The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 14, 1918, Image 4
JEWS OF. PALESTINE REJOICE.
Sacred Parchment Rolls That Ii;: 1
Been Carried With Them in Exile
Are Restored to Their Synagogues.
?Jerusalem, July 20 (Correspond
ence ot* The Associated Press) Resto
ration of the Parchment Scrolls of
the Law to thi* various synagogues
in Tel Aviv and Jaffa was one of the
interesting ceremonies which. follow
ed" the British occupation.
These scrolls of the Law of Moses
which are all written by hand and
are preserved in magnificently orna
mented cases, some of them in solid
silver are the most sacred and holy
possessions of every Jewish commun
ity. So when Djemal Pasha in his
hostility to the Zionists, carried out
the tyrannical evacuation of the bulk
of the Jewish population of Jaffa in
April 19J7, the Jews carried with
them these sacred To rah into exile,
lest they should fall into the hands of
the Turks. .
These sacred Scrolls had been care
fully guarded by the Jews at Petach
Tikvah- (Mulebbis) and were brought
back in solemn procession 10 Jaffa.
A'triumphal arch was erec ted at the
northern confines of Tel Aviv, every
t house was decorated with flowers and
bUnting and the whole of the Jewish
population turned out en f? te to meet
the return of their sacred possessions.
Jews came not merely from Jaffa but
also from Richnn-le-Zicn and the
other neighboring colonies.
The young.men-and the girls oi th
Maccabee Athletic Association dress
ed; in white clothes.- with blue sashes
and ties maintained order and kept a
pathway clear for the procession
through the crowds. The procession
wais headed by the Australian Military
Bafed and the ceremony at the Trium
phal Arch Was attended by officers
representing the Military Governor
anS by Dr. Weizmann and the mcm
befe and officers of the Zionist Com
mission.
|"he Haham Bashi (Chief Rabbi)
of^Jaffa mounted a small dais near
th$ Triumphal Arch and delivered an
eloquent Hebrew address in which he
recounted the hardships of the evacu
ation. He thanked and invoked bless
ings upon the British government and
th? Briiish Army and expresses! the
hojpe that/Success would crown the ef
forts of the ^Zionist Commissioners.
Th*e Jews desired, to regenerate and
bujld up Palestine, not merely for
th$ir own benefit, but for that of all
its- inhabitants whose friendship and
hejp he invited. The re-establishment
of j,the Jewish people in their ancient
home in Palestine, he said, would bo
fo? the good of all humanity.
Then the Shofar or Ram's horn was
blown and the scrolls were carried
under caponies by the Chief Rabbi,
Di? Weizmann and others to the va
rious synagogues, to which they be
longed.
In the afternoon the town of Tel
A\fiv remained en-fete. Ihere were
precessions of school children crown
. edy and decorated with flowers, -the
X^feoenites^ carrying small Iambs and
goats on their shoulders and bearing
pafms-in their hands. Children sold
flo|tvers and confetti in the streets the
proceeds of which go to a fund start
ed: recently by the Zionist teachers for
translating into Hebrew and publish
ing; in Hebrew. English books and. lit
erature. In the evening the Macca
bees gave an athletic demonstrati'm
irrt the Public Hardens, and the pro
ceedrngs closed at sunset with the
sieging of "Cod Save the Kiner" and
thj> Zionist National Anthen "ilatik
vajh." the Song of Hope.
--?HEAVY SUNDAY FIGHTING.
British Forces Repulse Attacks of
I- Enemy.
i-ondon. Aug. 11.?Strong German
o,tj?icks delivered with fresh reserves
ag&inst the British at LiStons and
north and south of that village were
repuLed today and in the fighting;
the Germans suffered great losses, ac
cording to the official statement from!
Fi^ld Marshal Haig.
The-text of the communication.,
fofiows:
^This morning the enemy delivered
strong attacks with fresh division:
brought up from his reserves against
the British positions at Lihons and to
th> south and north of that place.
.J'All these attacks have been re
pulsed after severe fighting in which
our troops inflicted great losses upon
thi^ enemy's advancing line.
<TAt one point, immediately to the
north of Lihons, . German assault
troops broke into our positions and
penetrated to the west side of the
village. They were then c?unterat
tajfcked with determination by our
trjpops. and in the course of fierce
fighting over the difficult ground
wire driven back to the east and
nJrth of the village.
f'Hur line was completely restored.
i"??n the right of the British troops
Fxench forces acting in cooperation
wish them have made progress south
west and south of Rove.
*"f>n the remainder cf the British
fr|>nt a few prisoners have been cap
tired by our patrols during the flay.",'
Botulism?A Sloping Disease Affict-j
ing Soldiers.
/With the American Army in Eng
land, Aug. S.?-A few cases of botul
is&a have been discovered in :Ii j
Aaierican army uut none has resulted!
frially and the medical corps ha \
eaco?htered no difficulty in checking
th^- spread of the disease.
jA greater number of cases
b^eii found in the_J2ritish for<: . bu
the percentage is not much larger!
there and. while deeply inl 'rest d ini
the character of this latest of war dis- j
eajjkes. physicians, both British and
American, profess conviction '>.:' il it!
w?ll not become so prevalent to
become a menace. <>n<- of the vie-1
tims in the American armv haa be :
an? officei .it headquarters. He r'-eov
eripd. only a. slight drooping t i.
e\*slyids remaining some days :?f,< r h<
was discharged, as a reminder of hi:
i I tries.-;. (Little regarding the cases <>'
tr& disease has yel been ]<?: ;? 1
syjnptoms include an inordinate tic
sine to sleej). supplemented <? '.< >>
as?ight rash and a tendem de
li&um. The patient sometime: I I
in-a partly, paralyzed state- J;? ..i ?'-..
cased only has it proved fatal.
SINKS FISHING BOATS.
Auxiliary Scheooners Leave Massa
chusetts (.'oast to Rescue Members
of Crews.
Nantucket, Mass.. Auer. 11.?Nine
j fishing schooners were sun:; off
i George's Banks today by a t< Jerman
j submarine, a naval scout boat which
; put in here tonight reported,
j The scout boat picked up word of
! the raid from the auxiliary fishing
j schooner Fielen Murley, which hau
rescued four survivors and was taking
I them to an Atlantic port.
Six auxiliary fishing sch >oners and
sother craft sailed, at once from this
: port to pick up survivors.
George's Banks are 60 miles off this
island.
The statement issued by the navy
department, which it was said, eon
tains all the information that could
be furnished at ibis time, follows:
"The fishing schooner Helen Murley
has reached an Atlantic port with four
survivors from the crew of the (ishin?;
schooner Slate Palmer who reports
that a German submarine came to the
surface in the middle of a- fishing fieoi
off the Massachusetts coast and. sank
'the Kate Palmer, the Amita May. the
Reliance, the/Starouck, the Progrx w
and tour others whose names :\y>- an
known. The survivors c." th<> Kate
? Palmer were taken aboard the Ger
man submarine and held prisoner One
I hour-and then set adrift in a dory."
I The first reports of tin- attack on
; the fishing.fieet did not mention what
; means the submarin.'-' took to sink
the defcnseles? craft.
The raid is the first in these waters
since the tug Perth Amboy and four
barges were shelled by a submarine
off ('ape Cod July 21.
There was a \\\Y< until August 2.
when Canadian waters were invadi ?.
In three days at least eight sailing
vessels-nnd one tank.steamer, the La
Bianca, was attacked.
Australian Wheat Purchases by the
United States.
Sidney, Australia, Aug. S.?Th^
complex subject of Australian wheat
and the war-iime purchase of it by
the United States has been discussed
in recent speeches by Dr. J. T. !>uvei.
Crop Technologist in charge of Grain
Standardization Investigations of the
of the United States Department of
Agriculture, who has completed a tour
of the wheat-growing States o!' Aus
tralia in the interest of Austral-Amer
ican war relations. He was sent here
by the^JV'ashington authorities, in
'addressing the executive officers o."
?he Royal Agricultural Society o!
New South Wales at a complimentary
umchecn which this organization
tendered him at the Australian Hotel
here, Dr: Duvel said:
?'Just what ? ill be the situation ir.
the United States without recourse to
further purchase of wheat from Aus
tralia when the new crop comes in I
am not in a position to say, but I be
lieve the States will continue to buy
wheat to store up some reserve stocks1
against possible failure next year, be
cause the indications are that this war
is not over and it is likely to continue
for some time.
??Much of the wheat in Australia
would go into the United States' hard
white wheats if wheat were classified
in Australia. Hard white wheat:-- are
the best American wheats and bring
a premium in the market. That is
one of the reasons why I am here, z^<
advise your men who are handling
Yustralian wheat which is going to
the United States what our standards
are. Here you have been working
on the f. a. q. basis but wheat is be
ing sold on the basis ot" the Ameri
can standards. It is only fair that m
Australia you should know what th"
American standards arc and what our
classification is, and that if the Amer
ican growers put hard white wheat
>nto a shipment they are entitled to
receive a premium.
??There has been some anxiety or.
the part of the American people as
to the condition of Australian wheat
::s a r.esult of some conditions you
hav<- had. and that' is another reason
why J am here. I am gla? to v> able
to report that those conditions an
not a* serious as some people through
the press had ted us to *>eli< vc."
I The '?conditions" referred to by Dr.
! Duvel were weevils and the mouse?
plague of about a year ago.
"If Australia had adopted bulk j
! handling *of .vh^at ten years ago,"!
added Dr. Duvel/ "? believe that
what sh<- would ha\-e saved in the
wheat lost during the past three years
would have paid '"or the entire in
stallation of the elevator system."
Dr. Duvel promised the hearty co
operation of the United States De
partment Of Agriculture in the devel
opment of the agricultural industry,
in Australia and the efforts to place it
on a better and sounder basis.
'a r^spond?i>g to a toast at a lunch
eon given him al Sidney by the Mil
lions.Club. Dr. Duvel said: "In buying
wheat the United States wants to he
fair to the Australian producers. My
people look on this matter/as a :'am
ily affair."
it takes three generations to
make a gentleman, but the rule fails
to work when the third generation
is a mi l.
Unit of Stenographers to Go to : Vance. :
A unit of _'. expert women stenog
raphers. who will war a distinctive!
uniform, is now being recruited for!
overseas service. This group wi!' : !
assigned la the quartermaster corp: j
of tie- American K: petitionary Forces;
and to the head*:;uartors of the staffa
of <'< ::. !'? rshing. Each applicant for.j
service must <;?? an experienced sten-j
ogiiipher. will >>?? required to own
?a !)??:? '-'iuipinfiit four uniforms (two
for winter and two for summer': -<-\ - t
ice). She must pass a physical ex
:: minat ion. and will !?<? engaged for
in?- period of the war. The sa.la.ry
bow : t..*!?-?I is ?l.f???<i a year with th>>]
additional a\\<>\\ a nee of a day for,
tbe tor.; month and a day for the:
remainder of the time.
j OPINION BY GER3IAN EXPERT,
i -
j
j Newspaper critic Say- Ffaig Him Used
Only Restricted Number of Jtc
scrves.
Amsterdam, Aug. 11.?The military
expert of the Frankfurter Zeitung, a
ropy af which has been received here.
1 summing up the Allied offensive says
??It is certain that Field .Marshal
Haig has employed only a restricted:
! number of his attacking divisions, it
aiso is certain that the German su
preme command will do all in its
power to hold together the main body
of his men and the reserves."
Those -Big" Crowds.
(Columbia Record.)
The subscribers io The Charleston
American have been seeing in that
paper frequent references to the
??enormous" crowd's that Mr. Blease
has been speaking Jo. We are told
that at Camden he spoke "before a
j crowd estimated at between 1,500 and
1,800 people," that he "received an
ovation when he was introduced" and
! that "citizens oJ Camden are em
phatic in declaring that the reform
candidates will carry KTershaw county
by a big majority.
At Reck Hill, we are told by The
Charleston American. Mr. Blease
spoke to a crowd estimated at between
2,500 and 3,C?00 people. We have been
i reading in that organ lately that Mr.
j Blease has beer, speaking in Green
ville to enormous crowds. ?
; Now what are the facts? What is
I the truth about the attendance upon
these meetings? Thai is what the
people want to know. They have
I learned thai they cannot accept the
; word of The Charleston American on
any thing,
j The' best information that can be
: given as to the attendance on these
? metings is that obtained from papers
[ published in the sections in which the
j metings are held. Kvcn if these pa
j pers were of The American type and
' disposed to distort . le truth?they are
[ not?they wouldn't do it because'they
I would know that their subscribers
j were in a. position to see that they
; were distorting the facts. The esti
mates of these papers therefore, are
be accepted as approximately cor
i rect.
I And what do they say? The Cam
I den Chronicle first reproduces the ac
| count from The Charleston American
?because it knows thai when the peo
ple of Camden read that account they
nail never believe anything else they
see in The American. The American
in its report had estimated the crowd
u' between 1500 and 1.S?0. The
Camden paper then says:
j "The above is from The Charleston.
American, of Wednesday. We repro
duce it simply to show the false claims
! made by this journal and its corre
! Sp?ndents wherever Blease has held
a. meeting, in the first place, they
would have it appear that the mcet
i ing was held at Camden, when as a
matter of fact it was held midway be
tween the two cotton mills a mile and
a half from, the city..; The' editor or
The Chronicle had several men to es
timate the number in attendance. His
own estimate was between 350 .and
?100. Others estimated the attend
ance at 500. Granting this there were
fully one hundred "rubber necks." as
I John Duncan would say. there through
; curiosity.
Mr. Blcase's .appearance on the
stand fell far shon of an ovation, and
the old-time enthusiasm of his back
ers was lacking. The American cor
respond en: declares that the "reform-'
candidates will carry Korshaw coun
I ty by a large majority. If Blease gets
I ail of the votes he received in lOTfi.
according to the enrollment of 101S,
lie will lose the county by a great ma
jority."
Now a.s to the Rock TTill meeting.
The American estimated the attend
ance at that meeting as betwen 2.
-jUQ and 5,000. Here is what The
Rock Hill Herald, edited by one of
the cleanest men in the State, says
? bout it:
?'The Charleston American, in its
j account of the Blease and Richards
"peaking here, says that between ?.
"?00 and 3.000 people were present.
The absurdity of the statement is ap
par n; to any intelligent man who at
tended the meeting. The Herald re
porter, who is an old newspaper man.
accustomed to estimating crowds, es
timated the attendance at this meet
ing at G00. Of course, the matter is
not one oi' any consequence, but it
may be said in passing that The Char
leston American's account of the
!.'<>rK Hill meeting is just about as
near the truth as that newspaper ever
comes."
Ami h?w about Greenville county?
a county that has never in its history
gone for Blease and never will? Why.
Mr. Blease had to call off two meet
ings there because there was no one
on: to hear hint.
When you read in The American
of Mr. Please speaking to "enormous
crowds." "estimated at between 2,
"?o0 and 2,000 people?" you can figure
thai there were between 300 and 500
people there. It says there were 5.000
p< - a!.- there; you can figure that there
were about 700.
fJovemntent Factory for Uniforms
Operated by Women.
Philadelphia. Aug. ?One hundred
women workers are being added daily
the force at the factory established
here by the Quartermastcrs Depart
ment lor, tin* manufacture of army
uniforms.
ft is a "no man factory." not a man
being employed there. It now has |
about _a""? women a' work. Th ?;
force will be increased as rapidly as
women can Ix* obtained until 5.<v00
? :?? employed. Tin- plant is org-mi ???!
as a model factory with lunch iOo :s.
rest rooms, hospital. rocrealiOi, cen
ter and. w< Mare workers. Pay rangesj
irom $12 a week ?ip; Ail sewing is by]
piece work. Expert operators on ih?ij
power-driven machines can <?. ,n;
from '<> S3~0 a week. The fac, ? rya
will eventually be one of the I tr~ st ;
.n the country. It will be in" ope?.-ition j
lor several years, n i.; on-dieted, as its)
establishment is in line with (>io n -wj
policy t\f ill ? ??<>\i i-'iae-itt i.? iiT^nu
: rcture its nun atTiij clothing. V t
* -?r t - iit< a> ?! liae- in ib; history, t h??
!:>:ti-:. Royal Astronomical society5
has admitted women to membership.
PJRAISED BY W1LSOX.
Writes Letter of Appreciation of Ac
, complishmem -.)'. Council of !>e
fense.
; Columbia, August 12.?Apprecia
tion of the activities and accomplish
ments of the State Councils of Defense
is expressed by President Woodrow
Wilson in a letter to Newton D. Baker,
secretary of war and chairman of tin
Council of National Defense, a copy of
which has been received by he South
Carolina Defense Council.
"It is, a notable record, and I shall
; be glad to have you express to the
; State Councils my appreciation of the
service they have so usefullv render
; ed," says the president's letter. "I am
j particularly struck by the value of e>:
, tending our defense organization into!
tire smallest communities and by the;
truly democratic character of the na-i
tiohai system so organized;"
In the inter< : of economy and of- i
ficioncy, Picsident WRson recbrn-j
I mends in his letter to Secretary Da- 1
j ker that such machinery as that pro-;
1 vided by the state Council system for
i -cv.
the execution of many kinds of war
: work should be utilized as far as pos
j sable by Federal departments and ad
; ministrations.
j "May I suggest, therefore, thai yon
; eOmmnnicatc to the heads of all such
j departments and administrations,^
: the president's letter continues, "my
j wish that when they are cohsider
! ing extensions of their organizations
' into the States or m-w work to be
1 done in the States, they determine
i carefully whether they cannot utilize
? the State Council system, thus rend
I ering unnecessary the creation of new
j machinery."
BUMPER TOBACCO CROP.
A Large Yield and High Prices Bring
.Millions Into South Carolina.
Columbia, Aug. 10.?The tobacco
crop of South Carolina will bring a lor
of money into the State this summer,
i Commisioner A. C. Summers Satur
| day gave out an official statement to
j the effect that the sales for the month
! of July had reached the astonishing
figure $S,125,263.04. This is an in
crease of five million pounds and four
million dollars over the sales of July
of last ye\r. The average price paid
for the July. 191S. crop, was 33.86
cents against 21.65 last year.
Lake City, Timmonsvilie, Mul?ns.
Kingstree, Con way and Darlington
showed up handsomely in the*official
statement of sales. in Lake City
alone the amount of cash released for
this summer cash crop was appr?xi
jmately $1,055,0:00. This is a substan
tial'increase over last year, in fact
! nearly double the amount then paid.
Commissioner Summers is elated
over the showing made thus far in
the reports upon the crop year and
thinks that if August holds up in com
parison with. August of last year and
on .the' present rate of increase in
oujjj-pit and in prices,, the total of cash
for-the 1018 tobacco crop will ap
proximate $20,000.000. When it is
considered that a few years ago the
cotton crop of this State brought in
about -.$00,000,000 the relative im
portance of the tobacco crop is read
ily seen.
I There has been a great revival of
i interest in tobacco growing since
j 1014 When the average price was
I 0.nf*'<?ents per pound and the entire
crop brought less than four million
dollars.
The section of South Carolina That
I has produced this tobacco is peculiar
j ly fortunate, for the farmers who have
I engaged in tobacco planting are also
i interested in other crops and they will
j have money all the year. Following
j are the tables compiled in the de
partment of agriculture, commerce
and industries and made public today
by Commissioner Summers:
Sold for producers from first hand
?2:<S70,7S5 pounds for $S,125,262.
. ?4
j Sold for dealers?1,071,5S7 pounds
: for $350.712.24.
I Resold by warehouseman?l',S07,
j 2S7 pounds for $591.3-16.34.
j Grand total sales?26;S.37,37S lbs.
I for $0,076.330.62.
! Comparison lor month of July, 1010
18, Sold for Producers from First
Hand:
! Year Pounds Sold. Amt. IM.
1910 l\im;s.:;s:. $ 1 ?5.O82.30 5.12
I 1011 944,301 62,195.38 6.50
\ 1012 5,064.0*5 381.604.95 7.53
[l013 S.731.789 1,094,415.34 12.53
L914 3.S62.346 387.762.31 10.04
1015 :?.::7S.71<; 145,499.23 4.31
?1916 657,S16 51,833.74 7.8 s
1017 18,954,7.77 4.15L674-.84 21.65
101S 23.S76.7S5 S,125,262.04 23.S6
Sold for Producers From
Markets , Pounds Sold Amt. Pd. j
Andrews .. .. :'.r.s,<H>L' $112,551.67
Aynor. 4 2:t.770 144,975.57 j
Conway. I.392.1S0 457.S53.95
Darlington. . .1^510,66-1 4S2.019.14
Dillon. 801,598 286,952.30
Florence .. .. 726.152 256.451.55
GreeieyvHie . 257.990 79,S7;3.70
flartsville . . 787.958 271.188.68
Hemingway . 7S3.43S 255,693.26
Johnsonville 606.909 216,62 t.3N
Kingstree. . . 2.044.207 6X7,811.00
hake City... . 2.9 L 7.35.1 1,003.571.00.
Lake View . . 675.06 s? 222.650.06
Lamar. 195.05-1 172,62:".32 a
Latfa. 490.902 168.986.60
Loris. SS6.739 294.348.90
.Manning .. .. 1,278.795 120,167.81
Marion ... . ? 015.075 304.822.20
.Mullins .. .. 1.907,106 7 1 <>. 1 ! ?"?. I '?'
Nichols .. .. 841.152 294.20S-.6l?
( Manta. 77';.a:: | 259,4 1'
Pamplico . . 190,948 62.6<?9.I3
Sumter .. . . 287.622 12S.070.31
Tinimonsyilie 2,414.260 S3l.lS0.0l
Total.23.876.785 8,1 25,262.0 i
Registration Notice.
The Comity Board of Registration I
will be in their office at the Court '
[louse, continuously from .Inly 1st to
Aliens; 3.1st. excepting .Inly 4th. for;
;he purpose of registering all qualified
i-ptcrs of the county of Sumter. as th?*
)n\v requii es.
?ij T. D. PUBf>SB.
|i .1. M N. WILDER, j
. I .1 A. REAM KS.
J- ?upci visors of Kegistration.'
EUPROVEMEXTS IN MEXICO.
Gen, Murguia Colonizing Large Tract:
With 1'eople from the Crowded
Cities.
Juarez, Mex., Aug. S.?General
Francisco Murguia, commander 01
the north, has forsaken the ways ol
war for more peaceful pursuits. While
he has not relinquished his command
of the northeastern military zone.
General Murguia is devoting practi
cally all of his time and attention to
reconstructive work in northern Mex
ieo.
Jn addition lo the agricultural colo
nies he has established m Molinar and
Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, he has
plans for opening large tracts of land
which were confiscated from the land
holders during the revolution and
colonizing on these tracts with Mexi
cans i rom the crowded cities of the
South and with .Mexican laborers who
have been forced to go to the United
states to seek employment.
When the constitutional ? move
ment led by Carranza succeeded, the
work of the Madero revolution, which
had been left unfinished, was. resum
ed. Confiscation decrees were issued
against General Luis Terrazas and
many other large land holders in th"
north. These lands have been under
the control of the government since
they were seized by the confiscation
decree issued hy Francisco Villa while
he was commander of the north un
der Carranza.' They are well adapt
ed to cattle grazing, irrigation farm
ing where water is available and in
many places cutting high grade tim
ber. It is these lands th.at General
Murguia plans to colonize and his ex
perimental colony at Molinar, north
I of Chihuahua City, is receiving prac
tically all of his attention at present,
rle visits it frequently and assists the
i colonists.
! Oregon Penitentiary Furnishes Re
j emits for the. Army and Xavy.
I Portland. Oregon. Aug. 8.?The ser
I vice flag at the Oregon State peniten
tiary now con hi ins forty stars, repre
! senting about ten per cent of thb
prison population. State Parole Offi
cer .Joseph . Keller has announced
Each star stands for a man paroled
from the prison who has enlisted in
the army or the navy, and.nractically
every man has been restored to cit
izenship by Gbv. James Withycombe.
America Must Save the World.
Margaret Deland, writing from
France, says in the August Woman';
Horn-' Companion:
"The French I nation?soldiers ane
young housekeepers, and old mother.'
?knowing values, has endured.
"Arc we going to endure?"
"I haven't the slightest doubt o
it! Only, looking back now fron
France at American comfort anf
character, it does not seem to me a.'
if we have quite wakened up yet t*
the full meaning of that word 'en
durance.' We have risen to the
world demand upon us splendidly, i
think xic can afford, privately,- jus'
between ourselves, to say that tc
each other; because we know it isn'
just the boasting of which our allie:
with cynical good_nature accuse us
We are not boasting," we are statin?
facts, we really are meeting the sit
nation. But all the same, comparec
to the French, we were, when w<
went into the war. soft, and therefor,
we h?Ve got to think out carefully ai
to which that word 'endurance' com
mits us. /' I
"As we learn our lesson, we will
say humbly that we have been spoil
cd. Then we shall ask ourselves how
we can most quickly recover fron
that spoiling? Of course, every in
dividual will make an individual
answer: but we shall agree that, col
lectively. we have got to eliminab
fuss about inconveniences, and ma>
agree to say over to ourselves, ever;>
day: 'We are face to face with th<
most extraordinary opportunity that
..has ever confronted a nation?the
Opportunity to save the world.'
"Docs this sound like more Amer
ican brag? It is net: I could almos'
fmd it in my heart to wish that it
were! But X beg you to believe that
I it is not. It is the terrible truth. Le"
I us fnce it. Germany has got her sec
ond wind: Kngland, France, Ita!\
(for Russia is out of it) are winded
Unless America comes with ships
with food, with men. with ammuni
tion, with sacrifice of the superfluous
with eVidured hardship, with spiritual
suffering, with solemn readiness \<
give up whatever is most precious to
us. unless we can do this, all that i>
worth living for will be lost. W<
shall be a conquered people. Can
Americans bear that word?
"A subject people! We shall hav<
to bear it. unless we realize that if we
do not save others we cannot save
ourselves. Realize that unless we
stand shoulder to shoulder with Eng
land and France, America will be an
enslaved nation. Freedom will per
ish from the earth. Civilization wil
go under.
"America must save the world!"
One-piece Steel Ships.
Ortce more, here is something new
in shipbuilding. We have become
accustomed to the miracle of "mono
lithic" ships, since concrete came into
use as a substitute for wood and steel, j
Xow we have what might be called I
after the same high-brow word-pat
ierns. a "monochalybic' ' ship?in
plain English, a vessel consisting of
a single plate of Steel.
The ship is n . made of cast steel,
by tin- pouring process, but made of
steel plates as usual, except that the
plat.'s instead <>f being riveted togeth
er are fused edge to edge, by the
electric welding process. The first
snip ever built in this way has just
been launched in England. The I'nit
? ?<! Stales shipping board, it is said,
intends Jo use the process experimen
tally on several standard 10,000 ton
ships. I f there is a saving of l'O to
21? per cent, in time and material, as
reported, the process may soon be
used on a big scale.
It's (he hill for a woman's stunning]
Ea ter gown that shocks her husband.!
In a novel automatic cooker MveM
;team is used to distribute the heat :
from the electrical unit to the food *
rec6ptacles? *
TRADE IM)K\'KI>.
Drafted Men on Their Way to Tlte
Front are Examined as to Former
Occupation, and are Assigned to
Work Where Needed.
With the American Army in Eng
land. July 25 (Correspondence of The
Associated Press) When a soldier
leaves the United States he should not
feel certain he is going to win glory
on ihe battlefield in France. Wheth
er orticer or enlisted man lie is sub
jected to further scrutiny in England
and in Prance and until a little corps
of keen eyed and careful officers have
completed the examination no one can
tell into just what part of the big
army machine he is going to fit.
There are in England camps where
every man who passes through is
"trade indexed." This is especially
true of one camp where a large part
of'the airmen and motor transport
fore* s arrive shortly after debarka
tion. The records accompanying
them show what the men have been
doing in civil life and a further exami
nation of them and a scrutiny of the
demands often determine the part they
are to take, sometimes only ior tem
porary duty but in some cases for an
! indefinite period.
From this lot are selected the men
; who will go into the big repair shops
at once. .Men experienced in electri
cal work are sent to stations where
their services is most needed. Orders
for automobile experts are filled and
not infrequently the men in com
mand of the station are called upon
to supply men for following, for a
time at least, exactly the same kind
of work they were doing in the Unit
ed States before their numbers in the
draft were called.
A big hospital is being erected at
one camp. The money for the mater
ial was furnished by the Red Cross.
The work is being done by the army.
The construction of the buildings is
not materially different from that of
war hospitals being erected in the
United States and the same class of
skilled labor is being used. Experts
m the use of cement are working
there. Plumbers are doing the same
sort of work they were paid to do in
the United Stales, carpenters are em
ployed in doing as high grade labor
as could be found anywhere, and the
drawing of the plans and specifications
was done by architects and engineers.
All the men whose work is going into
the building have been taken from
the rank and file of those who reach
ed camp on their way from the ports
of debarkation. They will be held
there only so long as their work on the
structure is required and them they
will rejoin their organizations unless
detailed for other work.
Officers engaged in fixing the trade
index of the army have boasted that
from the ranks of the National Army
there may be found men who can do
any class of work required, from
grinding a diamond to working on the
rifling of a big gun. i
PARIS OF TODAY.
Newspaper Correspondent Makes
Comparison.
London, Aug. 8.?The Paris corre
spondent of The Daily Express writes
that he climbed the hill to the B?tte
of Montmartre the other day and
looked down over Paris beneath a pall
of smoke. . "
He trod the paths followed by the
pre-war tourists, traversing the Mont
martre they knew, with its gilded,
mirored night restaurants.
"Would you could see these places
now," he continues. "The Rat Mort
tnd the Abbaye look like dilapidated
irish homesteads; the sails of the
Moulin Rouge have crumbled to dust.
Then I left the Montmartre the tour
ists knew, crossed the Place Blanche,
ind began a steep climb up the Rue
Lepic. There are no signs of panic on
the Butte. The Montmartois cannot
afford the luxury of flight, so they
carry on.
"Three quarters of the way up the
hill stands the Moulin de Galette, a
famous old mill which became a danc
ing place where young men took their
sweethearts on Saturday night. Now
the young men are in the trenches
tnd young women in the munition
factories, and old mill is forsaken.
"dne turns to the left on passing the
mill and suddenly plunges into a dif
ferent atmosphere. The goatherd
shepherds his flock across the cobble
stones and makes strange sounds on
his flute, and those who would buy
come out and purchase goat's milk.
"Premier Clemenceau was once
mayor of Montmartre, and there are
still living on the heights old people
who helped to put him there. Today
they sit in the sun and smoke and
talk quietly?and wait. They are too
old to do anything else. 'We have
confidence, we of the Butte; trust in
? lemenceau' said an old man to whom
I spoke.
"That is what everybody is doing;
trusting in 'the Tiger' to see that
things are done well."
An American Father.
(Savannah News.)
Two months ago. as the story goes,
young Starling Hicks took French
leave of Camp Wheeler, where he was
a soldier, went to the vicinity of his
home at Jasper, Ala., and hid out in
1: ? woods. Somebody had just warp
ed ideas in his head. Hut his father,
Starling Hicks, thinks straight. His
mind tuns on American principles.
He went searching in the wc/ds for
the young man. found him. and then
took him to Birmingham and turned
him over to the federal authorities as
a deserter. Said he: "It nearly
breaks my heart to have to arrest my
own son and turn him over to the au
thorities on so serious a charge, but,
even if he is my son, I cannot harbor
him as a deserter or even counten
ance his act." Here is a real, DM) per
cent American father. He deserves
honor. His devotion to his duty causes
the hope that the son may straighten
out the foolish ideas he has acquired
und perhaps escape such punishment
is would cause added grief to the
fine man who is his father. Surely
there must be -cod stuff in the son:
surely he could not fail to make good
if another chance is given him. With
such a father there must be a vein
of real Americanism hidden in the
son. i