured by the Germans, come >ack to our trenches. He had cotton n and anout nu earn. "I asked some one what the cotton was for. " The Germans cut off his ears and lent him back to tell us they want to fight men!' was the answer. "They fed Americans tuberculosis terms." "There Is no foundation whatever for such statements based on any experiences we have had," Gen. Pershing said. Eighteen hundred coal consumers of Philadelphia, are being investigated by Federal authorities, and face probable prosecution cA charges of violation ot the fuel administration's order* The consumers are alleged to ttvo misrepresented their coal needs In ordering supplies tor this year, UUIICO ur HIILl I AH I rULIUL They Are Of Use Is Both Peace Aid War. PRESERVE ORDER ABOUT THE CAMPS. In Case of a Battle this Organization Has Much to Do With Preserving Order and Keeping Down Confusion. Persons have crown somewhat familiar with the duties of the M. I', at camp. The> know something of the importance anl the unpleasantness of his task. They have s vn his work and learned something of what It means to the efficiency of an army. The officers of a company are responsible for the soldierly bearing of the men while on duty. While off duty, however. It Is up to tno -M. I' B. The civilian population often falls to realize Its debt to this branch of the service. The soldters themselves, particularly the new ones, at times reKurd It as an organization the purpose of which Is to take the joy out of life. Working always in close co-operatlon with the civil authorities, it is the M. I"s. duty to protect the soldier against himself and the community against those few who would forget that they are soldiers. So much for his duties at home. At the front his duties are multiplied by as much as those of his other comrades in arms. Speaking of tills, the Christian Science Monitor of Ismdon has the following to sav: "You picture him ns n sort of glorilled university proctor, wearing a redlettered blue band round his sleeve, and parading the streets in search of otllcers who wear purple socks, or leave their pockets unbuttoned, writes 'Ibizzer' on the subject of the A. 1'. M. Hut the A. I'. M.?assistant provost marshal, to give him his full designation?is n vrrv much more heavily burdened Individual when you moot him at the front. It Ih truo ho Is Htill responsible, among many othor things, for tlio seemly behavior of tho troops, hut his (laths as n consor of mannors, morals and etiquette occupy a far smaller fnicllon of his time. As chief of tho military jiolloo of his division ho unites the functions of military governor, commissioner of police, prison governor, detective and trnllic superintendent. It Is laid down in the hook that: "'The duties of tho M. P. (military IMilice), under the orders of tho A. M. I'., are to ?*o that tho usual police regulations of tho forces are observed and thev are responsible for arranging tho arrest of persons found without passes within the lines or plun(ferfr,7 UUjt?Oudlng, making unlawful requisltlonToV fropiplttlrm oge.nou^^ any kind. " 'They also assist In collecting stragglers and conducting thorn to tho nearest units and in guarding against spies, etc.' "Mark that 'etc.' Tho word comprises a multitude of unforeseen and unforseonahlc problems which confront the officer who administers that anomalous district 'The llack-of-thc I'ront.' His jtowers extend over a foreign region |"copied for tho most part bv noted military tribes. He has dealings with the natives of the country as well as with his own countrymi.n In klinl.i It follows that ho must bo a man of commanding personality and infinite tact. Ho is the 'strong, silent man* of fiction in real life. Ho carries with him a certain air of aloofness; he feels himself n man apart fiom Ills follows. For It Is his lot to consort with brother otflcers whom he might at any time lie called upon 'o report for some trifling offense igalnst military discipline. Ibis a man it is as well to keep on the right side of. "The ideal A. P. M., has the gift of unohst motive uhhiuity. A certain government oinclal, attached to G. H. Q., once met an A. P. M. at lunch. 'It's a strange thing,' he remarked, 'that though I have been here three weeks I hnve never once been stopped by your police.' 'No.' replied the A. P. M. quietly. 'They reported you two minutes after your arrival, we telephoned (J. H. Q. an-1 found out all atiout you and they received instructions accordingly.' "It Is a field of operations like the Halkans that the Quality of the A. P. M. is most severely tested. In a friendly country he knows how he stands in regard to the native, tn an enemy country his position is equally clear, but In a treacherous country, which is a mixture of both, his legal status Is very delicate and his difficulties fmmeasurable. "On the Macedonian front In former days some of the natives were nro-Entonte. some were pro-Hulgar, som?' were antl-Venlzellst and some were merely brigands. It was the A. P. M. who had to distinguish frlwid from spy, to now out Intrigue and treachery, and to unearth secret stores which were being hoarded for the purpose of smuggling Into the enomv lines. It ne.-ded the wisdom of a Solomon. the subtlety of a Ulysses and the personality of a Napoleon to carry out the duties of an A. P. M. with Justice and efficiency. The genius who held that position In the Struma district In those days marvelously combined all those realities and was a rattling go<id fellow Into the bargain. "Most arduous of the A. P. M. duties Is the regulation of traffic, even In unlet times the traffic problem is a 'poser.' One road must bo reserved for in-going, another for out-going traffic?one road Is fit for heavy guns, another Impracticable for anything but infantry; another leads nowhere; another has been suddenly made Impassable by a stray shell. The conditions are variable enough when 'all Is quiet on the front.' In an attack or a retreat only a marvel of cool-headed organization can prevent chaos. The A. P. M. must spend long days and endless nights ha* the saddle under Are. sspi i ulshig bis traffic controllers and (mprovlshig nerefUHuiOni to mm iiwiuom alter even' boor. | -Next tins roc read ab by band on his (P40 .