Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1917 — Page 3

VAST ACTIVITIES IN CAMPS OF BRITISH BEHIND FIGHTING LINE

Thousands Upon Thousands of Motor Lofries in Constant Streams Supply Fighters at Front With Munitions —British Flying Corps Enjoy Most Thrilling Experiences % of Any Soldiers in France.

By JAMES M. TUOHY.

(New York World Correspondent.) At the British Front In France.— War takes no account of the Sabbath. They toil and fight seven days a week nt the front. Not only laws but dogmas are silenced by the guns. It happened that we visited Arras on a Sunday. The whole countryside from the base up to the front was alive with movement. Motoring for hours along the broad, straight, switchback French roads you found them groaning under the heavy traffic of war supplies. Ponderous motor lorries dominated the scene —lorries in hundreds, lorries In thousands. One stream was going up, another stream coming down. The automobile picked its way as well as It could in between, and at cross roads one found Brit-; Ish traffic orderlies keeping the streams moving in regulated procession, just as the London policeman does at the Bank of England or Regent Circus. Otherwise the confusion and delays would be Interminable; and delay in sending up supplies to a fighting army might be a fatal business. In the course of some days motoring up to various points on the British fighting line, over roads literally packed with all sorts of vehicles —lorries, buses full of soldiers, ammunition wagons drawn by teams of mules, guns with their gun carriages, from the handy field piece to the .mammoth howitzer, traction engines—and never once did we see a tie-up. Everything was going forward or coijilng back with absolute smoothness, the whole complicated organization working with clockwork precision. Vast Camps Behind Line. At frequent Intervals along these roads you came upon camps of all sorts —soldiers’ camps, veterinary camps, vast motor garages, mule corrals, supply camps, repair camps, draft horse inclosures, munition depots, parks of artillery, hospital camps and occasionally cages for German prisoners. Everything required by the modern army Is to be seen In the utmost profusion, with order and system the presiding deities. This does not apply merely to the road to Arras, but to all the other highways throughout the whole of the army zone. Khakl~ is the prevailing hue. The British soldier permeates the whole region, and save in the towns and villages the French inhabitants — only the old and the very young—are rarely to be seen. Not only the roads but the railway lines are working at top pressure in the business of the war. It is curious to see trains of English cars drawn by English engines running on the French tracks. The amalgamation between the tw T o races in their joint effort to conquer the Boche seems to be complete. Shopkeepers Coin Money. Needless to say, the shopkeepers are coining money out of this friendly army of occupation. On this Sunday evening, when the men from the reserve camps had finished their day’s work, they were flocking Into nearest towns for a few hours’ relaxation at a case or a cinema. They are perfectly at home among their continental surroundings, and in nothing has their adaptiveness displayed itself so quickly as In their assimilation of the free-and-easy atmosphere of the French. Next to the vastness and variety of this military concentration, with all its endless ramifications, you are impressed by the confident spirit of the army. Whether the Tommy 13 strolling about In his hours of ease far from the fighting line, marching with his heavy pack along the dusty road, or under shell fire In his reserve camps up close to the front, where any minute a Boche projectlie may land In his midst, he Is doing his task with a bright countenance, liltlug the last favorite song from the music halls, going on his perilous way with a light heart.

Among the officers the sporting spirit, in which they take their part, is beyond admiration. When you hear, perhaps, a young fellow of twenty-five talking about the ‘strafes’ he was in 18 months ago—when ammunition, unlike these times, was dangerously scarce —and you see two or three wound stripes on his arm, and the pursuit of the war seems to be the one absorbing object of his life, you are lost In wonder. But nothing Is more inspiring at the front than the hourly heroism of the Royal Flying corps. The Sunday we visited the Arras battlefield it was bright sunshine, with some white clouds far aloft, and, as the communiques say, there was ‘considerable activity’ above and below. ' Odds Against Them. As far as the aviators were concerned this meant that every few minutes two or three planes were seen soaring away over the German lines, some on bombing expeditions, others for observation and photographic purposes. Every one of these fliers went out with the odds decidedly against

his returning. But to these dauntless young fellows—most of them are quite young—aviation with all Its deadly risks is the grandest sport ever conceived by man. They go out to seek battle, in defiant challenge to all the most perfected Boche resources of defense and attack, and they undoubtedly meet the most wonderful and thrilling individual experiences of any men engaged in this war. No sooner do they get within range of the German lines than shrapnel begins to burst all around them. In the distance the shrapnel bursts seem to be In a bunch so close to the plane that you hold your breath with anxiety, expecting to see it dashed to the earth. But these young sportsmen are skilled as well as dauntless They maneuver with 'amazing coolness amid the missiles hurled at them, and as the British now have a machine that gives no points to the best the Boche can put in the air either in swiftness or handiness, they extricate themselves from what seems like certain death time after time.

Presently British shrapnel puffs were to be seen bursting slightly to our left, and away up at a tremendous height, so that It looked like a white pigeon, a Boche plane was discovered in the blue between the flying clouds. It looked to be flying at twice the altitude the British aviators reached when taking their hazardous course over the German lines. As the shrapnel was scattered on all sides of it and two British planes were rapidly making their way upward to engage it, the Boche plane dashed into a cloud and was lost for a minute. Then It emerged again, coming right over our heads, and as the shrapnel puffs continued to pursue it we found It prudent, though we lm<j our steel helmets am to placeMXurselves conveniently tou\formtfr ITiin dugout In case the Zplinte?s-cffpe-42Jir Way. Germap/Flier Flees. The situation had now evidently become too hot for the taste of the German flier, especially as three British planes were approaching, so he turned about and plunged behind a great cloud and made his way home — at least we did not catch sight of him any more. This was the only Boche plane that came within reach or ventured over the British line during the couple of hours we were on the battlefield, while in the same time British planes were sailing over the German positions in the teeth of death every few minutes. On this battlefield we visited the only disabled tank that was to be found, though the Germans seem to have claimed several. The cause of its disablement was plain. It was not direct German gun-fire, but such a rare complication of deep craters and ruptured trenches that its traveling bands could find no sufficient hold, so that It was forced to a standstill. Tlie track of Its caterpillar feet was visible for hundreds of yards back, and the obstacles it overcame seemed hardly less formidable than those that proved Its undoing. It looked as if a twenty-loot-down German dugout, already penetrated by British shell fire, Rad caved In under its weight. - Every tank has his day, and this one evidently ended up tn the thickest of the fight, judging by the frightfully contorted condition of the ground all around it. Full justice has been done by the cinema to these grotesque im-

POPULAR CAPITAL HOSTESS

Mrs. W. D. Robbins, who has lived in many parts of the world where her husband has distinguished himself in diplomatic posts, is one of the best known hostesses in Washington’s select society. She has been especially active in the entertainments tendered the members of the allied commissions which have been continuously in the capital for several weeks. ,-. L *

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plements of modern warfare, but to appreciate the position of the crews who work them it Is necessary to see Into their grisly “Innards” —a dense mass of machinery, with the tiniest spaces for the men to control the engines, the steering gear and the guns. The demolition of the French villages through which the Germans are hacking their way home is appalling. Rarely Is there a trace of them left beyond heaps of brick and mortar. A Spanish artist had come with us to sketch the ruins. At Souchez It was impossible, for there was nothing left; at Ypres shell time was at hand and our guide could not sanction his 'delaying anywhere near the cathedral or the Cloth hall, but on the Arras field we came across a windmill which had been knocked into a picturesque cocked hat at some crossroads, so the Spaniard took out his sketching board to transfer the melancholy object to paper. In about a minute two long distance Boche shells sang over our heads and fell less than two hundred yards away. Immediately afterward a gunner officer appeared from the bowels of the earth and said that this was not a ‘healthy’ spot, as It was a registered point for the German guns and two shells had struck there that morning. So the artist folded up his board and we moved on without any. undue delay. The city of Arras itself, to which we now directed our course. haff not suffered to anything like the same extent as Ypres. Here are still the semblance of streets, some of the bulk of them shot through and through. The cathedral, of course, and the beautiful town hall, being conspicuous and valued objects, though of no military Importance, specially attracted the Boche gunners. They seem to have shelled them with the same fiendish delight as the famous buildings of Ypres. The great square, with Its picturesque colonnaded sixteenth 'century houses of the Spanish period, has suffered less than one expected—not because of any tenderness on the part of the enemy, but owing to its situation giving It protection against his guns.

TAKES IN WASHING TO HELP ARMY Y. M. C. A.

Etigene, Ore. —“Boys, I took in -washing that I might give this mite to help provide for your comfort.” That’s the way a note read that was dropped into the collection basket at a church here when donations for the Y. M. C. A. army work were called for. No name Was given in the note, but it is believed a widow gave her mite in the envelope with the note.

ONCE PRIVATE, NOW GENERAL

Brigadier General of New Ohio Brigade Started in Service as Private. - i • Cleveland, O.—“ What chance have I got, enlisted as a, private?” It’s the oft-repeated .question in these war times, and here is the answer : Charles X. Zimmerman has just been appointed by Governor Cox as brigadier general of the newly formed Third Ohio brigade. And there kr an Interesting lapse between 1879 and May, 1917—a life history to be proud of. His father died when he was five and Charles X. quit school at fourteen to help support his mother. He worked in a laundry, but he spent his evenings studying. He took bookkeeping, and at nineteen became a regular bookkeper. He also enlisted in the Fifth Ohio Infantry as a rookie, and a very green one at that. But he got ahead. He was made a corporal in a few months, then a sergeant and a first sergeant. And he kept on reading and studying, both business and military books. When the war with Spain came he had risen to a -captaincy in his regiment and in civil life to assistant city auditor. After the war with Spain he was elected colonel of the Fifth. In private life he kept pace by being manager of Luna Park and “father” of the Federal League club here. Last summer, on the border, he won further honors by receiving merits for the efficiency with which he handled his boys. He is popular with his men, and he has always seen to it that they had “all that was coming to them.” Now he is a brigadier general of the Third brigade and his “old boys” are flocking by the dozens to be transferred to his command.

ASKS FOR TIP; FACES GUN

Missourian's Original Method of Handling Bell Boy Gets Him Into New York.-r-James 'll. Guitar, postmaster of Columbia, Mo., found himself in court here on account of his original way of dealing with a bell boy. The boy had shown the visitor his room and indicated a disposition not to leave. “What are yon waiting for?" asked the Missourian. “Oh, just a little salve. About a quarter will do!” The man from Missouri picked up a largd sized "shooting l iron” and said one word. “Git!” The bey “got,” but told the. police, and. Mir. Guitar bad to make explanations in court. -

SWEET POTATO ACREAGE TO BE INCREASED

The acreage of sweet potatoes should be doubled this year, assert members of the department of horticulture in the Kansas State Agricultural college. Growers of Irish potatoes have reduced their acreage by a good many acres, they point out. Jt Is not expected, warn the horticulturists, that the Inexperienced grower will make a plunge this year, but If each growqr and farmer living on suitable land Will increase his acreage, however little, much may be done to equalize potato prices this fall and winter. Every indication is for prices high enough to insure a profit. Each, grower should provide himself with some sort of warm, dry storage facilities. The prices of farm products at harvest time, when the majority of farmers sell, is always low. A storage for any product may easily pay for itself the first year.

HENS RECOMMENDED BY COUNTY AGENTS

Less Done for Development of Poultry Industry Than for Any Other Farm Stock. ‘The poultry committee of the recent farm bureau conference at University farm, St. Paul, believes that more work for the development of the poultry industry is needed, because: Considering its importance, less has been done for it than for any other live stock Industry, by farm bureaus. Poultry production costs no more per pound than the production of other kinds of live stock, yet the meat sells at a much higher rate. The committee, moreover, believes that the farm flock should be encouraged rather th*ai the large specialized poultry enterprise; that poultry work Is especially adapted to boys’ and girls’ club work, and that farm bureaus In encouraging the work should not overlook the development of the co-opera-tive marketing of eggs through local creameries, or assistance for poultry shows and associations.

SOME HESITATE TO TRY SWEET CLOVER

No Foundation for Fear That . There Will Be Difficulty in Eradicating Crop. (From the United States Department of Agriculture.) Some farmers hesitate to plant sweet clover on their farms for fear they will have difficulty in eradicating It when the fields are planted to other crops. The results obtained annually by hundreds of farmers are sufficient proof that there is no foundation for such fear; in fact, farmers are experiencing much difficulty in cutting the first crop the* second season so high that the plants will not be killed. The

WATER EQUIPMENT FOR FARM BUILDINGS

(By J. L. MOWRY.)

If there is a good spring or creek, safe and clean, on the farm, or a flowing well below which a little slope may be found, together with an oversupply of water from the well, it is not a hard matter to put in an equipment for running water for the house, barns and other farm buildings by the use of a hydraulic ram. In installing a farm-house water supply, any hand pump of force type may be used. Since so much more water is used through a faucet than from a pail, having to pump by hand, usually puts the veto on a house system depending on hand pumping. A gas engine or windmill will also work in any system, pumping air or water, or both. But in the case of spring, creek or overflow well water, a hydraulic-ram is well worth consideration. A ram will probably cost the farmer any-

METHOD OF INSTALLING HYDRAULIC RAM.

SWEET POTATO PLANTER IN ACTION.

Many gardeners and growers are*beginnlug.to worry about Injury to trade because of garden enthusiasm in small towns. This will b# true to a great extent only as to the early vegetables, say horticulturists. Very few office people and laborers care to get out early in the morning or late at night during July or August. It must also be remembered that vacations are taken from June to September and during the vacation weeds grow rapidly. To offset the vegetables grown at home, moreover, is the determination of each family to can fruits and vegetables in the home more than ever before. This will increase demand. This year promises a shortage in many sorts of fruits.' Because of the high prices during the past year much attention will be given during the present season to home canning and preserving.

new crop of sweet clover, unlike that of red clover and alfalfa, must come from the buds left on the stubble, so when the plants are cut below these buds they will be killed. As sweet clover is a biennial, the plants die as soon as the seed crop Is produced. When the first year’s growth of sweet clover is turned under for green manure it is recommended that the field be plowed after the plants have made some growth the following spring rather than in the fall of the year of seeding. When the first year’s growth is plowed under the same fall many of the plants will not be entirely covered, and these will make a vigorous growth the following spring. When the plowing is delayed until the plants have made some growth the following spring no trouble will be experienced in eradicating them.

PARIS GREEN HIGH; SUBSTITUTE READY

Arsenate of Lead Is Excellent Stomach Insecticide and Has Not Advanced in Price. Paris green costs more than twice as much this year as last. It is selling at 50 cents a pound even in large quantities. It is doubtful whether It can be purchased for less than 45 cents a pound. Fortunately, -says A. G. Ruggles, University farm, St. Paul, arsenate of lead, a better stomach insecticide than parts green, has not advanced in price. The powdered form may be obtained for about 25 cents a pound, and one and one-half pounds of the powder Is used in making 50 gallons of spray mixture. “In experiments at University farm,” adds Mr. Ruggles, “we have found arsenate of lead better than parts green as a remedy for potato bugs, and all orch&rd Jnsects. It is not necessary, therefore, to allow injurious biting insects to live simply because pans green is costly.” The orchardlst should get his spray materials as early as possible. It is not easy to tell when arsenate of lead may go kiting after paris green.

where from eleven to twenty-four dollars. From the spring, or whatever the water source, (showfl in the accompanying illustration, at (G), the water flows down a drive pipe, (A), flowing out of the valve, (F) until the friction of the passing water closes this valve; then the oncoming column of water, (A), pushing into the air-chamber, (C), compresses the air, passes out the service pipe, (D), until the force of the water (A) is balanced by the wttght ofwater. (D) The opening (E). will now close of its own weight. The valve (F) likewise, will opeh and the water will again start to flow, and the process is repeated. This gives an irregular flow but is very reliable and not expensive. A five-foot head will raise water 40 feet, provided the pipe (A) 18,30 or 40 feet long. Only about one-seventh of the available water can be raised, but the ram will work nighti and day.

WAYS OF WOMEN

By EARL REED SILVERS.

Bay Gardner and Mildred Flint were engaged to be married. Everybody agreed that the match was an ideal one; both young people were members of the Country club; both played tennis, rode horseback and drove their own automobiles with an abandon and proficiency which were the envy of their acquaintances. And, moreover, fheyhaiTLeen designated by one enthusiastic friend of Ray’s as "the two best sports in the world.** "There’s only one danger In the match," Mary Hughson, Mildred’s especial chum, announced. “Both have always had everything they wanted, and if they should ever each want something different, there’s bound to be a clash.” Mary's words returned to Mildred with double force as she Sat on the Country club porch with Ray. They were talking about the house they were going to build. The entire furnishing of the big living room had been decided upon, all except the ornament which should adorn the ledge at the top of the massive stone fireplace. “We ought to have something in keeping with the plan of the room,” Ray announced. “A deer’s head, or a pair of snowshoes, or something like that.” Mildred shook her pretty brown head stubbornly. Ray smiled Into her challenging eyes. “The cup for the national championships would look good,” he answered. “All that I’d have to do to win it would-be to beat Norris Williams.” “Tes; and all that you have to do to win the cup is to beat Toita Pennington.” “One Is Just about as easy as the other to me. Give me sonfethlng easy, Mildred." The girl lifted her chin the fraction of an inch. “Anybody can do easy things,” she answered. “I think that cup would look just fine in our living room.” “It sure would,” Ray smiled goodnaturedly. “Let’s have a set of tennis.” “I want you to win that cup,” she said, steadfastly. “But Mildred, dear, I can’t do that.” There was just a touch of irritation in his voice. “You know as well as I do that I could never beat Pennington.” “You can try.” “Yes, but thht wouldn’t do any good. He’d wallop the tar out of me.” “Oh! So you don’t want to do as I ask you?” “Don’t be foolish; It wouldn’t get us anything.” “It might get us the cup, and I think you’re a mean thing for not trying.” Ray smiled sadly. The ways of women, were still a mystery to him, and, not knowing what else to dd, he kept quiet. The late afternoon sun cast long shadows over the clay courts; from within the clubhouse came the sound of music. Suddenly Mildred turned to her companion, one bright tear glistening in the corner of each eye, “You told me once that you’d do anything in the world for me,” she said. “i will.”. ' - ' i-.... “Then try for the cup.” So, on Saturday afternoon, Ray found himself facing Tom Pennington for the club championship. Mildred's fiance was a good tennis player, but Pennington had once won the state championship and was regarded as invincible in Glenwood. No one realized this more fully than did Ray. He glanced anxiously toward Mildred, and the girl smiled confidently. But as the match progressed, her confidence received a sudden shock, for Pennington won the first set six to love. The second set recorded the same score and Mildred grew thoughtful. In the third set. however, Ray won the first game, and the girl’s eyes lighted up hopefully. But hope, as well as confidence died away when the former state champion ran out six games in rapid succession and won the championship cup. Tom didn’t see Mildred again until he had taken a shower and changed his attire. Then he found her waiting for him on the swing at the far end of the porch. He smiled' whimsically into her eyes. “Well,. I tried.” he said. “But I’m just not any good.” Mildred flared up Instantly. “You are good,” she answered. “You beat everybody else but Tom Pennington, and you could win from him if you practiced more.” Ray smiled gently. “The finest thing in the whole match was my one loyal supporter,” he said softly. “It was worth being defeated just to see you stand up for me.” “And anyway.” the girl answered, “it wasn’t a Ibve match.” The man shook his head. , “You’re wrong,” he said. “It was a love match. Do you know what the score was?” “Love-three.” “No, it was love-one." No one was watching, so he moved closer. “And tluit one was you, dear.” For a moment they looked into the depths of each other’s eyes. * 3 “What does a cup matter, after all r Mildred whispered finally. “We’ll hang a tennis racket over the fireplace." (Copyright. 1917. Newapa-

The Old-Fashioned Remedy.

A young man may have heartburn, but the young lady object of that burn will get. the soda.