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EVERY MAN AT HIS TOOL!
Never Before Vas War Like Tbli
One.
PIOFESSIONAL.MEN AND MECHANICS
All Are Needed to Perfect the Great
War Machine, the Professional Men
the Mechanics and the Artisans nc
Less than the Man With the Gun.
(I'asscd l?y the Censor.)
Corr?(x>riiit-nee The Yorkviile Enquirer.
('{imp Sevier, July 13.?Never wa.?
ii war like this* To c-arr.v it to a successful
conclusion as the Sammies an
KoiiiK to do, it Is necessary thai
their millions include men skilled in
every known profession under thi- sun
The Amerlcun ariny today include;
doctors, hiwyers, preachers, photo
*.i,,mt?.r?i artists
Kniplifn, priiin-in,
farmers?men of evi-ry known profesHion
and timli'. The American army
is a world within itself la-cause every
11;*<!? and industry in progress on tin
outside is being carried on in it
Hundreds and thousands of soldiers it:
I in- National army will never have n
eliance to take a shot at Kritz with an
Knllcld. All their tline will have been
taken up at their respective trades a>
lawyeis and photographers ami
plumbers and oilier professions ubov<
enumerated. .This most modern ol
wars is being conducted in the most
modern way with ali the most modem
conveniences and comforts.
The veteran of the Wur Hetween th?
Sections even yet sits by the tobacco-aiuberol
colored stove in the cornet
grocery store and talks about
t'hancellorsvillc and Petersburg am
Yickshorg ami other liattles. 1 !? relales
how he slept on tlie grouml
nights and rammed horseshoe slug*
in his musket when lead hulls wen
out. It is the rarest thing in tin
world that one of these old vets tells
you that In- wasn't engaged at Chancellorsville
or Petersburg or Vicksburg
with a rifle and horseshoe slug
bullets; hut spent his time in mending
wagons or doing advertising I'm
tin- cause or mending clothes or something
tike that. In fact, during tin
civil war. there wasn't much of that
kind of thing done.
Yet, in today's war u larKr nutnhei
of ini-n who wear tin* khaki, aye,
thousands of them, are doing these
things. Twenty years hence or thirt>
years hence when the veterans of th<
tight of today will sit around tin
steam |ii|H's in the corner grocery
store (there will l?e no common stovi*
anywhere h.v that time) thousands will
till that they didn't hurl hotnhs 01
slash with bayonets or shove cartridges
into big guns. They served li>
dishing out bacon and eggs, by handling
the mall, by repairing motorcycle*
and automobiles, by raising fresh veg_
etuhles for their^fellow soldiers _ and
all of that. And they will be giver
just as much credit for their serviei
as they who went "over the top" t
hundred times, putting the fear o
Cod and rcs|>ect for human right inti
the minions of "Kultur" every tinu
they went. In n modern war conducted
in a modern manner, it was necessary
that they serve outside thi
muddy, brackish ditches. Incidentally
be it said, tiiousands of these men ir
non-combatant places will be disnpIMitntod
at missing the thrill and excitement,
the dash and picturesque.
Iless of It all. Nevertheless, they
nerve.
All of this Is by way of introduction
to a story about the training ol
automobile mechanics and electrician;
01? - l.l.-l. i.
ami workers and ..
going on at tlii' United States Mechanical
school over at Clemson college.
Having a In-other in that schoo
and a letter from hint a few days am
that he might not he there as long as
he has been, I obtained |tcrtniasion this
wn k to visit hint and give him tlu
"once over," as soldiers say, pcrhap:
the last for quite a while. There is
always much of interest for a visitoi
. to Cleinson college to see. The pn-scnce
of these Nationnl soldiers then
and the work that they are doing 01
rather the work which they are learning.
is of very peculiar interest.
Some J00 young drafted men froir
every county In South Carolina wen
sent to Clemson in April, to entei
this government mechanical schoo
under the tutelage of the aide mechanical
professors of Clemson college.
Men who had some experienct
as carpenters, electricians, auto repair
and blacksmiths were selected
for the school. Included among thos?
sent were some who owned garages
of their own, others who owned carpenter
and woodworking shops, others
who had shod many a horse ani
fitted many a wagon tire, nnd others
who had worked with electricity foi
yeors. Thus these drafted men wen
not rookies, and this fact has helpei
^ the college professors much In train
Ing them for the work which they mnj
soon be doing.
Soon after the arrival of these mer
of various trades they were separated
into four sections?woodworkers.
auto repair, blacksmiths and electricians.
They were placed In charg*
of the respective professors of the col
lege who teach these trades to Clemson
students each year. The woodworkers
invited people of Clemson one
the countryside who had woodwork
to do, to let them do it for experience
There was no charge. Workers in the
other departments did likewise. Clemson
college bought eight automobiles
to bo used by the automobile mechanics
to assemble and dissemble
Pretty nearly everybody In the lowei
section of Greenville and In Oconei
counties who had an automobile 01
Ford that once had run, brought it tc
the soldier automobile mechanics at
Clemson, to put In shape again. A(
one time during the period of training
25 automobiles were standing at th(
mechanical auto repair shop for th?
soldiers to work on. They haven't yel
struck a mechanical proposition thai
they couldn't solve or that the professor
In charge couldn't show then
how to solve.
I lit*J ICVnivu iuwvi vi w uav mvj
know at Clemaon and each of then:
p could now command a salary of frorr
$40 to $60 a week with Henry Ford.
"I thought I knew something abou
automobiles before I came to thfa
army mechanical school." said on<
young fellow from Dorchester county
to me yesterday. "1 have been drivinj
i (.sir* for years and working in a gaI
rage and I know that I kn< w as much
a* the average 'blacksrpith auto ex- C
. |K-rt.' I tut under an able professor. I
have gotten the line {mints of tin
game here. The most intricate part i
of an autoinohile's niechanisrn is the s
electrical part. We have l>een in- r
strutted in tiiat l?y a professor who |
lias been here at Clernson college fift
teen years. A professor couldn't stay p
, at Clemson til'b-en years unless in- t|
> knew his business." fi
That these young soldier mi-chunics ti
have a high regard for their instructors
is evidenced by the way the s
( young fellow <|UOted above talked, n
They all feel that way. None of them
had any comment other than the u
t highest praise for them. "I would s
( have hatisl to think that I should
some time lie driving a truck over c
t there without the experience I have d
gotten at this mechanical school." said 11
a young fellow whom the boys call n
"Cat," and who lives in Walterboro. g
Cat ean handle an eighty horse-pow- a
er government truck like it were a r
Ford. ?'
A Ion if with their mechanical trnin'
iiiK the mechanical students have been a
getting some two or three hours mill- s
| tary training each day. They know all a
about the school of the soldier, bay- s
i
, onet fighting, skirmishing and every s
I t.ranch of the infantry. -They are 11
quartered in the barracks of Clemson n
j. college and they must keep their re,
s|?*ctive quarters In military manner. S
| An Infantry captain of the National i>
army and three lieutenants are in n
charge cf them, and the Importance of o
military training and discipline is s
stressed. In the drill they use the e
rifles ttint the Clemson men left be- 'I'
. hind for the summer. They are re- r
sponsible for the good condition of c
. those rifles which sliine in a July sun li
like the rifles of any crack out lit of li
i'ncle Sam's army of the line. Though tl
these woodworkers and blacksmiths c;
and electricians and auto men will p
hardly ever light in tlic line, still, e
thanks to their military truinimr at
Clemson. 1 hey will know how to do n
it if it ever becomes necessary. And T
any soldier will tell you that on?? nev- si
er knows what's next in tiiis modern e
war. a
So far as military courtesy and n
resjwet for otlicers is concerned, these tl
soldier-mechanics arc the equal of the si
slst division of Camp Sevier, and the e:
' Mst has a shade on almost any other s
division of tiie National army or the c<
regulars either, in saluting and mill- o
la rv courtesies. I was seated outside n
the Cleinson barracks under the shade ti
of a tree Thursday after dinner talking g
to a dozen or so of these young mi'- ci
ehanics. Tltey were dressed in overalls
awaiting the bell announcing aft- t<
er dinner work time. There was to n
be a dance over at Pendleton that si
evening and they were discussing \\
' whether or not they wanted to go. a
Their captain passed down the ce- c
- TUtfhl 'Ai&Wiik UM3*??W-rfr-4rffey" Wtf standing
and sitting, some with cigarettes
in their mouths and others with
ipiids of tobacco or gum.
'"Shun," called one of their num- ^
her.
Cigarettes went flying. Ihown's Mule
juice squirted, healthy bodies in ill ,
titling dirty overalls became rigid. j
right hands went up over the right ()
eve and elbows at an angle of forty11
live degrees. (
The eaplain returned the salute ami ^
(tossed on. It was all done in a mo- ^
meat and with such accuracy and prevision
that I imagined myself back in
Sevier ami in the midst of the Stone11
wall division ^
Only about two months in service J)
Not intended for lighters and yet they
have mastered mechanics to be rated
p
as proficient and in addition know (|
military to beat the Hun. . .
I-- rt Ohlut
> ^
Cotton Statistics for June.?Cotton (|
consumed during June amounted to
527.464 running hales, and for tin- ;|
eleven months ending June 30. it was s
0.019,511 hales, the census bureau announced
hist Monday. (
Ijiist year In June 574,110 hales were ((
consumed and for the eleven months j;
period, 6.250.682 hales. ;|
Cotton on hand June 30 in consuming
establishments was 1.661.992
' hales, compared with 1,743.527 a year
ago. and in public storage and at comI
presses 2.117.300 hales, compared with ..
1.402.403 a year ago. w
Cotton spindles active during June
numbered 33,720.413, compared with y
33.447.037 a year ago.
I Imports of foreign cotton during v
June amounted to 30,191 bales, com- s
pared with 26.1S1 a year ago.
Exports during June amounted to )(
273,302 Imles, compared with 245.709
' a year ago. and for the 11 months 4,256,353,
compared with 5.467,412 a
' >ear ago. Linters included In ex- {
|H>rts were 9.101 Imles for June, com- ,
I pared with 20,077 a yeor ago and for n
the 11 months 171,002 compared with ,
4I6.9S5 a year ago.
June statistics for cotton growing f
states follow:
I *'
Consumed 296,9S0 hales compared
with 327.962 a year ago. and for the
11 months 3,417,952 compared with v
3.582.140. n
On hand June 30, in consuming os- t|
tahlishments 731.8S7 Imles compared n
with 7SS.402 a year ago. and in pub- s
He storage and at compresses 1,723.- h
190 compared with 1.117.35C. h
Cotton spindles active 14.2S7.734
compared with 14.021.15S a year ago.
Removing Blight of Islam.?The h
' Might of Islam which has scaled '*
Jerusalem for centuries, which has re
duced Mesopotamia to a desert. Syra ?
" to desolation, promises to be lifted at
' last over all that region that was the 5
" cradle of civilization and the first n
> garden of the world. "The crescent of ?
' fertility" stretches from old Judea and 0
- ?.. j,.. o
t Philistine aiong me diivumumui
' littoral curving eastward to the upper f
Euphrates and Tigris and then con- F
* ttnulng southward to the Persian gulf.
t The sone between the sea and the c
1 desert, and again between the moun- n
tain and the desert, will be redeemed s
i as Egypt has In our own day !>een
redeemed, provided the Turk be forced c
' back northward and westward behind 8
1 the Taurus and the Anti-Taurus bar- h
? rler. "
t A dispatch from Amsterdam says
? that Germany is trying to recruit its
? army In Russia by offering boys from v
, the Baltic provinces commissions In o
j the German army. v
McLAURIN STEPS DOWN
hscouraged Because of What Ap
pears to be Hopeless Fight.
Senator McLaurin has withdraw
mm the tMiU-rnatorial race. His rea
his ar?- set forth in the followini
ivi-n out from the Xytria hospital ii
Eit'hinond:
To My Friends: I see no pood t
< accomplished l?y my remaining Ij
ho campaign ami dpsirr to release yoi
mm such obligation you may fwl a
a my support.
1 ain discouraged that my purpose
coin so sadly misunderstood and m
lotivcs so wilfully misrepresented.
What is the use when only IS inin
li s an- allowed to lirescnt great Ls
I1C8?
I did not offer as a candidate bo
uusc of any personal ambition. M;
sire was to serve, l'rimnriiy, it wa
iy iiope.to unite a conservative ele
lent in both factions upon a pro
raintnc lor building a system of fln
nee based ui?on cotton, which woul<
ender our section forever rich am
^dependent.
I have given ton years of my lif
nd spent much of my means ii
pleading the propaganda. Its fruit
iv visible on every hand, but I do
pair of ever making faction riddoi
outh Carolina u leader in a grea
lovement of this kind and shall mak
0 further attempt so to do.
Let me state the proposition clearly
lection 13 of the Federal reserve ac
rovides not only for the discount o
otes secured by receipts for cottoi
n storage, but also for discountini
ccuritics. where the proceeds are b
liter into the production of the crot
'bis means that a note secured h:
' lit or a crop mortgage can be dis
minted at the Federal reserve bank
1 is done now, but not for farmers
w of them know these facts. Al
lint we need is the machinery and i
an be more easily provided than tli
resell I system, which 1 presented aft
r I lie failure of the Wade plan.
The warehouse is miTfly ii lunua
ii utal incident in :i system of llnanci
lie real l>asis is the conversion of al
I'curitics which represent cottoi
itlicr made or to he made into fluii
ssets wliich will pass current in th<
toney %narkcts. When yon do thii
lie marketing question will logical):
idvi' itself and can never he solve*
(crept h.v the tlrm estahlishment of :
ystem of credits, where the iiound o
ntton is the unit, and as good it
ne man's hands as another's. It wil
ever lie done hy voluntary organlza
Ions; it can only come through thi
ovcrnmcnt, and to secure that fioliti
nl control is necessary.
However, as the people are more in
[ rested in other matters, I see ni
fa son for dragging myself around t hi
late in a vain effort to help peopli
ho do not wish to he helped. Helm
side show to a third class country
ireus does not appeal to me.
? ? -?Jo'int \yo\-rndctr ^*ek*nrfrrr.VOLUNTEERS
FOR SERVICE
lary Robert* Rhinehart Will D<
What She Can.
Mary Roberts Ithinehart. one o
interim's foremost writers, respond
ntr to the notion's call for 25.00
nrsos. imis enrolled with tho i*t
lent of nursing: of tho American Hoi
'loss anil soon will take lu-r pine
rilh that valiant army of womei
,ho arc ministering to the siek am
rounded In Franco.
Mrs. Ithinohart is expecting a sum
ion to overseas service motnentarll.v
Hie has closed her home In New York
as |tacked the nursing oqtilpmen
irovided hy tho Hod Cross and ha
ait her personal affairs in order h
reparation for a protracted stay ii
'ranee.
Mrs. Ithinohart is a graduate nurse
the received her training in a hospita
n I'ittshurg. retiring from nursini
ervlce and devoting herself to writ
tig after her marriage to the chle
urgeon of the hospital.
She has no qualms, she says, ahou
he work tlint may lie given to her t<
o aliroad. No matter whnt the tasl
<. she cheerfully will perform it, sh
titled:
"I am perfectly willing to scrul
oors," she snld when she applied fo
nrollinent at the heaquarters of th
ursing department of the Red Cross
The time has come for Amerlcai
t-omon "to work with their hands,
annot, just now, think of anything
,-ould not do.
"No longer," she continued, "can i
i-otnan of leisure?she who Is no
elf-sup|iorting and who has nelthe
idles nor dependants?sit back witl
aided hands doing only the pleosnn
asks which have to do with war scr
Ice.
"She Is needed In the hospitals, I:
ho factories, and above all. If sh
? fitted to be a trained nurse or i
urse's aid. she is needed by th
imerlcan Red Cross. If she does no
nswer the need Bhe Is not doing he
nil duty by her country and hu
lanity.
The Long Pull Ahead.
"The time has come for me to worl
.ith my hands. Since the very begin
ing of the war I have been watch
ag and fighting the battles of the en
sted man. letting his mother and hi
ister and his wife and his sweet
eart know what he is doing am
ow he is being cared for.
"I have visited officers' tralnlnj
amps, have investigated hoapltalf
nvo reported on general camp con
itions in many cantonments from th
itlantic to the Pacific at the requea
f the secretary of war.
"But the time for the onlooker ha
one by. Naturally, we must recog
Ize this. There is no use deiudinj
urselves by the occasional small sue
esses which begin to mark the tun
f the scale. The big thing is still be
ore us. We are still merely in ou
eriod of preparation. There is a loa
nil ahead and to win will require th
ollective individual effort of ever
ian woman and child with tw
trong hands and a brain to use then:
"I am going to nurse simply be
ausc I should be ashamed not to d
o. I have always been proud of m
lospltal training, but never so prou
s I am today when it gives me some
hing to offer my country."
Has War Experience.
Mrs. Rhlnehart has considerabl
far experience. During the first yea
f the war she went abroad for <
.eekly publication of national circu
lation and wan fortunate, at a linn
when correspondents were forbidden
- in spending five weeks with the Bel
gian army at the front.
n She crossed No Man's Land, spen
- several days at General Koch's head
g quarters, and also visited French am
n British trenches. But she has no de
sire for such,
o "I want to work," she resumed, "nnc
n I believe that every trained woman it
11 the country should work, too. No!
s long ago a boy wrote me from a hoj'
pital in France. He had been woundec
s three times and was about to go bacl
y again to the trenches.
" 'I am just going to keep on,' hi
- wrote. 'And perhaps out of all thli
- wretchfulness and struggle, I shal
gain some honorable advancement foi
- my soul.' He was killed two week!
y later. So It seems to me that thi
s j women who can, should gain this
- honorable advancement for her soul
- We cannot gain It through fighting
- We must gain It through service.
il In addition to enrolling nurses foi
J assignment as needed to the armj
nnd navy nurse corps for milltarj
e service, the American Red Cross
a through all Its chapters Is making <
s special effort to encourage even
- nurse who, because of marriage 01
a other reasons, has given up her pro
t fession to enroll as a home dofensi
e nurse for part time service at leas'
in public health nursing or in hos:
pitals, clinics and dispensaries,
t , ,
t ABSOLUTELY SURE TO WIN
a
g John Temple Graves Thrills a News
0 paper Convention.
t. One of the outstanding features o
y the convention of the Southern News
- paper Publishers' association, in ses
l. sion at the Grove Park Inn, Ashevllle
i, recently, was the address delivered b:
1 Pol. John Temple Graves, editorla
t representative of the Hearst publicse
tions. Colonel Graves, one of the mos'
. i-ioiiiient orators in the country ani
for years a favorite in the south, n
. viewed in detail the superb achieve ,
ments of the American government ir
1 the conduct of the war and the un1
precedcntcd results of its excellenl
1 preparations.
c "I note the amazement and insptra
s iion with which our allies in t'oreigr
y countries have followed the vigor ant
1 expedition with which this great rei
public has crossed the ocean to theii
f ivlief, and the staggering realizatior
i of our Imperial enemy that the Unite*
I States under the stress of necessity
- and purpose has developed in a nighi
p into a military power of IrreslstibU
- force and efficiency," he said.
Colonel Graves paid tribute to th<
- genius and devotion of President Wili
son, the secretaries of war and th<
p navy, to the shipping board, the ord?
nance board and the provost marsha
? general. He emphasized the re
y sources of the country and the Bub<
lime devotion with which they T hayi
- ifiv taeet.-Toiisrenurt'U/ till' WJUnij
of humanity's Armageddon. He so
in order the mighty and transcenden
issues for which the United Statei
0 Is fighting and made It clear tha
"peace short of achievement Is t
f cowardly surrender of all trat l!
worth living for and so abundantly
0 worth dying for."
Colonel Graves spoke of the les
j sons this great war will tench, speak
, ing of It as a stern and blood;
^ schoolmaster whose teachings wil
. ili-vi-lnn character nnd Inter all thi
future race.
"It shall be a nobler race," hi
said, "more unselfish, more efficient
more patriotic, more helpful, mon
t man-loving and more God-fearlni
B than In nil Its previous history
n There will he an equality and fellow
n ship among the millionaires and thi
men In the ranks who fight side b;
, side nnd bleed and sacrifice together
j There will be a fellowship of racci
and nations never known before.
"England nnd France arc bound ti
f the great republic in bonds that cen
turies will not dissolve. Italy is ou
t bond brother through the ages t<
D come, as the Czech-Slavs and Polei
k and redeemed Russia will be knit b
p the grand brotherhood of man whlcl
makes Inevitably for the fatherhoo<
h of God. All the thousand years be
r hind us will not have brought si
e much or counted so far toward thi
, ultimate of the race as these bloody
n heartbreaking but triumphant year:
j that are about us now.,
j "There is not a shadow of doubt li
my mind. I know that we are abso
tt lutely sure to win this war. All thi
,t prophecies of Holy Writ and all thi
r promises of God are above and be
h neath and beside America and he
t allies, against the foe of all creed:
and all humanity. The sword of thi
Lord and of Gideon is unsheathlni
n now in the providences of dlplomac:
p nnd in the dispensations of God, ii
a the hunger and discount, the reac
e tlon and revolution of the Germanli
t nations, and in the more than nature
r power which He is putting into thi
_ armies of the republic of liberty
'whose strength is as the strength o
ten because his heart is pure* to thi
j. cause of liberty and humanity. Go<
. Almighty is coming at last to tak
. His part In this war.
- "For our eyes have seen the glor
a of the coming: of the Lord,
. He in trrtmpllng out the vintag<
a where the grapes of wrath ar
stored;
g Our God Is marching on."'
' Colonel Graves concluded his ad
- dress with the great question of wh;
0 God permits this war. He recentl:
* addressed a Bible class in Washing
ton on this subject which caused a
8 much comment that Dr. Charles Wooi
* of the Church of the Covenant, Invtt
? ed him to repeat It before the grea
* congregation,
n
Four hundred and fifty American
r built battle planes have been sea
? abroad or delivered at ports for ship
e ment on July 6, the date of the lates
y complete official report reaching th
0 war department. In announcing thl
L figure last Monday, Secretary Bake
disclosed also that deliveries of Lib
? erty motors of all classes on the sarrv
V k./i .A.?tii
[1 , a' ,
President Wilson went to the wa
department last Monday- and spen
three-quarter* of an hour with Sac
e retary Baker, going over the new
r from the front Official reports war
a far behind the press dispatches dee
- crib tug the fighting.
-isijjj
4 . ;
;(? \mm Tut u-duais
t kltttb And American Destroyers
lire Eicittig line.
NINTESS HtOl OFFICIAL BECOBDS.
1 " * '
, Landsman May Get Some Idea of the I
I Grim Game From Details of Few 1
. * Encounters Officially Reported? >
I r Thrilling Story of Rescue of Crew I
. From Burning Oil Ship by British 1
Destroyer. 1
The destruction of a German sub- ]
t marine ia never announced by the
1 British admiralty except upon the
r Strongest possible evidence, which is
i often provided by the destroyers that
j #re engaged in a long game of hide
3 and seek with the elusive U-boats un.
der conditions of varying excitement.
. The landsman may obtain some idea
of this grim game from the details of
r official recorda-of a few encounters as
r to the result of which there is no room
r for doubt.
j A convoy of merchant vessels was
i being escorted by British and Amerl;
can destroyers. A submarine attemptr
ed to attack the convoy, but al.
though It maneuvered from one po1
sltion to another the destroyers were
t too quick for It and every time it at
tempted and came to the surface its
presence was detected.
Finally an American destroyer
lighted the periscope In a favorable
position and headed for it, with the
Intention of ramming. A depth charge
was dropped directly over the U-l?oat.
1 which was still visible under water
from the American ship. The result
was an upheaval of black-colored
water, two broken pieces of a spur
and some small pieces of wreckage. 1
Nothing more of the enemy was seen. '
Early one winter's day a destroyer
sighted an enemy submarine on the
surface and steered for it at full
speed. So swiftly was the maneuver '
carried out that the German had no '
time to submerge. Within thirty sec- 1
onds of the sighting the destroyer
had rammed the enemy, tearing a
great rent in the hull of the U-boat.
At the same time a bomb, "which,"
said the commanding officer, "exploded
satisfactorily," was dropped. After '
this the destroyer wheeled back over
r the spot and dropped another bomb.
? Large quantities of oil rose to the
1 surface, but no other sign of the '
enemy's presence could bo detected,
t and when the position was swept later '
the submarine was located, still lying
on the spot where she had sunk.
Submarine Cut in Two.
A merchantman which had fallen <
behind the main body of the convoy
I to which she belonged was escorted '
back t<r her position by a destroyer.
Just then another of the merchant7^t.en
was torpedoed. Immediately ^the
Meyeyrr-iWimg1 "round and headed
for the enemy's posHle^'As
t sh^pasBcd over the^apef a severe
, shock was fglt?throughout the de,
stroyer, 3Wa Just afterward the Gerj
man's periscope was sighted by the
, destroyer's sister ship, which hasten.
ed to drop a bomb on the U-boat. A
heavy explosion resulted, and the
submarine came up right astern of
her pursuers. Helm was put hard
over and Are opened by both Hrltlsh
I ships, three hits being registered In
. quick succession. Escort No. 2 had
now come round, and, being nearest
p, the enemy, went straight for him and
succeeded In cutting the submarine
I clean In half. Hoth halves nppenred
r on the surface for a few seconds before
plunging Anally from view.
A destroyer hunting for submarines
observed two periscopes al>out eight
. feet apart on her starboard bow. The
. destroyer managed to get within 50
yards before the U-boat 'submerged:
then a depth charge was dropped over
the submarine's course. After the explosion
of the charge a second and
r much louder explosion was heard and
j felt by everyone on board the destroyB
er, and a column of black-colored
1 water was thrown to a height of
1 about 30 feet. A film of light oil
j then spread over the water, and In
the next two hours had increased to
5 a considerable extent.
p Sighting the wake of a submarine, a
. destroyer dropped a depth charge and
g oil rose to.the surface. Later a periscope
appeared. Another depth charge
1 was dropped, and more oil was seen.
When darkness fell a large and conp
sflcuous patch of oil was observed.
p and was still very clearly marked
next morning. Another depth charge
r was dropped In the middle of the
s patch, whereupon more oil and bube
bles rose and continued rising for the
? next two hours. Sweeping operations
. were then undertaker. and on obstruca
tlon was located on the bottom. More
oil rose to the surface,
c Rescued From Burning 8hip.
1 A lieutenant in command of a dee
stroyer discovered that a British oiler
had been torpedoed and set on Are.
f She was burning furiously and was
e out or control, although her engines
i were still running. A continuous
e stream of oil fed the flames, which
prevented anyone from entering the
y engine room. Her peak was not yet
alight, and crouched up there were
e thirty Chinamen, the remainder of the
e crew.
To extinguish the Are was beyond
the power of the destroyer's crew, but
. her c&ptailn determined to make an aty
tempt to rescue the survivors In the
y peak, although It was obviously a difficult
undertaking. He ran his vessel
0 closer past the oiler's stern, and as she
] passed rafts, lifeboats and life buoys
were pitched overboard. This maneut
ver was carried out three times.
By now all the destroyer's boats had
been lowered to pick up the men in the
water, while all her available loose
t life-saving gear had been thrown
overboard. However, there still ret
rosined nine men in the peak of the
e oiler. The concluding part of the operation
may be explained in the words
of the destroyer's captain:
"T /tiw>l/lA/l <* wos noons
A IIICIC1VIC UCViUCU II woo Mtvvoe
Mtry to place myself alongside the ship
and take off the remainder of the
crew. A speed of eight knots being
r maintained, this was done. We ret
mained alongside locked to the ste&xn.
er*s windward bow for a period sufB
flcieet for all nine men to lower theme
aetres on board this ship, which sus?
tslned slight superficial damage to
guard rails and upper deck fittings.
steamer she was burned to the water
line." a '
AMERICAN SOLDIERSHIP
o
French People Convinced that the ^
World Ha* Never Seen the Like. |
Communiques give us the story of e
our troops at Cantlgny. They "fought p
gallantly" is the soldier phrase, and it
rovers deeds for which awards have
already been given. But a soldier's report
can hardly give the impi-ession
that these precursors of the American .
irmles to follow make upon the s4-a- '
soned warring countries of Kuropo.
This reaches us In a letter from the
famous French painter. Francois w
Plameng, to an American friend, who 1,1
allows, through the columns of the A!
Mew York Tribune, the public In gen- to
sral to share in the pleasure of hearing $'
aur troops well spoken of. The letter '
:omes from the French front, where
Mr. Flameng is also serving, for all o
classes in France help to bear her si
burdens. "I cannot resist the pleas- tl
ure of telling you," he writes, "of the C(
admiration and Joy of the French p
army corps where it is my good for- p
tune to be hospitalized, at the splen- n
illd conduct of your compatriots in the |f
affair at Cantlgr.y." And going on:
"Seeing them work with so much
energy, so much Intelligence, good tj
listeners, questioning and studying all T
the time, our chiefs had soon discover- f(
ed the rare quality of the American t]
soldiers. But what would be the practical
value of the officers and staff? j
That was the question. Well, the ans- ^
wcr came quickly. Under the constant
bombardment, burled In the cellurs
of ruined chateaux and houses. 0
all ollicers?generals, colonels, majors ?
and juniors?did their duty calmly, '
eagerly, with an intelligence always ''
alive. It was soon realized that they '
were model officers, active, hard work- ''
Ing. capable of assimilating with ex- ?
tinordinary rapidity the experience !l
and methods of our old armies. It was
a tremendous satisfaction, and at once ft
absolute confidence and mutual esteem *
were established, affection followed, ?'
and then admiration. There is not a "
French soldier, from poilu to general- '
in-chief, who does not spenk of the sl
American troops with emotion. Kyes M
and hearts smile at their courage, H
their devotion to duty, their disinter- ?
estedness. This is the reason thnt we e
nr\i Uflfhnitt nnvMv for VOIir n
debut?not thnt there was uny pos- w
slide doubt of your courage, of your b
contempt of danger, but because one
was moved to see such good friends ti
face death for the first time, because 01
their lives seemed even more precious p
than ours. We Frenchmen have be- ei
come accustomed to give our blood ! '
without stint. To die Is nothing, our n
beloved patrle, France, 1b everything c
for the pollu, !?*
"Therefore, when at 7 o'cl
morning we watched for
! Wrprr^tr (NMI&a?fnTE
that most dramatic of moments when r
the soldier goes to death and glory, c
we had our hearts In our mouths.* n
But there was a shout of unanimous
admlrntlon when they leapi-d out v
quickly In as perfect order as on jui- ;1
rade, faced the formidable barrage |?
fire, and disappeared In the dark v
smoke of obus bursting on all sides.
Soon we saw them coming up to the j
village and taking it so brilliantly v
that It seemed as if an Irresistible ,.
force ImiM-lled these soldiers fighting j,
for right and Justice. The proof (|
was conclusive; the American soldier ,,
wns truly a great soldier, and one ?
could be sure that whatever counter- v
attacks might come, he would stand ,j
like a rook against which the enemy
waves would be broken. I cannot tell
you our joy, for you are the hope of '
the world, you are the future, you s
will bring us victory, and also because 1
you personify to our people the high- '
est feeling of honor and generosity.
"When on the dangerous roads '
near the front, I met an American
poilu covered with dirt and dust, *
loaded with his arms and heavy equip- '
ment, sweating and trudging nlong 1
without a murmur, nay, whistling and e
singing, I see agnin the splendid 1
specimens of humanity I-used to meet c
with in New York. In Chicago, every- '1
where in America, and when I think "
that this American poilu Is one of t
them, that he has left everything? f
family, affections, comfort, all his in- ?-*
terests?to come across the ocean anil f
take hla part in this sacred fight. I
cannot restrain my emotion, and I
want to express to that lone soldier ,
the gratitude I feel and which no hu- .
man words can express.
"Dear friend, It is too wonderful. ,
The coming of America Into this war .
will ever remain as the most beautiful
and noblest action In the history of
the world. You were not obliged to
come. Why do you do it? Why this
gigantic human effort of yours, why
so many sacrifices freely consented?
Simply and solely to save the future
civilization and the liberty of man."
Good Road* Saved France.?In the f
July Farm and Fireside an editorial
says; ,
"Good roads have twice saved t
France in the present war. Had it
not been for the radiating road sys- s
tem maintained by the French government,
the Germans would have
won the battle of the Marne and *
reached Paris. The Germans had '
calculated on only three divisions tie- '
tng sent out from Paris to stop,the ?
invasion. Instead, the excellent sys- I
tern or nignwaya maoe u jwasiuic iu> ~
five divisions to be sent to thia front. <
"Again, ahortly after the battle of ?
Verdun started, the French railroad I
which was to furnish many of the ?
supplies to the troops was destroyed, f
The French government, however. I
had a macadam road 32 feet wide on a
which four lines of traffic, two in *
either direction, were maintained, t
Day and night 14,000 motor trucks i
carried men and equipment v
' 1 ne vnuuc ucvcr ??
a hole was made in the road, a man !
with a shovelful of rock slipped in be- |
tween the lines of trucks and threw c
the rock into the hole, then jumped \
aside to let the truck roll the rock t
down." u
i ?? i
A French aviator, In America to t
help train American aviators, last f
Sunday performed the unprecedented i
feat of flying a big warplane under- e
neath the four bridges that span the t
East river. New York. c
v if"'. ' ? ' . <4
* . -i.
lems of Interest Gathered From Various
Sources.
The Arbeiter Zeitung, of Vienna, the
fticial organ of the Australian Social
)omooraey. demands. according to a
lavas dispatch, that the Austrian govrnment
come to an agreement with
resident Wilson.
John IVtera. manager or the fanning
ltorests of A. P. Smalling of Bristol,
a., was shot to death last Sunday
ight. Jess t'nntrell. a farmer, is In (
til at Itlountville. Vn., charged with
le shooting. i
Six completed wooden hull ships 1
ere launched l?y one tlnn In one
ny at 1'ortlnnd. Oregon, last Sunday,
tr. Schwab, who witnessed the
Liinchir.gs, said that there would be
.'00.000.000 worth of ships built at
brtlnnd during the next year.
Returns from the recent enrollment
f women through Xow York state
hows that 670,618 women availed
lemselves of the opportunity to beome
affiliated with the party, so as to
e able to vote In the primaries and
ave a say in party management. The
umber of men enrolled with all part's
In the state is 1,475,088.
Mayor Bylngtoc of Reno, Nov., has
nnounced the adoption by Reno of
Be slogan, "Work, Fight or Walk."
'he police have strict orders to en?ree
it. All idlers must get a job. join
he army or leave town. Gamblers,
>olroom touts, saloon hangers-on and
heir like will be rounded up in a
eneral police dragnet.
Government control of common labr
throughout the country will become
(Tcctlve August 1. After that date the
nited States employment service will
e the exclusive agency through which
innmon labor may be enjoyed by war
tdustrles having on their payrolls 100
r more persons. This is inclusive of
II employes, regardless of the status.
Robert S. Armstrong of New York,
ibricaling engineer for the Carolina
hiphuilding corporation, was found
end in a bath room of a hotel at Wlllington,
N. C., Monday afternoon,
lea til was due to apoplexy. Aimtrong
was for ten years fabrlBting
engineer for the American
tridgc company, and later general
innagvr of the Downey Shipbuilding
innjwiny. He was one of the recogizeil
experts in his profession. He
lis 44 years of a no anil is survived
y his wife.
A proposed concentration of freight
rattle on railroad lines having the
asiest gnulo, was one of the prinelal
items of discussion at a confcrnee
between William (1. McAdoo.
ederal director of railroads, and
nilroad chiefs from all parts of the
ountry in San Francisco last Mon~-^"Therv
is a pronounced 'uncon^^rallroad
transport*
^toiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiii"
uary 11, when there
ai*s sidetracked and \... i?o
loved."
Organization of the strikei-s whose
ralkout at the big plant of the (Jerrd
Electric company of Lynn. Mass.,
ist Monday, seriously hampered
rork on war contracts, has proceeded
[ipidly, according to strike leaders,
tetween 6,000 and 8,000 employes,
rho have heretofore been unorganizd,
are saiil by the leaders to have
ained unions connected with the
rade. No formal demands were made
l>on the company. Many dcpnrtlents
of the plant were closed down,
rhile others were o|?eraL-d on a reneed
scale.
Government control of the tobacco
adustry of the United States may reult
from the heavy requirements of
he American military forces abroad,
tutioning of the American population
? believed to be a possibility. The war
idustries abroad announced it has
een conducting an investigation to dcerndnc
the requirements abroad and
he amount that must be seserved in
his country to meet the situation. It
stiniutes that approximately twohirds
of the leaf tobucco raised In this
ountry in If 17 will be available for
imerican manufacturers. Out of this
lust come cigarettes and pipe tobacco
or troops not yet overseas and exports
>f manufactured tobacco in addition to
igarettes and tobacco purchased here
or Belgium.
The University of Texas will have
out more than 25,000 Into the army
ly the end of the year. Besides this,
he university has financed the cstabishment
of army technical schools to
he amount of more than $600,000.
letter still, in the chemical laboratory
?f the university there recently was
nadc a discovery in the making of
nunltions, which has been turned over
o the War Department, which will
iave the United States many times the
oat of the university, both for buildng
and maintenance, throughout its
ntire history. The nature of this disovery,
for obvious reasons, cannot be
nadc public. These are only several
if the prldeful statements mode by the
oard of regents In a review of the
iniversity's activities. 40 of whose facilty
are actively engaged in the war
ervice, many of them in the army.
Government regulation of the wages
if labor and the fees of professional
nen in the United States is provided
n a proposed amendment to the Fed?ral
constitution to be offered in the
iouse by Representive Henry W. Waton
of Langhome, Pa. It authorizes
ongress to regulate wages of laborers
ind mechanics employed in any occujatlons
and to regulate the prices of
ill commodities produced in or offered
or sale or consumption within the
Jnited States and its insular possesions.
Representative Watson said he
vould address the house at length on
he proposed amendment at an early
late. He declared mere wan uni/ wre
tray to prevent strikes and that was by
fovernraent regulation of labor. The
rovernment now Is regulating the
>rlces of wheat and other food prelucts,
and if it Is going to regulate the
>rlces of the things the wage-earner
>uya, it follows logically that the
rovernment must likewise regulate
rages," said Mr. Watson.? "This can be
lone by a commission created by confess.
Such a commission, of course,
vould have to establish wage stand irds
according to the economic condiions
in the different sections of the
ountry- The regulation of labor is a
'
eventually and the sooner it is disposed
of the better for the country."
THE GERMAN RIFLE
A Splendid Weapon But Just a Bit
Clumsy.
In the hands ot the chap in the
sloppy greenish-gray uniform, watchfully
waiting in the trench across the
way, there is a rifle with higher velocity
than ours, with nearly a foot
greater stabbing length when the
hayonet is fixed, and with a better
stock, making snap-shooting ami
shooting at night more certain.
The rifle of a nation that has ape
ciaJized on war and Its tools, the German
Mauser in some respects offers
serious advantage to Its user over the
new Springtn iu of the American
forces. The weak point Is the man
behind. It gives unquestionable advantage
In bayonet lighting?but the
Hun doesn't like the bayonet, and
therefore gets licked In spite of his superiority
In weapon. It gives higher
speed to Its bullet?but the German
soldier Is usually a poor shot and
even the little, antiquated, patched-up
short Lee-Enfield of England proved
too much for the better Mauser, because
It was In the hands of better
men and better rifle shots. The stock
is better than the stock on either the
new Springfield or our newer M1917.
modified Enfield, but the bolt handle
Is so clumsy that the superior speed of
fire of the American rifle neutralizes
this advantage and gives us a lead in
the bargain.
Consider Mauser rifle No. 2,668, captured
at the Somnte, and made In the
year 1916 at the German works of
Dberndorf, where Paul Mauser developed
the great rifle that boars his
name. It was taken by the Itritish in
the year in which it was made, but
as it lies before me it looks the |>art
of the luitile-scarred veteran. Tinwood
of the stock is chewed up and
scarred and full of dents, as if it had
been used on barbed wire. I tut the
bore is still clean and bright, testifying
to the German efficiency, and tlu- fear
ol tin- consequences that coni|M-lled its
owner to keep it elean In spite of "hell
and high water."
(o n inohi.41 Iam.? UI. ono.
year 1918, the other taxes not earlier
than the date of approval of the bill.
Eighty., per cent of the new revenues
are planned to be produced from
readjustment of the excess profits and
income surtaxes and the remainder
from excise taxes on luxuries, non-es- .
sentials and possibly essentials. A
long list of tentative suggestions, submitted
by the treasury department,
ranging all the way from a tax on retall
sales of gasoline to a graduated
tax on servants Is before the committee
but members have indicated that
many of them will not be adopted
In addition to these suggestions the
committee had before it a mass of
recommendations made to It by witnesses
who testified during hearings
on the bill, which did not end until
last week. Several weeks probably
will be required for framing the bill,
which the committee hopes to present
around the middle of August.
-
fourth more than the Springfield. It
is far better shnpetl, with its neat
pistol grip. arul semi-shotgun lines,
anil it is better shapeil tluut the stock
of the M 1*117, because it tits the
shouliler anil aids to line up the rifle.
In mechanism the rifle is practically
the same ns the new Springfield and
the M1917?which are both modifled
Mausers.
We tried it out one day at Camp
Kearney, Major White and I, and a
lieutenant with a very Teutonic accent,
a man who had doubtless served
his time with some other army
^ydlesa of his love for America
, .a hfs shots In the short
ie of 1 3-G seconds per shot, from a
position below the elbow to the report
of the rifle, and using only this
square of light for a rear sight, made
bull's-eyes on the little 8 Inch black
spot at 100 yards, or else "fours" close
up to the black spot. The lieutenant
did nearly as well.
We tried out the Hun rifle at long
range. S00 yards, and then some
grou|?s at 550. It w.is accurate
enough for fighting?it hit the 3-foot
black spot eight times out of ten shots
at sou yards, with the other two shots
not far off. At 550 yards it put five
shots into a space smaller than a
man's chest, but not into so small a
sjmce as would the two American
rifles.
Hut with all the Mauser's good
l*oint's. it has a point so bad that our
Yankee rifles far outclass It in the
sort of fighting now done ?>n the fields
of Kurofs-. This Is that the American
rifle, in the hands of skilled American
riflemen, will fire, I should say.
three or four shots to only two shots
for the Hun rifle.
The solo difference lies in the silly
and clumsy shape of the Mauser bolt
handle, the only weak i?olnt in the
Mauser, but the fatal and necossary
concession to the rough-handed, halftrained
"wop" type of soldier found in
the armies of Central Kurope. 1 say
half-trained, because as riflemen,
they are half-trained; a regiment of
American marine of the old days?
I don't know aitout them since war
broke out?could lie In a field at S00
yards and shoot to pieces a regiment
of Prussian guards if said guards depended
only on their rifle fire to serve
them. I know this because I know
German systems of training and I
know the marines.
Wherefore, in spite of the bayonet
superiority of the Hun rifle, and In
spite of the better stock, and in spite
of the higher velocity of the German
bullet, our new rifle makes two
bullets fly where but one bullet had
Mown before?and bullets are what
are going to end this war.?Edward C.
Grossman, in the August Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Eight Billions Needed.?Eight billions
of dollnrs, double the amount
now yielded by present tax laws, are
to l>e raised under the new revenue
bill which the house ways and means
committee began framing last Monday
in executive session. It Is part of the
administration's programme of meeting
the vastly increased expenses on
account of the war, estimated at $24.000,000,000
during this fiscal year. The
income and excess profits taxes will
lie levied en the luuila of the cotendnr