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GERMAN OFFICER TELLS OF REVOLT Infuriated Sailers Mob an Ad* miral and Staff. BUWUPMMPUTEDSHIPSi ? | Many Women Aided in the Mutiny, j Says Participant, Who Is Now Safe ! in Switzerland?Mutineers Were ! Mowed Down by Machine-Gun Fire , ?Secret Agents Deceived. ThP York Eveninc Sun prints I an account of the mutiny in the Ger-1 many navy a? given by a participant, j Second Lieut. Rudolph Glatfelder of j the cruiser Magdeburg, who escaped to Switzerland. He is a Social-Democrat. Lieutenant Glatfelder's account of the outbreak was in this country a week before the cable dispatches told ! of Admiral Capelle's announcement! to the reichstag that a grave disturb-! ance in the navy had been suppressed. He tells how the mutiny started, relating events that led to the bloody j conflict that lasted from early morn- j lag till midnight. Infuriated sailors | and marines from 2f> ships mobbed an j admiral and his staff of 50 officers, j set fire to the barracks, Zeppelin I sheds, warehouses, wharves, naval ob-! servatory and then plundered the ar- j senal. One of the arsenal forts sided with ; the rebels and engaged 11 coastal forts. Four uncompleted warships, j bridges, buildings and fitting-out har- j bors were blown up. Some of the mutineers reached their ships, others were mowed down by machine-gun fire. The lieutenant says ugly feeling is universal in the German navy and other outbreaks are feared. "Xo less than 12.000 sailors and marines were involved in this uprising," says Lieutenant Glatfeldor. "I am making this statement from personal knowledge. This refers to the { last days of July and early days of j AnCTis!?the final suppression having j ^)een concluded on the sixth or sev-! enth day of August, of which I have ; learned since leaving: Wilhelmshaven. j Secret Agents Deceived. "In conformity to the plans of the j central terrorist committee a series of ; loud demonstrations were held in i Berne, Switzerland, for the purpose of i deceiving the secret agents of Berlin Into believing that the center of the coming uprising was to be near the : French frontier and that the agitation I was intended for the army in France, j "In fact, this was the original idea, j but the Russian revolution had j changed our basic plans and we had j decided to direct our energies in work- j ing out a powerful agitation in the 1 navy. The immediate carryiug out of I the new strategy was postponed near- ! ly two months on account of a serious j disagreement among ouf revolutionary tacticians. "The first group maintained that we i should exert all our energies to bring about a revolutionary feeling in the ranks of our armies stationed in j France and Belgium; the second group : pointed out that the navy was totally overlooked by the Berlin police, therefore it would be more effective if we centered our propaganda at Zeebrugge,*Ostend and other Belgian cities. "Finally our navalists won, and in the middle of May 149 heroic comrades, 85 of whom were women, werO WE WILL Another ( FRII We are selling V. er than they c elsewhere. Our mules are no have been the We Are Still Tradin NEWBEF % i starred to lf? confers. ! "My group was assigned to Wi>; helmshaven. In inv group there were j seven persons, five of them women. I icing an incapacitated naval officer [ (the author of th;s report lost an eye duriug a naval engagement with a | portion of the Russian fleet in the P?:;ltiei. jinrt therefore familiar with our naval centers. I was. elected chairman and director of our group. "It hardly took two weeks before every one of our woman comrades had i obtained positions as naval nurses at the Wilhelmshaven Imperial Naval I hospital. Hospital Horrors Told. j "We selected the hospital because it is situated right in the midst of the most intense activities. It was in connection with this hospital that i ugly and heart-piercing episodes took I place, the details of which I must digress to give in order to convey a true picture of the atmosphere of horror which Is sure to breed revolution. "Originally built before the war for 2.000 patients, the enlarged hospital today treats as many as 20,000, only about 11,000 being naval patients. The 9,000 military patients are known as 'repulsive cases'?men who are , mere remnants, still breathing the J breath of life, but begging for death. | "The 'repulsive cases' are hidden at Wilheimsnaven Decause ine aumorities do not dare to send them home. The parents, wives, sisters and brothI ers of these 'beyond the pale casual! ties' still think that they are some| whore on our eastern front Our military authorities do not dare to give | out true casualty lists. These victims at Wilhelmshaven, who are known as | tne 'repulsive cases,' are still on our notive army lists, because they still I UwAAfVlA ! Ml KTCL LIX^. "I am speaking only of WilnelmsI , _ . * i naveji. ^ am inforinoa that beyond doubt there are more than 2f)0.(XH) 'reI yulsive casualties,' and these cases f must be hidden from tLt sife'ht of the people. "That is the reason they are crowd| ;h1 into hospitals near harbors, for whose strict guarding the authorities have justification. The death rate is out of all proportion, xne aeau annot returned to earth, but are luirk-d at sea. Four ferry-boats, the 'deathfVrry' each make two trips a day to the ocean burial ground." ?? I STARS AND STRIPES t CHEERED IN PARIS ] Paris.?The Stars and Stripes ? i o+iii oHp nn hio- ripmonstrations 1 11 of enthusiasm in the French cap- ? f tal, even though months have | | elapsed since the United States ? f entered the war. ' I The grand finale at the Folies | | Bergere the other night brought i | out the flags and national an- T I thems of the allied nations a f i la George Cohan. The British ; | colors and "God Save the King" f f brought a demonstration and a I I large number in the audience f -- 9 f rose to their feet. The Italian, i I Belgian. Roumanian. Serbian, | f Russian and Portuguese flags all f i brought applause. ? ] Uncle Sam had the big place In the tableaux. When a pretty | I girl strode on the stage waving f f the Stars and Stripes and the or- I | chestra swung into "The Star f t Spangled Banner" the house | I went mad. A Canadian soldier j f proposed three cheers for the i ^ Yanks. Uncle Sam received an ! j ovation that would have glad- * | dened the hearts of Americans | ? everywhere. f A | ..^i...1 mi BMniMrw mmmmammuammummmammmmmmrnumm DCrCIVF 1 t jl-4 Carload of Mules )AY X them cheap:an be bought * i .1 il higner man iney past ten years. g for Liberty Bands. IRY, S. C CAPTURED 'ZEP' IS !< i A WONDER CRAFT ' French and American Officers (i Make Thorough Investigation i of Machine. i ! WHEEL WOUNijED TO SCENEJ j i> i i Several Hundred Americans. Com- * : n manded by an Aviation Officer, Are s Learning Airplane Construe- ! r, tion in Practical Way. h | 1 c J Field Headquarters of the Amerl- a ; can Army in France.?The stray Zep- 1 | pelin, L-49, that was downed by the c French near Bourbonne-les-Balns, a : while trying to get back to its base, a | was 600 feet long and the envelope ti j was 60 feet in diameter. ! French and American officers made u a thorough examination of the great v . craft, but the civilians were held o ! back by ropes that were stretched around the dirigible. n The gondolas are connected by a d cleated cock-walk and the whole con- f< struction of the craft was said by o her examiners to be wonderful. The V outer cover is of delicate texture, P double riveted and soldered. She was equipped with a wireless outfit. a r Gun in Each Gondola. The machinery is highly complicated and the driving motors were a equipped with 12 cylinders. There was a machine gun in each of the v gondolas and the rear one was a equipped with hammocks for the ? crew. Apparently, however, 'the for- i! ward gondola was fitted up as a i1 cabin for the commander. The lower n portion was painted black and the 1 upper part a dull gray. On one side t was painted a small iron cross. There were no bullet holes visible in the craft, but the forward gondola ( had been wrecked in descent. It has already been suggested that the craft be sent to the Invalides Palace in Paris. [ After inspecting the balloon the American officers were returning to town just as the Zeppelin's prisonered crew was being transported through the crowded streets. The commanding lieutenant looked downhearted and disgusted. Another officer was a typical old Prussian non-com with a scar on his nose as though made by a sword welt. The men were well built and wore leather jackets. It was reported here that another Zeppelin was captured several kilo- j meters away when the forward gon- | dola crashed into a tree, dumping j part of the crew to the gn/und. The Zeppelin, relieved of this load, then rose, tilted unsteadily and caught fire. The r?ei pe^'n brought down intact near hv.rj carried only incendiary bombs, apparently ^or the purpose of { self-destruction in the event of cap- ; ture. All. the explosives evidently had been dropped in England. i The French evidenced the greatest ^ Interest In the prize, and many wounded were wheeled to the scene i in chairs. Learn to Make Planes. j Several hundred Americans, com- j ' manded by an aviation officer, are learning airplane construction in the most practical way possible at c a French camp a few hours' ride jj from General Bui lard's student aviation schoof T French planes of all types wrecked or damaged at the front are shipped to this camp and are taken apart 1 by the Americans under French Instructors. They are learning how to make repairs and to build new mo| tors as well. Each student spends ^ half a day learning the theory of n airplane construction and the other . half in actual shop practice taking ; down motors of all types and rebulldi?g them. The Fr<?nc6 instructors frequently J, remove a pi^ Of the mechanism and '' | then ask the American what is miss- ' ing. Similar instruction is given in ' assembling machines. When this ? educational training is completed the men enter the Jactory, where ma- J chines are built until they are exi? - ii i; _r> _ f i !l peris in an lines 01 airpiuae construction and repaii*. s< , si U-BOAT RUNS INTO MENAGERIE ? ? tl Correspondent Narrates 9 Queer"War rr Adventure, Which Some Probably Will Doubt. !YI I i London.?A naturalist correspond|| ent narrates a queer war adventure ^ > K n o r? f K o mtsno nrnrlft r?AAAnflxr i tic uau ?TU1I Cl AUriUl^^llV 1 11^ j Elephants, parrots, monkeys, a pair of I leopards and some^ antelopes were stowed on a big steamship which two torpedoes luckily missed. But the ves- r( t sel had a gun, and it went off. So, as 0f j it were, did the menagerie. You may nftt believe all this naturalist says, n< j any more than the tales of nn angler ^ j or a golfer: you may refuse to accept ! the showers of eggs from the fright !j ened parrots, or that the leopards re i changed tjjei*- spots, which are now of a: ; a dedd.uly paler hue. But from his amused horror about it there is no ai doubt that the menagerie went mad, and that?though the ship's gunner fit may deny if sis n cause?the German n( 11 U-boat disappeared. xne eiepnums uj | trumpeted, and kept it up, and the big T] oats, monkeys and parrots made a sc noise "like fiends coming up tot st ^wr prmce,* HUB FOR SOLDIERS mericans Find Comfort in British "Blighty Corner." 3 Conducted by Women and Has Alii Facilities of an Up-to-Date Club. Paris.?One place which many Araer an soldiers visit in Paris is the Brit:h ""RlipTitr Prirnor" nffirnllv tnnwn <5 the "Foyer du Soldat Anglais." It ? conducted by a group of English and ^merican women as a place where Caadian. Australian and New Zealand oldiers who cannot go home for their en days' leave may find a welcome. It as all the facilities of an up-to-date lub. with perhaps a little more of the ir of "home" than an ordinary club, 'ea is served every afternoon to all omers by the wives of British officers nd there is every afternoon and ev<5ing a program of music and enterainment. < "My visit has given me much pleasre." wrote the prince of Wales in the isitors' book. "Ditto," wrote the duke f Connaught. On the occasion of the duke of Conaught's visit the cheers of the Canaian soldiers were so lusty as to of end the ears of some of the residents f a fashionable hotel in the Place rendome nearby. They filed a comlaint with the police, but the police eplied: "They are authorized to make s much noise as they please. The >ritish soldiers were not told to make ?ss noise when they blew ip the mines t Messines." Twice a week the men at "Blighty Jorner" are taken to visit the old corers of Paris. An interesting incident ccurred this week when a party visaed the Church of Jeanne d'Arc. The riest presented them with souvenir ledals representing Joan of Arc. "But here are only three Catholics anions: hem." he was told. "It does not mater." replied the broad-minded priest. They all serve the same Master ?.nd leneral." "SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE" - 1 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ The photo shows American soldiers loaning up In a village "Somewhere 1 France." RAIN OVER SLEEPING BABY I nfant Near Ocean City, Del., Was Unhurt and Began to Cry When j Picked Up. ! Whaleyville, Del.?Asleep In the liddle of the railroad track, a 2-yearId girl escaped injury when a fast rain bound to Ocean City passed rer it. The train, running about 60 milgs1 n hour, was In charge of Engineer L. !. Wallace. He did not notice the hild until only a few feet away.! rakes were applied, and the trainmen j m back and picked up little Annie !osh, fully dressed and sound asleep, j ring face downward. The child had to be awakened and nmediately began to cry. Not a ; i-ratch was found on her, notwith- j anding the fact that a locomotive, nd five coaches had passed over her.' he child was a member of one of' le families working Tn a canning fae>rv near Mardela. I IN E FIELDS MENACE NORWAY I ! wnershlp of Drifting Agents of De-J truction Is Matter of Doubt. Christiana.?Drifting mine fields are ported along the whole Norwegian >ast from Listerland eastward. Off alio. 20 mines were seen drifting f>rth to Christiana fjord, and from i alvo many explosions have been! ?ard. The drifting mine fields are sur-' >unded by a mass of drifting wreck- j ?e. Norwegian motor boats have lived many casks of wine, margarine id whale oil. The ownership of the drifting mine ilds is a matter of doubt. Certainly A? irliiiifi 4-A ol n! m ATY1 f AT* JUl'U^ i3 (iilAiUUA lu Liaiiu lutui) *v* | iey do not conform to the roles of he Hague convention, which pre-., tribes that mines shall be so coxhj. nicted that they becpms harmless tea adrift, J1 f The Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel tower is just twenty-eight years old, having been erected for the Paris exposition of 1889. Although it was denounced as ugly, for the same reason as a skeleton, because it is unusual, its rigid lines are really graceful. It has outlived its popularity as ! *i nliinonrn rncnrf o 11V*nii<yVi 41 AfTnrc o ; ?i j 'I v ik cui v i| ic vu^jo a wonderful panorama of Paris, but it servos a far more important internai t'onal service as perhaps the most im; portant wireless station in Europe, for it is in direct communication with, Canada, 2,500 miles off. Its mass of S.000 tons of iron is 984 feet high, or. if its lightning protection be added. incf nror 1 ftflA -Poof is five timP'J iho height of the monument on Fish Street hill. In England William Holland's enterprise in imitation of it, the Blackpool tower, still flourishes, hut Sir Edward Watkins' scheme, the Wembly tower, had the fate of the Tower of Babel, and the uncompleted fragment, which was for years a landmark on the G. C. R., has long been swept away.?London Globe. DIan* UitfApirsI Park r innv i w *v IVWI ?> r?i Pennsylvania plans a park to commemorate the site at Taylorsville where Washiogton and his Continentals embarked on their trip across the Delaware to capture the Hessians nt Trenton, writes a correspondent, and Governor Brumbaugh recently signed a bill appropriating $25,000 for the purchase of the land at the place Arv-vVvn nl?n 4*1 Ar> hjl nuu<ui\atiuu. The Pennsylvania Historical society and the Daughters of the Revolution of Pennsylvania four years ago each pledged a sum equal to that the state might give for such a park, and the ! payment of these pledges will give a j fund of $75,000 for the establishment of the park. Actual construction, how-, over, will not begin until after the war. ! The place on the other side of the river where the Continentals landed TTAnnLi r\ r*s\ Vvtr fllA v.J!N uilii/,t?u st"\ 1'iui jcais UJ nit state of New Jersey for a park similar to the one planned by Pennsylvania. i Judge Goes Solomon One Better. In Asheville, X. C.. a judge decided th::t a hostler charged with drunkenness was not to blame, because he had Isvn sold horse liniment by a druggist ' who knew what he really wanted it for, so he fined the druggist?but, on second thought, he also held the hostler for cruelty to animals in depriving horses of medicine. it ? 1 - LI.. uncie ny tAfjiuina. "Why," asked tho summer hoarder, ".iro they so often referred to ::s 'smiling fields of corn'?" "Because," replied Uncle Hyperbole Medders, "the fool questions some city folks; ask when they see cornfields make 'em smile, from ear to ear."? The Lamb. %nnaaMgnniiii ? 1 I llllUllWiHII I I '"H IHUfllililllil* I'll" lull w jg ????I I | WE might i | " with gl 1 IdLK ipuuilC wi did assortm HiGh All f MADE BY STROi | BALIS ML i| for our new (: I and the. fresl we have forme us to exaggen I We shall resort public opinion, h invite yoj to cail many styles we ar ^ ? i * (Call now wnv comp 11 H Snmi 1 Newberr [ ? Mill Mil !!? MAKES POOD PLANS France is Arranging for Supplies lur lino. A!! Shipping Will 3s Used for Necessities?Need 122,000,000 Bushels of Wheat. ! Paris.?The purchase abroad and j transportation of about 122,000.00) 1 bushels of wheat and other cereals is ! one of the problems of France for the I campaign of 1918. Four hundred thou! i-wl f/\r* f t \ rr ? t> K ii'tll K/i .>U11U LULld UI OliipjMl.1^ a UiUllLU >uu required for the Importation of supplies the country must get on toe outside. The realization of this problem will be partly accomplished through the unified allies' purchasing board, eliminating more and more private trade with the country; the development of a ministerial department of supply will eliminate commissary department buyers. while increasing stringent measures regarding shipping will increaat j j\\o tonnage available for this object t Successive decrees now have co??*j pel led every shipowner to obtain a, ' I navigation license prescribing the par[ ticular route for each vessel and the ' categories of merchandise destined for j the government that it would be re! quired to +ake on board on each vcyage, and also giving the secretary of state for merchant marine powers to limit transportation charges on products essential to the life of the country. Henceforth all tonnage under the "1- fl.wy- iim'11 Ko crcfomqtipflllv di I' 1 t'ilVJll lieIfiy >1 ill oj w. vided between the different categories of indispensable products, in order to assure the utmost regularity of supply. Certain voyages which were of no great utility to France have been stopped. and Ihe transportation of coffee and other products of secondary utility to a nation at war have be<?n sus- ' pended. Orders have been given that cotton and tobacco must be bougbt from the nearest market. Y:ivjV:iti<>n between France and the' colony of Madagascar will be greatly reduced, and the French Thies to Cuba, Argentina, Brazil ana New Orleans will be reduced as regards the number of ships or sailings suspended altogether. As a result <>f these measures 180,000 tons of additional shipping have been placed at the disposition of the provisioning department, and the tendency, is more and more toward the intense compression of the navigation service so as to make everyv ton of burden count for the utmost. . i i imm 11 ?i 'vvL I Fill this page I lowing de-1 : our splen-1 ent of ? i mm JSE & BROTHERS )RE, MD. stocks are in I h impressions I id, might cause 1 ite. 3 to the court of I towever, and we and review the e showing. le stocks are ilete. Q-Cn [lies QL MJ. I