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Guilty But Insane.?Mr. Justice
Kneezum's court as crowded to its utmost
and a bit over, and the excitement
was so intense that you could
have heard an acid drop.
Hominy M'Gee was on trial for his
life. He was accused of having killed,
murdered and slain one Beowulf
LMtchwater, the stamp collector, also
of feloniously wandering abroad and
the embezzling of seven doz-a dog
kennels with fraudulent intent thereof,
The case was black against him after
fifty-two witnesses h:vd gone into the
box and each had told a different story.
However, ho was ably defended by
Mr. J. C. Hamebone, K. who, in an
impassioned speech to the Jury, raised
the novel plea In defense of the craven
wretch who stood in the dock nervously
tying and untying hid bootlaces and
twiddling his left ear.
"your lordship." cried the great KC?
"it is true that the circumstances
in tl.is case to which the gentlemen of
the Jury have given a patient hearing
- -?... ..-.1 ninhiuiirx overwhel
ror loriy Ud} a auu
rning against my client. It cannot lie
don ltd that each of the various acts
cited against him is true, and that the
late Beowulf Dltchwater did die by his
hand, but 1 would plea in extenuation
of the various crimes committed that
my client is mad, orazy, loony, or,In
legal phraseology, balmy on the crumpet"
"H'm'." commented the Judge severely,
"are you really going to prove
that the accused is really potty, as you
allege?"
"Yes, my lord," said the learned
counsel. "The prisoner has for years
shown signs of acute baliinness. In the
first place he has for a long time eschewed
ordinary meat and drink, subsisted
entirely instead on sea water,
red ink and monkey nuts."
"1'oohl pooh!" t..id the Judge, "a
mere eccentricity, that is all, what
else?"
"For years my client has spent each
evening on the roof tls'oing for elephants
witn a toot.ipick/'
"Oh, pshaw?ptush!" exclaimed the
Judge vexedly, "most of us have
strange hobbies."
"Well, my lord," the great K. C.
continued, "my client believes that he
Is the emperor of China, sits on the hob
every evening, being under the impression
that he is a kettle, he walks
down the street on his hands uttering
the cry of the peewit."
"There 8 nothing in thut!" said tne
Judge dryly.
"And 1 would udd," v/ent oa counsel,
"that the prisoner once wrote a musical
comedy with a plot, an entirely
new Joke and?"
"Knough, enough," cried the Judge,
"there is no need to trouble the Jury.
Prisoner is clearly insane. 1 order his
release forthwith, at once."?Ideas. X<T
At a well known hotel a lady came
down from upstairs and asked the
manager if she could get a glass o
water.
"Why, certainly, madam," said he,
filling up a glass of water.
Two minutes later she was back
again.
"I don't like to trouble you," she
said, "but could 1 get another glass of
water?"
"No trouble at all, madam." said the
manager, handing her another glass. ~ 1
Two minutes later she appeared
again.
"Certainly, madam," said the affable
manager: "but may I inquire what you
are doing: with so much water?"
"I know you'll Just scream when l|
tell you," said the lady; "1 am trying!
to put out a tire in my room!"
Easily Arranged.?One beautiful I
night, says the 1'hiladelphia Tele-1
graph, when the crickets were chirp-1
ing In the grass and the caterpillars I
were dropping from the trees, John I
Henry turned to the charming girl I
who w;is sitting on the veranda at hisl
side.
"Edith," said he, a trifle timorous-1
ly, "there comes to me a thought, 11
might say a fear."
"Well, what is it?" queried the fair!
girl, as the other hesitated.
"I suppose." responded John Henry, I
suggestively, hopefully, "that were 11
o steul a kiss you would have me ar- I
rested ?"
"Perhaps," was the ready rejoin-1
der of the girl, "but you could And I
somebody to pay your tine, couldn't I
you?"
Hates Peace, But Balks at Quarrel.!
?"Howdy, 'Squire," saluted a young-1
er neighbor. "Me and wife have got I
into a sort of a jangle over naming I
our baby. It's our first, and I s'posel
we're more particular about It than I
folks who have a bunch of 'em. Wife, I
she Is set and determined to name!
him after her side of the house, and!
I'm sticking and hanging for him to I
be named after one of my kin. Now!
If you'll come over and settle it for us I
we'll?"
' Vriw lookv here. Lucas!" Inter-1
rupted old raan Rackledaffer. "While
I hate peace as much as anybody, i
and more than a good many. I hain*t :
so absolutely senseless and foolhardy i
as all that!"?Kansas City Star.
Making It Easy for Him.?A very ,
ahy young farmer was courting a ser- (
ious-minded young woman who waa ,
not adverse to him or to marriage,
but she found herself after a long long ,
period of silent courtahip no nearer ,
the goal than ever: the young man {
could not summon up courage to speak. :
One night, as they sat together?in (
dead silence, of course?in father's ,
parlor, she decided that the hour and ,
the man had come. I
"George/she said in almost serious
tones. 'George, If you love me and
don't like to say so. you may squeeze
my hand "?Pearson's Weekly.
What She "Exhibited."?The famous
lady R- A. vas seriously lU?
nerve trouble, the dootor said, and advised
a nurse. But the old servant
Insisted on toking on the duties. She
bored the doctor by enlarging on
the circumstances responsible for the
attack. When the doctor could get a
word In. he asked:
"Has your mistress exhibited any
rfgns of hysteria lately?"
"Oh, no. sir!" was the unexpected
reply. "She's never done any of them.
They were all water colore, all of 'em,
and real beauties, too!"?Answers.
Delivering an address at a Sunday
school recently, a visitor spoke on
the moral development of children.
"There is a boy here." he said,
"and a girl there. What will they
become when they grow up?"
In a loud whisper one of the scholars,
turning to his teacher, supplied
an answer?"Sweethearts!"
THOSE TERRIBLE TANKS
Tbey Did Splendid Work on Brltlsb
Front
GERMANS LAY DOWN BEFORE TBEM
Big Iron Monster* Outspeed Infantry,
Tear Down House*, Flatten
Out Machine Gun Ne*t?, and Work
Destruction Generally.
During the lull In the hip battle,
which has now resolved itself into
reciprocal artillery tire, writes a New
York World correspondent with the
Hritish front, it is possible to clear
away the fog that has enveloped some
of the most astounding episodes in
which this great surprise victory
abounds.
I have already been aide to give
the World readers some idea of the
wonderful work of the air force and
th<- cavalry and so far as was j*>ssible,
on the first days following the
put-ecss of the 4th army, to tell something
of the work of the tanks. But
today I am aide to give a better idea
of the importance of tanks and armored
cars to this action, where more
than 30,000 Germans changed ownership.
The foe's military critics themselves,
in trying to ameliorate the
poignancy of the defeat, have outspokenly
criticized the German soldiers
for still Ireing afraid of the
banks. They should talk with the
men captured in towns, trenches and
trains, who frankly say:
"There's no use trying to stop tanks,
for if you do you are flattened out."
Tank Fight Has Got Them.
They frankly admit that the German
soldiers, despite their intensive
training in anti-tank warfare, and
^he use of the high powered, antitank
rifle, are suffering from "tank
fright." One prisoner said that nearly
every time one of these "elephant
guns" was flred the men who discharged
it were thrown head over
heels by its terrible recoil, for it is
only lightly supported in order to be
eiisily movable, and the tank crews
have seen them upset by the recoil.
Despite the armor-piercing bullets,
machine gunners state that they have
no chance against tanks. The lies
thing to do. they declare, if near the
front line, is to surrender. That is
why the tanks in this latest opera
lion corralled so many prisoners.
The tank family has some unusual
progeny, including "whippets." which
are small and fast, and armored curs,
which have the same attributes. Re;torts
of their stirring deeds were still
coming in when I visited tank headquarters,
and-1 was enabled to witness
In u thrilling show how those steel
monsters work with airplanes in battle.
Planes Co-operate With Tanks.
A foe plane was manoeuvring in an
endeavor to knock out a liritlsh tank,
when a Hritish two-seater came to
the rescue. Its pilot made a nose
dive out of the clouds to give battle,
but seven other /nemy planes soon
appeared out of the clouds and hastened
to attack him. During a running
battle he was shot through the left
leg with three high explosive bullets.
The leg had hung only by a thread of
flesh, and, as the airman's report
made In the. hospital, stated, the leg
had fallen into hlij controls and he
had to lift it out. Meanwhile he had
been shot in the right foot.
Hut he managed to evade his pursuers,
and finally shot down the enemy
machine menacing the advancing
tank. Eventually he made a safe
landing, then fainted. His observer
was wounded also, but the tank went
on.
When the tanks first attacked the
advanced German trenches some of
the enemy tarried to use their machine
guns, only to be flattened out by
the onrushlng monster. Others leaped
from the trenches, threw away their
arms ana surrenaerea in nig "awms,
many drifting toward the British lines
by themselves with arms upheld, tiecause
no one had time to accompany
them.
Outspeed* the Infantry.
The tanks had planted their flap
and the flag of the Australian corps
at German corps headquarters at
Kramervillc and at division headquarters
at Harbonnieres more than an
hour before the infantry could reach
those places and had continued their
merry way of ploughing through
houses and machine gun nests with
deadly effect.
When the British communique said i
on Tuesday night that thousands of
machine guns had been captured and 1
gave no accurate number, it was making
further allowances for hundreds
of these deadly weapons which were
crushed into the ground by tanks and
which can be counted only after being
dug up. Twenty-six were found this
morning In a late German trench,
along with some of their dead defenders.
i
As fast as they could the German
batteries opened on the tanks and
armored cars. One battery of 5.9's
firing at pointblank rang*, tried to
smash one tank by direct hits. But
the tank adopted, a zigzag: course and
escaped being hit. finally crunching
whole battery pieces with their defenders.
Many guns were thus captured.
At another place three tanks advanced
toward a wood whence German
5.9's were working at a frenzied
rate, finally hitting one tank. The
two other tanks immediately let off a
dense smoke cloud, and while the
[termans were firing into the cloud,
they executed a flank attack, annihilating
the whole outfit.
There is one captured German colonel
who has a better appreciation of
the sprinting capabilities of the British
tank than he ever had before.
One of them chased him for twenty
minutes. In and out of the woods, and
passing over him twice before he took
refuge in the trenches. Finally he
became so exhausted that he lay
down, and some one stepped from the
tank and took him inside. He was a
portly Teuton and wore a fine pickelh&ube.
In another Instance, the French
railed for assistance to take a village,
and tanks ploughed through five
heavily defended houses, cleaning out
ine pnpm) irurn me iuw? uj imib u- sault,
The French then came into it i
without a single casualty. It was an i
irmored car which captured a Prussian
officer in his nightshirt at di- I
visional headquarters at Harbonnieres i
sfter he had made a record-breaking <
sprint and Anally landed in the pris- <
m cage, naked, but alive and con- 1
tented. i
It was a Held day for the armored 1
ars which scurried through enemy i
territory much further back than the 1
present line. Like the tanks and whip
pets, they availed themselves of th<
services of the German prisoners t<
he properly guided through towni
and fortifications, and even went s<
far afield that they surprised & Ger
man cavalry party grooming horses.
Hard Work of Tankers.
In yet another instance they- go
behind one town into which they sav
tanks advancing, and when the Ger
mans rallied to repel the tanks th<
armored cars poured a deadly flr<
into the rear of the enemy lines. On<
armored car claimed 400 casualties
saying it grew irksome to have sucl
m?v tarects.
xoucning un iii?_- ..w .v
ceivod and filed.
The persistent fact, it appears t
navy men, is that the most popula
theory of all the informants is tha
the ship was captured by a Germoi
submarine. In the presence of th
floating bottle, the idea of the U-boa
bobs up again.
Hut this time the place of captur
is given as off the Virginia coast. I
is |>olnted out by naval officials, how
ever, that at the time of the disnp
l>vara.nce of the Cyclops German sub
marines only had been reported a
being in the Caribbean waters. Th
Cyclops was trust heard from at 'th
Itarbadoes on March 4.
That there were submarines in tha
area was reported from time to tim
by the governor general of one of th
British colonies in that vicinity, whi
visited the United States shortly aft
er the dlsappearanee of the collier.
The l>elief is stronger than ever ii
the navy today that the Cyclops ac
tuaiiy was captured by & submarine
It was stated a few days ago by oni
of the officers most concerned In th<
Mystery that the belief had become i
conviction that the crew of the mis
sing ship now are Interned in Ger
many.
Experts have gone over all evidene
that was obtainable as to the last po
sition of the collier, the fact that thi
engine was out of commission, possi
bly of a storm, possibility of a sud
1 ? -u"* * ?? V>'? i\t mo ntrnrt
urn animus nn <.? Bv v<
ear. mutiny on board, and all othe:
possible causes which could have re
suited in the destruction of th<
vessel.
These experts now have settle*
down to the old theory consistent witl
the facts of the case?that the Cy
clops was captured and taken to s
German port. It is pointed out tha
no tlieory except that of capture coulc
explain away the fact that not a sin
gle vestige of the wreck. If such oc
curred front any physical cause, re
mnined on the seas along the rout*
she would have followed to the Unitec
States.
The track of the collier, bound at
she was to the United States, wai
thoroughly exploded, and all the is
lands In the Caribbean bob, In whlcl
she might have been taken temporari
ly by the prize crew, were systematically
searched.
Tho supposition that the Cyclop*
was given over voluntarily by any o
(he officers In command was gone in
to very carefully by the navy depart
ment, especially with reference t<
Lieutenant Commander Worley, U. S
U. It. F. The Investigation showet
there was no evidence supportlnf
such an assumption.
It was held, however, by one 01
the officials, who followed the investigatlon.
that the collier was taken bj
a ruse of forged orders to the com.
mander, and that In consequence o:
these he sailed for a British, insteac
of a United States port, and thus became
an easy prey.
The theory in this explanation b
that there was connivance betweer
some one on board and the command?
- * ~ In iKo PurihhOflf
it UI llltr nuiMiiui iiiv ?? miv
waters. Indirectly, the belief thai
the Germans did not destroy but hek
the Cyclops was fortified by the foci
that the Germans realized the valu<
of a cargo of manganese. The lattei
alone would have been worth $20,D00.000
If delivered In Germany.
Efforts have been made by the navy
department to get from Germ an j
any Information to prove the Cyclop!
was the victim of a submarine. But
the Germans, it Is pointed out, wouk
have the beet of reasons to keep th<
matter a secret. Inasmuch as thej
could only hope through secrecy foi
x repetition. The department has declared
that the name "John Rammon'
did not appear on the list of those or
the Cyclops when she left the Barbadoes,
nor was It Included on th<
official "missing list" given out bj
the navy on April IB.
Wartime Nerves.?As the war progresses
to Its finish, which will com<
some day perhaps even nearer than li
bow expected, the strain upon thos<
who await its outcome with the inos
intense anxiety daily becomes mon
difficult to stand. The tense situation
encourages the development of a state
)f mind which is harassing, and one
which, if not checked, must ultimate!)
result in a more or less serious collapse
after such long-continued presture.
Great restraint of natural lippulses
toward over-excitement con
There were tank casualties, whlcl
wets to be expected, in view of th<
number of them used. What th<
tank crews underwent in this battle
however, is indicated by the fact tha
some were in action continuously
twelve hours in a temperature o
120 degrees, plus the dense fume,1
generated wunin. o uiuu^j
son could stand this more than tw<
hours, and the maximum for the tan!
crews is approximately eight hours
The tank men have learned that the
Hoc he can simulate death and thei
attack from the rear, but he did no
do it m this battle, for when such ai
incident occurred the tank flattenec
the Hoc he and his hidden machine gui
into the ground.
MYSTERY OF THE CYCLOPS
Still No News of What Became o
American Collier.
Interest in the fate of the naval col
lier Cyclops, which disappeared witl
_"j3 persons on board some time afte
March 4th of the present year, ha
been revived by the story of the find
ing off quarantine, Baltimore, of i
bottle containing a note signed b;
John Itainmon of Chicago. The au
ther of the note wrofie that "our shi]
Cyclops" has been captured by a sub
marine.
Naval ofticiuls do not regard tin
find as of any great importance. Tin
lielief is held that the bottle mes
sage Ls simply a hoax, and is one o
innumerable instances in which th
mystery of the missing vessel "ha
bt*.-n cleared up." Letters giving in
formation about the collier's disap
pcarance continue to arrive at th
navy department in great numbers
Cine day recently 15 communication
t 'Kino, sir,' la given him all down the
e line. Withal, these men are confle
dent. He asks the stocky sergeant a
0 few questions, and then: 'How long
- can you hold post, sergeant? Do you
think the enemy can take It?*
n " 'Well, sir, we can hold out a pretty
- good while. If the enemy oopttt over
. strong enough he can taka-<Tjy.jP*ale
tion; but, sir, we expect to hoM out
e until all these woods are swept away.'
t And that sergeant believed the words
- he was saying.
"It is the hour before dawn.
"That burst was surely from a 150.
p The Boche Is sending over some heavy
- stuff. The big blow has commenced!
e That one that seemed to shake the en
tire earth was a 210. They are put
ttng them down a little faster now.
- The 'whizz bangs' are coming with
r their short warning before the burst,
- and the 'flying pigs,' which you know
e as trench mortars, aire helping out the
show. The continuous switch and
1 wobbly roar above Is sure indication
i that they are feeding the batteries
gas.
l "The shells are not so much on our
t trenches as back of them. The lleu1
tenant understands that they have put
- a box around his position?a box of
- bursting and flying steel.
"Our machine guns are making an
i awful racket. It Is growing light. You
1 see between the blunted trees and over
the fields of tangled wire. The men
3 are waiting. They wonder why the
3 enemy doesn't come on.
'mere mey are: iney are auacK1
Ing to our left. Wjhat a pretty enfilade
our auto rifles pour Into them. The
- barrage signal goes up, and now our
shells are dropping as a wall out bes
yond our own trenches. This is the
f time to be on the Job.
"What a crack and roar and groan.
- All the fury of the elements could not
) match this!
"Just the work of seconds. A few
1 approach our wire. Rifle fire and
j rifle grenades greet them. It is more
than they bargained for. Back across
f the fl*ld, dodging from shell hole to
. sheli hole, until lost from view a few
r of them scamper. Our mortars are
. making it miserable for them out
f there.
1 "The firing begins to taper off. The
. storm Is lifting.
"The stretcher-bearers are now
i coming up to evacuate the wounded,
i The Roche has paid. But how can he
. ever pay enough for such men as
i these: for men whose names you have
t read in the casualty report But the
I most you hear Is 'kilted In action.' or
t "seriously wounded.' You didn't see
> the way those rifles and machine guns
r played Into that mass of men coming
. over the hill, and you didn't see those
gray-green uniformed figures, those
. clumsy-booted figures, stagger and
r bend to the ground.
i "The sun Is beginning to shine.
I "Just as you walked about the old
I town after a-storm subsided, so these
> men survey their powder-burned and
r shell-torn home out in the freot line.
r " 'This Is where "Candy" was stand .
ing, and here Is where Max was be
fore the shell burst What are we
i going to do to the Boche now, Heu.
tenant 7*
"Yes, what are we going to do
r now?"
Skirts three Inches shorter tad
much tighter; coats that fit the form
i without waste of material or useless
i braiding and frills?such are the new)
est mandates from Preach. English
t and American centers of Ups
on what apparently Insignificant fraci
Hons do beauty and art and Mfe de>
pend! Three Inches may make or
> mar. Why, some are wearing 'em to
' the knees now. and throe Inches?per
haps, though,. It will be no. more
startling than the first views of those
puttee and iaoed-lagging sobered
limbs of the soldier boy.
r>.
r.
- cernlng the war hi nessottel to the 'n*
> dividual aa well a* to the weli>
being. Americana must keep their
i heads cool and their bod lea strong In
3 order to do tbetr fall doty la thin
great emergency. They moat not glv?
way to feelings of despondency when
temporary discouragement te the adt
vance of the cause occurs nor should
, they become too eengnlse eg hasiedl
ate success when tha news osaes of a
! decided advantage. Iks untroubled
n and serene mind la ts be sedulously
e cultivated in these stirring times.?
i. The Bellman.
1 ie?
HE TELLE ABOUT IT
f Texas Bey Writes Graphic Letter
From the Firing Lias.
t Lieutenant William J. Tucker of
y Company M, 168th United States inf
fan try now fighting In France, writes
3 an interesting letter to his father,
George Tucker, of Gilmer, Tex. Lieut
, Tucker, who graduated at the tirst
< officers' training camp at Camp Stan,
ley, Leon Springs, Tex., Is attached to
e an Iowa regiment Here are some exj
tracts:
t "Our machine guns are playing
1 upon the opposite trenches. They
j have marked out several low spots
3 where the 1 toe be were passing. The
75's are doing a rather wicked bit of
work on the. roads, and the forward
observation station has just reported
that one of the Allemand camions has
f been hit, and a choice lot of ammunition
destroyed. It Is growing
- dusk. They are dropping a few shells
P in our lines. Some of the men are
r sent to the 'storm cellars.' The shells
b burst just near enough to make it
- nasty traveling down the boyaux. Our
i batteries are pounding away faithy
fully, 'doing our cussing" In a lan
guage which the Boche can underP
stand.
"Here and there you see a sturdy
figure leaning over the parapet, rifle in
e hand, bombs near by, bayonet fixed,
e That bayonet seems extended out as
- an individual token of welcome,
f "It is now quite dark.
e "The shelling has subsided. The
s sentry on the forward post leans for
ward a little. Was that some one on
- the wire? But what was that Just
e down the trench on the duck-boards?
"'S'sst?who's there?' he chops out
s the command.
"No answer. That's a Boche helmet.
A single rifle shot, and one less
0 Fritz.
r "More shells are dropping and the
t Hun is trying out his machine guns.
1 Our devil machine Is sending volleys
e of grenades over where a sniper is
t liable to be.
"It Is a good time to keep below
e the top of the trenches, but still the
t .sentinels lean far over, keenly on the
- alert. So It goes on through the
- long night, waiting, waiting, waiting.
- An Inspection officer passes along the
s line. 'How Is every thing going, men?'
e he asks those on posts. A glance of
e attention to his direction, and then
the laconic reply, 'Fine, sir.' and
WHY 81AM 18 FIGHTING
WmU PiImI Ow many f?r the 8ak*
of Humanity.
Washington. Aug. 19.?Six thousand
miles from Germany, half way between
Mamdalay and Bangkok. great
herds of Astatic elephants are work log
from daarn to dusk along the Salween
and Chow Phega rivers pulling
rafts with a dexterity that would excite
the admiration of a Minnesota
lumberjack.
Thousands and thousands of these
teak rafts float down the river to tide
water and eventually arrive at Panroon
and Bangkok. Thence they are
hipped to the navy yards of the Allies,
to be turned Into the Invincible
"wooden walls" of England, the armor
base for the battleships of America
and Prance.
These "elephants a-pillin' teak In
the sludgy, aqudgy creek" are forwarding
one of Slam's chief contributions
toward winning the war for
civilization. Germany must And some
sort of resinous pine substitute for
her dreadnaughts, but the Allies may
continue to use the one wood. Impervious
to water and a shock absorber
of the first rank, on which
nickel steel armor plate may best be
bolted. Since Slam declared war on
Germany a year ago she has speeded
up her teak production, as she has
all her other Industries, and today
there is not an Allied warship In the
making, that lacks for this most valuable
of all naval lumbers.
Not for Profit
But Slam entered the war not on
account of what she could do for the
Allies In a material way, nor, indeed,
for what they could do for her. Slam
had certain grievances against Germany
-Teuton agents, for Instance,
were extremely active within her territorles.
But the war to her was
largely a moral issue and her entry
was primarily an answer of conscience
to Preeldent Wilson's circular
appeal addressed to the neutral nations
of the world.
The basis of Slam's gallant action
were these three considerations:
Germany's flagrant contempt for all
principles of humanity and for the
rights of small powers, her barbarous
methods of conducting war, and the
fact that neutrality was neither feasible
nor desirable for Slam when the
peace of the world was Involved. Aa
King Rama VI. put it In his proclamation
"done on the 22d day of July
In the year of our I.ord Buddah 2460:
"It Is the duty of Slam, as one of
the family of nations, to uphold the
sanctity of international law."
And Slam, also finding herself at
war, began to find ways in which she
could help win it The country is
as large as Germany, and King Kama
has 12,000,000 subjects, who display
as thoroughly modern tendencies as
any people of the east, not excepting
the Japanese. Slam took part in
the Allied conference at Versailles
last November and agreed to plucc
her entire resources at the disposal
of the Entente alliance.
Seized German Ships.
Her first act of war was the seizure
of nine German steamships interned
in her ports. These have now been
repaired and are In the service of the
Allies. _he next proceeded to stamp
out Genuan propaganda and enemy
plots.
SUun was conveniently situated
betwssn British possessions on the
one side and French colonies on the
other for German underground operations
both in India and In IndoChina.
Today there is not a proGerman
who dares raise his head in
Slam and even the 2,000-mile coastline
is carefully patrolled to prevent
the operations of German raiders or
"political ships" bound for India. As
for German-born Germans, the several
hundred who found their way to
Slam before the war have had their
activities restricted to internment
camps for a year, with release in
sight only when the great peace pact
is signed.
In times of peace Slam maintains
an army of 50,000. On a war basis
this army extends to 300,000 without
aimcuuy. i nounn u is uum up minis
modern lines, it is hardly likely that
it will be needed in Europe, or even
in the near east. Hut that Slam is
very keen for representation on the
battle front appears from the fact
that she has already sent to France
an aviation unit of 500 men. Her
flying men were trained in Europe
and in turn trained others of their
fellow-countrymen until, It might be
said, Slam now masters the air of
the east.
Slam, however, Is no Oriental David
challenging the Teutonic Goliath. It
is not expected that she will sling the
shot which will finish Germany. Her
aid Is chiefly moral. One of the most
progressive nations of the east, she
stands leagued with the free peoples
of the earth against military barbarism.
Her act of war was as bold as
ours and, in its degree, as potent.
PALESTINE JEW8 REJOICE
Great Hope Out of the Allied Conquest.
The restoration of the Parchment
Scrolls of the Law to the various synagogues
in Tel Aviv, Java was one of
the interesting ceremonies which followed
the British occupation writes a
correspondent of the Associated Press
from Jerusalem.
The scrolls of the Law of Moses
which are all written by hand and are
preserved in magnificently ornamented
cases, some of them In solid silver
are the most sacred and holy poeeeeslons
of every Jewish community.
So when Dtfemal Pasha in his hostility
te the Zionists, carried out the tyran
nical evacuation of the bulk of the Jewl?b
population of Jaffa in April 1917,
the Jews carried with them these sacred
To rah hi to exile, lest they should
fall Into-the hands of the Turks.
These sacred scrolls had been carefully
guarded by the Jews at Petach
Tikvah?(Mulebbls) and were brought
back In solemn procession to Jaffa.
A triumphal arch was erected at the
northern confines of 1>1 Aviv, every
house was decorated with flowers and
bunting and the whole population
tusned eat en fete to meet the return
of their snored pcssisslons. Jews
came not only from Jaffa but also
from Rlchna.ls Zlon and ths other
neighboring col sal so.
The young men and the girls of the
Meccabee Athletic association dressed
In white nlsthss. with bine sashes and
ties maintained order and kept a pathway
clear tar the procession through
thsssowda The proooeslon was heeded
by ths Australian Military Bead
aad the ceremony at ths Triumphal
Arch attended by officers representing
ths Military Governor aad by Dr.
Wefanaaaa aad ths members aad officers
of ths Zionist Commission.
The Hah am Bashi (Chief Rabbi)
of Jaffa mountod on a small dais near
the Triumphal Arch and delivered an
eloquent Hebrew address in which he
recounted the hardships of the evacuation.
He thanked and invoked blessings
upon the British Government
and the British Army and expressed
the hope that success would crown the
efforts of the Zionist commissioners.
The Jews desired to regenerate and
build up Palestine, not merely' for
their own benefit, but for that of all its
inhabitants whose friendship and help
he Invited. The re-establishment of
the Jewish people in their ancient
home in Palestine, he said, would be
for the good of all humanity.
Then the Shofar or Rom's horn was
blown and the scrolls were carried under
canopies by the chief rabbi. Dr.
Weismann and others to the various
synagogues to which they belonged.
In the afternoon the town of Tel
Aviv remained en fete. There were
procssions of school children crowned
and decorated with flowers, the
Yemenites carrying small lambs and
goats on their shoulders and bearing
palms in their hands. Children 9old
flowers and confetti In the streets the
proceeds of which go to a fund started
recently by the Zionist teachers for
translating into Hebrew and publishing
in Hebrew, English books and literature.
In the evening the Maccal>ees
gave an athletic demonstration
In the public gardens, and the proceedings
closed at sunset with the
singing of "God Save tho King" and
the Zionist National Anthem, "Hatikvah,"
the Song of Hope.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Items of Interest Gathered from Various
Sources.
The last issue of treasury certitli
cates against the fourth Liberty loan
was oversubscribed $75,706,500. The
total value of certificates taken was
$575,706,500.
Replying to a letter of sympathy
from President 1'oincare of France,
regarding the death of his son, Quen
tm. Colonel Roosevelt says, "My only
regrret Is that I am unable to tight beside
my sons."
Retail food prices In the United
States have increased 66 per cent
slncte June, 1913, the department of
labor announced last week. In the
five-year period the price of milk has
increased 44 per cent, butter 45 per
cent and eggs 50 per cent. Food
, prices have increased seven per cent
in the last year. During the month
ending June 16, the average increase
in prices of all food was two per
cent.
Differences between the (Jcrmans
and Turks are becoming more fre,
uuent and bitter according to infor,
mation received from Constantinople.
During a quarrel with Tnlaat Pasha
j recently the German ambassador is
, reported to have threatened to bom,
bard the city. Advices from Constantinople
say that leaflets dropped by
British aviators are read by the i>opulalion
with sympathetic interest.
, Posters recently found on the walls of
mosques and government buildings,
declaring that the Germans are the
, real enemies of Turkey, called forth a
( strong protest from the German ambassador
and a demand for an Inquiry.
Ho't Entitled to 'Em.?Capt. Prescott
Shelton Bush 23 years old, of
Columbus, graduate of Tale in the
class of 1917, has been awarded the
French cross of the Legion of Honor,
the English Victoria Cross and the
American Distinguished Service Cross
lor gaiiaru acuon auring ine raem
fighting in France, when he aaved the
lives of Generals Pershing, Foch and
Halg, according to word received by
his relatives says a dispatch from
Columbus, OThe
lives of the three Allied leaders
were momentarily endangered by a
German shell, while they were making
inspection of American positions.
General Pershing had sent for Captain
Bush to guide them about one
sector. As they approached one battery
it was evident that the place
was being heavily shelled, but the general
proceeded. A shell hit twenty
yards in front of them and a fragment
tore Captain Bush's boot The party
then moved along more rapidly. Suddenly
Captain Bush saw a shell coming
directly for them. Shouting a
warning he drew his knife, wielding
it as he would a ball bat and deflected
the shell to the right
? The Allied neutral shipping sunk
by enemy submarine during July
amounted to 270,000 tons, compared
with 534.S39 tons sunk in July, 1917.
This radical decrease In losses is
doubly significant when the increase
in merchant marine navigation resulting
from the American shipbuilding
efforts is considered. The Entente
nations constructed during July a
lonnagt* in i'aitjs ui -ov,uuv uin uui
destroyed during the month by enemy
operations. The Entente tonnage
lost in 191S was 60 per cent less than
that lost in 1917.
Khaki Testaments
We have a nice line of these and
will mail .one to any address In the
United States, postage prepaid on receipt
of price, 75 CTS., in Stamps or
by Money Order. Send one to Your
Soldier Friend, your Brother, Husband
or acquaintance. It is a timely, always
acceptable gift
WATERMAN IDEAL PENS?
$2.50 and Upward. You couldn't
buy a better Pen?there isn't any better
made. You couldn't give a more
appreciated gift to your Soldier Friend
or Soldier Son. Sent anywhere on receipt
of price.
NEW DRY GOODS AND NOTION8
Are now arriving. We'll be pleased
to show you. Better shop early.
G. W. WHITESIDES & CO.
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fit you with (Uasse did for your pocketbook.
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VftTMT TTTTiyiWTl flfltl CI uv. unci am I.W|?I rwui!
X UXUi WlXnXaDOTlO Ar. York 8.10pm 8.18pm 6.33*m
Ar. Blacksburg 8.20pm 7.40am
Lv. Blacksburg 6.30pm 9.18am
Tlie Names Of York PmoiU lYmlllar Ar. Rutherford ton.. 8.80pm ll.Oiam
Ar. Marion 12.10pm
To AU* EAST BOUND
Who are the witnesses? No. 38 No. 114 No. lis
They are York people? Lv- Marion 4.40pm
?j . , . . ... _ . . ? . Lv. Rutherfordton ? 8.80pm 6.36am
Residents of York who haxe had ^ B1.ckjbur|t 56pm - SUm
kidney backaehe. kidney Ills, bladder Lv. Blaekaburg 8.06pm 9.20am
ills; who have used Doan's Kidney Lv. York 9.15pm. 10.30am 6.40am
Rills. These witnesses endorse Doan's. Ar Rock Ht" ?-50pm 1, 0Urn 7',6*m
t?ne York resident who speaks is J. Trains Nob. 35. 36, 113 and 116, conS.
Sandifer, salesman, 22 Cleveland "?ct ^th ,ln? tnUns at RiaeksAve.
He says: "I had a slight at- ?""*,to and frora *olatM North !ind
tack of kidney trouble and 1 suffered ' ; '
with headaches. As Doan's Kidney Nos. 35 and 36 connect with trains
Rills were recommended highly to me, at Marion to and from Ashcvillo and
I bought son?e at the York Drug Store. P?'nt* ,a,nd ,*wt*. ,, .
no box of Doan's entirely cured me D tum' lw f UP . connect at
of the trouble and 1 have been feeling 3?? , ** w? < lTIM n from
tine ever since " Charlotte and Columbia.
For more detailed information, ap60
cents at all dealers. Foster-Mil- ply to Ix>cal Agents,
burn Co.. Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. W. E. McGEE S. H McLEAN.
A. G. R. A. D. R. A.
ANNOUNCEME N T S.
FOR CONGRESS SUPERINTENDENT OF
rpo the Democratic Voters of the EDUCATION
x Fifth District: 1 respectfully ask to T HEREBY announce my candidacy
be renominated and re-elected to * for ro-eiection to the office of CounCongress
from this District, and agree ty Superintendent of Education, subto
abide the results of the Democr.-tic Ject to the Democratic Primary.
Primary Election. I will not be able 62 te JOHN E. CARROLL.
to spend much time in the District
this summer, because of the great roTTWTV attpfrvisor
amount of important legislation grow- tUUflTX sufLitviauu
ing out of the war situation, but will are authorized to announce
attend meetings In the District Then- " THOS. W. BOYD as a candidate
ever possible. It is absolutely essen- for re-election to the office of Supertial
for Congressmen to be at their visor of York county, subject to the
post at this time. action of the Democratic party in the
W. F. STEVENSON. Primary election. 62 te
T HEREBY announce myself as a
FOR STATE OFFICES candidate for Supervisor of York
Commissioner of Agriculture, Etc. county, subject to the rules ol the
, ,, ... , . _ _ Democrat ic primary. I will appreciate
HARRIS of 1 endleton, Anderson y??r votes. If elected 1 will he on the
county, S. C., is a candidate for jolt all the time. I will run Ilu- afthe
office of Commissioner of Agricul- ltUnj of lh(. ln a m^mess-like
turv. Commerce and Industries of W!IV
South Carolina, subject to the will of * u. K. UKK McC'onnellsvllle.
tile voters In the Primary, and will
appreciate the support of York county
voters. GO te* TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR
King's Mountain lowiisiup. ^
FOR PROBATE JUDGE fPHE friends of W. JACKSON Mo
f hereby announce myself aa a candi- CARTER do hereby unnoui.ce hliu
1 date for the office of Probate Judge ? a candidate for the office of fcuporof
York county. aubjeU to the choice v,8?r ?f.K,"f* Mountain Townsh p.
of the Democratic voter* in the Pri- ?"bject to the rulea of the Democratic
mary Election. prlmury. 6f te
JOHN M. WILAJFORD. u- . ~ Z ~
May 10 a. W. tf. King* Mountain Township.
' \JITE arc authorized to announce VV.
tid iu*vriQ a# t p uiri p af irnrt h- HoWKLL us u candidate for
FRIENDS of J. R. HAILE of Fort re_eUjcUon to thu oflkc of supervisor
m !? ??.^i??ih, King's Mountain Township, subject
position, respectfully announ e him as lo the choice of the Democratic voters
a candidate for the important office of ,n lh pril|iafyi 67 u.
Probate Judge of York county, aub- i
Ject to the rulea governing the Demo- Bullock's Cirvk Township,
cratlc Primary Election. Mr. Halle la -mri. .
r\i>n ntlno I Knolnnua m _ _ n, 1st. V.QM _ # lA/ Lj Ul O dlitil iTlZl'U to UllllOUnCC -a# J
j ns hn^kklt^ and Office SHEREH for recommendation for
EfTi-df# ha mak- ^ Supervisor of Roads in Bullock s Creek
man and If elected he will make good. To* I18hlp| 8ubJect to the ruletJ of l|lu
T HEREBY announce myself u a Democratic Primary. te
A candidate for the office of Judge of u?ii,wk'u ivw-u
Probate of York County, subject to the _
rules and regulations of the Demo- ? HEREBY announce myself as a cancratlc
primary. didate for Supervisor of Bullock's
41* j. I* HOUSTON. Creek Township, subject to the rulea
of the Democratic Primary.
J AM a candidate for Probate Judge. 82 tc* E. M. BANKHEAD.
O- I* SANDER8. VLTE are authorized to announce J. E.
" LATHAM as a candldato for SuHOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES pcrvisor of Roads In Bullock's Creek
WE are authorized to announce Township, subject to the recommendaJOHN
R- HART, Esq.. as a candl- tlon of lhe Democratic voters in the
date for the House of Representatives, primary election. te*
subject to the choice of the Democratic .. . . . .. "
voters in the Primary election. 62 te Broad IUver Township.
n r? authorized to announce
I ASK the Democrats of Yirk county JEFF D. WHITELIDES aw a eunto
re-elect me to the House of dldate for Supervisor of Roads in
Representatives. Broad Riv r township, subject to tho
Jun 21-60 W. R. BRADFORD. recommendation of tho Democratic
? voters of Broad River township In the
117Bare authorized to announce WM. Primary election. 62 te
" J. CHERRY of Rock Hill, as a _
candidate for the House of Representatives,
subject to the rules of the FOR MAGISTRATE
Democratic party. 61 B#the| Town#hipt
XUE are authorized to announce E. T HEREBY bog leave to submit iny
** GETTYS NUNN of Rock Hill, as a A name to the voters of Bethel Towncandidate
for re-election to the House ship for recommendation for rc-a|?of
Representatives, subject to the pointment as Maxistrate, subject to
choice of the Democratic voters in the the rules of the Democratic jKiity.
primary election. 61 H. I* JOHNSON.
WE are authorised to announce E. T
" W. PUR8L.EY as a can JI date for Bullocks Creek Townsh.p.
re-election to the House of Represen- UUE aro authorized to unnounce J. L.
tatives, subject to the endorsement of "" DUNCAN as n candidate for rethe
Democratic voters of Turk county appointment as Maxistrate in Bullock's
In the primary election. Creek Township, subject to the recom
mendation of the Democratic voters in
I ANNOUNCE myself as a candidate the Primary election. 60 to
for nomination for the House of . \
Representatives, subject to the action - ? - ?
or t!?posTK|t COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
117 E are authorized to unnounce *
" HENRY R. ME! RITT as a canFOR
COUNTY TREASURER didate for the office of County (.'one
T HEREBY announce myself as a can- nntiaBioner of York county, subject to
* didate for re-appointment to the of- ^e ?' t'ie votcrM 'n 1 r
flee of Treasjrer of York County, sub- election. 68 te
Ject to the recommendation of the ~~~ ~7T~7 i 7~ TZTl""
Flcctio^tlC V?lerS HthE. NFllar> JOHN CRAIG KIRKPATRICK as
60 ft te a candidate for County Commissioner,
__ subject to the recommendation of the
Democratic voters in the Primary clecFOR
COUNTY AUDITOR ^ fi2 le
I HEREBY announce myself as a can- \L7E are authorized to announce
didate for re-appointment to the " LADD J. LUMPKIN as a candioffice
of Auditor of York county, sub- date for County Commissioner, subject
Ject to the recommendation of the to the recommendation of the DemoDemocratic
voters in the Primary elec- crattc voters in the Primary election,
tlon. B. M. LOVE. 62 t f te
i WE MAKE f
GOOD FLOUR j
I ?
I MACHINERY IS NOW IN FIRST-CLASS SHAPE FOR ?
\ GRINDING THE NEW CROP. $
y
j WE ARE GRINDING WHEAT. ?
> Our ROLLER MILL has been tlioroughly overnauled,
^ the machinery has been put in first-class condition, and all X
y old Bolting Cloths have been replaced with New ones.
^ We have a First-Class MILLER who knows his busi- X
y ness, and we are here to GIVE ABSOLUTE SATISFAC- %
? TION to all patrons, whether they send their wheat by t
X freight or messenger, or whether they coine in person. <
x WE GRIND CORN TOO, ?
x do hot throw away And we Grind It As It Ought a
J T~ to Be Ground. ?
5 m vlNirM mmIi twn. w x-iuuiuig mui is on mc wu y
J w? wuiiv tkmm. Mill Ground, but entirely ?
\ J separate. I
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