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YORKYILLE ENQUIRER. I iasqKD l. m. grists soxs, pubiutiOT. J 3 Jfamilj Ueirspager: Ji'or the promotion of the political, foetal, ^griettltoral and tfommercial interests of the flooglt. j TER"wo^copt"iviNcE?"NCE ehttbi'j'sheu 1855 yokk.h.c. friday, november -22, 1918. 1sto. 94 I ? ? > I MMMk tail omntm'Pi In ffovsrnmaat Mrvic* to AS SEEN Br THE SEERS i Some Famous World Prophecies In Review J SOMF OF THEM WfcRE NEARLY RIGHT ? j Downfall of Germany Was Foreto'd By Madame Thebes. Brother Johannes. August Bebel. and General Nogi ?All However, Seem to Have Overlooked America, the Great Agency I By Which the Mighty Work Was Accomplished. Now that peace has coinc again to' tin- world, inteiest turns to the nun and I women of all ag?s and of all ran s who j for hundreds of years have propos ed a mighty world-conlliet, and to the relatively few others a ho from tune to time predicted dates for the ending of the struggle. These prophecies have come from men and women of all walks in life, from th** poet to the Holshevik Many have euvt-lofH'tl the worts in m>wu an<l allegory, others have resorted to <?uija boar<ls, to cabalistic combinations of figures and even to incintu tlOIIS. The most famous of these prophecies have eonie from Eord Alfred Tennyson. from .Madame Thebes, in Paris, from "Mother Shipton." who lived during the days of the Tudor dynasty. 40" years ago. in England, and another is attributed to Brother Johannes, a monk who wrote at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Hut from thein ail the one that is tin most sane, which lias been derived without the inspired vision of the poet, or the appeal to the occult, or to th< forms of witchcraft, is that of August Be be I, a ?!ernian Socialist. licbcl's Prophecy. Beliefs prophecy needs no words of emotional appeal in which to set it forth. Its force is enhanced by Its very simplicity. Writing in l'JOO on thesubp J cot of the "Permanent Army and the Militia." he says: A war between two groat powers will with mathematical precision, lead to a general European conflagration. The Herman licet, no matter how large it may he, will be destroyed by tiie English fleet that is certain to be its superior in force, and Germany will " * * 1 -v.. -? I??? ?.? lusc an ner cuiviuis ly after the declaration of hostilities. Should Japan Join her forces with the enemies of Germany, and this would be inevitable if Germany fights England, then all the German colonies in the Tar East will be irretrievably lost, despite all the superhuman sacrifices brought in acquiring them. Hut the most fatal result of such a war would be the loss of the German merchant marine and of the world's markets, which will be^eaptureaT^ England. A war w ith France and Russia, with England as their ally, would also mean the complete destruction of the power of Germany. ltoth France and Russia would be pleased nt the prospect of Germany warring against England. In that case their wishes would come true, for France would r? gain Alsace and Lorraine, while Russia would see realization of her centuries-old dream of possessing the whole of Poland and several important ports at the mouths of the Nietnan and Vistula. Victories in the war of the future w ill not come to the German arms as easily as the newspapers and schoolrooms would had us to believe. The superiority over the enemy the Germans possessed in 1S70 is absolutely impossible nowadays. l*ropInxy Verified by Armistice. The truth of Hebel's prediction the world knows from the terms of the armistice promulgated by Marshal Foch at the dramatic meeting of the Gcr-! man white flag bearers in the marshal's humble headquarters, a plain . railroad car. ^ ? Uonlnllof J i rue, mv vii-i v<vv <? any part in the world conilict of thi United States, but that can be considered to be due to the opinion prevalent in Germany especially, but accepted by the rest of the world, that America cou'd not rise above the desire of the dollar and would to the end, as they did for 'hree years, gather wealth untold from the nations that were actually lighting. Rebel was jeered by the press of Germany and insulted by the militarists whose downfall he has witnessed, but In the light of recent events the prophetic words of th* Socialist cabinet-maker have proved trueKven more noteworthy in its forecast of aerial accomplishments and the suggestion of the League of Nations is the prophetic vision of Tennyson, expressed in Locksley Hall: For I dipt into thr future, far as human eye could see. Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be: Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails. Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nation's airy navies grappling in the central blue: Far along the world-wide whisper of the southwind rushing warm. With the standards of the peoples plunging through the thunderstorm: Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer, and the battle-flags were fur'ld In the Parliament of man. the Fetferation of the world." This far-sighted vision of the poet and that of the practical prophecy of the socialist caoinei-maKer mnai . Hut it is the prophecies of the seeress. conjured from what she pleased to call her "closed cases," that fascinate. For in all mankind, no matter what his creed, there is ever eagerness to hearken to the voice of mysticism, the suggestion of the occult. Madame Thebes's Predictions. Madame Thebes had a great vogue j in Paris for ten years prior to her| death in December, 1916. Whence she j came no one knows. Her name is said to have been Anna Victorine Snvlgny. She was 72 years old when she died. These meager facts as to her life servjg ed but to enhance the mystery with * which she enveloped herself. From her "closed cases" Madame Thebes predicted the fall of Khartoum, the death of Queen Victoria, the assassination of President Carnot and the death of President Faure, in France, the San Francisco earthquake, the Bal kan war and ths defsat of Thsodon Roosevelt when, at the head of ths Bui Moose he Bought to keep Preside-n Wilson from the White House, and al most countless other facts, accordlnl to h?r devotees. Numbers of her predictions did no come to pass. But what cared her do Ivotees? When she published her al manac in 1014 it was read with avidity ! And the readers beheld many Strang I things at which they marveled. Bu when they r< ad that "in the month o July, 1911. all Kurope will be upset b; a war in all the < ountr.es, ac< ompanit < .by enormous disaster," they gasped. When the great wax started th- r< was a rem wed rush to obtain c-opi's o her almunuc. Kven the then liaught; . >??u ft\r all the*.- enuld get and her vogue increased still more. it. framing from mention ng a date M niame 'i h* b? s wrote: "In Xovembi-i a great emperor will lose his crown an* the war will end. Indian, Canadiai and Austral an contingents will partic ipate, and so will the Japanese licet." When her almanac for 1915 appear d interest in the march of th- Hum toward l'aris was almost forgottei while the people p* rused In r utter a net sI'mplircii's of Germany. Hut it is of Germany, in view of re cent events, that her prophecies an most int< resting. "Where is the man of whom I knov and of whom I prophesied last yeai who will rise up in Germany to mak' them listen to a word which will domi nate all words, and who can save hii native land from a part of the jus punishment reserved for it Uy Provi dvnee'! "Germany will increase in spite o her loss. She will rise a republic. Th< German elements of Austria will ut tach themselves to Germany by thi lien of the Danube and community o religion." To Americans. Madame Thebes paii scant attention. "American farmers hold your wheat and corn," she com manded. "You will receive high prices New York is threatened, but her ca tastrophe may be only financial." Of the former Kaiser, Madame The bes said: "William II. will die mad ant a physical wreck. The crown princi will die at the hands of an assassin." Frequently she prophesied the end inir of the war. giving dates. But th< failure of her forecasting were forgot ton by the world, which continued t< hang upon her utterances until hei death. Mother Shlpton's Forecast. Turning back in the centuries, wi conie to Mother Shipton, who flourish' ed in the days when witchcraft wai rampant In England. She is said t< have been the daughter of Agathi Southill. known among her neighbor as "the Devil's Child." As Ursuh Southill she lived from her birth it 1846, in Dropping Well, Knaresbor oagh. TorfcatitWr* - v -j? Chronicles of her day are filled wit! the many exhibitions of supernatura power she gave and for a time hei predictions as to the nobles of Henri VIII- were feared?and accepted. Itut it is of events far In the futuri that she made a prophecy, which hai been preserved in almost its orginal al legorloal form, that gave her rank ai one of the forecasters of the world. This prophecy as at present extant runs: "Carriages without horses shall go And accidents fill all the world with woe; Primrose Hill in London shall be And in the center a bishop's see ; Around the world thoughts shall fly In the twinkling of an eye. Through the hills men shall ride And no ass or horse is' by their side. A grent man shall come and go. Iron in the water shall float As easy as a wonder boat. Gold shall be found, and found In land that is not now known. Fire and water shall more wonder do. Fngiand ..halt at last admit a Jew. The Jew thnt was held in scorn Shall of a Christian Is- born and lorn. A h'?use of gla<s shall come to pass In England ? but. a'as. War will follow with the work In 'he land of Paean and Turk: And sta'e nnd state, in firreo strife. Will seek each other's life. Bu' when the North sha'l d'vide the South An eagle shall bui'd in the Lion's mouth. Taxes for blood and for war Will eome to every door. Three times three shall lovely France Bo led to play a hloody dance. Before her people (thall be free Three tyrant ruler* *he shall see. The BriH*h Olive next shall elimh In marriace with the German Vine. All Kneland's sons that plow the land Shall he seen hook in hand. X^>arnine shall so ehh and flow The poor shall most wisdom know. The world then to an end shnll eome In eighteen hundred and eiehty-one." So great was the belief in rural Eng land in the efficacy of Mother Shiptor that when the year 1S81 arrived manj of the peasants are said to have pre pared for death. It has recently been said that th< last two lines of this prophecy are t forgery, put in the mouth of Mothei Shipton by one Charles Hindley. Brother Johannes' Allegory. Another famous prophecy is that o; Brother Johannes, written in Latin bj the monk in 1600. His subject wau Antichrist, who. he said, would be de stroyed in a great war. In reading th< allegory in its application to the war the following key must be used: France is represented by a cock. England by a leopard. Russia by a white eagle. Germany by a black eagle. Austria by "the other eagle." Mercy, justice and truth by th< Lamb. The translation of the allegory pre sented by the Paris Figaro reads: 'Toward the year 2000 the Antl Christ will manifest himself. His armj will surpass in numbers all that can bi imagined. "There will be Christians among hii I legions, and there will be Mohamme dans and savage soldiers among th< defenders of the Lamb. | "For the first time the Lamb will bi all red. There will not be a single spo in the Christian world that will not bi rca ana rea win oe uic ucaiciu, ur earth, the waters and even the air, fo blood will flow in the domains of thi four elements at once. "The black eagle will throw himsel on the cock, who will lose many feath era. but will strike back herolcall; with his spurs. He soon would h | crushed were it not for the help of tit leopard and his claws. "The black eaje will come from th< country of Luther, will surprise th< cock from another side and will invad the country of the cock up to the mid die of ?t g I "The white Mgla comlnf from the 1' north, will surprise the black eagle and t the 'other eagle' and will invade the - country of Antichrist from one end to i the other. "The black eagle will see himself t forced to liberate the cock in order to fight the white eagle, and the cock will - pursue the black eagle into the coun- i j try of the Antichrist to help the white | & !eaglc. t "The batths fought up to then will f be as nothing compared to those wh ch >' will take place in the country of LuthI er, for the seven angels will together I pour in the fire of their censers on the ^ I impious earth, which signifbs that the f' Umb will order the extermination of! ' the race of the Antichrist. "When the black eagle s<es that he. is lost he will become furious and for! . many months the beak of the white! r| eagle, the claws of the leopard and th- : 1; spurs of the cock will furously strike j II at him. "They will cross the rivers ovi r the : bodies of the slain and these, in places, j - will change the course of the- water. . mense armies which will face each other. "I have little doubt as to the result , of this war;France will beat Germany t en land and England will crush Gerr many at sea." Another Japanese prophecy, dating from 17S3, says: "When men fly like I birds ten great kings will go to war a; gainrt each other, and the universe s will be under arms." Prophets of Sma^^^ations , The smaller nations have had their prophets as well. In Belgium there is a tradition that Susannah Wett, wife of a banker in Antwerp, prophesied in 1913: "In 1913 will come the desolation of Belgium, the suicide or an emperor in war, the death of an emperor held secret, a king proclaiming a re? public and a republic proclaiming a king." In Suabia the quatrains of the "Woman of St. Ingbert" have long been sung?and believed. Many of her prcf dictions have come true, but only ree cently have her words been given full measure of belief through the fulfilling s of her prophecy: "When Germany shall be her greatest then the fall t must come; I see waves of blood. The horses of the Cossacks drink in the p waters of the Rhine and Elbe." t In Rumania the troubadours have p sung and mothers have crooned to e their babes the old prophecy? When men (hall fly Twelve Kins* shall go to war. C The women will do the harvest. The men will finish the vintage, f Curiously, the seers and seeresaea, - when giving dates for the beginning of y the war or its ending, until the coming e of that year, almost one and all set e 1913The former kaiser is said to have [>! been told by Mme. Lenormand, a a soothsayer of Parts, that though he p; would die in 1888, his heirs would -: reign On the German throne until 1918. 1 Several prophecies of the coining of i s Th? y will bury only the men of the i more noble families, the lending com uandants and the princes, bonus to the carnage made by the armies will be joined th> wholesale dea'h of thes* who will die of hunger or of pest. "The Antichrist will ask many times for peace, but the seven angels who ? walk in front of the three animals dcr fending the Lamb have declared that victory will only be gr??ited on th< - condition that the Antichrist be crush3 ed like straw on the barn lloor. t "The executors of the justice of the - Lamb cannot stop lighting as long as the Antichrist possesses the soldiers to f light against them. > That which makes the decree of - the Lamb so implacable is that the An; tichrist has pretended to be the followf er of Christ and to act in his name, and if he does not perish, the fruit of 1 tho Redeemer would be lost and the i, doors of hades would prevail against . the Saviour. i "The light which will take place . where the Antichrist forges his arms will not be in any way a human fight. "The three animals defending the 1 Lamb will exterminate the last of the ? army of Antichrist, but they will be forced to erect on the battlefield a . pyre as large as a city, for the bodies j of the dead will change the aspect of the countryside, as there will bo ) mounds of the slain, r "The Antichrist will lose his crown and will die in solitude and madness. His empire will be divided into twen? ty-two states, but none of them will . any longer possess fortresses, armies 3 or vessels. ) "The white eagle by the order of St. i Michael, will drive the crescent from 3 Europe, and will Install himself at i Constantinople. Then will begin an era j of peace and prosperity for the earth, . and there will be no more wars, each ? I" ? tn tha IIUIIUII UClIli BU V CI IICU (WVVtu*i?5 vv kiiv i rules of justice. 1 '"There will no longer be Lutherans r or Schismatics. The Lamb will reign. , and the supreme happiness of humanity will begin. Happy will be thos? :> who. escaping the perils of that period, s will be able to enjoy the fruit of the reign of the spirit and the purging of it humanity which can only come after the reign of the Antichrist." Curiously, the number of states into which Brother Johannes divided the German empire coincides with the number of dependencies which formed the empire. Sa\on Monk Vision. Another monk, living in Saxony 600 years ago, wrote: "There will be a king n Germany under whom the nation will be greater and more powerful than ver before. He will be followed by an uncrowned king, who will pass as a shadow across the throne. A one-urm d king will succeed him, and in tin nd of this reign or maybe carlytn the next the German armies will go forth to conquer the world, but those who r? turn w 11 seek shelter under the pear tr. es of the nation." The one prophecy that stands out pre-eminent as the utterance of a man of affairs, trained in the art of war, is that of the Japanese General Nog: During the siege of Port Arthur General Xogi said: "I believe the world will witness a great war that will have all Europe for its battleground and will settle the Franco-German question and the Anglo-German rivalry. France and Germany will meet in this last decisive conflict on the Belgian plains, probably near Waterloo the only spot which . will permit of the evolution of the im ONE GERMAN It is suited officially that during the Including over 150 heavy guns. Machine mortars. < the world conflict and of existence ufter its cessation have been imputed to the late Count Tolstoi, but his family have vigorously denied them. In America there have been prophets, but they have received scant atten tion in Europe and but little in their own land. But now that the war has 1, ended the rush of those who foresaw ( its termination will doubtless soon burst forth. IN GERMAN PRISON CAMPS. 4 Up to November 1st the Americans! Numbered 2,532. According to the figures prepared by the American lied Cross in Switzerland, there were more than 2,632 Americans in prison camps in Germany on Nov. l, all if whom must be, released under the armistice. The number comprise of 192 army officers, 1,743 non-commissioned officers and* privates, three naval officers, oighJ sailors and 138 civilians? most they latter merchant sailors and cattlemen. L There are 1,213 prisoners at R4ts>r tatt, 126 at Gicsen, six at LimburgandT; the remaining are scattered among? fifty-five other camps, the most im-I portnnt of which are at Berlin, Kki-? indenbttrg. Cassel, Danzig, Solzmin-J icn. Karlsruhe, Mainz Metz, Saat-J ' rucken, Stuttgart, Vllllngen and! Darmstadt. On July 39 t*ere were 479 AmJtitSm an prisoners of war in Germany. 1 The American Red Cross supplied ill of them with food, clothing and mrknimti and Q.l nor rent of the nack res sent hnve been acknowledged by he prisoner*. Many comp'alnts have been received about conditions in the camps, par ji tslarly at Darmstadt, where the pri-oners said the German food ration was absolutely Insufficient. nnd the ien would die of starvation if they 'id not receive the packages. Sleep- i ing accommodations were also bad, forj ?he prisoners bad to lie on the ground itbent blankets or mattresses. A neutral who visited this camp >!! the conditions of the prisoners ' ft rnueh to be desired, for they looked a.s (f they had defleivnt nourishment. Some of the men had only one hnngp of undere'othing, while others had only what they wore. German soldiers almost completely !ripped the Americans when they ode th<m prisoners. Some lost onl> heir overcoats, but hoots were taken Yon nearly every one. and many lost v n their trousers. Money and all alunbles were confiscated, even to he silver Identity discs the Americans wore on their wrists. Ttazors and 'oiln articles were always taken. MUST ACT LIKE MEN. Petain Tells Frenchmen They Must Not Act Like Germans. General Petain. the French commander-in-chief. on November 12, Issued the following order of the day to b troops: "To the French Army?During long months you have fought History will record the tenacity and fierce ncrcy tu?pw>t-u (iiiruiK wicm.- iuui years by our country, which had to vanquish in order not to die. "To-morrow, In order to better dic'ate ponce, you are going to carry your arms as far as the Rhine. Into that 'and of Alsace-Lorraine, thnt is so dear to us, you will march as liberators. You will po further, all the way into Germany to occupy lands which are the necessary puaranteos for just reparation. "France has suffered in her ravaged fields and in her ruined villages. The freed provinces have had to submit to intolerable vexations and odious out rapes, but you are not to answer their crimes by the commission of violences which under the spur of your resentment may seem to you legitimate. "You are to remain under disciline and to show respect to persons and property. You will know, after having vanquished your advarsary by force of arms, how to impress him further by the dignity of your attitude and the world will not know which to admire rpost, conduct in success or your heroism in fighting. "I address a fond and affectionate greeting to our dead whose sacrifices cave us the victory. And I send a message of salutation, full of sad affection to the fathers, to the mothers, to the widows and orphans of France, who. in these days of national Joy. dry their tears for a moment to acclaim the triumph of our arms. I bow my head before your magnificent flags. "Vive la France! "PETAIN." The German Asiatic bank at Pekin was dynamited late last week, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Tientsin. The American legation guard attempted to extinguish the fire which resulted, but the water eupplv wag low and it is believed the building will be a total wreck. - .it: -ji.'-Kkii \ >. EXHIBIT IN THE "BRITH i month of August, 1018, British troops 1 runs to the amount of 6,750 have been TO FRANCE IN PERSON. I 1 President Wilson Will Be On Hand I During the Peace Conference. Democratic senators who conferred f with President Wilson for two hours ' Tuesday nisht left the White House with the Impression that tne president now plans to remain in France Indefinitely or at least until the major jortion of the work of the peace con'eronce has been completed. The president was understood to be specially interested in the appllca:lon, In the framing of the treaty, of :he principle of the freedom of the leas, \\hich he enunciated in his 14 crms. and on which the Allies, In ^freeing to discuss peace with Clerrtany. have reserved the right offree!om of action at the peace conference. ' The plan for a league of nations Was another subject to which the president was said to have given much ' ptudy. He was understood to regard this as essential for the maintenance pf the ponce of the world. i In Constant Touch. t During his absence from the United t ^tates, the president plans to continue < to exercise all the functions of bis of- I Bee. He will keep in communication ' with Wnshinirton by wireless while at ? ?en and by cable and, if necessary, by 1 dispatch boat while he Is abroad. i , While In France the president was I to plan transaction of any nocesMiry executive business in the American t embassy. Technically he would be on I \meriean soil. Should he visit In Lon- I don or any of the other Allied capitals. I the embassies there would become his i executive headquarters. t Resides discussing his plans for his < trip abroad, the president was understood to have taken up with the sen- I ators problems of reconstruction and < ni<eessary legislation. It is said that .' he opposes creation of a reconstruc- i lion commission, either executive or congressional, preferring that the work t he dene bv existing agencies, such as t the war Industries board, the food nd- i ministration and the war trade board. I o otinn.Hnr ih? conference Included Simmons nnd Overman of I North Corol'na, Pomcrene of Ohio, i Walsh of Montana, and Swanson of . Virginia. all chairman of Important "ommlttoos. During the dav the president had conference with Senator i Martin of Virginia, the Democratic leader. Problem* At Home. The American merchant marine, la- 1 hor problems and the war revenue hill were other subjects taken up at the conference ton'cht which lasted until 1 after 10 o'clock. The president Is i said to have reiterated his views on the necccsslty for a trreat fleet of ships to i carry the nation's commerce and to that end favors continuation of the government shipbuilding proernm. i Reenrdinc 'nhor. senators were said i to have been told that maintenance of , utmost confidence between emnlovers | and employees is particularly essential i durlntr the period of reconstruction. < Retrenchment In federal expenditures. as far as is consistent was said 1 to be desired by the president, who 1 told the senntors he had already taken i steps to that end. In this connection i the pending war revenue bill was dls- i cussed, especially with Senator Sim- I mons, chairman of the sennto finance committee. The president asked re- i pafdinsr prospects of Its message. In view of his approaching departure for i France and was advised by Senator < Simmons of the prospect of delay and I determined Republican opposition to i the plan proposed by Secretary Mc- : Adoo for determination In the pending: i measure of 1920 tar rates. The reconstruction and legislation < questions, the senators were said to i bave been Informed, probably will be , discussed by the president In his ad- i dress to congress at the opening of the i new session, December 2. At that time ( he ts expected to outline his views on the necessity for maintaining some i government war agencies, at least for i a limited period after the peace treaty | is signed. 1 The president plans to sail for ; Prance soon after congress reconvenes, < and It was understood for this reason | he desired the leisurely conference tonight. covering the campaign and other questions. In connection with the i president's plans for transacting his business with an American embassy t as headquarters. It Is understood that i Ue for*is there wl'l be little difficulty In disposing of legislative questions i that arrive. If necessary. It was said the engrossed text of a bill could be sent to him by a courier on a dispatch boat. A veto, It was said, could be aer*ompPshed by a cable. In the discussion of legislative questions. It was said that only those of i the coming session were considered of prospective Republican control of the next congress or of an extra session. New Explosives.?The manufacture of a new explosive, known as Senglte. ' to meet the growing shortage of nj> ' v. .. v... wilaiir.iifri' M'MJ SH MUSEUM" ? nM^fc^^HB^2?d?^^EK$?j!!9fKC a Frauce captured 657 German guns, counted, aa bad over 1,000 trench roglyeerine explosives, now used by :hc mining Industry In South Africa tas been recently commenced. This new explosive, which has a ;un-cotton base. Is the result of extcrinu nts conducted by Kynoch. Ltd., it their Umbogintwlni (Natal) factory. This xplosive is said to he so insonsiive to shock as to be quite safe if hnmnered with a steel tool. Accidental explosions in mining caused by drillnet Ir.to unfired holes, would not oc?ur when this explosive was used. The name Scngitc originated with lie manufacturers. The first four Inters were derived by using the initial otters in the lollowing words: "Substitute explosive, no glycerine." The as*, three letters are taken from the cord "dynamite." HEAVY BRITISH LOSSES Casualties On All Fronts Aggregate 3,049,991. British casualties during the war, ncluding all the theaters and activites, totalled 3,019,991 it has been onicunced in the house of commons tolav by .lames Inn Macl'herson, pariamentary secretary of the war office If this number, officers killed, wounded or missing aggregated 142,C31 and he men. 2,907,357. The total losses n the fighting on the Franco-Belgian 'rout were 1,719,612. In the Kast African compaign, the otal casualties were 17,825. Of this otr.l, 9,104 were killed or died, com>risinp 3S0 officers and 8,724 men. A otal of 7,751 were wounded, eomprisnir 478 officers nnd 7,276 men. The nissinp and prisoners totalied 967, nf 3S officers and 929 men. In other theaters the total casualles were 3,297. Of this number, 133 >Hirers and 600 men were killed, 142 i.nd 51 officers and 90S men were liissing or prisoners. In addition to the grand total of leaths, there were 19,000 deaths from nrioiis causes among troops not formn.: any port of the expeditionary orce, Th- Dardanelles expedition cost the Itritlsh 119,729 casualties. Of this lumber. 1,785 officers were killed or lied, and 31.737 others. The wounded vre 3,010 officers and 75.508 others, i'he missing including the prisoners, ivcre 258 officers and 7, :31 others. On the Snlonikl front the losses were [ . 318. of these, the killed were 285 > Hi- r:-- and 7,330 others: the wounded i is officers and 16,058 others, the mis- I in 11: officers and 2,713 others. In Italy, the Itritlsh losses totalled J.73S. Of these, 86 officers and 941 men were kilhd; 334 officers nnd 4. 1. nv n were wounded. Of these, 766 missing, 38 were officers. 727- men. Advised to Hold lor 30 Cts.?Cotion growers of South Carolina in conicrcnce in Columbia Tuesday organised a cotton holding plan and pledged themselves to hold t)tc crop off the market until the staple is selling at 35 -ents a pound middling basis. A committee of 15 was also created lo study the cotton situation, to establish and maintain co-operative action with the other cotton states, to itdvise the farmers and other Allied interests as to what steps to take to secure the best possible prices for the 1918 crop. Eight of tiic members of the committee are to be bonaflde farm> rs, and each congressional dis trict is to have representatives. The ight members of the committee named in the resolution are to name the remaining personnel. The eight named ire: Governor Manning, A. C. Summers. commissioner of agriculture, VV. M. Riggs, president of Clemson college; \V. W. Long, Capt. Claffcy, president of the State Farmers' union J. Scottowe Wannamaker, president of South Carolina Banker's associalion. and V. M. Montgomery, president of South Carolina Cotton ManufacSenator E. D. Smith was present and made an earnest plea for the holding of the cotton, presenting statistics to prove that the recent decline was not incident to over production. Senator Smith called on the convention to inquire of Chairman Baruch of the war Industries board, and of Chairman Brancr. of the marketing board, from whom the order came last week to sell 500.000 bales of cotton. He said there would be Investigation by the senate, if the people themselves did not cail for an pxplanation. Senator Smith had been told by a banker Monday that the cotton would be financed to the extent of 20 cents a pound, which meant the farmer could barrow $100 on each bale. The Stars and Stripes, the organ of the American Expeditionary force, has arranged for November 24 as the day upon which all the American troops shall write borne to father. Special delivery arrangements are under way in order that "Father's Day" shall be as successful as "Mother's Day" May 12. last. It Is hoped the fathers will write to their boys on the same daySecretary of the Navy Daniels will allow college students now in the navy, to resign at ones, to resume their college studies. W0ULDN7 BE BULLUUftU Henry Ford Indignant At BIack|ack Methods NO MORE PlitiLIC CHARITY FOR HIM Big Detroit Manufacturer Has Unpleasant Experience In New York? Had Given $500,000 to War Work Fund; But Still Was Subjected to Annoyance. S'ew York World. Henry Ford, who got up and walked out of the Metropolitan opera house on Sunday night when United Suites Mar?hni Thomas ("Bull") McCarthy said. "We'll get $5,OuO out of you for the War Work Fund or blackjack you," went home to Detroit late yesterday! afternoon still rankling over the treatment he got from the marshal, who singled him out of the audience and pestered him for sums all the way from $10,000 down. "I'm off charity for life!" said the motorcar manufacturer in a talk with a world reporter. "I've given a good many millions to chanty in my time, but I will not be blackjacked by people who do not produce anything and never have produced anything, arid get their salaries without productive work. Tempted to Make Big Offer. "For a moment I was tempted to get up and say I would match the contributions of everybody in the opera house audience, to show that I was not a piker In money matters. But I was advised against that, and so 1 Just walked out "To this very fund I had already contributed $500,000 in Detroit- If properly approached in the Metropolitan opera house I might have made an additional subscription. But I was not going to be bulyragged into subscribing." Mr. Ford's subscription of $600,000 to the fund, which he made In Detroit, before coming here, was one of the largest individual giving recorded during the drive. "I came to New York, the centre of gayety in our country, for a little recreation with Mrs. Ford, our boy and his wife," said the manufacturer. This was in the midst of a lot of Important government business. I went to this entertainment for a little relaxation and was bullied, although I thought I had done my share In this drive. So irom mis uuy iicim-iumaiu ? through with charity." No More to Charity, lie Repeats. Knowing the great sums the motor manufacturer has given to one or another worthy cause, The World reporter asked: "Do you wish me to publish that, Mr. Ford?that you will give no more to charity?" "Yes, say it," Mr. Ford answered. "Americans do not want charity, anyhow. All they want is a chance to work for their living, and I will give more of them than ever a chance to do so. About 7,000 of my men are In the army and navy service and they will all have Jobs when they come back. So. also, will as many other soldiers and sailors as can be used." i The 7,000 men referred to formerly were part of the Ford production force , of about 50,000"See If the bankers and brokers? who make ihoir money out of using 1 other people's money and do not work th"mselves?will take their men back and make room for others in the same way!" said Mr. Ford. "Healthy, whole, ill, crippled, we will uso all of them we can in our motor car and farm tractor plants," he edded. Then he told the story of a blind man who needed a Job and was put to work in the Detroit plunt fitting plug gauges into nuts and so on. Within a month the man was doing the work of three persons with sight. Should Fit Cripples Into Jobs. "There are few human beings so badly crippled that they cannot do enough work to make themselves a comfortable living, provided some one will take the trouble to fit them into rise, Just m there 1* in private com* petltlve service. It a man can do his Job he should be aa well paid by the government as by a private corporation. If not, he should be dismissed or shelved into a Job which he could do. Every employe should have a chance to make money?that's quite all right, for people to want to make money? but they should do something for it But they should have the chance to make money for themselves Instead of for private corporations." Get Bu-y Now On Producing. "What should the United States do now that the war is over?" Mr- Ford was asked. "Get busy on productive industries, instead of destructive industries," was the quick reply. "Produce food, cut the cost of It down. Produce manufactured article, cut down their cost. Improve our railroads, bring down their carrying cost. "That has always been my argument. The three great arts are agriculture. manufacture and transportation. Speed them up and combine them and you will have a solution of the problem of cost of living and all the other great economical problems which are distressing the world." As a result of Marshal McCarthy's heckling of Mr. Ford, there probably will be no more "auctions" In behalf of the fund. Joseph P. Day, chairman of the special feature work of the drive, was especially displeased by Marshal McCarthy's personal drive on Mr. Ford and used all in his influence to have such things stopped. McCarthy, it is said, asked pointblank recently that Gov. Whitman contribute 1250, which the governor (huving done his share elsewhere) declined. So on the same Sunday night McCarthy spied Governor-elect Smith in the audience and said: "Won't you give the $260 that Governor Whitman refused to give?" Mr. Smith, the World may state, was quite as indignant as Mr- Ford, they being solicited within a few moments of each other. There was to have been a meeting last night at the Waldorf-Astoria and an auction, but it was called off because of the unfortunate result of Sunday night's drive against the contributor of $500,000. WOMEN WAR DOCTORS. Noble Bands Known as "The Battelion of Life." In the early part of the war a large number of Russian women were impelled by the great deeds of their country to form themselves Into a military unit which was known as "The Battalion of Death." Urged by the same desire for service, women physicians and surgeons of many lands are doing splendid work In waging warfare against th# Ir^ury and disease which follow ?Ftb? wa?< of wai. Oiwifof ? *"* medical women have been active and efficient all through these dread four years, and collectively these noble bands are spoken of as "The Battalion of Life." because of their efforts to overcome death on the battlefield and In the trenches. The story of the Scottish women physicians is now widely known, m?l yet it is well to remember those earliest attempts in view of the more gcneral and elaborate work due since 1914. The Scottish Women's Hospitals were founded In October, 1914, and their unit was made ready for Belgium in ten days. They had the lowest death rate from typhoid of any army hospital In that country and so excellent was the work done that the authorities requested these women doctors to return and take charge of a British army hospital in London with over 500 beds. Four Scottish women's hospitals were at work in Serbia during the typhus epidemic, and the heroic service of Dr. Elsie Inglls Is among the most magnlflclent records of the world.?Toronto Globe. Marshal Pctain.?General Petain, the commander In chief of the French armies, has been named a marshal of France at a meeting of the cabinet presided over by President Polncare. General Petain was at the time enter'ng Metz at the head of the French Tenth Army, The rising of General Petain to the rank of marshal will increase the number of marshals In France to three, the others being Marshal Joffre and Marshal Foch. General Petain formerly chief of the general staff, was on May 15, 1917, appointed commander In chief of the French armies operating on the French front, which command he has since held, while Marshal Foch. as generalissimo, commanded the French and other Allied armies throughout the field of operation. General Petain, before his appointment as chief of staff, won his chief distinction for the heroic defense of Verdun under his command. He was a retired colonel at the outbreak of ronMlv thpftlich the llie wai, uuv ?w?v . , ability he displayed. As commander on the French front he added notably to his earlier laurels, particularly In the later phases of the war when the skilfully directed hammer blows of his forces In conjunction with those of the British, Americans and other Allied commands, were breaking down the resistance of the German army and disintegrating it to the point where the Gorman command was forced to apply for an armistice. General Petaln, who Is 62 years of age, was trained at St. Cyr and became a captain In 1890 and later a colonel. During the early weeks of the war his ability as a tactician and strategist, brought him speedily to the command of a brigade, and early in September. 1914, he was made general of a division. Government agents see evidences that German propaganda machinery in the Untted States la being put in working order again to promote sentiment of leniency toward Germany in peace terms. Consequently department of Justice officials have warned the public to remain watchful against resumption of organised propaganda by Interests formerly actively pro-German and for the last year passive. Concerted movement Is apparent, officials say, in utterances of individuals, a few organisations formerly active for German interests and some newspapers There is no organised leadership, it is believed, but local interests have taken their cue from official pleas from Germany for leniency in armistice and | final peace terma 1 ' fli jous, Air. rora suia. vina 11 uiey arc unable to do such work, then we will care for them through real charity." The heckling he received was not the only offensive thing which the contributor of $600,000 heard at the Metropolitan Sunday night. "Whoever was giving the entertainment produced a short play In which the idea seemed to be to keep oar hatred of the Germans," said Mr. Ford? and in this Mrs. Ford, who was present at the interview, concurred. "This play showed German brutalities? showed German drinking while their Belgian victims were being shot outside. That might have been all right before the end of the war. We then hated militarism and fought it with all our power. But the war la over, and we have won. "Is not militarism over? It should be. And If militarism Is not finished and through with, then why don't we fight on and bring It to ai> end? If we have won and militarism is conquered, why should these plays which tend to keep up our hatred be produced? If militarism is not yet conquered, let's go on fighting until it is." Ready to Do Peaceful Work. "I'm a pacifist, but I fought to end militarism. My plants fought 100 per cent, and are still fighting, because we have not yet stopped making Liberty motors, Eagle ships, gun carriages and other Implements of warfare. When the government tells us to stop these things, I will have our plants go Into real peaceful productive works. Instead of work that Is bound eventually to be destroyed Into nothingness" Mr. Ford would consent only to very brief answers to questions asked as to poet-war matters. Thus: "Do you approve of feeding the Germans?" "Vm T# wra AiA n/\f nra ora In tKn same class as the Germans were who did not feed their captives. They were pro-militarism; we are (or the end of militarism and all the cruelties that go with it" "Are you for the retention by the government of the public utilities it has taken over, and possibly others?" "Tea, I believe all public utilities, such as railroad/, telegraph lines and other such important functions should be controlled by the government But I believe there should be a chance for