Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1918 — Page 2

RESULTS OF GERMAN AIR RAIDS OVER PARIS

The upper photograph shows a view of several of the houses which were wrecked by the bombs dropped by the Germans. These places of “military Importance” to the Germans were the Jhomes of the people who live in the poorer section of Paris. The lower photograph shows the results of bombs dropped on the dormitory of a children’s hospital, which fortunately had been vacated in time by the 200 children, and none were Injured there. The building is a mass of wreckage. If the children had not been Removed doubtless every one of them would have been killed.

ELEVEN OFFENSES PUNISHABLE BY DEATH IN UNITES STATES ARMY

Sentence of Sleepy Sentries With the Army in France Calls Attention to Offenses Which May Be Punished by Hanging or Shooting—Death Sentence Is Mandatory Only in Case of Spy—Many Touching Stories.

Washington.—Four American soldiers, sentenced to death for sleeping on sentry duty in the front-line trenches 4n France, may be saved from the law’s extreme penalty by General Pershing’s action in sending the records of their cases to Washington for review. General Pershing has authority to carry out the sentence of the courtmartial, but it is only on foreign soil that such power lies in the commanding general’s hands, for by an order of December 29 the war department, at the suggestion of the president, ruled that no death sentence in the army forces In this country could be executed before review of the case by tlie department. So far as is known here, the only execution of an American soldier in France up to the present time has been that of Private F. Cadue, hanged in November for assault and murder of a French girl. Punishable by Death. • Under the laws of the American military organization, 11 offenses are punishable by death, although these are variously subdivided. Spies must suffer the death penalty, and theirs is the only offense for which the death sentence is mandatory. For murder and rape, punishment must, according to the ruling, be either death or life imprisonment ; if the denth sentence is imposed it is by hanging. Spies are usually hanged, also, because, to quote

FOOD FOR FRANCE FUND

Tlw collection of non-peri shii tile foodstuffs in Jar and canned form undertaken by the food for France fund to be used for the wounded soldiers in the French hospitals is going on with unabated success In New Fork. The photo shows • fund worker sorting some of the contributions.

the manual of regulations, “death by hanging is considered more ignominious than death by shooting." Hanging, the rule continues, “is the usual method of execution designated in the case of spies, of persons guilty of murder In connection with mutiny, or sometimes for desertion In the face of the enemy; but in the case of a purely military offense, such as sleeping on post, such sentence, when imposed, is usually ‘to be shot to death with musketry.’ For the sake of example, and to deter others from committing like offenses, the death sentence may, when deemed advisable, be executed ‘in the presence of the troops of the command.’ ” At Discretion of Court-Martial. The other eight offenses, or groups of offenses, listed as punishable by death leave the penalty to the discretion of the court-martial. "Death or such other punishment ns the courtmartial may direct" is the usual wording of the army regulation. The offenses are cowardice, in any one of a variety of ways; sleep or drunkenness on sentry post; desertion or the incitement to or assistance in desertion; attack upon a superior officer or insubordination; mutiny or sedition; making known the countersign; forcing safeguard; relieving the enemy with ammunition “or any other thing,” or harboring or giving intelligence to the enemy.

In the offense of “neglect of sentry duty,” which is a betrayal of /responsibility whose seriousness has made it an almost unforgivable crime against military law, the letter of the regulation recognizes no difference between being asleep and being intoxicated. The ruling reads: “Any sentinel who is found drunk or sleeping upon his post, or who leaves it before he is regularly relieved, shall, if the offense be committed in time of war, suffer death or such other punishment as a courtmartial may decree.” It _ls further provided that “the fact that the accused had been previously overtaxed by excessive guard duty is not a defense, although evidence to that effect may be received as extenuation of the offense.” The point is distinctly made that the sentry who neglects his duty has jeopardized no one knows how many thousands of his fellows, and it may be a crucial position to his country’s cause. Whether he was intoxicated or merely asleep is, In the letter of the law, a minor matter. Insubordination. The rule regarding insubordination is very strict. It reads: “Any person subject to military law who, on any pretense whatever, strikes his superior officer or draws or lifts up any weapon against him, being in the execution of or wilfully disobeys, any lawful command of his superior officers, shall suffer death or such other punishment as a court-mar-tial may direct.” It is explained, however, that this does not apply to the striking of an officer “In legitimate self-defense,” and, of course, an officer who strikes a man under him is liable to severe punishment. Rules regarding punishment for mutiny or sedition are inclusive. The death penalty may be imposed at the

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discretion of the court-martial upon anyone .who “attempts to create, begins, causes, excites, or joins In" mutiny or sedition, but the liability to the extreme punishment does not stop there. Anyone who, being present at a mutiny or seditious outbreak, does not “do his utmost to suppress it,” may be punished by the execution of the death sentence, as if he had been an organiser of the sedition himself. Also, anyone who has reason to believe that a mutiny is about to occur or that sedition Is being stirred up must report the matter In full to his superior officer on pain of incurring the same punishment as an actual rnutineer.^ “Making known the countersign" and “forcing safeguard” are purely military offenses for which the death penalty may be Imposed. “Relieving the enemy” may cover a number of military crimes against one’s country, and “harboring the enemy” or. “directly or indirectly” giving him any sort of intelligence is punishable by death at the discretion of the court-martial. Many Touching Stories. The tragedy of sleeping on post has furnished some of the most famous and touching stories in the history, of our own and other lands. Everyone has heard the story of Lincoln’s for* giveness of the country boy who, tired by a long campaign, slept at his sen* try post. An English Soldier, writing of. his experiences in this war, tells how he found a young sentry asleep in an important point of watch, and of the agony of mind that preceded his decision that he must report the youth whose neglect of duty might have had terrible consequences for his comrades and the army’s position. Apropos df the war department’s order that death sentences passed upon soldiers in this country be referred to it for review, it is recalled that Lincoln in 1861 ruled that no army death sentence should be executed until he had personally examined all the circumstances and facts in the case.

CUT DOWN ON STAR BOARDER

Boston Committee Plans for Special Boarder's Pledge Card in That City. Boston. —A special boarder’s pledge card may soon be in circulation in this city as a means of food conservation in boarding houses. This is not a new boarding house joke, but a plan of the woman’s committee of the Council of National Defense. Of course the boarding house patron will protest against conservation of food—he always has —but without results. Here is the card the woman’s committee would have boarders sign: “ t, at present a boarder in this city, hereby accept membership in th« United States food pledging myself, as a patriotic duty, to co-operate evith the proprietor is the conservation of meat, wheat, sugar and fats, according to the directions and advice of the food administrator.”

THINKS IT’S A CATALOGUE

Greek Returns Questionnaire Sayin|' There Was Nothing on List He Cared to Buy. Tulsa, Okla. —Mistaking his questionnaire for a catalogue, Ysidore Ortado, a Greek, living at Eseale, returned it to his exemption board with a note, written In Greek, saying there was nothing in the list he wished to purchase. Another questionnaire, returned by a Mexican, was accompanied by a note which stated that the man could not read United States, but knew it was to help the war, so inclosed a $5 bill.

TO SPEED THE KNITTING

The comfort committee of the Navy league of the United States has installed in Its headquarters several knitting machines fur making sweaters. mufflers, socks and other wearing apparel for “nur boys” “over here" and “over there.” The immediate need of these necessities and in anticipation of the enormous amount of these articles which will be needed by the boys in the next call is responsible for the action taken by the Navy league. They have found that a paif of socks can be turned out on a machine in 35 minutes. An appeal hoi been sent out to our patriotic knitters to operate machines inst'tad of knitting by hand and thereby speed up the work.

GREATEST OF FEATHERWEIGHT FIGHTERS

Terry McGovern, one-time world’s champion featherweight and considered by many the greatest little fighter that ever lived, died in the King’s County hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. He won the featherweight title from George Dixon in 1900 and a year later lost it in his memorable bout with Young Corbett. McGovern was thirty-nine years old. In his career he amassed, and spent a fortune of $200,000.

TOP SLEEPING BERTHS WORKED BY RELAYS

Joe Cantillon of the Minneapolis Millers says he has no patience with ball players who kick on being assigned to upper berths or even doubling up in them. “Why we used to triple in uppers,” says Joe. Someone expressed doubt as to that and then Joe explained the “system.” “We worked It by relays,” he said. “Two hours in bed and two hours on watch. At the end of two hours, the man on the inside of the berth had to get out, thesman on the outside moved over and the man -who had been sitting up on watch climbed in.” Cantillon sticks to it and defies any historian to disprove his story.

PRIVATE TRACK FOR HIS THOROUGHBREDS

Willis Sharpe Kilmer, capitalist and a sportsman of international reputation, has a private racetrack at his beautiful estate at Binghamton, N. Y. Mr. Kilmer, who is the owner of the Binghamton Press, has several highclass thoroughbreds in his stables, including Sun Briar, the champion two-year-old of 1917. Sun Briar is named after Mr. Kilmer’s estate Sun Briar Court.

HUGGINS HID FROM CYCLONE

Stay on Top Floor of Rickety Old Hotel When Subtropical Storm Hits Hostelry. Several years ago, when Miller Huggins first managed the St. Louis Cardinals, a cyclone hit Columbus, Ga., where the National leaguers were in training. The Cards were billeted in a rickety old hotel that threatened to give way before the tremendous attack of the elements. As the building rocked in the cyclone Lee Magee, Steve Evans, "Red” Oakes and a number of other players rushed down several flights of stairs to the hotel lobby. When the storm had passed—it blew the roof from the hotel—the players were returning upstairs when they met Huggins. “Where was you?” asked Steve Evans. “Hiding in the clothes closet,” replied Huggins. He had stayed on the top floor during the entire subtropical storm.

Spencer May Not Return.

Report comes from Santa Clara, Cal., where Catcher Ed’Spencer of Detroit is acting coach of the college team, that he has about decided to stay on the coast this season. Spencer is quoted as saying he would like to have the management of one of the Independent 'teams playing in California and that If he gets it he will quit the Tigers.

INTERESTING SPORT PARAGRAPHS

Soldiers at Leavenworth cftmp boast a crack tenpin squad. * • • Five De Pauw captains have enlisted in the national service. * * * Hi Jasper, once a White Sox, has been sold by Los Angeles to St. Paul. * • * Minneapolis (association) club will not slash salaries of ball players next season. * * * Charles A. Rademacher will return TO coach St. Louis university football elevens. • • • Kid Elberfield still is in baseball. He manages the Little Rock club of the Southern association. * • * Ed Barrow, new manager of the Red Sox, is credited with having developed Honus Wagner. * * • Harry Heilman, Detroit baseball star, is casting longing glances at the Marine corps and may enlist. * • * We have it on good authority that Jawn Evers will have a prominent chin in the American League race. * • • Chick Gandil of the White Sox has been placed in Class Y. of the draft. He is married and also has ; bum knee. * * * Edward Muligan, who had a trial with the Cubs, will soon be doiag duty for Uncle Sam at Camp Funston, Kas, •• * • George Dumont, Washington Nationals’ pitcher, has been placed in class 1 and will soon be at Camp Dodge, lowa. • • * Dario Resta will be in the racing game again this year, it was announced recently. He will drive a car of his own design. * • • The decision of the Mount Royal club and the Montreal Kennel to unite will give Montreal one of the largest kennels in Canada. • • • Jack Slattery, former blg-league ball player and for the past three years coach at Tufts college, has been appointed scout coach for the Boston Braves. -T 0 0 0 Dan Tipple and Cliff Markle, two young pitchers whose performance failed to come up to early promise have been released by the Yankees to the St. Paul club of the American association. • * • A fund of $5,500 has been raised by contributions from Harvard athletes and graduates for buying footballs to be sent to Europe. A thousand pigskins will be sent over, 500 of them being already on the way. * • • After being rejected because of a damaged knee, Irvin Langhoff, former Marquette university football star, underwent an operation to remedy the fault and now intends to join the aviation service. • • • When Hans. Lobert gets through with his Job at the Havana race track, at the close of the racing season, hp’s coming back to report for work as coach of the baseball team at West Point. * • * Leland Stanford and University of California will meet In dual basketball, track sports, baseball, tennis, boxing and wrestling events this season. On account of the war rowing has been abandoned temporarily. • ■ • *■ Promoter Baker, of Australia, has cut the championship boxing bouts from 20 to 10 rounds and gives championship belts to the winners In the flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight and welterweight classes. The holder must win the belt three times for It to become his property. *

ATHLETICS ON COAST

Fans Hope for Continuation ot All Lines During War. intercollegiate Rowing Considered Dead Letter—Youngsters Given to Forge Ahead In Tennle—Golf Net Much Hurt' Speculation continues to be the principal activity among followers of all lines of sports as to what .will be the outcome during the coming year la the far western states. Colleges, schools and clubs are practically agreed that all branches of sport should be continued on as broad a scale as possible during the progress of the war. At the moment it would appear that so far as intercollegiate rowing is concerned on the Pacific coast, it will be considered as a dead letter. With the determination of the University of California and Stanford university not to put crews on the water tills spring, ’varsity competition will be robbed of much interest. On the other hand, rowing clubs doubtless will continue to hold their various regattas. Baseball will be continued as nearly as possible along* pre-war lines although it is believed by many that the quality of games offered may suffer because of the absence of many stars through volunteering and the draft. Officials, both of the Pacific Coast league and the newly named Pacific Coast Intercollegiate league, formerly the Northwestern league, appear optimistic in this respect, however. Practically all of the California tennis stars,, who are nationally known already are enrolled in the service of the country. This it is contended, rill afford an unusual opportunity for the youngsters to forge into limelight and become known.

Golf, with its larger of men above the draft age, seems to be less affected by the war than most of the other branches of sport. That yachting will continue to hold the Interest of its devotees, is best attested by the fact that reports from various parts of the country indicate that many new craft, both sail and motor, are being, or will be built for the coming season. This notwithstanding the fact that many of the younger amateur stars are working with the various mosquito and reserve fleets of the United States. There appears to be no question as to the future of trap shooting. With the encouragement of shooting begotten of the war, this sport enjoyed an excellent year during 1917, and the consensus of opinion appears to be that this condition of affairs will be repeated during 1918. ‘ Track and field teams, like last season’s football teams, will be among the .heaviest sufferers as far as candidates are concerned, and while competition is expected to be-keen, a repetition of irffet year is looked for in the dearth of notable performances in the matter of record breaking. -

FULTON DRAWS $4,900 FOR 8 MINUTES WORK

Fred Fulton received $4,90C or a little better than $544 i minute for knocking out Fran! Moran at New Orleans. Moran drew $4,200 as his end. The gross receipts were $14,000. Fulton fought for 35 per cent of it while Moran had an agreement with the club officials to get 3C per cent of the money taken in.

O’MARA, DODGER PLAYER, ENLISTS IN U. S. NAVY

The seventh'member qf the Brooklyn National League club to Join tho nation’s armed forces is in the navy In the person of Ollie O’Mara, inflelder. O’Mara has been with the Dodger* off and on for several years but never has been equal to the task of earning a steady wage.

Symes Retains Title.

The contest for the amateur championship of England, under the management of the Billiards association* ended in a victory for Lieut. J. Graham Symes, who won a year ago. H* ptnyed only one game, defending hla title against & S. Bourne, who wo* the tournament,