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-COAL ALLOTMENT CFT POWX. Fuel Administrator Announces Im portant Ruling of Administration Affecting Industrial Plants. , Anderson, Aug. 22.?Upon his re turn- to Anderson tonight from Washington, where he has been at tending an ? important conference of the fuel administrators of the State east of the Mississippi.- B. B. Gosseit, State fuel administrator", announced the fuel administration's plans for the storage of coal by industries throughout the country. -Mr. Gossett's statement follows: "?Due to loss of production at the mines averaging 1,000,000 tons week ly and ~to the great increasing de mand for coal for war purposes, es pecially to bunker ships in connec tion with the government's enlarged program for sending troops to France the- amount- of coal allotted to the State some time ago will have to be cut' down proportionately for the next several months. This will make il necessary to carefully regulate the storage of bituminous coal by all in dustries. "At the Washington conference i1 was decided to limit the maximum storage supply of bituminous coal un Vtil further advised on the following ntosis: Public utility plants, 45 days; preferred industries, 30 days; gas plants, 45 days, and non-preferrec "industries, 15 days. This action wil. bes uniform throughout this Sate, ir fact- will be uniform throughout the Southern States and industries, ir other States will be limited propor tionately based upon their distances from the mine. ."While it is not the intention of the fuel -administration at this time tc - taice any coal away from plants thai have accumulated large stocks, still t these plants will not be permitted tc receive additional coal until cheir stocks are reduced approximately wft-hin the day. , limit enumerated a?ove. These regulations become ef fective at once and stop order ship ments for many industrial plants in this State have already been trans mitted to the mine operators in \he fields furnishing South Carolina.'*' 393E LABOR SHORT AGE. _______ War Industries Need One Willion Un skilled Laborers at Once. -.Cplumbia, August 22.?H. L. Tilgh man, Federal Director of South Car oiino. of .the United States Depart ment of Labor, said today: i.iTiie big labor jam has come and the final tabulation of labor demand? show a present shortage of l.OOO.OOU unskilled laborers in war industries with a tremendous additional short age coming as soon as the now army draft expansion increases the need for supplies." Mr." Tilghman returned recently from Washington where he was call ^'e^^?r^m tf?rtan t Conferences '?nt <th e labor situation, 'p* ?rtlcularly with re - gard 'to South Carolina. - 'The skilled labor situation is , equally serious," says. Mr. Tilghman 'iThe Georgia authorities of the De partment of Labor have been noti fied that unless that State could fur nish the $$,000,000 acid plant al Brunswick with 5.000 laborers al once the' entire construction force would be laid off and the plant mov ed out of Georgia. The Midvale Steel Plant at Coatsville. Pa., has beer forced to shut down a part of it; plant for lack of labor. "Orders are being received ir South Carolina for men, some oi these for work at home, others to hi sent away. This demand for mer must be met, no matter what hap pens to private business. But the inen cannot be taken from farms oi from railroads. *T call these facts to the attentior of the mayors, bankers, chambers oi commerce, labor leader^, and all offi cials .throughout the state. This is s situation which interests all of us Unless the necessary labor is furnish ed for war work the new army wil - j>e /aced by additional instances oi )ack of equipment, such as were ap parent last winter." Mr. Tilghman further stated thai to meet the demand for unskilled la ,bor, -&0 per cent of the laborers re .cruited are being sent to Charleston and 20 per cent to Ccmp Jackson, ac cording to governmental instructions. TLIE LAME BATTALION. Fining for Future Service Soldiers 1 V\ ho Have -Been TJirougb the Fire. Paris, July 25 (Correspondence of the Associated Press) "The awkward .squad" familiar at the beginning of .all citizen armies, has now been sup planted by the "lame" battalion, de signed to reestablish the men who have gone through the fire and to ^Tit them for future service. S*> successful has the idea of a lame*' battalion been that from 7" to 80 per cent of the soldiers receiv ing wounds in the legs or suffering from the usual foot and leg maladies of trench warfare have been restar ted to f-ull combat strength. The new course involves instruc tion of the Wounded anil weakened soldier, in the proper posture of the ^body and its use in walking, running -and riding. Special drills have been * devised to overcome the habits into "which th^ invalided soldier has fallen. -Instruction is given in the care of the feet while special attention has been given to the foot and leg cases in tin hospitals. Men with specially troublesome feet, weak backs, general bad posture i of lack of endurance are sent to tl?.* special training battalion where thi fully erect, al?rt position of the body ?is emphasized. Four companies have |been established in the battalion. with ^programs increasingly difficult so that .'the schedule of the fourth company i> vdnly slightly ' elow that required for ?ifull combat fitness. 5 United'States army medical officers ?report that "experience has shown /-that from one-third to one-half of the ordinary defermities resulting from gunshot wounds arc preventable. Sur geons must fr'*?e themselves from their tendency to treat the wounds and-forget the function; to make a well man hut not a working one." REMARKARLE FEAT OF AIRPAXE Runs Wild for Eight Minutes While . Aviators Sit Calmly Smiling. Fort Worth. Texas. Aug. 26.?An [airplane running wild in mid-air and j cutting all the daring capers that isuch a machine is capable of per forming, while two skilled French av liators.sat calmly in their seats each j believing the other was directing the i flight, recently amazed American avi jation officers and cadets here who watched- its startling gyrations. >| Eventually, after hair-raising loops. ; dives and side-slips in which the air ?\.plane almost grazed the earth, it dove nose-first into the ground driving the engine back through the fusilage up to where one of the aviators sat, but injuring neither of them. I i The two .French aviators who so narrowly escaped death were Le Maitre and Soulier who have brought down several German airplanes in the ? j fighting on the western front in t France. - j Le Maitre was in the back seat and " j took the plane from the ground. The machine had climbed a few hundred I feet when Soulier raised his hands to II his head, the usual signal of a pilot that he will take control of the plane. So Le Maitre sat at ease. ? j Then for eight minutes the airplane 51 gave a performance the like of which ! j never before had been seen by the 1 { spectators. It comprised * the whole 1 j known category of stunts and added ' i new ones, with amazing suddenness. 1 j Those below gasped in wonderment " when the machine suddenly dived * within a few feet of the ground. Ir I seemed impossible that any one would handle the machine with such dex terity and reckless abandon. The spectators, however, saw Le Maitre and Soulier smiling calmly. Suddenly the plane crashed down ward and buried its nose in the earth. The aviators stepped calmly from under the demolished plane and faced each other. "What do you think you are doing, anyway; trying to scare me, eh?" said Le Maitre. "What was I trying to do?" echoed Soulier. "What were you trying to do to me?" Then it developed that during the eight minutes they had been in the air neither aviator had touched the con trols. Soulier had been merely ad justing his helmet when Le Maitre j saw the movement and mistook it for a signal that Soulier intended to take I control of the airplane. While the I machine was running wild, each avi 1 ator thought the other was trying to have a littte fun at his expense. "I was determined not to exhibit any feeling," said Le Maitre when the situation was explained. "I thqught Soulier was trying some stunts to test my nerve." "I thought the same thing," said Soulier. ? Gifts Received for Camp Alice. * <l Mrs. Mitchell " Levi, ".$257 ? Mrs. W. I. Harby, six feather pil lows. Mrs; L. A. Prince, four feather pil lows. Mrs. J. H. Chandler, four feather pillows. Mrs. C. F. Schwerin, tireless cook er-. ?j Mrs. G. L. Rieker, iron bed. Some articles badly needed: Dou ble and single mattress. Victrola rec ords, magazines and books for pa tients, jellies and Jams, plants and dowers and vegetable seed. The Influenza Epidemic. An Irish Port. July 25 (Correspond ence of the Associated Press)?The theory that the strange epidemic of a peculiar type of influenza which has l j swept Europe, attacked only those flwho were "run down" because of lack of proper food, was exploded when the disease threatened to take hold among officers and men at this Amer ican Destroyer Base. Aside from I j American soldiers, the American sail r| ors are probably the best fed per sons in Europe but the disease at tacked several score of them here and for a week or so disrupted crew as signments. It has virtually disap peared now. The disease is not dangerous if i taken in hand quickly enough and it has left no ill. effects at the destroyer base. It has' the peculiarity however, of weakening the victim in a few days as much as the average illness will in j twice the time consequently it re quires several days of recuperation. Victims suffer differently when the disease first begins. Some suddenly become dizzy and even faint. The most prevalent" symptoms however are first a cough, then terrific pains in the back followed by fever and a chill now and then. Physicians say it i.-: dangerous to attempt to continue one's usual activities as pneumonia may develop, and prescribe bed for four to seven days with ordinary remedies for combatting fever. Clothes Getting Dearer. London. July !> (Correspondence I of the Associated Press)?Gone, nev | er to return, are the cheap pre-war j prices of clothes. That is the view of an expert writing in a British trade j publication, and he predicts another j rise soon. Every shot fired from a 12-inch gun. lie says, uses up half a bale of j cotton, and in three minutes a ma j chine gun will squander.a full bale. The prices of woolen cloth today is [from two and three-quarters to three times greater than it \v.:s in July. 1914. Linen prices this year, it is: stated, probably will keep a* least '.','?'< I 1-2 per cent above those of 11*17. Gold Lace Debarred in English S<v vice. London. July IC. ?Hereafter no gob] j lace, gold embroidery, or gold thread can be worn by any civilian. Tibs is] Lby order of the Hoard of Trade which r?nVio?mrP'S thai such eoM ?m bullish ments can only be worn on the uni | form of ilis Majesty's services or on j thf*-dress of an officer in the mercan tile, marine. Prints of babies" feet are :::.-<d<- wirb iftU, ,&t a Chicago maternity hospital to prevent mistakes in identity. AMERICAN HOSPITAL IX FRANCE I Some Remarkable Cases That Have Been Treated. - ! Paris, July 25 {Correspondence of [The Associated Press;?The case of one American marine who went i through a hail of shrapnel and ma ! chine gun fire at Cantigny and is now , convalescing from a wound in the ! great military hospital at Xeuilly. in i the Paris suburbs, seems to have : demonstrated' that the American field helmet, commonly called by soldiers; the "tin hat" is a thoroughly reliable . article when put to the supreme test. This marine owed his life to his "till hat," and the peculiar qualities of its steel in giving slightly without shat tering. In .the midst of the action he 1 went down with a ball striking the top of the helmet and pressing down jtb the skull. - He was brought back. ; along with the "helmet which showed j a deep indentation about the size of half a base ball. It was this indenta j tion which had pressed down to the jiscalp, making a wound which requir i ed trepaning. But there it stopped, i and the metal of the tin hat after giv 1 ing to the missile until its force was ' spent, had stopped it in its deadly I flight straight toward the brain. The j trepaning operation was only slight i and the marine was well on the way j to recovery. I The idented helmet was preserved. I not as a souvenir, but to be for ! warded to the ordiance experts at I Washington to show them the good j qualities of their helmets. It is said j that a hard and brittle steel, which j would have resisted without giving, j would have been shattered to bits by ! the impact and the ball would have ! gone straight through the brain. ! Ffi an adjoining ward a stalwart ; young marine who had been in the I same Cantigny fight stood at attention j with no apparent sign of wound. But j the surgeon, feeling the boy's throat. ; nodded approvingly and then re j marked that this was one of the most { remarkable cases that had ever come i under his observation, and probably I the only case,of the kind on record. I A bullet had struck the soldier in the : left side of the neck and had gone I through to the gullet where it stop ' ped. and had then descended or been j swallowed into the stomach, i An X-ray examination clearly ! showed the ball in the intestines, j But instead of removing it by an ! operation the surgeons decided to j await the course of nature and see if ; the soldier wpuld digest the rifle ball, j And this he did. One of the sur ? geons remarked that the chances of ; such a thing happening were less j than one in a million but a colleague ! added that the. chances were far less ; than that as he could not recall any j like case in the whole range of j military surgery. Many of the- French poilus under ! American care . were in the wards j of the Daughters of the American j Confederacy, . with , the beds marked with-, the names- of - the well-known Southern figures, such as Stonewall Jackson, .Senator Zebulon Vance, Gei.eral Joseph Wheeler of Alabama. When the big dietary kitchen was I inspected later there was a savory smell of American dishes and dain ) ties being prepared for the wounded j men, und one of the surgeons cheer ed tbe cooks with the remark "Your I dishes do more good than, all our j medicines." And this is. literally true, for these American wounded do not want foreign food but long for the simple old-fashioned dishes of home, like boiled custard, malted milk, egg-nog and bread and milk. So that, even in the food American cooks are doing their share, and down to the last detail the Ameri canism of the big military hospital is proving a blessing to the American ivaimed and wounded who have come I bark from the front. ?TyecreatSons of the Air Force. j An American Aerodrome in Eng I land. July 2 5 (Correspondence of jthe Associated Press)?Life on active i service with the air force in Great Britain is made tip of a happy mix ture of work and recreation which keep the American pilots in good health and spirits?both essential qualities for real success in the air. There is usually time for indulging in many kinds of field sport, and the j opportunity is seldom missed. Amer ican and Britih pilots always mix in their sports as in their work and i there is much friendly rivalry. Practically all British aerodromes have their football and cricket fields, kept in first-class condition by tbe industry of officers and men in their spare time. The Americans have added baseball fields, and spirited con tests between squadrons take place frequently, together with occasional more pretentious contests between the local squadrons and visitors from camps a few miles distant. During the fine English summer tennis is a great game at the aero dromes, played both on hard and grass courts. The English are taking up baseball gradually, but it will be a long time before they are proficient enough to comnete with the Ameri cans and Canadians. Field snorts offer the best oppor tunities: for international rivalry. When outdoor games are impos sible owfpg to the weather, there are i tin- varied diversions of the mess to j tall back upon. Playing cards and j billiards art popular, and ping-pong ?has been revived. There is always j -'? RXamaphone with :i plentiful store j of .records. No mess is complete i. without a pin no. and many pleasant evenings are spent around it. < 'on ? certs are given periodically, and in vitations to these concerts are uuial ly extended to the men of nearby squadrons. DEFEAT IX SIBERIA. Allied Forces Driven Hack h\ Ss*pw ior Numbers After Heavy Fighting* London. Aug. Allied troops <>n IP'- ljs.su ie river front. north of Vladivostok, outnumbered by the enemy have been forced to withdraw, aiter heavy fighting, says a dispatch to the Daily Mail, dated Wednesday, f A sausage casing made <>!' silk, oil varnished and properly colored, has been invented by an Englishman. CITATIONS FOR GALLANTRY. Officers and Men of the Regular V. S. A. Cited for Conspicuous Gal lantry in Action. With the American Army in France, July, 15 (Correspondence of The As sociated Press)?More than 130 of ficers and men of the Twenty-eighth Infantry, (Regular Army) have been cited1 by Major General Robert L. j Bullard, commanding the First Di vision fof the Second Army Corps for ?'conspicuous gallantry in action dur ing sthe operations connected with I the .capture and defense of Cantigny j from May 27 to 31." j Colonel Hanson E. Ely. command j er ?f the Twenty-eighth, was one I of those cited for "having displayed i conspicuous gallantry in the handling j of his troops, making quick decisions ' and.-.preserving the mission of his reg iment. Lieut. Col. Robert J. Maxey, of Missoula, Mont., who was fatally j .wounded in that action and who died ! a few days later, was cited for having "advanced with his first wave in the ! face of ;heavy shell and machine-gun j firej" His citation adds: "He was ' cool under fire ancl a dependable feader. ; Although fatally wounded . he gave detailed directions to his sec ond in comand as to just what to do I and caused himself to be carried tc the post of command of his regiment ; to give information to his regimental ! commander that he considered very important before being evacuated. I This was under intense shell and ma I chine-gun fire." ! Captain John S- Manning, of Brook I lyn, N. Y., whose death was later an \ nounced. was cited for having "dis I played unusual coolness and disre gard of danger under heavy artillery ? when he visited the various portions j of his sector and encouraged and set j an example to his men." Privates Edward C. Pitt. Clarence I Fields and Fred D. Marshall, auto j matic riflemen, who received citaj j tions, were posted in a particular!} j exposed place and put an enemy ma chine-gun out of action, killing si>: of the enemy. They continued at their post until Pitt and Fields werf killed by shell fire and Marshal wounded. \ \ Sergeant J. C. Kurd, Intelligence Section was cited for devotion to dut> in maintaining three observatior posts under his command. Twice hh posts were destroyed but Sergeani Hurd dug his men out and continued j to send back valuable information. I ^ip^aization. Past and Future. IL. .was slowly built by brain anc I brawn When the Race was young in Crea v . tion's dawn, And it lingered long on lotus land, Sustained by might with weapone< -J.iiand. Bjb? it fell and still protests its doorr With, crumbling pyramid and tomb. ' i .?S--. Again and again in Eastern plain The structure rose by brawn an< . brain. But built each time o? the self-sam* plan, This monument to the mi d of mar j In splendor . shone?decayed?wa: I gone With Nineveh and Babylon. And- even so at a later day It grandly rose?then passed away In realms where seas and mountain: meet Affording seeming safe retreat: From its wreck and ruin we still ma? comb Some arts of Greece?some laws 0' Rome. Aspiring m n through the Dark Ag< nigh,t New Babels reared to reach the ligh And learning little from the storie< past We thought the medley was meant tc last: I Now war's apostles and selfish view; j The uncompleted tasks confuse. j Shall we. the heirs of the olden age A record make for historic page; . As disciples of hate and strife whost creed No burdens lift, no hungry feed. Whose plans were drawn on a scab quite grand. Put whose temple stood on sinking sand? Shall all that was gained in a thou sand years, Be wrecked in wars and drowned ir tears ? Shall all that is best on earth de part To return no more to head and heart: These questions all are for U. S. to decide And by these decisions the world will abide. f Across the sen we view today The price that warring peoples pay. Convinced at last that naught endures Which force alone to man secures. And so though hating war we fight That Right may rule in place of might. For this no ancient nations fought When human forms were sotd and bought; When hope was crushed from count less hearts And souls were denied of thought their parts. Tfheir systems died and this is why, Such systems all deserved to die. So go we forth with doubts allayed By sacrifices undismayed The balanced scales of war to tip Toward justice, peace and fellowship: The world moves on through the world-war school To civilization based on the Golden Kale. "Occasional." COMPT. GENERAL KILLED. C.-iHl?>ii \V. Sawyer Instantly Killed by Accidental Discharge of aim. I Columbia! Aug. 1'". Carlton W. ?awyer. comptroller general, was al most instantly killed this afternoon when ;? gun which he was cleaning preparatory to a dove hunt was acci dentally discharged. The accident occurred in his apartment. COUNTY PAPERS CUT DOWN. Twenty-five Per Cent. Reduction or Publication Space Over Eight Pages Ordered. .Washington, Aug. 22.?Reduction of 25 per cent, of all publication j space in excess of eight pages for j country weekly newspapers was or ;j dered today by Chairman Baruch of the war industries board. Other fea tures of a conservation plan for newsprint paper which by this order j is extended to include the country ! weeklies, are discon*'n nee of pa pers to subscribers ti?-ee months af ter subscriptions expire, stopping use of free copies for exchanges within j the same county or a 40 mile radius, I stopping of publication of extra copies j for advertising stimulation and stop i page of returns of unsold copies from newsdealers. The war committee of the country weekly publishers presented the plan which was accepted by Chairman Baruch. j m' LOAN ARRANGED BY SPAIN. Madrid Newspaper Reports Credit Apparently Advantageous to United States. Madrid. Aug. 25.?El Liberal to day announced that negotiations were proceeding for a commercial loan be tween Spain and the United States. "Spain," the newspaper declared, "is opening a credit of $300,000,000 or 540,000,000 pesetas, the United States giving as a guarantee the sig nature of American firms exporting cotton to Spain. With this credit the United States will be able to purchase in Spain some of the products neces sary for its army in France without the necessity of changing dollars into pesetas and thus avoiding the reduc tion in exchange, j "Ambassador Willard and other American officials have had several in terviews with the members of the Spanish government and it is believed the basis of an agreement has been reached. The interest payable on the loan has been subject of the discus sion, the United States objecting to paying 5 per cent. America offers to pay the balance remaining of the loan in Mexican gold on the day of liquida tion." Washington, Aug. 25.?Negotia tions between the United States and Spain for the extension of commer cial credits to the former as reported in a ?dadrid dispatch today,, quoting El Liberal, have been in progress for more than two months, and officials here have been expecting for some time the receipt of news that the ex tension had been arranged. The negotiations, it is understood, were carried on with Spanish bank ers who will make the extension, al though it was necessary to obtain for the bankers the support of the gov ernment. The primary: purpose of the credits will be to give the United States pur chasing power in Spain. SPAIN AND GERMANY HOSTILE Htm Newspapers Say Situation Be tween Two Countries Assume Crit ical Stage. London, Aug. 25.?German news papers; received in Denmark affirm that the situation between Spain and Germany is critical, but they agree that Germany can not make any con cessions with regard to her submarine warfare, says a dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph from Copenhagen. The Taeglische Rundschau admits the beginning of a conflict which may af fect the position of both Mexico and Argentina. "The complaints of Spain mean an admission in favor of the entente powers." says this newspaper, "and Spain's threat means a step away from the path of neutrality desired 1 y the Spanish people. The Spanish note must be considered by the Ger man people as an'unfriendly act." The Lokal Anzeiger declares that Spain must acknowledge the condi tions which compelled Germany to resort to her submarine warfare. London, July 25 (Correspondence of the Associated Press) For the pro posed national war museum here, a collection of war epitaphs is being made. Here is one from a British graveyard in France: "When you go home tell them of us and say For your tomorrow they gave their today.' " From the graves of men who went down at the battle of Coronel, the following is taken: ! "If life's best prize be to end life well Then envy us; we died at Coronel." From a war memorial in an English city: "These in the glorious morning of their days For England's sake lost all but Eng land's praise." The following is an epitaph for sol diers who died in the first battle of Ypres: "When Might in scornful millions came arrayed, Here a few English stord, and he was stayed." Sinn Feincrs in Trouble. Dublin, July 25 (Correspondence of the Associated Press) The Sinn Fein ers in Ireland are most actively op posed by the Ancient Order of Hi bernians, and the conflict has some- \ I times led to serious incidents. At the I Donegal Assizes the judge granted lOo pounds compensation for the ma licious burning Of the Lettermore A. O. H: hall. The iudge ordered the compensa tion to be levied off a district in which the Sinn Fein residents predominated. .iinl the Sinn Fein ratepayers have now notified the County Council that they will not pay the rate. A single-wheeled motorcycle has been invented in which balance is provided by a gyroscope. GERMAN SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS. Denounce Brest-Litovsk and Buehar Treaties, and State Then- De mands. Berne, July 25 (Correspondence of The Associated Press)?Details re ceived here of the recent national con ference at Vienna of the German So ciai- Democratic party of Austria show that a strong protest was made against the Austro-German domina tion of Russia and Rumania, and a new and liberalized peace formula was presented. This is one of the powerful organizations of Austria, and the national conference was at tended by representatives of ' all branches of industry from lower and upper Austria and from the Alpine regions and the south. The resolu tions recite: "The national congress of the Ger man social democratic party of Aus tria protests against the Erest-Litovsk and the Bucharest treaties as contrary . to the principle of peace of under standing without annexation and con tributions. (Ten lines suppressed by censor). "The congress therefore demands that, before the ratification of these peace treaties, they be laid before the parliament for examination and amendment. "The national congress demands that the governments of the Central powers offer general peace to the gov ernments of the Entente on the fol lowing basis: "1. Establishmnt of a league' of peoples of all countries, which will carry out general disarmament and settle all disputes between peoples by courts of arbitration. "2. Abandonment of all annexa tion and contributions, not only in the west and south, but also in the east and southeast. (Not only as to Bel gium, France, Serbia and Italy, but also as to Russia and Rumania.) "3. The border states separated from Russia shall be given full right of self determination." (Half column suppressed by censor). Even in the mutilated; form that the resolutions came across the fron tier they indicate the strong oppo sition of this powerful industrial ele ment and an urgent wish for peace. Another resolution after describing the general state of excitement among the working classes, counsels them not to provoke a general strike at present, but to get ready for the de cisive fight" ahead between capital and labor, which it calls "the great fight." The government is severely criticis ed for the food regulations, the reso lutions declaring that "the upper classes have never been subjected to equality in economic sacrifice. They have escaped the privations of the war partly by exceptional regulations working in their favor and partly by circumventing the law, and partly by clandestine purchase on food supplies, thus leaving the poor^class to bear the burden." > Camouflage and Counter Camouflage. Behind British Lines in France, July 25 (Correspondence)?Every British and American airman nowadays un dergoes a special course of training in "counter camouflage." He Is told all the tricks of the German camou flag artist to deceive the entente air men, and his eye is carefully trained to penetrate all the devices of the ene my. It is diamond cut diamond all the time in the contest between the Ger man camouflage expert and the Al lied obrervers. Troops may be mov ed on roads canopied by camouflage canvas, but there is camouflage.also even in the business of moving troops in the open where the German prac tices a simple little deception by varying the spacing between one rank and he next, so that in a long column the observer's estimate of the num bers on the move is hopelessly inac curate. The airplane observer of today has to combine the wits of a first-rate de tective with the eyes of an eagle. He has first to see, then to deduce, and has to be certain that he is not mak ing deductions from falsified evidence. A heavy howitzer is sometimes con verted into a woodland growth and a grove of brushwood erected about it. But suppose a guri is seen nakedly plain, with well-worn tracks leading to it, and as an airplane appears I above, Hashes coming from the gun? The obvious deduction is that there is a dummy gun, wih dummy flashes, intended to draw the bombs of the airplane and the fire of the British batteries. But it may be the real gun after all. Exposed Tor purposes of deception. Troops hiding in woods are well concealed from an airplane observer so long as they are motionless. But let one man move, and detection of the whole party may follow. German Trickery. Amsterdam, Jury 25 (Correspond ence of the Associated Press) The possession of a policeman's or offi cers' uniform, combined with cool as surance and a harsh commanding voice has often enabled criminals and swindlers in Germany to carry out I their de -igns in a way that would be impossible in any other country. A man named Jaster, wearing a uni form with sergeant's stripes, stop ped a cart in charge of two soldiers, who were conveying parcels of bread cards from a printing office to the I municipal food bureau in Berlin. Representing that he was acting "on orders." he calmly took possession of 20.000 cards and made off. while the soldiers stood stiffly at attention. Re captured by a mere chance after wards. Jaster was sentenced to 19 months in jail. The Tampa Tribune exhibits a fine contempt for the business man who says he is not going to advertise un til "after the war." The worst of it is that such a man will find, if ho waits, that he has nothing to advert tiso. A rather simple crank operated tool has been invented to compress corn shocks so they will not fall when tied?